Decentralized Blockchain Based Ledger

This repository is for educational purposes only!

This web interface, enables partners to perform financial transactions (money transfers between senders and receivers) and verify the data's integrity within the ledger.

Features

• Create and store financial transaction records in a secure, decentralized blockchain ledger
• User-friendly web interface for creating and validating transactions
• Proof of Work consensus algorithm for mining new blocks
• Blockchain validation to ensure data integrity

Installation and Setup

Note: You can download Python from the official website: Python

1. Clone this repository to your local machine. git clone

2. Navigate to the project directory. cd yourrepository

3. Install the required Python packages. pip install -r requirements.txt

4. Run the Streamlit application. streamlit run pychain.py

5. Open the Streamlit application in your browser using the URL provided in the terminal.

Usage

1. Use the Streamlit sidebar to adjust the block difficulty as needed.
2. Enter sender, receiver, and amount information for the financial transaction.
3. Click the "Add Block" button to mine a new block with the transaction record.
4. Repeat steps 2-3 to add multiple blocks to the ledger.
5. Use the drop-down menue to inspect the individual blocks in the chain.
6. Click the "Validate Chain" button to check the integrity of the blockchain.

Technologies

• Python
• Streamlit
• Dataclasses
• Hahlib

Acknowledgments

UCB-Bootcamp_Spot

contact

Julio Rodvilla