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Quick Start Guide

100% self-hosted twister node installation

• At this moment, latest version of twister software available in the source code only.

• The software provided as is, we do not provide any warancies and you install and use this software by your own risk.

• To make installation process more simplest, use twister-cli-installer (0.2) or twister-install (0.2.0 alpha) command-line sripts,
untill the desktop and mobile applications will be released.

• If you need any help with installation issues, please use feedback link in the package selected.

• Pay attention, twister database is the open and distributed storage for the public activity, all requests sending thought independent peer nodes using BitTorrent protocol. By sharing any messages to the network you will not be able to update or delete it.

• Twister is not anonimizing software. If your personal data is sensitive, you should care about the environment security first, before launch the node.

1. Install twister core

Twister core is patched and independent fork of Bitcoin core, which provides user registration and authentication features. Post distribution in this package uses kademlia DHT network and bittorrent-like swarms, both are provided by libtorrent. Twister core needed to interact with the twisterverse network, using any kind of applications, provided in the next step.
Master Edition v1.0
Official, stable twister core node.
TA Edition v1.1
Community-maintained twister core node, that includes official updates.

2. Choose application to interact with twister core

Web application needed to interact with twister core ecosystem using web browser.
Master Edition v1.0
Official, stable twister web app client.
Blaster Edition v1.0
Official, nigtly twister web app client that includes latest beta updates.
TA Edition v1.2
Community-based, web app client, that includes official Blaster updates and alternative features.

3. Support the network

To support the twister infrastructure, just start generating blocks and advertise.
Twister node is a storage (database) for the data of people you are following.
Find and follow as many profiles as possible according to your interests or become Twister Data Guardian node.
Altertnatively, like Bitcoin, twister network requires a couple of special DNS servers (seeders) which provide an updated list of known peers. If you have a 24×7 linux machine and you are able to add an special NS record to your domain, please consider running twister-seeder.
Master Edition v1.0
Official, stable twister-seeder node.
TA Edition v1.0
Community-maintained twister-seeder node.