A Generic BlockChain

This is a generic blockchain made for generic purpose. By Hidayat Arghandabi in 2020 AUG.

End Points

Name	Description	Request Type	Address	Body
GetBlocks	List all blocks in blochain	HTTPGET	http://localhost:3001/blocks	No Body
MineBlock	Add a block to the blockchain	HTTPPOST	http://localhost:3001/mineBlock	{"data" : "Hidayat Trasfer 1 BTC to Satoshi"}
Peers	List all WebSocket Peers	HTTPGET	http://localhost:3001/peers	No Body
AddPeer	Register a Peer to WebSocket	HTTPPOST	http://localhost:3001/addPeer	{"peer" : "ws://localhost:6003"}

NPM Scripts

Script	Description
npm run prestart	Compile JS to TS
npm run start	Compile JS to TS and run from JS
npm run dev	Run from TS node without compiling
npm run build	TS Build

Register Peer

HTTP_PORT=3003 P2P_PORT=6003 PEERS=ws://localhost:6001 npm run start

Then add the peer with postPeer HTTPPOST and instaneously in bash you can see the socket connected and reciving the blocks

prerequisite and Packages

• Typescript Node, express and nodemon

npm i -D typescript ts-node nodemon @types/node @types/express