Customize Your Tanssi-Powered Network¶

Tailor your network to meet your application's unique requirements. This section provides guidance on modifying and extending your network's functionality, offering instructions and best practices to help align it with your project's goals.

Process for Customizing Your Network¶

The diagram below provides a simplified outline of the essential steps to get started with building and customizing your Tanssi-powered network.

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    A[Install software prerequisites] --> B[Create and add modules]
    B --> C[Customize and generate chain specs]

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To proceed, check out the following section where you can find detailed, step-by-step guides for each of these stages.

Explore This Section¶

Prerequisites

Install the basic set of tools and software to set up a local development environment and be able to compile, run, and test your appchain.

Adding a Built-in Module

Learn how to leverage Substrate's pre-built, ready-to-use modules to efficiently add new features to your network without building from scratch.

Adding a Custom-Made Module

Discover how to incorporate custom-made modules to add unique or specialized features to your network that go beyond the capabilities of the built-in modules.

Adding an External Module

Learn how to resolve double reference issues of dependencies when customizing your Tanssi-powered network template with a Rust-based tool called Diener.

Chain Specifications

Review the sections and attributes of a chain specification file and how to obtain it for launching your Tanssi-powered network with a customized specification.