blockchainpy

A very minimal implementation of a blockchain in Python. Please note that this is by no means intended to be use in a real scenario, the code used here is for educational purposes only.

Feature Roadmap:

• [X] Possibility to add blocks to the chain
• [X] Simple Proof of Work (PoW) algorithm
• [X] Possibility to add transactions
• [X] Possibility to mine new blocks
• [X] Possibility to replace the chain with a new one
• [ ] Wallet management
• [ ] Sign transactions
• [ ] Peer to Peer communication

Set Up

1. Check out the code

2. Install requirements

   pipenv install
   

3. Start the server with:

   pipenv run python -m flask run
   

4. Visit http://localhost/apidocs

Tests

The code is covered by tests, to run the tests please execute

pipenv run python -m unittest