Welcome to my Blockchain App, Neurocoin!

💡 Motivation

I was interested in learning about blockchain. I went with building the frontend with Flask. I also wanted to start learning about MySQL, so I chose to integrate it with a MySQL database. I learned a lot about Flask routing, PlanetScale and Render, deploying a Flask application, and using SQL and Python. This tutorial by Will Assad was amazing for this project: Blockchain App Will Assad

Feel free to reach out to me if you have any additional questions. There are lots of features that still need to be implemented!

Project Structure

• app.py: Main application file containing the Flask routes and logic.
• blockchain.py: Implementation of the blockchain and related functions.
• sqlhelpers.py: Implementation of the SQL functions for managing the blockchain and users database.
• forms.py: Implementation of the forms with wtforms.
• templates/: Contains HTML templates for rendering pages.
• static/: Contains static files like CSS and JavaScript.

✨ Pages

1. Home Page:
   

2. Register Page:
   

3. Dashboard Page:
   

4. Login Page:
   

5. Buy Page:
   

5. Transaction Page:
   

⚡️ Technologies

This site was built using Flask and MySQL.

The Neurocoin System allows users to manage a blockchain-based ledger of transactions for a token system. Users can register, log in, view their account balance, send tokens to other users, and empty their account.

Features

• User registration and authentication
• Account balance management
• Sending tokens between users
• Emptying an account
• Blockchain-based ledger for transaction history
• MySQL database integration
• Basic front-end using Flask's templating engine

Important Dependencies

• Flask
• MySQL Connector
• Passlib
• hashlib

Future Improvements

1. Deploy to the web. It is difficult to find free and fast options for a MySQL database. PlanetScale sleeps their databases if they are not used often, and Render is extremely slow at deploying my Flask application.

👏 Contribute

Contributions are welcome as always. Before submitting a new pull request, please make sure to open a new issue.

Getting Started

1. Clone the repository: git clone https://github.com/abdulolagunju19/blockchain-app.git
2. Navigate to the project directory: cd blockchain-app
3. Install the required dependencies: pip install -r requirements.txt
4. Configure your MySQL database settings in the app.py file.
5. Start the Flask development server: python app.py
6. Access the application in your web browser at port 5000.