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Get started with Ignite CLI and run your own Cosmos chain

First Steps - Run Your Own Cosmos Chain

Do you want to find out how to run Cosmos chains? Take it step-by-step.

Begin with an introduction to Ignite CLI. Then discover the first steps to building an application-specific blockchain from scratch using the Ignite CLI.

In the next chapters, you will learn how to implement a checkers game blockchain with all the different aspects this can entail.

# In this chapter

In this chapter, you will:

  • Work with the Ignite CLI.
  • Begin implementing a blockchain for a checkers game using the Ignite CLI, including unit tests.
  • Create custom messages for your blockchain.
  • Work with the message handler to create and save games.
  • Emit game information with events.
  • Make sure a player can reject a game.

# Next up

Before you begin exploring Ignite CLI, prep everything for the running exercise - creating a checkers blockchain - by going through the section Setup Your Work Environment.

If your setup is ready to go, begin with an introduction to Ignite CLI in the next section.

# Developer Resources

Cosmos SDK
Cosmos SDK
A framework to build application-specific blockchains

Tendermint Core
Tendermint Core
Blockchain consensus engine and application interface

Cosmos Hub
Cosmos Hub
First interconnected public blockchain on the Cosmos network

IBC
IBC
Industry standard protocol for inter-blockchain communication