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design ideation

Initial scope up until sending/receiving.

objects

A block object, with the following attributes:

- a timestamp
- an index (optional)
- a hash, which hashes:
    + the block's data
    + the block's timestamp
    + the block's index
    + the hash of the previous block's hash

A blockchain, which stores Block instances:

- a list (of Block() objects)

A data format for a "transaction", with the following attributes:

- sender
- receiver
- amount

An HTTP server which acts as a node:

- using Flask
- store incoming records of new transactions (accept only 'POST')
- get the last block/proof to do new work    (accept only 'GET')

actions

  1. Generate the initial block (zero-index "genesis block")
  2. Generate successive blocks
  3. Generate transaction data
  4. Produce proof of work
  5. Create a consensus condition that preserves the longest chain in the network.