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# Core Concepts

This repository contains reference documentation on the core concepts of the Cosmos SDK.

1. [`BaseApp`](./baseapp.md)
2. [Transaction](./transactions.md)
3. [Context](./context.md)
4. [Node Client](./node.md)
5. [Store](./store.md)
6. [Encoding](./encoding.md)
7. [gRPC, REST and Tendermint Endpoints](./grpc_rest.md)
8. [Command-Line Interface](./cli.md)
9. [Events](./events.md)
10. [Telemetry](./telemetry.md)
11. [Object-Capabilities](./ocap.md)
12. [RunTx recovery middleware](./runtx_middleware.md)
13. [Simulation](./simulation.md)
14. [Protobuf documentation](./proto-docs.md)
15. [In-Place Store Migrations](./upgrade.md)

After reading about the core concepts, check the [IBC documentation](../ibc/README.md) to learn more
about the IBC core concepts and how to integrate IBC in your application.