Social Media Using Block Chain

:made by d33pster:

Commands    |    GUI

About

This project implements basic social media functionalities through blockchain, which means the data is stored in blocks and every action is registered as a transaction which can be seen by anyone (de-centralized).

Usage

## git clone the repository
$ git clone https://github.com/d33pster/socialmedia-blockchain.git

## move into the directory
$ cd socialmedia-blockchain

On UNIX/LINUX based systems

## install requirements
$ pip install -r requirements.txt

## give permission to main.py and run it
$ chmod a+x ./main.py
$ ./main.py

On Windows

## install requirements
$ pip install -r requirements.txt

## run using python (if you get command not found error, install python3)
$ python main.py

Commands

## command list
$ create user ## create one user

$ create users ## create multiple users (developer option)

$ login ## login as a user

$ logout ## logout current user

$ show user blocks ## show the blockchain containing user info (password not shown)

$ show users ## just show user info

$ show transactions ## show friend request transaction blockchain

$ show friend db ## show global friend list

$ send request to @<userid> ## example: send request to @d33pster

$ accept/reject @<userid> ## accept or reject request

$ exit ## exit

GUI

## for gui in macos and linux, run commands
$ chmod a+x ./socialmedia.py
$ ./socialmedia.py

## for gui in windows
$ python socialmedia.py