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      • 1a: Basic Arithmetic
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      • 2a: Unit Logic
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      • 2d: Bit Logic
      • 2e: Insecure Hashing
      • 2f: Noun Ordering
      • 2g: Unsigned Powers
      • 2h: Set Logic
      • 2i: Map Logic
      • 2j: Jar and Jug Logic
      • 2k: Queue Logic
      • 2l: Container from Container
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      • 2n: Functional Hacks
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      • 2p: Serialization
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      • 3a: Modular and Signed Ints
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      • 3d: SHA Hash Family
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      • 3g: Molds and Mold-Builders
      • 4a: Exotic Bases
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      • 4h: Parsing (ASCII Glyphs)
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      • 4j: Parsing (Bases and Base Digits)
      • 4k: Atom Printing
      • 4l: Atom Parsing
      • 4m: Formatting Functions
      • 4n: Virtualization
      • 4o: Molds
      • 5a: Compiler Utilities
      • 5b: Macro Expansion
      • 5c: Compiler Backend & Prettyprinter
      • 5d: Parser
      • 5e: Molds and mold builders
      • 5f: Profiling support
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        • Constants (Atoms and Strings)
        • + lus · Arms
        • | bar · Cores
        • $ buc · Structures
        • % cen · Calls
        • : col · Cells
        • . dot · Nock
        • / fas · Imports
        • ^ ket · Casts
        • ; mic · Make
        • ~ sig · Hints
        • = tis · Subject
        • ? wut · Conditionals
        • ! zap · Wild
        • --, == Terminators
        • Limbs and wings

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          • Zuse

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                                  • Start Thread
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                                              • Azimuth
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                                              • Card
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                                              • Cell
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                                              • Vere
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                                              • Warm atom
                                              • Wet Gate
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                                                Urbit Developers
                                                • Hoon

                                                  • Overview
                                                  • Cheat Sheet
                                                  • Irregular forms
                                                  • Hoon Errors
                                                  • Hoon Style Guide
                                                  • Basic Types
                                                  • Advanced Types
                                                  • Auras
                                                  • Arvo
                                                  • Standard Library

                                                    • 1a: Basic Arithmetic
                                                    • 1b: Tree Addressing
                                                    • 1c: Molds and Mold-Builders
                                                    • 2a: Unit Logic
                                                    • 2b: List Logic
                                                    • 2c: Bit Arithmetic
                                                    • 2d: Bit Logic
                                                    • 2e: Insecure Hashing
                                                    • 2f: Noun Ordering
                                                    • 2g: Unsigned Powers
                                                    • 2h: Set Logic
                                                    • 2i: Map Logic
                                                    • 2j: Jar and Jug Logic
                                                    • 2k: Queue Logic
                                                    • 2l: Container from Container
                                                    • 2m: Container from Noun
                                                    • 2n: Functional Hacks
                                                    • 2o: Normalizing Containers
                                                    • 2p: Serialization
                                                    • 2q: Molds and Mold-Builders
                                                    • 3a: Modular and Signed Ints
                                                    • 3b: Floating Point
                                                    • 3c: Urbit Time
                                                    • 3d: SHA Hash Family
                                                    • 3e: AES encryption (Removed)
                                                    • 3f: Scrambling
                                                    • 3g: Molds and Mold-Builders
                                                    • 4a: Exotic Bases
                                                    • 4b: Text Processing
                                                    • 4c: Tank Printer
                                                    • 4d: Parsing (Tracing)
                                                    • 4e: Parsing (Combinators)
                                                    • 4f: Parsing (Rule-Builders)
                                                    • 4g: Parsing (Outside Caller)
                                                    • 4h: Parsing (ASCII Glyphs)
                                                    • 4i: Parsing (Useful Idioms)
                                                    • 4j: Parsing (Bases and Base Digits)
                                                    • 4k: Atom Printing
                                                    • 4l: Atom Parsing
                                                    • 4m: Formatting Functions
                                                    • 4n: Virtualization
                                                    • 4o: Molds
                                                    • 5a: Compiler Utilities
                                                    • 5b: Macro Expansion
                                                    • 5c: Compiler Backend & Prettyprinter
                                                    • 5d: Parser
                                                    • 5e: Molds and mold builders
                                                    • 5f: Profiling support
                                                    • Runes

                                                      • Constants (Atoms and Strings)
                                                      • + lus · Arms
                                                      • | bar · Cores
                                                      • $ buc · Structures
                                                      • % cen · Calls
                                                      • : col · Cells
                                                      • . dot · Nock
                                                      • / fas · Imports
                                                      • ^ ket · Casts
                                                      • ; mic · Make
                                                      • ~ sig · Hints
                                                      • = tis · Subject
                                                      • ? wut · Conditionals
                                                      • ! zap · Wild
                                                      • --, == Terminators
                                                      • Limbs and wings

                                                        • Limbs
                                                        • Wings
                                                        • Zuse

                                                          • 2d(1-5): To JSON, Wains
                                                          • 2d(6): From JSON
                                                          • 2d(7): From JSON (unit)
                                                          • 2e(2-3): Print & Parse JSON
                                                          • 2m: Ordered Maps
                                                        • Arvo

                                                          • Overview
                                                          • Ames

                                                            • Overview
                                                            • Cryptography
                                                            • API Reference
                                                            • Scry Reference
                                                            • Data Types
                                                            • Behn

                                                              • Overview
                                                              • API Reference
                                                              • Scry Reference
                                                              • Examples
                                                              • Clay

                                                                • Overview
                                                                • Architecture
                                                                • Using Clay
                                                                • Data Types
                                                                • Scry Reference
                                                                • API Reference
                                                                • Examples
                                                                • Marks

                                                                  • Overview
                                                                  • Writing Marks
                                                                  • Using Marks
                                                                  • Examples
                                                                • Dill

                                                                  • Overview
                                                                  • API Reference
                                                                  • Scry Reference
                                                                  • Data Types
                                                                  • Eyre

                                                                    • Overview
                                                                    • External API Reference
                                                                    • Internal API Reference
                                                                    • Scry Reference
                                                                    • Data Types
                                                                    • Guide
                                                                    • Gall

                                                                      • Overview
                                                                      • API Reference
                                                                      • Data Types
                                                                      • Threads Reference
                                                                      • Iris

                                                                        • Overview
                                                                        • API Reference
                                                                        • Data Types
                                                                        • Example
                                                                        • Jael

                                                                          • Overview
                                                                          • API Reference
                                                                          • Scry Reference
                                                                          • Data Types
                                                                          • Examples
                                                                          • Khan

                                                                            • Overview
                                                                            • API Reference
                                                                            • Data Types
                                                                            • Example
                                                                            • Threads

                                                                              • Overview
                                                                              • HTTP API
                                                                              • Reference
                                                                              • Gall

                                                                                • Start Thread
                                                                                • Take Result
                                                                                • Take Facts
                                                                                • Stop Thread
                                                                                • Poke Thread
                                                                                • Examples

                                                                                  • Fetch JSON
                                                                                  • Child Thread
                                                                                  • Main-loop
                                                                                  • Poke Agent
                                                                                  • Scry
                                                                                  • Take Fact
                                                                                • Concepts

                                                                                  • Scries
                                                                                  • Subscriptions
                                                                                  • Tutorials

                                                                                    • Move Trace
                                                                                    • Reference

                                                                                      • Cryptography
                                                                                      • Filesystem Hierarchy
                                                                                    • Nock

                                                                                      • Nock Definition
                                                                                      • Explanation
                                                                                      • Example
                                                                                      • Implementations
                                                                                      • Vere

                                                                                        • C Runtime System
                                                                                        • Land of Nouns
                                                                                        • API overview by prefix
                                                                                        • C in Urbit
                                                                                        • Writing Jets
                                                                                        • Cryptography
                                                                                        • Azimuth

                                                                                          • Overview
                                                                                          • Urbit HD Wallet
                                                                                          • Azimuth Data Flow
                                                                                          • Azimuth.eth
                                                                                          • Ecliptic.eth
                                                                                          • Advanced Azimuth Tools
                                                                                          • Life and Rift
                                                                                          • Layer 2

                                                                                            • Layer 2 Overview
                                                                                            • Layer 2 Actions
                                                                                            • Transaction Format
                                                                                            • Rollers
                                                                                            • Roller HTTP RPC-API
                                                                                            • Custom Roller Tutorial
                                                                                          • Glossary

                                                                                            • Agent
                                                                                            • Ames
                                                                                            • API
                                                                                            • Aqua
                                                                                            • Arm
                                                                                            • Arvo
                                                                                            • Atom
                                                                                            • Aura
                                                                                            • Aural ASCII
                                                                                            • Azimuth
                                                                                            • Battery
                                                                                            • Behn
                                                                                            • Bowl
                                                                                            • Bridge
                                                                                            • Bunt
                                                                                            • Card
                                                                                            • Case
                                                                                            • Cask
                                                                                            • Cell
                                                                                            • Censures
                                                                                            • Claims
                                                                                            • Clay
                                                                                            • Cold atom
                                                                                            • Comet
                                                                                            • Commit
                                                                                            • Cons
                                                                                            • Context
                                                                                            • Cord
                                                                                            • Core
                                                                                            • Delegated Sending
                                                                                            • Desk
                                                                                            • Dill
                                                                                            • Document Proposal
                                                                                            • Dojo
                                                                                            • Door
                                                                                            • Double-boot
                                                                                            • Dry Gate
                                                                                            • Duct
                                                                                            • Ecliptic
                                                                                            • Entropy
                                                                                            • Event Log
                                                                                            • Eyre
                                                                                            • Face
                                                                                            • Fact
                                                                                            • Foo Bar Baz
                                                                                            • Galaxy
                                                                                            • Gall
                                                                                            • Garden
                                                                                            • Gate
                                                                                            • Generator
                                                                                            • Gift
                                                                                            • Glob
                                                                                            • HD Wallet
                                                                                            • Helm
                                                                                            • Hood
                                                                                            • Hoon
                                                                                            • Invite Tree
                                                                                            • Iris
                                                                                            • Jael
                                                                                            • Jet
                                                                                            • Kelvin versioning
                                                                                            • Kelvin versioning
                                                                                            • Keyfile
                                                                                            • Keywords
                                                                                            • Khan
                                                                                            • Kiln
                                                                                            • Landscape
                                                                                            • Leg
                                                                                            • List
                                                                                            • Loobean
                                                                                            • Lull
                                                                                            • Mark
                                                                                            • Metals
                                                                                            • Mold
                                                                                            • Monad
                                                                                            • Moon
                                                                                            • Move
                                                                                            • Nock
                                                                                            • Noun
                                                                                            • ~
                                                                                            • OTA Updates
                                                                                            • Path Prefix
                                                                                            • Path
                                                                                            • @p
                                                                                            • Payload
                                                                                            • Peek
                                                                                            • pH
                                                                                            • Pier
                                                                                            • Pill
                                                                                            • Planet
                                                                                            • Poke
                                                                                            • Proxies
                                                                                            • Replay
                                                                                            • Factory Reset
                                                                                            • Roller
                                                                                            • Naive rollups
                                                                                            • Rune
                                                                                            • Runtime
                                                                                            • Sail
                                                                                            • Sample
                                                                                            • Scry
                                                                                            • Senate
                                                                                            • Ship
                                                                                            • Slam
                                                                                            • Spider
                                                                                            • Sponsor
                                                                                            • Star
                                                                                            • String
                                                                                            • Subject Oriented Programming
                                                                                            • Subject
                                                                                            • Subscription
                                                                                            • Tape
                                                                                            • Thread
                                                                                            • Trap
                                                                                            • Udon
                                                                                            • Upgrade Proposal
                                                                                            • Userspace
                                                                                            • Vane
                                                                                            • Vase
                                                                                            • Vere
                                                                                            • Voting
                                                                                            • Warm atom
                                                                                            • Wet Gate
                                                                                            • Wing
                                                                                            • Wire
                                                                                            • Wrapper
                                                                                            • ~zod
                                                                                            • Zuse
                                                                                            • Additional

                                                                                              • Cryptography
                                                                                              • Mips (Maps of Maps)
                                                                                              • Software Distribution

                                                                                                • Overview
                                                                                                • Docket File
                                                                                                • Glob
                                                                                              Reference

                                                                                              Azimuth

                                                                                              Azimuth

                                                                                              An overview of the Ethereum-based public key infrastructure utilized by Urbit.

                                                                                              Urbit HD Wallet

                                                                                              Azimuth has its own optional hierarchical deterministic wallet system, often referred to as a "master ticket".

                                                                                              Data Flow

                                                                                              Diagrams and explanations of how data flows between Bridge and the various components inside Urbit involved with layer 2.

                                                                                              Azimuth.eth

                                                                                              A description of the azimuth.eth smart contract, which is the data store for Azimuth.

                                                                                              Ecliptic.eth

                                                                                              A description of the ecliptic.eth smart contract, which is the business logic for azimuth.eth. This includes an overview of all function calls available.

                                                                                              Advanced Azimuth Tools

                                                                                              Expert-level tooling for generating, signing, and sending layer 1 Azimuth-related transactions from within Urbit itself.

                                                                                              Life and Rift

                                                                                              An explanation of how Azimuth indexes networking keys and breaches to keep track of the most recent set of networking keys necessary to communicate with a ship.

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                                                                                              Last modified March 17, 2023