EduBlocks - Blockchain Based E-Learning Platform

6th Semester Minor Project on Blockchain/Smart Contract applications in Education

Features

Online market-place for students, educators, content-creators, developers etc. to publish and purchase courses
Custom ERC-20 standard Token (EDBX) for all transactions
Rewards for students in the form of cryptocurrency
Elegant UI for smooth and intuitive experience
Security, authenticity, transparency and automation of tasks implemented using Smart Contracts

Deploy Contracts and Import Accounts
- Prerequisites: Install Metamask Chrome extension, Truffle CLI and Ganache GUI.
- Open Ganache and start a new workspace.
- Open Truffle CLI, and go to {download_path}/client
- Type "truffle migrate --reset" (since Migrations folder already exists in this repo). Otherwise, type "truffle compile"
- The contracts should now be deployed on host: 127.0.0.1, port: 8545 (default). Confirm by going to Contracts tab or run "truffle networks" in the CLI.
- Open Chrome browser, enable Metamask extension, go to settings and add new RPC network. Import your 10 accounts using 48 phrase mnemonic code from Ganache.
Run MongoDB & Express Server
- Open new terminal, run "mongod" to start the daemon.
- Open new terminal, go to {download_path}/server and type "npm start"
- You should see "Server up and running on port: {port}" and "Mongoose Connected Woohoo" in the terminal
Run React App
- Open new terminal, go to {download_path}/client and type "npm start"
- You should now be greeted with the homepage :D