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Thunderbolt is a peer-to-peer trustless digital currency implemented from scratch in Java. The project is inspired by Bitcoin and was created as a learning tool for understanding the blockchain technology.
NOTE: Currently the cryptocurrency network is down.
| Specification | Value |
|---|---|
| Protocol | PoW (proof of Work) |
| Algorithms | SHA-256 |
| Blocktime | 10 minutes |
| Total Supply | 21.000.000 THB |
| RPC port | 9567 |
| P2P port | 8332 |
Download the Thunderbolt Node, CLI, Wallet and Miner for your target OS from:
- Download Linux v1.0.SNAPSHOP
- Download Windows v1.0.SNAPSHOP
The release includes 4 applications.
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The Node Application: This application runs the P2P protocol and all the blockchain related business logic (consensus rules, persitense of block and transactions etc.). The node application also serves as an JSON-RPC service (at port 9567 by default), other application can send request to the RPC service to query data from the blockchain or make the node execute commands like sending blocks, making transactions and in general managing the peers we are connected to. This node application must be started first, as the wallet, cli and miner application all rely on the node RPC server to work.
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The CLI: The command line interface application allows the user to query and execute commands on the node using the command line.
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The Wallet: The wallet allows you to keep track of your balance and transactions. You can also transfer funds to other addresses, dump your keys and encrypt your wallet.
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The Miner: The miner application will mine blocks using the CPU or a specific ASIC miner (The GekkoScience NewPac 130Gh/s+ because is what I had at hand).
The node can be stearted as a background process using the "start-node.bat/sh" script or as a simple program using the "run-node.bat/sh":
The node application will add a system tray icon on operating systems that support it.
You can stop the node either by clocking on the stop option of the tray icon:
or by simply calling the stop command on the CLI:
thunderbolt-cli.sh stop
In Windows you can also just click the script icon "stop-all.bat" and it will close the node application and the wallet software if open.
The CLI application has the following command available:
USAGE: thunderbolt-cli.sh <command> [params]
| Command | Description | Arguments |
|---|---|---|
| getUptime | Returns the total uptime of the server. | NONE |
| getConfirmedTransactions | Gets all the confirmed transactions related to the node wallet. | NONE |
| banPeer | Bans a peer for 24 hours. | NETWORK_ADDRESS |
| getBestBlockHash | Returns the hash of the best (tip) block in the longest blockchain. | NONE |
| getPeerInfo | Gets all the information regarding a peer. | NETWORK_ADDRESS |
| backupWallet | Backups the wallet. | BACKUP_WALLET_PATH |
| getAddress | Gets the address of the wallet. | NONE |
| getBlockCount | Returns the number of blocks in the longest blockchain. | NONE |
| isWalletUnlocked | Gets whether the wallet is unlocked or not. | NONE |
| getPendingTransactions | Gets all the pending transactions related to the node wallet. | NONE |
| getUnspentOutput | Gets the unspent output that matches the given transaction id and index inside that transaction. | TRANSACTION_ID INDEX |
| getTransaction | Gets the transaction with the given hash. | TRANSACTION_HASH |
| sendToAddress | Transfer funds from the current node wallet to the specified address. | RECIPIENT ADDRESS AMOUNT |
| getPeerCount | The number of peers connected to this node. | NONE |
| getBlock | Gets the block with the given hash. | BLOCK_HASH |
| getTransactionPoolCount | Gets the number of transactions currently sitting in the transaction pool. | NONE |
| encryptWallet | Encrypts the wallet with 'passphrase'. This is for first time encryption. | PASSPHRASE |
| getInfo | Returns an object containing various state info. | NONE |
| getPendingBalance | Gets the specified address pending balance. If no address is specified. The pending balance of the current active wallet is returned. | ADDRESS optional |
| isWalletEncrypted | Gets whether the wallet is encrypted or not. | NONE |
| addPeer | Adds a new address to the pool. | NETWORK_ADDRESS |
| getPublicKey | Gets the public key of the wallet. | NONE |
| getTransactionPoolSize | Gets the size of the transaction pool in bytes. | NONE |
| GetTransactionMetadataCommand | Gets the metadata for this transaction. | TRANSACTION_HASH |
| listBannedPeers | Gets all banned peers. | NONE |
| lockWallet | Locks the wallet if it is encrypted. | NONE |
| disconnectPeer | Disconnects a currently connect peer from the node. | NETWORK_ADDRESS |
| getBalance | Gets the specified address balance. If no address is specified. The balance of the current active wallet is returned. | ADDRESS optional |
| stop | Stops the server. | NONE |
| unlockWallet | Unlocks the wallet if it is encrypted. | PASSPHRASE |
| getBlockHeader | Gets the block header of the block with the given hash. | BLOCK_HASH |
| unbanPeer | Lift a ban from a peer. | NETWORK_ADDRESS |
| listPeers | Lists all connected peers. | NONE |
| getPrivateKey | Gets the private key of the wallet. | NONE |
| getDifficulty | Returns the proof-of-work difficulty as a multiple of the minimum difficulty. | NONE |
| getTotalBalance | Gets the amount of coins in circulation (spendable). | NONE |
| removePeer | Removes an address from the storage. | NETWORK_ADDRESS |
| getNetworkAddress | Gets our current public address. | NONE |
The wallet software allows you to keep track of transactions and transfer funds among other things:
The miner software can mine on the CPU or on a particular ASIC miner, if set to mine by using tthe CPU (default) it will start a mining thread for each core of the CPU and it will divide the nonce range accordingly.
The only ASIC miner that is currently supported is the GekkoScience NewPac 130Gh/s+ since it was what I had in hand.
To run the miner:
run-miner.sh
And to run the miner with the Gekko:
run-miner.sh asic
The project was created with IntelliJ IDEA but any build environment with Maven and the Java compiler should work.
To build manually, create the executable with:
mvn clean packageThunderbolt is released under the terms of the MIT license. See LICENSE for more information or see https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT.