lbry.tech/README.md

<h1 align="center">lbry.tech</h1>

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  <strong>We came from the future to help you save the Internet</strong>
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  Technical documentation website for <a href="https://lbry.io">the LBRY protocol</a>.
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  <img src="https://cdn.rawgit.com/lbryio/lbry.tech/2a16aa55/preview.png" title="Screenshot of lbry.tech"/>
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## Prerequisites
- [lbry/web-daemon](https://github.com/lbryio/web-daemon)
- [Node](https://nodejs.org) (version >= 10)

## Notes
- **This repo will not run locally if you do not also have the LBRY app/daemon and the [web-daemon](https://github.com/lbryio/web-daemon) running.**
- When running locally and completing the tipping example in Playground, the LBC donated to a creator comes from _your_ LBC balance. Otherwise, the example will fail. On production, the donated LBC comes from LBRY.

## Installation
`npm i`

## Development
`npm run watch` and visit [localhost:8080](http://localhost:8080)

## Testing
`npm test`

## Production
`npm start`

## Usage
Visit [LBRY.tech](https://lbry.tech) to see this repo in production.

## Contributing
Contributions to this project are welcome, encouraged, and compensated.
For more details, see [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md).

## License
This project is MIT licensed.

## Security
We take security seriously. Please contact [security@lbry.io](mailto:security@lbry.io) regarding any security issues.
[Our PGP key is here](https://keybase.io/lbry/key.asc) if you need it.

## Contact
The primary contact for this project is [@netoperatorwibby](https://github.com/netoperatorwibby)(paul@lbry.io).