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# Module 3. Protocol parameters and configuration files

- [Protocol parameters](https://cardano-course.gitbook.io/cardano-course/handbook/protocol-parameters-and-configuration-files/protocol-parameters.md)
- [Byron genesis file](https://cardano-course.gitbook.io/cardano-course/handbook/protocol-parameters-and-configuration-files/byron-genesis-file.md)
- [Shelley genesis file](https://cardano-course.gitbook.io/cardano-course/handbook/protocol-parameters-and-configuration-files/shelley-genesis-file.md)
- [Alonzo genesis file](https://cardano-course.gitbook.io/cardano-course/handbook/protocol-parameters-and-configuration-files/alonzo-genesis-file.md)
- [Conway genesis file](https://cardano-course.gitbook.io/cardano-course/handbook/protocol-parameters-and-configuration-files/conway-genesis-file.md)
- [Node configuration file](https://cardano-course.gitbook.io/cardano-course/handbook/protocol-parameters-and-configuration-files/node-configuration-file.md)
- [Topology file](https://cardano-course.gitbook.io/cardano-course/handbook/protocol-parameters-and-configuration-files/topology-file.md)