Where to start

Visit the website idena.io to learn more about Idena. Download and install both the Idena Node and Idena Client executable files or build them from source. Subscribe to the Idena Announcements Telegram channel to follow updates. To get an invitation to the Idena network, join the official Idena Telegram chat and follow instructions in the pinned message. Make sure your node is synchronized, and activate the invitation code. Check your status; it should be “Candidate”. The invitation can not be activated during the last 5 minutes before the validation. Learn how to solve flips: read the article in our blog and test yourself.

How to get validated

Check the next validation time in the Idena app. Your node must be fully synchronized before the session starts. Your computer time must be synchronized with the internet time. Solve the flips during the validation session. Be agile. The first 6 flips must be submitted in less than 2 minutes.

Read more about the validation ceremony here.

What’s next

Once your account is validated, keep your node up and running in order to mine coins. Learn how to create flips. Don’t forget to create three fips before the next validation in advance. Schedule your next validation.

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Idena is a novel way to formalize people on the blockchain. It does not collect or store personally identifiable information. Idena proves the humanness and uniqueness of its participants by running an AI-hard Turing test at the same time for everyone around the globe.

The Idena blockchain is driven by proof-of-person consensus: Every node is linked to one single person with equal voting power.