• Node Version: v8.11.1 or above (for development and running without docker)
• Docker Version: 18.06.1-ce or above
• Docker-Compose Version: 1.22.0 or above

• docker-compose up --build

• PORT=5000 nodemon src/index.js (replace 5000 with a port of your choice )

With docker, 3 nodes will spin up inside separate containers. If you want to create additional nodes, you can either make changes to the docker-compose file to do that or manually start a new server

• GET localhost:3000/chain

• POST localhost:3000/transactions/new

• Body: A transaction to be added

{
	"sender": "3000",
	"receiver": "3000",
	"amount": 4,
	"broadcast": true
}

here, the broadcast field tell the node to broadcast the transaction to other nodes in the network.

• GET localhost:3000/mine

• GET localhost:3000/nodes/resolve

• POST localhost:3000/nodes/register

• Body: List of nodes to be added

{
	"nodes": ["node-3:3002", "node-2:3001"]
}

here, the array will contain the addresses of the other nodes. Currently, each node must be added to each node separately. So, if you have 3 nodes, you will need to register the other 2 nodes by invoking this API on each node with the address of the other 2 nodes.