The entire Martian Republic — blockchain, governance, identity, storage — in one bootable image. Download it. Flash it. Boot a new world.
The Marscoin Foundation maintains a bootable disk image — regularly updated — containing every piece of software, every block of the chain, and every tool needed to run the Martian Republic. One seed. One boot. A complete, functioning node of humanity's first blockchain democracy.
The full blockchain node. Source code, compiled binaries, and the complete chain — every block since January 1, 2014. Twelve years of uninterrupted history.
A preconfigured InterPlanetary File System node with bootstrap peers. Pin, serve, and retrieve citizen data from boot. No internet dependency.
The complete governance application. Wallet, citizen registry, congress, forum, inventory, logbook, land registry. Every module, ready to run.
Electrum-Mars desktop wallet, CLI tools, and the full HD wallet stack. Generate keys, sign transactions, manage civic and treasury addresses.
The Citizen Handbook: setup guides, governance rules, emergency procedures, and the complete technical reference. Everything a founding citizen needs to know.
When the first settlers arrive on Mars, they won't have time to download a blockchain, configure IPFS, install a governance platform, and set up wallets. They need to plug in a seed and boot. The network must exist from minute one — because on Mars, governance isn't optional. It's survival infrastructure.
This image solves the cold-start problem. One seed seeds the network. A second seed creates redundancy. By the tenth seed, you have a resilient, distributed civilization operating at full capacity.
Not a hard drive. Not a server rack. A seed. Everything a civilization needs to govern itself, transact, store data, verify identity, vote by secret ballot, and maintain an immutable record of its own history. Updated by the Marscoin Foundation. Open source. Forever free.
Get the latest .img file from the Marscoin Foundation. Updated regularly with the latest blockchain data, software patches, and documentation.
Write the image to any USB 3.0+ drive using Etcher, dd, or Rufus. 64GB minimum recommended. Rugged, industrial-grade USB drives survive anything — including Mars.
Plug it into any x86_64 machine. Boot from USB. The Marscoin node starts syncing. IPFS initializes. The Martian Republic is live. You're a founding node.
The first release is being assembled. Join the mailing list to be notified — or explore the Academy while you wait.
Open source. Free forever. Maintained by the Marscoin Foundation.