frosychr/noobcash

Yet another cryptocurrency

Noobcash

Yet another cryptocoin
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Table of Contents

1. About The Project
   • Built With
2. Getting Started
   • Prerequisites
   • Installation
3. Usage
4. Demo
5. Contact

About The Project

A simple implementation of a modern cryptocurrency that goes by the name of NoobCash.

Our team built this project as a first encounter with the world of blockchain. The architecture used tries to resemble the well known cryptocurrencies (such as Bitcoin) but with the admission that a client is also a miner.

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Built With

• Flask
• Flask-SocketIO
• React.js
• PyInquirer

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Getting Started

Instructions to run this project locally

Prerequisites

• python

  sudo apt install python3.9

• python

  sudo apt install python3-pip

• virtualenv

  pip install virtualenv

• yarn

  sudo apt install nodejs npm
  npm install -g yarn

Installation

1. Clone the repo

   git clone https://github.com/adonistseriotis/noobcash.git

2. Install python requirements

    pip install -r requirements.txt

3. Install npm packages

   yarn install

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Usage

Set the system variables in a src/.env file. Example:

BOOTSTRAP_IP=0.0.0.0
BOOTSTRAP_PORT=5000
NODES=4
MAX_CAPACITY=4
DIFFICULTY=4

Start the bootstrap node:

python src/backend.py -p 5000

Node 1:

python src/backend.py -p 5001

Node 2:

python src/backend.py -p 5002

Node 3:

python src/backend.py -p 5003

Now that our backend is running, start the frontend.

cd ./src/frontend && yarn start

Open your desired browser here and explore our product.

Demo

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Contact

Tseriotis Adonis - adonis.tseriotis@gmail.com
Thodoris Siozos - thodorissiozos@gmail.com
Sirogiannis George - sirogiannisgiw@gmail.com

Project Link: https://github.com/adonistseriotis/noobcash

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