esell / blockhead

Purpose

Blockhead is meant to be an interactive way to learn about blockchain technology. It is not designed to be a full blown, real deal blockchain, but instead to allow users to interact with a toy blockchain and understand the basic concepts.

Blockhead acts as a standalone node where all of the typically blockchain processes are ran. There will be a built-in web UI where users can add transactions, trigger mining, edit transactions etc in order to see, step-by-step, how a blockchain works.

Blockhead started as an attempt at re-implementing the simple chain shown here but has since evolved into (hopefully) a learning tool.

Typical process

From Source

• go get git.esheavyindustries.com/esell/blockhead
• $GOPATH/bin/blockhead
• Open up a browser and navigate to http://localhost:8000/. From there just follow the arrows in the top menu

From Releases

• Download latest release from the "releases" page and run it
• Open up a browser and navigate to http://localhost:8000/. From there just follow the arrows in the top menu