The Kadena Light Client (LC) provides a streamlined and efficient way to verify blockchain state transitions and proofs without needing to store or synchronize the entire blockchain.
The following documentation aims to provide a high-level overview of the Kadena LC and its components, along with a guide on how to set up and run or benchmark the Kadena LC.
Note
The following documentation has been written with the supposition that the reader is already knowledgeable about the Chainweb protocol and the Kadena blockchain.
To read about it refer to the whitepapers, the documentation and the
chainweb-noderepository wiki.It is also required that the reader is familiar with Simple Payment Verification (SPV). They can refer to the Bitcoin whitepaper for more information.
Sections
An overview of what is the Light Client and the feature set it provides.
A detailed description of the components that make up the Light Client.
A guide on how to set up and run the Light Client.
A guide on how to benchmark the Light Client.