Python Blockchain

Commands

To create a new transaction to a block POST

/transactions/new 

To tell our server to mine a new block GET

/mine

To return the full Blockchain GET

/chain

Nodes

To accept a list of new nodes in the form of URLs

/nodes/register

Example for body POST:

{
	"nodes": "192.168.15.69:5001"
}

To implement our Consensus Algorithm, which resolves any conflicts—to ensure a node has the correct chain. GET:

/nodes/resolve

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Requests

This is what the request for a transaction will look like. It’s what the user sends to the server:

{
 "sender": "my address",
 "recipient": "someone else's address",
 "amount": 5
}

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Database

Necessary setup a postgres database, with db.ini with credentials:

[postgresql]
host=localhost
database=db_name
user=example_user
password=example_pass

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Docker

Build personalized images from Dockerfile

docker build -t "blockchain:v3" .
docker build -t "block_nginx" nginx/Dockerfile