# Zilliqa/zq1

Zilliqa is the world's first high-throughput public blockchain platform - designed to scale to thousands ​of transactions per second.

Repository: https://github.com/Zilliqa/zq1
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/zq1
Homepage: https://www.zilliqa.com
Language: C++
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: zilliqa
Archived: true
Last push: 2024-11-12T07:30:13+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3171, "days_push": 659, "days_rel": 720, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 1}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1119, forks 272 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:39.395996+00:00)

## What it is
Zilliqa is the C++ reference client for the Zilliqa layer-1 public blockchain, a high-throughput smart contract platform that uses sharded architecture to process thousands of transactions per second. This repository contains the core protocol implementation running the Zilliqa mainnet and testnet, including node software, consensus, and RPC APIs.

## Use cases
- run a Zilliqa node or seed node on the mainnet or testnet
- become a Zilliqa validator or miner
- query Zilliqa blockchain data via JSON-RPC API
- deploy and call Scilla smart contracts on Zilliqa
- study or contribute to a sharded blockchain protocol implementation
- set up a private Zilliqa network for testing

## When to choose
- you need to operate infrastructure for the live Zilliqa network
- you want to inspect or modify the core Zilliqa protocol in C++
- you are running a Zilliqa mining or staking node

## When to avoid
- you want to build dApps rather than run nodes - use the Zilliqa SDKs instead
- you need Zilliqa 2.0 features - this is the legacy zq1 client
- you want a general-purpose blockchain framework to fork for your own chain

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: blockchain, rpc, cli, developer-tools
- domain: blockchain, microservices
- platform: cpp, cross-platform
- tags: layer-1-blockchain, sharding, high-throughput, smart-contract-platform, zilliqa, scilla, evm-compatibility, node-client, cryptocurrency, smart-contracts, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- Zilliqa/zq1 (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:39.395996+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T06:41:09.709487+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/Zilliqa/zq1 (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:39.395996+00:00, sha 5ad96fd13edf)
  - homepage: https://www.zilliqa.com (fetched 2026-08-29T12:45:04.374603+00:00, sha ee2b859433eb)
  - site_page: https://www.zilliqa.com/about (fetched 2026-08-29T12:45:04.384467+00:00, sha 06483d78702f)
  - site_page: https://www.zilliqa.com/faq (fetched 2026-08-29T12:45:04.386600+00:00, sha c87f8670d970)
  - site_page: https://dev.zilliqa.com (fetched 2026-08-29T12:45:04.388785+00:00, sha 93f25cf533fd)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.