Blockchain Standards

A curated, practical set of standards and best practices for designing, building, operating, and securing blockchain networks and applications.

Blockchain Standards Repositories

• BlockchainStandards/ — Source Markdown for each standard (one file per topic)
• website/ — Hugo-based static website for publishing the standards
• examples/ — Example materials accompanying the standards

Topics covered

Standards are organized by domain, including:

1. Hardware and infrastructure
2. Communications and networking
3. Development practices
4. DevOps automation
5. Build-from-source
6. Binary installation packages
7. Docker containers
8. Kubernetes
9. Upgrades and lifecycle management
10. Security practices
11. Monitoring and observability
12. Resource efficiency and sustainability

Authoritative Markdown lives under BlockchainStandards/. The website contains rendered and occasionally adapted versions under website/content/standards/.

Contributing

We welcome recommendations:

• Start a discussion in our GitHub Discussion forum.

Acknowledgements

Thanks to the community contributors helping evolve and maintain practical blockchain standards.