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Dimos
Dimos (dee-mos, Δήμος: municipality, citizens) is a cryptocurrency based on a Proof-of-Randomized-Delegation consensus algorithm.
The purpose of this cryptocurrency is to demonstrate that cryptocurrencies don't have to be profitable only for those who have the capital to invest in mining equipment or in units of crypto to stake. In the same way, it eliminates the need to maintain power-hungry miners (including ASIC) and creates a more egalitarian financial platform with fast transaction times.
The whitepaper is on its way.
Getting Started
Install for development
Step 1: Install Themis
Install Themis following the installation guide
Step 2: Download dependencies
Make sure that you have Go 1.14 installed then download the dependencies:
make download-deps
Step 3: Build package
Now you can build the package:
make all
Test blockchain
Now you can create the blockchain by initializing it.
./bin/create-genesis
This should output something like this:
badger 2019/03/21 11:41:01 INFO: All 0 tables opened in 0s
2019/03/21 11:41:01 Merkle Root: 97035fc67b851a86956f619f28c8ec7fce3b65e02a53ea175e4b7050ada4b2d4f7e53c34734321d59655a6647512ff91 <nil>
2019/03/21 11:41:01 Genesis Hash: 8283d0e96d642cc2d390889097c98e2bf9b6bf249a0d1374810e240425e0fd0494def1da5f3cc9020a11afac6a3c92fe <nil>
2019/03/21 11:41:01 Created genesis
Now you can run the ./bin/dimos-get-block script and pass the genesis hash to it or just add the flag -current:
Usage of ./bin/dimos-get-block:
-current
Get the current block
-hash string
The hash of the block
Once you create a few blocks with ./bin/test-block you can check the validity of the blockchain by running the following command:
./bin/dimos-check-validity
This will go through all of your blocks and verify them.
Warning
This software is far from complete and improved every day.
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