Yobichain: Build your own blockchain in minutes

WARNING: Yobichain is intended for experimenting and learning, NOT for a production environment.

YobiChain is your very own private blockchain ecosystem preloaded with a database server, web server, FTP server, D.A.V.E. (Data Authentication & Verification) and S.A.M. (Smart Asset Management). Yobichain runs on the Multichain blockchain framework.

YobiChain is ideal for

Startups looking to quickly build a blockchain powered prototype, PoC or MVP.
Serious researchers / enthusiasts looking to experiment with a live blockchain.
In-house teams experimenting with blockchain technology.

Installation

To set up Yobichain, you will need 1 server (min 2 GB RAM, 2 CPUs) running either Ubuntu 18.04 x64 or Ubuntu 20.04 x64. This section presumes that you have root access to the server mentioned above and want to install Yobichain for all users on the system.

Step 1. Install git and clone the yobichain repository

sudo git clone https://github.com/srips1990/yobichain

Step 2. Navigate to the relevant directory.

cd yobichain/setup

Step 3. Modify the values of the sendinblue_api_key and sendgrid_api_key parameters. Send-in-blue is used for transactional SMS (optional) and sendgrid is used for transactional emails.

sudo nano yobichain.conf

Step 4. Harden the operating system, install and configure multichain, phpmyadmin and the FTP server.

sudo bash -e master.sh

Step 5. Press ENTER when the following prompt appears:

"Press [ENTER] to continue or ctrl-c to cancel adding it"

Step 6. Once the setup completes, the credentials for FTP, database, Multichain API & Yobichain-Web are displayed on the screen. Copy and save this on your machine. The output is also stored in yobichain.out under the home directory of the user.

Step 7. Once the setup completes, the Yobichain Web interface can be accessed through the following URL:

http://<ip_address>/yobichain-web

Step 8. You can login using the default login credentials generated for Yobichain-Web during the setup.

Step 9. To create a new user, you may click on "Create new user" and register a user.

Step 10. You'll receive an activation link on the registered email ID. Click on it to receive login credentials via email.

To access the Yobichain web application, visit 'http://<IP Address>yobichain-web'

To access Multichain Exporer, visit 'http://<IP Address>:2750'

To access PHPMyAdmin, visit 'http://<IP Address>/mysql_dashboard'

To access hashchain visit 'http://<IP Address>/hashchain'

Contributors

Yobichain is maintained by Sripathi Srinivasan, Former Head of Engineering and Chief Cyber Security Officer, Primechain Technologies Pvt. Ltd..