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# Blockstack Server
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[](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/blockstack/)
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[](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/blockstack/)
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[](http://slack.blockstack.org/)
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A global database for people, companies, websites and more. Decentralized, privacy-centric, and blockchain-secured.
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Learn more by visiting [the Blockstack Website](https://blockstack.org) and checking out the in-depth articles and documentation:
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- [How Blockstack Works](https://blockstack.org/docs/how-blockstack-works)
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- [Blockstack vs. DNS](https://blockstack.org/docs/blockstack-vs-dns)
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- [Blockstack vs. Namecoin](https://blockstack.org/docs/blockstack-vs-namecoin)
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- [Blockstack Namespaces](https://blockstack.org/docs/namespaces)
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- [Blockstack Light Clients](https://blockstack.org/docs/light-clients)
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### Installation
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The fastest way to get started with blockstack is with pip:
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```
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sudo pip install blockstack
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```
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If you encounter any problems during the pip install, see the [detailed installation
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instructions](https://blockstack.org/docs/installation).
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### Getting Started
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First, start the Blockstack server and index the blockchain:
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```bash
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$ blockstack-server start
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```
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Next, visit the [basic usage docs](https://blockstack.org/docs/basic-usage) and [extended usage docs](https://blockstack.org/docs/basic-usage) to learn how to register names of your own, as well as transfer them and associate data with them.
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### Contributing
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We welcome any small or big contributions! Please take a moment to
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[review the guidelines for contributing to open source](https://guides.github.com/activities/contributing-to-open-source/) in order to make the contribution process easy and effective for everyone involved.
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#### Main Authors
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- **[Jude Nelson](http://onename.com/judecn)** ([@jcnelson](https://github.com/jcnelson))
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- **[Muneeb Ali](http://onename.com/muneeb)** ([@muneeb-ali](https://github.com/muneeb-ali))
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- **[Ryan Shea](http://onename.com/ryan)** ([@ryaneshea](https://github.com/shea256))
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#### All Code Contributors
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- [Contributor Graph](../../graphs/contributors)
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- [Code Overview](https://github.com/blockstack/blockstack/blob/master/overview.md)
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### Community
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The Blockstack community is a group of blockchain developers coming together to define and develop a set of software protocols and tools to serve as a common backend for blockchain-powered decentralized applications.
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For more information, visit the community website at [Blockstack.org](http://blockstack.org).
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- [Slack Community](http://chat.blockstack.org/)
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- [Reddit Community](http://reddit.com/r/blockstack)
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### Copyright and License
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The code and documentation copyright are attributed to blockstack.org for the year of 2016.
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This code is released under
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[the GPL v3 license](http://www.gnu.org/licenses/quick-guide-gplv3.en.html), and the docs are released under [the Creative Commons license](http://creativecommons.org/).
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