Obtorque

Obtorque is an implementation of a blockchain for learning purposes.

Lots of credits go to Daniel van Flymen https://hackernoon.com/learn-blockchains-by-building-one-117428612f46 which features an implementation in Python.

Building

mvn clean install

Running

Execute the main class file be.clowdy.obtorque.Obtorque

Usage

Several HTTP interfaces are being exposed with jax-rs.

/blockchain/transactions/new

Creates a new transaction, Requires sender, recipient and amount as parameters.

{
   "sender":"randomSenderId",
   "recipient":"randomRecipientId",
   "amount":42}

/blockchain/mine

Mines a new block

/blockchain/chain

Gets the complete blockchain to the frontend (not such a smart idea for a real blockchain)

/blockchain/nodeinfo

Returns the identification of the current node