BitShares Documentation

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Welcome to the BitShares Documentation

Welcome to the documentation portal for the BitShares Blockchain. The content on this page is managed by the BitShares community and is constantly improved.

The purpose of this site is to provide in-depth documentation about the BitShares Blockchain and make it easier for users and developers to leverage the full power of the BitShares Blockchain.

• BitShares Whitepaper

• Development
  • BitShares Developers Documentation Portal
  • BitShares-Core Release
  • BitShares-UI Release
• New: SimpleGUIWallet
  • Securing BitShares with Ledger Nano

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Technology

• Graphene
  • Welcome to the Graphene Documentation
• What is BitShares?
  • BitShares 2.0
  • Background
  • Consensus Technology
  • Distributed Autonomous Companies
  • Community
• The History of BitShares
  • The History of BitShares as laid out by Stan Larimer
  • Part One
  • Part Two
  • Part Three
  • History of Funding
  • The Great Consolidation
• Delegated Proof of Stake (DPOS)
  • Background
  • Rationale Behind DPOS
  • Scalability
  • Role of Delegates
  • Voting Algorithm
  • Disincentives for Attacks
  • How many witnesses are securing the network
  • DPOS Infographic
  • Sources and Discussions
• What is different BitShares
  • Several Tokens
  • Registered Identities
  • No More Addresses
  • Memos
  • Securing Funds
  • Full Nodes and Clients
  • Object IDs
• Technology - BitShares.org
  • Price-Stable Cryptocurrencies
  • Decentralized Asset Exchange
  • Industrial Performance and Scalability
  • Dynamic Account Permissions
  • Recurring & Scheduled Payments
  • Referral Rewards Program
  • User-Issued Assets
  • Stakeholder-Approved Project Funding
  • Transferable Named Accounts
  • Delegated Proof-of-Stake Consensus

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BTS Holders

• 1. Things you should know
  • 1.1. For the Starter
  • 1.2. For the Investor
• 2. Assets Tokens
  • 2.1. User Issued Assets (UIAs)
  • 2.2. Market Pegged Assets (MPAs)
  • 2.3. Exchange Backed Assets (EBA)
  • 2.4. Privatized BitAssets
  • 2.5. Fee Backed Asset
  • 2.6. Prediction Markets
• 3. Blockchain Governance
• 4. Community Memberships
  • 4.1. About BitShares Members
  • 4.2. BTS Holders
  • 4.3. Committees
  • 4.4. Witnesses
  • 4.5. Workers / Budget Items
• 5. Decentralized Exchange (DEX)
  • 5.1. Trading
  • 5.2. Short Selling BitAssets
  • 5.3. Margin call mechanics
• 6. Investor Guide
  • 6.1. Claim your Investment
• 7. Migrating from BitShares 1.0 to BitShares 2.0
  • 7.1. What is new in BitShares 2.0
  • 7.2. What has changed since BitShares 0.9
  • 7.3. Blockchain Upgrade

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User Guide

• 1. BitShares Accounts
  • 1.1. Account
  • 1.2. Memberships
  • 1.3. Fees
  • 1.4. Referral Program
  • 1.5. Vesting Balances
  • 1.6. Permissions
  • 1.7. Public Key and Private Key
  • 1.8. Multi-Signature
  • 1.9. Voting
• 2. Create a BitShares Wallet
  • 2.1. Terminology
  • 2.2. Light wallet or Web wallet?
  • 2.3. Create an Account
  • 2.4. Login
  • 2.5. Advanced: Create an Account
  • 2.6. BitShares Wallet Features
• 3. BitShares Client and Login Mode
  • 3.1. BitShares Client
  • 3.2. Login Forms
  • 3.3. Summary
  • 3.4. Frequently asked Questions
• 4. Backups and Restore your Wallet
  • 4.1. Create Local Wallet Backup
  • 4.2. Restore / Import
• 5. Fund (Send) & Transactions
  • 5.1. Fund your Account
  • 5.2. Send (Transfer)
  • 5.3. Deposit
  • 5.4. Transactions
• 6. Bridge and Gateway
  • 6.1. Bridge and gateway services
  • 6.2. Bridges: trust-free model
  • 6.3. Gateways: trust-based model
• 7. Exchange and Explore
  • 7.1. Exchange
  • 7.2. How to trade in the DEX
  • 7.3. Explore
• 8. Securing BitShares with Ledger Nano
  • 8.1. Requirements
  • 8.2. Installation and Setup
  • 8.3. Securing a BitShares Account with the Ledger Nano
  • 8.4. Using the Companion app with Nano BitShares app
  • 8.5. Getting Support

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Resources

• BitShares Community
  • Communities
• BitShares Blockchain
  • BitShares UI Wallet
  • Bitshares Block Exploer
  • Blockchain Activity
• Resources External
  • From steemit
  • Articles