src-python

Blockchain Python Edition

About Project

The following directory contains the blockchain implementation that was implemented in the following blog post.

Blog post is also accompanied with a git repo that hosts the python implementation along with a C# version.

System Requirements/Prerequisites

• Python 3.6

Installing python 3.6 on Ubuntu

• Refer to the following url if present documentation isn't sufficient: https://askubuntu.com/questions/865554/how-do-i-install-python-3-6-using-apt-get

Ubuntu 16.10 and newer

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install python3.6

Ubuntu 14.04 and 16.04

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:deadsnakes/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install python3.6

Install pip 3.6

sudo curl https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py | sudo python3.6

Installing python 3.6 on Centos

Centos 7

• Refer to the following url if present documentation isn't sufficient: https://janikarhunen.fi/how-to-install-python-3-6-1-on-centos-7.html

Install updates/needed utils

sudo yum update
sudo yum install yum-utils
sudo yum groupinstall development

Install upstream stable repo

sudo yum install https://centos7.iuscommunity.org/ius-release.rpm

Install python 3.6

sudo yum install python36u

Install pip 3.6 and other dev tools

sudo yum install python36u-pip
sudo yum install python36u-devel

Installing Pipenv

• Refer to the following url if present documentation isn't sufficient: http://docs.python-guide.org/en/latest/dev/virtualenvs/

While it is not necessary that this application is run in a virtual environment, it is highly recommended that you do run it in a virtual environment.

pip3 refers to pip3.6 and higher

Pipenv

sudo pip3 install pipenv

Project Setup and Run

Install project requirements

pipenv install -r requirements.txt

Run project
python3 refers to python3.6 and higher

pipenv run python3 blockchain.py