Suggested Pre-Reading

Protobul and gRPC Familiarity

Resources

• Cosmos Introduction - Protobuf
• gRPC Introduction
• YouTube series on Protobuf and gRPC (approx 2 hours in duration)
  • Protobuf Primer
  • gRPC Primer

Cosmos SDK

Ignite CLI

Prior to jumping into Akash source code, an introduction to the directory structure and primary elements of a Cosmos SDK enabled project would be of great use.

• The Ignite CLI offers an incredibly simple mechanism to scaffold new Cosmos blockchains. Begin with a simple Hello World blockchain through more complicated examples for necessary understanding of the interaction of message receipt to use of keepers for blockchain storage of those received messages.

Cosmos SDK Documentation

Explore Cosmos SDK documentation - and specifically the Introduction, Basics, and Core Concepts sections to gain a through level of understanding of a Cosmos SDK built blockchain and it's directory structure and functional components.