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Elements blockchain platform
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This is the integration and staging tree for the Elements blockchain platform,
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a collection of feature experiments and extensions to the Bitcoin protocol.
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This platform enables anyone to build their own businesses or networks
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involving sidechain pegged Bitcoin or arbitrary asset tokens.
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Confidential Assets
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The latest feature in the Elements blockchain platform is Confidential Assets,
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the ability to issue multiple assets on a blockchain where asset identifiers
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and amounts are blinded yet auditable through the use of applied cryptography.
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* [Announcement of Confidential Assets](https://blockstream.com/2017/04/03/blockstream-releases-elements-confidential-assets.html)
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* [Confidential Assets Whitepaper](https://blockstream.com/bitcoin17-final41.pdf) to be presented [April 7th at Financial Cryptography 2017](http://fc17.ifca.ai/bitcoin/schedule.html) in Malta
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* [Confidential Assets Tutorial](contrib/assets_tutorial/assets_tutorial.sh)
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* [Confidential Assets Demo](https://github.com/ElementsProject/confidential-assets-demo)
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Features of the Elements blockchain platform
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Compared to Bitcoin itself, it adds the following features:
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* [Confidential Assets][asset-issuance]
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* [Confidential Transactions][confidential-transactions]
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* [Additional opcodes][opcodes]
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* [Deterministic Peg][deterministic-peg]
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* [Signed Blocks][signed-blocks]
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Previous elements that have been integrated into Bitcoin:
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* [Segregated Witness][segregated-witness]
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* [Relative Lock Time][relative-lock-time]
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Elements deferred for additional research and standardization:
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* [Schnorr Signatures][schnorr-signatures]
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License
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Elements is released under the terms of the MIT license. See [COPYING](COPYING) for more
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information or see http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT.
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[confidential-transactions]: https://www.elementsproject.org/elements/confidential-transactions
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[segregated-witness]: https://www.elementsproject.org/elements/segregated-witness
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[relative-lock-time]: https://www.elementsproject.org/elements/relative-lock-time
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[schnorr-signatures]: https://www.elementsproject.org/elements/schnorr-signatures
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[opcodes]: https://www.elementsproject.org/elements/opcodes
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[deterministic-peg]: https://www.elementsproject.org/elements/deterministic-pegs
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[signed-blocks]: https://www.elementsproject.org/elements/signed-blocks
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[asset-issuance]: https://www.elementsproject.org/elements/asset-issuance
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What is the Elements Project?
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Elements is an open source collaborative project where we work on a collection
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of experiments to more rapidly bring technical innovation to the Bitcoin ecosystem.
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https://github.com/ElementsProject/elementsproject.org
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Learn more on [the Elements Project website](https://www.elementsproject.org).
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