Activity of robinmonjo/coincoin repository

The robinmonjo/coincoin repository on GitHub is a small educational project mainly designed to introduce users to the concept of Blockchain and how it works. The implementation provided in this repository is written in Go (Golang) - a statically-typed compiled language.

The coincoin project simulates a very basic blockchain with Proof of Work (PoW) implemented. The essential blockchain concepts such as blocks, hashing, PoW, and mining are practiced in this project.

Remember, this is just a basic educational project and thus does not perform real transactions; it does not present the complexity of validating transactions, double spends, wallet, and so forth.

Here are a few technical highlights of the project:

• It is a simple simulation of the blockchain concept with each 'block' storing the block number, timestamp, previous block hash, nonce and transactions.
• The 'mining' concept is demonstrated through a Proof of Work system. Here, a 'miner' has to find a number that, when hashed with the block, produces a hash with a set number of leading 0's.
• Networking between multiple nodes is setup using TCP sockets.

If you're trying to understand the rudimentary concepts behind Blockchain technology, this simple project could be a great place to start.

Project repository link: robinmonjo/coincoin