TypeScript Blockchain

This is a simple blockchain implementation in TypeScript.

Installation

git clone git@github.com:EdoardCourty/ts-blockchain
cd ts-blockchain
yarn
yarn start

Features

• Persistence
  • Blockchain history persistence (JSON file)
  • Peers persistence (JSON file)
• Peers
  • Add / Delete / List peers
  • Broadcast new blocks to known peers
  • Synchronise current blockchain state with known peers
  • Accept longest chain as valid when synchronising
• Transactions
  • Only signed transactions can be pushed and mined on the blockchain
  • Regular / Reward transactions
• Wallets (CLI)
  • Generate
  • Sign transaction
• Balance
  • Get balance of an address
• Mining
  • Proof of Work (Multi-threaded worker threads to ensure non-blocking workflow)
  • Rewarding

To do

• Implement a proper P2P networking layer
• Implement a discovery mechanism to find new peers
• Implement node types: full, light, mining, etc.

Contributing

Feel free to contribute to this project by opening issues or pull requests.
Please make sure the CI passes and that you've added unit tests covering your changes.

© Edouard Courty, 2024