How to write a Tezos protocol

A Tezos node is parameterized by a software component called an economic protocol (or protocol for short). Different protocol implementations can be used to implement different types of blockchains.

This is a two-part tutorial on how to implement such a protocol, based on two demo protocols that are embedded in the Octez node.

• How to write a Tezos protocol - Part 1
  • Protocol Registration
  • Protocol Activation
  • Protocol Structure and Compilation
  • Protocol Interface
  • Protocol demo_noops
  • Baking a block
  • Conclusion
• How to write a Tezos protocol - Part 2
  • Protocol demo_counter
  • Client library
  • Sample execution of the protocol
  • Mempool module
  • Conclusion