This is just a simple blockchain with basic functionality.

Ensure you have php7.4 and php-apcu extension for cache installed. You may find the apcu extension via ppa:ondrej/php

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php
sudo apt-get update

Installing chainly

git clone https://github.com/samweru/chainly
cd chainly
composer update

Install python httpie which is a commandline http client.

pip install httpie

1. Run nodes in separate terminals as ports in php in-built server 8080,8081,8082

Note: If you are using windows, you may need to run php development server individually for every port or you will get dying connections if you run php supervisor.php with the transactions.

php -S {host}:{port} index.php

Alternitively, you can run a docker container. Please see steps in bin/docker-setup

2. Add transactions to a node

http -f POST :8080/add/trx sender="sam" recipient="max" amount="100"

3. View chain

http GET :8080/chain

4. Mine chain

http GET :8080/mine

5. Register nodes in different node

http GET :8081/register/nodes nodes:='["localhost:8080","localhost:8082"]'

6. View registered node

http GET :8081/nodes

7. View chain on node 8081 first then do consensus

http GET :8081/consensus

8. View chain on node 8081 again.