BookChain 📖

This is the repository for the project BookChain, a web application built for Hack36 2021 by Baracuda Viktara.

🔰 About

A blockchain-powered twist to the re-sale of used books and other commodities with a focus on annonymity and cryptocurrency-based transactions

If you want to test the code, you can do it by following these few steps

Make sure that you have the current LTS version of Node.JS installed on your PC. You can check using the command node -v on the commandline. Else you can head to the node.js website, download it and install it before proceeding forword.
Make sure you have the Metamask Chrome Extension installed. Head over and refer to here to install the extension and enable it in your browser.
Install Ganache and assign a new workspace. Add truffle-config.js in the project settings. Set Metamask account by importing a local account on the private Ganache blockchain network.
Clone the repository with the following command or download the compressed zip file using this link
```
git clone https://github.com/Spirit-ofJoy/BookChain BookChain
```
Navigate to the repository and open terminal. You can also open it in your code editor of choice. However for simplicity we recommend Visual Studio Code.
Enter in the the following command in the terminal wait till node package manager installs all the dependencies
```
npm install
```
Now that you have installed all the dependencies, enter
```
npm start
```
After this the code will start compiling and after it has compiled the code, you can head to http://localhost:3000 and try the app yourself