# Modules

## Auth

The `x/auth` modules is used for accounts

- [API docs](https://godoc.org/github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/auth)
- [Specification](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/tree/master/docs/spec/auth)

## Bank

The `x/bank` module is for transferring coins between accounts.

- [API docs](https://godoc.org/github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/bank)
- [Specification](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/tree/master/docs/spec/bank)

## Staking

The `x/staking` module is for Cosmos Delegated-Proof-of-Stake.

- [API docs](https://godoc.org/github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/staking)
- [Specification](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/tree/master/docs/spec/staking)

## Slashing

The `x/slashing` module is for Cosmos Delegated-Proof-of-Stake.

- [API docs](https://godoc.org/github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/slashing)
- [Specification](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/tree/master/docs/spec/slashing)

## Distribution

The `x/distribution` module is for distributing fees and inflation across bonded
stakeholders.

- [API docs](https://godoc.org/github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/distribution)
- [Specification](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/tree/master/docs/spec/distribution)

## Governance

The `x/gov` module is for bonded stakeholders to make proposals and vote on them.

- [API docs](https://godoc.org/github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/gov)
- [Specification](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/tree/master/docs/spec/governance)

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## Crisis

The `x/crisis` module is for halting the blockchain under certain circumstances.

- [API Docs](https://godoc.org/github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/crisis)
- [Specification](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/blob/master/docs/spec/crisis)

## Mint

The `x/mint` module is for flexible inflation rates and effect a balance between market liquidity and staked supply.

- [API Docs](https://godoc.org/github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/mint)
- [Specification](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/blob/master/docs/spec/mint)

## Params

The `x/params` module provides a globally available parameter store.

- [API Docs](https://godoc.org/github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/params)
- [Specification](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/blob/master/docs/spec/params)

## Evidence

The `x/evidence` modules provides a mechanism for defining and submitting arbitrary
events of misbehavior and a means to execute custom business logic for such misbehavior.

- [API Docs](https://godoc.org/github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/evidence)
- [Specification](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/blob/master/docs/spec/evidence)