Decent Cloud

A peer-to-peer platform for decentralized cloud resource sharing and management.

🌟 Overview

Decent Cloud revolutionizes cloud resource sharing by enabling anyone to rent out or lease cloud resources—from GPUs to web servers—through a unified interface. It eliminates vendor lock-in and simplifies cloud resource management through a decentralized approach.

✨ Key Features

• 🌐 Peer-to-Peer Platform: Rent or lease cloud resources directly from providers
• 🔄 Unified Interface: Single login for all cloud resources
• 🌿 Green Technology: No Proof of Work, environmentally friendly
• 🪙 Fair Token Model: DC Tokens minted every 10 minutes, similar to Bitcoin
• ⛏️ Accessible Mining: Easy-to-join validation system with regular rewards
• 🤝 Community Driven: Decisions made by the community, not VCs

📚 Documentation

• Installation Guide - Platform installation instructions
• Getting Started - Quick start guide
• User Guide - Comprehensive guide for users
• Provider Guide - Complete guide for providers
• Mining & Validation - How to participate and earn rewards
• Token Distribution - Token system explanation
• Development Guide - Contributing and development setup

🚀 Quick Start

Installation

Linux (Ubuntu 20.04+)

mkdir $HOME/bin
curl -L https://github.com/decent-stuff/decent-cloud/releases/latest/download/decent-cloud-linux-amd64 -o $HOME/bin/dc
chmod +x $HOME/bin/dc

Add to PATH in ~/.bashrc:

if [ -d "$HOME/bin" ] ; then
   export PATH="$HOME/bin:$PATH"
fi

MacOS ARM64 (M1, M2, M3)

curl -L https://github.com/decent-stuff/decent-cloud/releases/latest/download/decent-cloud-darwin-arm64 -o /usr/local/bin/dc
chmod +x /usr/local/bin/dc

Windows

$download_url = "https://github.com/decent-stuff/decent-cloud/releases/latest/download/decent-cloud-windows-amd64.exe"
Invoke-WebRequest "$download_url" -OutFile "dc.exe"

See the Installation Guide for detailed instructions.

Basic Usage

1. Generate your identity:

dc keygen --generate --identity my-id

2. Register as a user, provider, or validator:

# For users
dc user register --identity my-user

# For providers/validators
dc np register --identity my-provider

See the Getting Started Guide for next steps, or check the Mining & Validation Guide to learn how to earn rewards.

🌐 Project Status

The project is in active development. Main development and testing happens on Linux (Ubuntu 24.04), but MacOS and Windows versions work without issues.

If you encounter problems:

• 📝 Open an Issue
• 💬 Join Discussions
• 📚 Read the Whitepaper

🤝 Contributing

We welcome contributions! See our Development Guide for:

• Setting up the development environment
• Building from source
• Running tests
• Contributing guidelines

📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

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