![Wasp logo](WASP_logo_dark.png)

# Welcome to the Wasp repository!

[Wasp](https://github.com/iotaledger/wasp) is a node software developed by the
[IOTA Foundation](http://iota.org) to run the _IOTA Smart Contracts_
(_ISC_ in short) on top of the _IOTA Tangle_.  Here's a [high level
introduction](https://blog.iota.org/an-introduction-to-iota-smart-contracts-16ea6f247936)
into ISC.

The comprehensive overview of design decisions of _IOTA Smart Contracts_ can be found in the
[whitepaper](https://github.com/iotaledger/wasp/raw/master/documentation/ISC_WP_Nov_10_2021.pdf).

## Documentation

The documentation for Wasp and IOTA Smart Contracts can be found on the [IOTA Wiki](https://wiki.iota.org/wasp/overview).

## Contributing

If you want to contribute to this repository, consider posting a [bug
report](https://github.com/iotaledger/wasp/issues/new-issue), feature request
or a [pull request](https://github.com/iotaledger/wasp/pulls/).

Please read [this](documentation/docs/contribute.md) before creating a pull request.

You can also join our [Discord server](https://discord.iota.org/) and ping us
in `#smartcontracts-dev`.
