!ink Python Cli App

This project provides a service that interacts with a private blockchain using smart contracts for storing and retrieving energy trades. It uses the Substrate framework for creating a private blockchain, running locally with only one node, and a smart contract written in Ink to handle the operations of read/write of the trade objects to the blockchain. The Python CLI script is used to deploy and interact with the smart contract.

Prerequisites

• Rust
• Python (version 3.10 or higher)
• Substrate

Project Structure

• /cli-app: Python CLI app for interacting with the smart contract
• /contracts: Smart contracts written in Ink for handling read/write operations on the blockchain
• /substrate-node: Private Substrate node for running the blockchain

Setup

1. Install Rust, Python, Substrate according to the provided links in the prerequisites section.
2. Clone the repository:
3. Follow the setup instructions in each subfolder:

• cli-app Setup
• contracts Setup
• substrate-node Setup

Usage

1. Start the private Substrate node by following the instructions in the substrate-node README.
2. Deploy the smart contract by following the instructions in the contracts README.
3. Use the Python CLI app to interact with the smart contract. Examples can be found in the cli-app README.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.