The Tezos
field guide.

What is Tezos?

A short nontechnical introduction to the network, its self-amendment model, and where Tezos is used.

Tezos Documentation

The canonical doorway for users, application developers, protocol engineers, and bakers.

Start using Tezos

Plain-language guidance for accounts, wallets, tez, applications, and staking.

Tezos Developer Portal

A curated starting point for tutorials, languages, SDKs, infrastructure, and developer support.

Tutorial library

Hands-on paths covering a minimum dApp, contracts, NFTs, rollups, nodes, DAL, and baking.

OpenTezos

Interactive, open educational material for learning Tezos concepts and development at your own pace.

Wallets and transaction safety

Canonical wallet types, backups, transfers, dApp connections, and approval warnings.

No legitimate helper needs your seed phrase or private key.

Install and fund a wallet

Current supported-wallet guidance for Mainnet and testnet setup.

User accounts and keys

How Tezos accounts, public addresses, private keys, security, and multisig accounts work.

Using dApps safely

What a connected app can see, what a wallet approval does, and how to inspect requests before signing.

Kukai documentation

Kukai’s guide hub for creating, recovering, securing, and using a Tezos wallet.

Kukai self-custody setup

The seed phrase, password, and encrypted-keystore route for a full self-custody Kukai wallet.

Write backups offline; Passport never asks you to enter them.

Tezos Domains

Learn how .tez names, reverse records, avatars, nicknames, and profile fields map to addresses.

Tezos Domains developer docs

Resolution, GraphQL, contracts, interoperability, and integration guidance for .tez names.

TzKT Explorer

Inspect accounts, operations, tokens, contracts, bakers, and governance on Mainnet.

Block explorer directory

The official documentation’s current list of general and specialized Tezos explorers.

Better Call Dev

A contract-focused explorer for storage, entrypoints, operations, and debugging.

Explorus

A Tezos explorer with protocol, network, account, and DAL-oriented visibility.

Tezos status

Current Mainnet and ecosystem-service uptime, maintenance, and incident information.

Protocol amendment history

The authoritative timeline of activated Tezos upgrades and their major changes.

Use this page as the source of truth for the active Mainnet protocol.

TzKT Profiles

Wallet-signed public profile information reviewed and surfaced by TzKT.

Tezos Art Portal

The official starting point for creators, collectors, and cultural institutions working with Tezos art.

Creator Hub

Launch preparation, minting guidance, creator tools, community, and archive considerations.

Collector Hub

Wallet and marketplace orientation for discovering and collecting Tezos art.

objkt

A broad independent Tezos art marketplace and aggregator with creator and collector guides.

Independent application; inspect every wallet request and collection before signing.

fxhash

An independent platform for publishing, discovering, and collecting generative art.

Teia

A community-managed Tezos art platform descended from the Hic et Nunc culture.

EditArt

An independent platform for interactive and co-created generative artworks.

InfiniteInk

Artist-controlled collection contracts, editions, one-of-ones, and release mechanics.

drop.art

An independent release tool for blind mints and customized drop pages.

Developing on Tezos

The canonical development overview: wallets, Octez, SDKs, languages, IDEs, testing, and deployment.

dApp architecture

How Tezos applications divide responsibilities across frontend, wallet, contracts, nodes, and indexers.

octez.connect

The current wallet-interaction SDK implementing TZIP-10 and supporting Tezos wallet connection flows.

Formerly known through Beacon; use the current octez.connect guidance.

Taquito

The primary TypeScript and JavaScript SDK for accounts, contracts, operations, and Tezos RPCs.

Taqueria

A development task runner for contracts, sandboxes, deployment, type generation, and metadata workflows.

Choose a contract language

Compare SmartPy, LIGO, Archetype, and Michelson by syntax, complexity, and tooling.

SmartPy

Python-like smart contract language, compiler, testing framework, CLI, and browser IDE.

LIGO

JsLIGO and CameLIGO languages, compiler, testing tools, package management, and IDE.

Archetype

A high-level contract language with specification and verification-oriented tooling.

Tezos core source

The canonical Octez and protocol repository, issue tracker, merge requests, and source history.

Testing on testnets

How public, protocol-specific, and periodic Tezos test networks should be used.

Ghostnet has been removed; use the current Teztnets directory.

Teztnets live directory

Current networks, faucets, RPC nodes, explorers, and snapshots for application and baker testing.

Test locally

Local contract testing, mock environments, sandbox networks, and testing tools.

TzKT API

REST and WebSocket APIs for accounts, operations, contracts, tokens, governance, and live updates.

Free API usage requires visible TzKT attribution.

Indexer directory

Official orientation to public indexers and the tradeoffs between APIs and custom indexes.

DipDup

A framework for building selective custom indexes from Tezos operations, big maps, events, and tokens.

TZIP standards repository

The status table and source proposals for wallet, token, metadata, and interoperability standards.

Check the status table: a numbered proposal may still be Draft rather than Final.

Tezos Stack Exchange

Searchable technical questions and answers for contracts, tooling, protocol behavior, and operations.

Delegation and staking guide

Canonical mechanics, baker selection, reward flow, liquidity, slashing risk, and unstaking delays.

Staked tez is locked and can be slashed; delegated tez remains liquid and is not slashed.

Tezos staking app

The official transaction interface for selecting a baker, delegating, staking, and unstaking.

This performs Mainnet operations. Keep liquid tez for fees and verify every wallet request.

Governance and self-amendment

The five protocol-amendment periods, voting power, delegate participation, and activation flow.

Tezos Agora

A governance explorer and learning surface for proposals and amendment participation.

Tezos Baking Portal

Role-oriented guidance for baker setup, security, monitoring, governance, and rewards.

For the current Octez version, prefer the official Releases page below.

Run a baker in five steps

Current node, baker, account, key, and DAL setup for prospective Mainnet operators.

Octez documentation

The canonical protocol, node, client, baker, rollup, DAL, RPC, and operator manuals.

Octez releases

Official release artifacts, checksums, changelogs, supported versions, and RSS updates.

Treat this page as the source of truth for the current production release.

Node monitoring

Metrics, logs, Prometheus, Grafana, and operational monitoring for Octez infrastructure.

Etherlink documentation

The primary documentation for the production EVM-compatible Tezos Layer 2.

Etherlink network information

Current Mainnet and Shadownet RPCs, explorers, chain IDs, currencies, and wallet settings.

Bridging tokens

Official bridge choices, transaction explorer, supported directions, and bridge-specific guidance.

Bridges perform asset-moving transactions. Confirm the network and destination before signing.

Etherlink Explorer

Inspect EVM blocks, accounts, contracts, tokens, transactions, and verified source code.

Etherlink development toolkits

Foundry, Hardhat, Solidity deployment, verification, indexing, and EVM development workflows.

Tezos X documentation

Architecture, shared EVM and Michelson interfaces, Native Atomic Composability, and Previewnet.

Experimental and testnet-only. Do not treat Previewnet as production Mainnet.

Get started on Tezos X

Current Previewnet configuration, accounts, RPC interfaces, and first cross-interface steps.

Previewnet state and endpoints may change.

Tezos X tutorials

Experimental tutorials spanning the EVM and Michelson interfaces on the shared ledger.

Tezos Community Hub

Official directory for social channels, events, governance, grants, and ways to participate.

Tezos Discord

Real-time general community and developer conversation linked by official Tezos channels.

Ignore unsolicited support DMs. No moderator needs your seed phrase.

Tezos Agora Forum

Durable discussion for protocol proposals, research, governance, incidents, and ecosystem initiatives.

Tezos Commons

Community nonprofit supporting events, education, open-source initiatives, grants, and rewards.

Tezos Spotlight

Official ecosystem stories, explainers, interviews, monthly updates, and project coverage.

The Baking Sheet

A weekly Tezos Commons newsletter collecting ecosystem news, releases, events, and conversations.

Ecosystem funding programs

Tezos Foundation overview of grants, bounties, and other ecosystem funding routes.

Tezos Foundation grants

The current proposal portal for developer experience, education, applications, community, security, and baking.

Community Rewards Program

Recognition for onboarding, development, art, baking, education, and other community contributions.

Security and bug bounty

Official reporting guidance covering the protocol, Octez, Etherlink, and other Tezos software.

Known scams and reporting

Foundation-maintained warnings about impersonation, fake returns, wallet lookalikes, and secret-phrase theft.

The Foundation never requests secret phrases and does not offer high-APY baking investments.

Developer security guide

Security practices for contracts, applications, dependencies, keys, RPCs, and transaction handling.