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Install Twister

Self-hosted twister node installation

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

• 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.

Download

Ready to use, simple to install, pre-compiled binaries

Debian/Ubuntu

TA Edition
All-inclusive build, based on the TA Edition twister-core and twister-html sources. Allows to launch twister in web browser from apps menu

Build from Source

Configure and customize the software for specific needs
To make compilation simpler, take a look at

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.
TA Edition
Community-maintained twister-core
Master
Legacy twister-core, deprecated

2. Choose application to interact with twister core

Web application needed to interact with twister core ecosystem using web browser.
TA Edition
Community-driven web client, based on Blaster branch, includes new features like newest multimedia formats and protocols support, templates, etc
Master
Legacy twister web client
Blaster
Legacy twister web client, includes beta updates for Master branch

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:
TA Edition
Community-driven twister-seeder
Master
Legacy twister-seeder, deprecated DNS