THIS REPOSITORY CLOSED! ALL DEVELOPMENT MOVED TO https://balchemylab.gitlab.io

The source code of originally based on post on Building a Blockchain of Daniel van Flymen.

1. Make sure Python 2 or 3 is installed.

2. Install requirements (preferably inside a virtual environment).

$ pip install -r requirements.txt

5. Run the server:
   • $ python2 blockchain.py -p 5001 -d pow.db -v pow:2
   • $ python3 blockchain.py --port 5002 --db quant.db --variant quant

'-p', '--port', default=5000, type=int, help='port to listen on'
'-d', '--db', default='', help='db file, if not passed, then no persistance'
'-v', '--variant', default='pow', help='variant of blockchain "pow[:difficulty]" or "quant", where:
      * pow[:difficulty] -- POWBlockChain with possibility of "difficulty" setting (4 by default)
      * quant -- QuantumBlockChain

For QuantumBlockChain, the keyworker service must be started.

Internal test:

python -m unittest tests.test_BaseBlockChain

Test REST API POW:

1. Run blockchain.py servers on ports 5000 and 5001 with POW variant.
2. Run test script:

./tests/test.sh

Test REST API QUANTUM:

1. Run blockchain.py servers on ports 5000 and 5001 with quantum variants.
2. Run keyworker on port 55554
3. Run test script:

./tests/testquantum.sh

Mininet's custom setup for BAL classes balmn.py add several types of hosts:

• btc -- bcnode.BtcNode
• eth -- bcnode.EthNode
• pow -- bcnode.POWNode
• qkd -- bcnode.QNode

For example:

mn --custom=balmn.py --host=btc

Testing:

./bcmn_test.py [host_type]

Test with quantum links:

mn --custom=bal/QKCustom.py --link=qk --topo=tree,depth=2,fanout=3

Test with ryu:

sudo mn --custom bal/topo_2sw-2host.py --topo mytopo --mac --controller remote --switch ovs

Go to 'bal' directory and start ryu-manager:

cd bal
sudo ryu-manager rest_forward.py

You can switch channels with RestAPI: For raw channel:

curl -X GET http://localhost:8080/channel/1/1

For quantum channel:

curl -X GET http://localhost:8080/channel/1/2

you may find in the project's Wiki.