Introduction

The Ark protocol describes the interactions between the Ark Service Provider (ASP) and their clients. We have implemented an ASP called aspd and a client called bark.

Most users will only be interested in running bark. First of all bark is a standard bitcoin-wallet that can be used to store funds onchain. However, it also allows you to participate in Ark rounds and store your Ark VTXOs.

Both aspd and bark are simple binaries that can be used from terminal.

The source code for both binaries is available on codeberg. We are not providing compiled binaries yet. However, you can compile aspd and bark from source.