Gitopia: A ZecHub Experiment
In its mission to decentralized Zcash education, this article will explore Gitopia, a project that describes itself as:
Code Collaboration for Web3.
Recently ZecHub moved its governance management to Dao.Dao in an effort to expand and experiment with new technologies. In that same thought, having all our data stored at GitHub could potentially be an issue.
What is Gitopia
Gitopia is an application specific blockchain built using Cosmos SDK framework. The use of Cosmos SDK has enabled us to leverage the Tendermint BFT consensus engine and build the blockchain that is optimized for Gitopia’s use case. Along with the high throughput and fast finality, Cosmos IBC also enables other IBC compatible chains to integrate directly with Gitopia.
Some of the features that immediately stand out:
- Enables other IBC compatible chains to integrate directly with Gitopia
- Built in bounty for issues
- Built in support for Keplr
- Built in support for GitHub Mirroring
- Good documentaion
- Video guides
ZecHub on Gitopia
You can find the current ZecHub Gitopia repository here.
The HOWTO
In an effort to keep it simple, I will summarize what needed to happen to create our first repository:
- Connect your Keplr wallet and fund it with some
LOREvia Osmosis. You can also request a free grant.
- You create your profile with optional avatar and bio. Notice how these options are no longer free, but cost 'LORE'.
- Create a repository or DAO!
Next Steps
After you have a profile and created a repository, you are free to use GIT to push updates to it. This includes the option of a mirror of any GITHUB you already have! (Follow link posted above). Questions? Post below or visit us on discord / twitter / social of preference.