coin-cli
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đ¸A minimal cryptocurrency CLI implementation in TypeScript & Immutable.js
Coin CLI
A minimal cryptocurrency CLI implementation in TypeScript & Immutable.js
Demo
Connect
Mining
Payment
đ Features
- đ° Wallet with public and private key.
- đŗ Make Payments between wallets.
- đ Transactions are signed with the wallet's private key.
- đ Blocks with index, hash, data, transactions, and timestamp.
- â Proof-of-work implementation.
- â In-memory JavaScript array to store the blockchain.
- â Block & Transaction integrity validation.
- đĄ Decentralized and distributed peer-to-peer communication.
- ⨠Minimal implementation in 900 lines of code.
đĻ Installation
To install this application, you'll need Node.js 7+ (which comes with npm) installed on your computer. From your command line:
Source (recommended)
You'll need Git to run the project from source. From your command line:
# Clone this repository
$ git clone https://github.com/seanjameshan/coin-cli
# Go into the repository
$ cd coin-cli
# Install dependencies
$ npm install
# Run the app
$ npm start
đšī¸ Usage
Command | Alias | Description | Example |
---|---|---|---|
open |
o | Open port to accept incoming connections. | open 5000 |
connect |
c | Connect to a new peer with host and |
connect localhost 5000 |
blockchain | bc | See the current state of the blockchain. | |
peers | p | Get the list of connected peers. | |
mine [address] | m | Mine a new block with rewards going to optional [address]. | mine or mine xxx... |
transactions | tx | See unconfirmed transactions that can be mined. | |
wallet |
w | Create a new wallet with |
wallet mypassword |
key | k | Get your public key | |
pay |
p | Make payment to address with |
pay xxx... 10 5 mypassword |
balance [address] | b | Balance of optional address | balance or balance xxx... |
help [command...] | Provides help for a given command | help balance or help | |
exit | Exits application. |