Flask Implementation For All Phases of a Blockchain App

Blockchain Demo is a Flask application which implements all the required phases in order to build a Blockchain application. The application generates RSA keys, preforms transaction between multiple nodes and add them to the blockchain.

Understanding this code throughly is a great way to learn blockchain under the hood.

The code was written as part of the highly recommended Udemy course Build a Blockchain & Cryptocurrency using Python. The course explains the different parts of the code step-by-step.

See this application in action by watching the demonstration video.

Running the Application

Prerequisites

1. Python3
2. pipenv

Instructions

In order to run this code, apply the following steps:

1. Clone this project
2. cd blockchain_demo
3. pipenv install -r requirements.txt
4. pipenv shell
5. Start Blockchain Frontend: python3 blockchain/blockchain.py
6. Open browser at http://localhost:5001/.
7. Start Blockchain Client: python3 blockchain_client/blockchain_client.py
8. Open browser at http://localhost:5001/.