# Categories

[Latest](https://forum.celestia.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.celestia.org/categories.md)

## [Start here](https://forum.celestia.org/c/start-here/9.md)

Welcome to the Celestia Forum, a place to discuss topics relating to Celestia and modular blockchains.

## [General](https://forum.celestia.org/c/general/10.md)

Topics that don’t fit into any other existing category.

## [Research](https://forum.celestia.org/c/research/5.md)

Discuss new or existing blockchain research under this category.

## [Developers](https://forum.celestia.org/c/developers/16.md)

Discussions around getting started as a developer, building modular and utilizing Celestia’s latest features.

## [Node Operators](https://forum.celestia.org/c/node/13.md)

Celestia is a modular consensus and data network. Use this category to discuss how to run a validator or how to operate the Data Availability nodes.

## [Testnets](https://forum.celestia.org/c/testnets/19.md)

Developer-focused or node-operator focused Testnet network discussions.

## [Celestia Improvement Proposals (CIPs)](https://forum.celestia.org/c/celestia-improvement-proposal-cip/31.md)

The CIP process aims to coordinate technical proposals in the Celestia community to help improve the network across the modular stack, including core protocol upgrades.

## [Community](https://forum.celestia.org/c/community/23.md)

This category serves as a platform for discussing new community projects, proposals, translations, events, and for members to showcase their own content.

## [Ecosystem](https://forum.celestia.org/c/ecosystem/22.md)

Discuss the Celestia ecosystem and the decentralized applications being developed as part of the Modular stack.

## [Site Feedback](https://forum.celestia.org/c/site-feedback/2.md)

Discussion about this site, its organization, how it works, and how we can improve it.

## [Uncategorized](https://forum.celestia.org/c/uncategorized/1.md)

## [Administrivia](https://forum.celestia.org/c/administrivia/7.md)

Discuss administrative stuff for this forum (meta, new categories suggestions, etc.).