haorenW1025 / simple-blockchain

A basic implementation of blockchain

pseudo-bitcoin implementation

simple implementation of bitcoin using python

Table of Contents

• Install Dependencies
• Usage
• Functionality

Install Dependencies

• python3.4 or newer is required

pip install -r requirements.txt

Usage

Note that if no blockchain database is found locally, running commands from below will generate a new blockchain add a new database block.db.

• Add a new block to a current block chain

python3 cli.py AddBlock --data [data of the block]

• Print the block with specify height

python3 cli.py PrintBlock --height [height]

• Print the whole block chain

python3 cli.py PrintChain

Functionality

• Basic block chain prototype
• Proof-of-Work
• Database
• Client