#XenoBase CryptoCurrency Exchange ##Installation Instructions

###1. Import the XenoBase Database Make sure you have installed MySQLWorkbench and the MySQL Community Server Import the XenoBase.SQL dump file into your MySQLWorkbench by using the import tool and creating a new schema entitled "XenoBase".

###2. Prepare your Python Environment Download a Python IDE, preferably the Anaconda platform. (https://www.anaconda.com/)

You will need the following packages (pip installation scripts are provided below):

Flask 0.12.2: pip install Flask==0.12.2

Requests 2.18.4: pip install requests==2.18.4

MySQL Connector: pip install mysql-connector

###3. Open XenoBase.py Open the Spyder IDE from within the Anaconda-Navigator app, and in Spyder open the XenoCash.py file.

###4. Update xenobase_mysql_connector() Find the function xenobase_mysql_connector(). On line 27, update the mysql.connector.connect() function call with the login credentials for your MySQL connection. Save the file.

###5. Download Postman We will communicate with the blockchain and database via HTTP requests created in Postman. Download the Postman HTTP client (https://www.getpostman.com/)

###6. Import Postman XenoBase Collections Once Postman is up and running, click 'import' and select XenoBase.postman_collection.json.

###7. Run the XenoCash blockchain Open an IPython console in Spyder and run XenoCash_port5001.py to start the blockchain. If you would like to run multiple nodes, run both XenoCash_port5001.py and XenoCash_port5002.py in separate iPython consoles. Make sure to run the connect_port5001 and connect_port5002 requests in Postman to allow the nodes to communicate across the blockchain.

###8. Communicate with the blockchain in Postman Once the blockchain is running, you can submit requests from the XenoBase collection in Postman. Select a request from the collection and click 'send'. If the request accepts params, feel free to edit the values under the 'params' tab. Have fun with XenoCash!