LBRY is an open-source protocol providing distribution, discovery, and purchase of digital content (data) via a decentralized peer-to-peer network. It utilizes the [LBRY blockchain](https://github.com/lbryio/lbrycrd) as a global namespace and database of digital content. Blockchain entries contain searchable content metadata, identities, rights and access rules. LBRY also provides a data network that consists of peers (seeders) uploading and downloading data from other peers, possibly in exchange for payments, as well as a distributed hash table used by peers to discover other peers.
This project provides an SDK for building applications using the LBRY protocol. The SDK is written in Python 3.7+ using Twisted. For other languages or platforms, a JSON-RPC API is provided.
Our [releases page](https://github.com/lbryio/lbry/releases) contains pre-built binaries of the latest release, pre-releases, and past releases for macOS, Debian-based Linux, and Windows. [Automated travis builds](http://build.lbry.io/daemon/) are also available for testing.
We take security seriously. Please contact security@lbry.io regarding any security issues. [Our GPG key is here](https://lbry.io/faq/gpg-key) if you need it.
Daemon defaults, ports, and other settings are documented [here](https://lbry.tech/resources/daemon-settings).
Settings can be configured using a daemon-settings.yml file. An example can be found [here](https://github.com/lbryio/lbry/blob/master/example_daemon_settings.yml).
