Thrylos Blockchain Project

Welcome to our Blockchain Project, an open-source blockchain, developed in Go. This platform emphasizes security, efficiency, and decentralization, offering a robust solution for maintaining a transparent ledger.

Quick Start

Jump into action with these simple steps:

1. Set Up: Clone the repository to your local machine.

2. Generate AES Key: This key needs to be generated for encryption.

3. Create a .env file: in the .env file it needs to have the following:

HTTP_NODE_ADDRESS=localhost:6080 GRPC_NODE_ADDRESS=localhost:50051 PEERS= DATA=./blockchain_data TESTNET=true AES_KEY_ENV_VAR=['Generatethiskey'] WASM_PATH=[LeaveOut] DATA_DIR=/database

4. Navigate: In terminal change directory to cd cmd/thrylosnode.

5. Run: Execute 'go run .' in your terminal.

send a transaction using the cli signer

6. Navigate: in a new terminal change directory to cd cmd/clisigner.

7. Run: Execute go run . --sender=6ab5fbf652da1467169cd68dd5dc9e82331d2cf17eb64e9a5b8b644dcb0e3d19 --receiver=8bcd8b1c3e3487743ed7caf19b688f83d6f86cf7d246bc71d5f7d322a64189f7 --amount=500 in your terminal.

Inside the Blockchain

Dive deeper into the core components that power our blockchain:

Blocks

• Purpose: Serve as the backbone, housing transactions, linking to the previous block via hash, and ensuring integrity through their own hash.
• Role: Create an immutable chain, securing the ledger's history.

Transactions

• Function: Facilitate asset exchange between parties, backed by signatures for authenticity.
• Significance: Act as the heartbeat of our blockchain, enabling decentralized finance.

Blockchain

• Description: A chain of blocks, each connected by hashes, functioning as the public ledger for all transactions.
• Utility: Ensures transparency, security, and accessibility of transaction records.

Data Management

Badger Database

• Utility: Stores blockchain data (blocks and transactions), ensuring durability and swift access.
• Features: Offers a solid foundation for blockchain persistence and efficient data queries.

BlockchainDB

• Overview: An abstraction over Badger, tailored for blockchain operations.
• Capabilities: Handles transaction additions, UTXO retrieval, and UTXO set updates, streamlining database interactions.

Interfacing with the Blockchain

HTTP Server

• Initiation: Launches alongside the blockchain, opening a gateway for user interactions on a designated port.
• Endpoints: Features a variety of access points for blockchain interaction, including transaction submissions and status checks.

Handling Requests

• Process: Parses and validates incoming requests, translating them into blockchain actions like adding transactions or validating the chain's integrity.

Efficient Data Handling

Protobuf Serialization

• Advantage: Ensures data is compact and efficiently stored or transmitted, using Google's Protobuf for serialization.
• Conversion: Bridges the gap between Go's native data structures and Protobuf's binary format, facilitating seamless data operations.

VerkleTree

• Purpose: Enhances the efficiency and scalability of data storage and retrieval in the blockchain.
• Functionality: Implements a novel data structure for organizing transactions in a compact, efficient manner, reducing the size of proof and improving verification times.
• Integration: Used within the blockchain to form a succinct, cryptographically secure representation of transaction states, facilitating quicker and lighter consensus verification.

Engaging with the Blockchain

1. Start: Initialization kicks off with the blockchain and HTTP server, loading the current state from the database.
2. Interact: Submit transactions, query data, and explore the blockchain through our intuitive HTTP endpoints.
3. Contribute: Enhance the ecosystem by adding transactions, creating blocks, and maintaining the network's integrity.

Contributing

Join our mission to make decentralized transactions the norm. Here's how you can contribute:

• Get Started: Fork the repo, then create a feature or bug fix branch.
• Follow Guidelines: Adhere to our coding standards and commit message conventions.
• Test Rigorously: Ensure your changes are thoroughly tested.
• Submit a PR: Push your branch and open a pull request.

Community Guidelines

We're committed to fostering an inclusive environment. Please review our Code of Conduct to understand our community standards.

Reporting Security Issues

Stumbled upon a security flaw? Email us at hello@thrylos.org. Let's keep our discussions private until we've addressed the issue.

License

This project is proudly licensed under the MIT License. For more details, see the LICENSE file.