GoChain

A basic implementation of blockchain in go.

Building

$ cd cmd
$ go build -o gochain

Usage

Starting a node

You can start as many nodes as you want with the following command

./gochain -port=<port-number>

Endpoints

Requesting the Blockchain of a node

• GET 127.0.0.1:8000/chain

Mining some coins

• GET 127.0.0.1:8000/mine

Adding a new transaction

• POST 127.0.0.1:8000/transactions/new

• Body: A transaction to be added

  {
    "sender": "sender-address-te33412uywq89234g",
    "recipient": "recipient-address-j3h45jk23hjk543gf",
    "amount": 1000
  }

Register a new node in the network

Currently you must add each new node to each running node.

• POST 127.0.0.1:8000/nodes/register

• Body: A list of nodes to add

  {
     "nodes": ["http://127.0.0.1:8001", <more-nodes>]
  }

Resolving Blockchain differences in each node

• GET 127.0.0.1:8000/nodes/resolve