POC of blockchain using python. Based on Haseeb Qureshi's presentation: https://github.com/Haseeb-Qureshi/lets-build-a-blockchain
The front end is an api, developped with flask_restplus to generate a swagger interface
goal is to be able to start several clients on localhost with different ports and have the blockchain broadcasted between the nodes.
how to use: start 3 nodes/client instances:
py app.py 8888 alice 8888 h
py app.py 8889 bob 8888 h
py app.py 8890 charlie 8888,8889 d
alice and bob are honest nodes/clients charlie is dishonest
the genesis block generates 1000 tokens for alice
from alice's node, send transaction of 200 tokens from alice to bob -> accepted by all 3 nodes from charlie's node, send transaction of 100 tokens from charlie to alice -> rejected by alice's and bob's nodes from bob's node, send transacction of 100 tokens to alice -> accepted by alice's and bob's nodes
future possible improvements:
- provide cryptographic transaction signature + verification
- implement gossip protocol with ability for a node to drop out and resynchronize