BitPoint - For the People, by the Government.

Transfer of Points by Government to public. How ?

1. Bills
2. Tax payer
3. Trafics Rules
4. Banking miscounduct
5. Physically or Mentally disabled persons points would be more then average. (Good to have)
6. Street Crime
7. Theft
8. Other Criminal Activites
9. Government setting a threshold to give access to a specific persons.
   ...

Benefits:

1. Bank Loans preference on the basis.
2. Discounts on goverment tickets.
3. Points used when applying for visa.
   etc

Benefits of Blockchain for BitPoint

1. Greater transparency
	Is a type of distributed ledger.
	More accurate, consistent.
	Available to all users.
2. Enhanced security by helping to prevent fraud and unauthorized activity
	It is encrypted and linked to the previous transaction.
	Decentralized.
	Authentic/Trusted.
3. Improved traceability
	 Historical transaction of points can help to verify the authenticity and prevent fraud.
4. Reduced costs
	For Datacenters
	For managing security
	Any fees that are paid to trusted third parties.
5. Immutability
	once the data is pushed to the chain its very difficult to the change it back

Installation with Docker

docker-compose up --build

Installation

npm install

Useful commands

HTTP_PORT=3003 P2P_PORT=6003 npm start

Get blockchain

curl http://localhost:3003/blocks

Mine the block with a bitpoint transaction

curl -H "Content-type:application/json" --data '{"data" : { "to": "1234", "from": "4321", "point": 20, "reason": "bla bla" } }' http://localhost:3003/mineBlock

Get points for a bitpoint user

curl  http://localhost:3003/points/:nic

Add peer

curl -H "Content-type:application/json" --data '{"peers" : ["ws://bitpoint-node-1:6003", "ws://bitpoint-node-3:6005"]}' http://localhost:3004/addPeers

Query connected peers

curl http://localhost:3003/peers

A tutorial and credits for building a cryptocurrency

https://lhartikk.github.io/