Created basic structure of the web, created a basic block and a genesis block

Author: code-architect

.gitignore

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+blockchain_light
+.idea

blockchain/blockchain.py

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+from flask import Flask, render_template
+from time import time
+
+
+class Blockchain:
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.transactions = []
+        self.chain = []
+        # create the genesis block
+        self.create_block(0, '00')
+
+    def create_block(self, nonce, previous_hash):
+        """
+        Add a block of transactions to the blockchain
+        """
+        block = {
+            'block_number': len(self.chain) + 1,
+            'timestamp': time(),
+            'transactions': self.transactions,
+            'nonce': nonce,
+            'previous_hash': previous_hash
+        }
+        # reset the current list of transactions
+        self.transactions = []
+        self.chain.append(block)
+
+
+blockchain = Blockchain()
+
+# instantiate a node
+
+
+app = Flask(__name__)
+
+
+@app.route("/")
+def index():
+    return render_template('./index.html')
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    from argparse import ArgumentParser
+
+    parser = ArgumentParser()
+    parser.add_argument('-p', '--port', default=5001, type=int, help='port to listen to')
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+    port = args.port
+
+    app.run(host='127.0.0.1', port=port, debug=True)

blockchain/static/css/custom.css

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+body {
+	padding-top: 54px;
+	}