📖 README.md just includes installation guide. You can find detailed guide in this wiki page # BlockShell A command line utility for learning Blockchain technical concepts likechaining, mining, proof of work etc.

## ℹ️ About Anyone who wants to understand how blockchain technology works, then BlockShell should be a great start. Because I have created BlockShell keeping blockchain fundamentals in the center of development. With BlockShell you will actually create a tiny blockchain in your system where you can create blocks with data, explore blocks etc. So, by using BlockShell anyone can learn following blockchain concepts, * Block & Chaining * Hashing * Mining * Proof of Work ## 🌐 BlockShell Web Explorer

BlockShell comes with built-in blockchain explorer by which you can actully see how blocks are mined and what is stored and where.

Latest Mined Blocks | Block Details :------------------------------:|:-------------------------: ![](https://preview.ibb.co/iZa5jG/Screen_Shot_2018_01_25_at_11_25_22_PM.png) | ![](https://preview.ibb.co/cDB0Jb/Screen_Shot_2018_01_25_at_11_25_35_PM.png) ## 📦 Installation Step 1 - Create project directory ``` mkdir && cd project_name ``` Step 2 - Create new virtual environment with python version 2.7. ``` virtualenv venv ``` Step 3 - Activate virtual environment ``` source venv/bin/activate ``` or ``` source venv/Scripts/activate ``` Step 4 - Clone this repo ``` git clone https://github.com/daxeel/blockshell.git ``` Step 5 - Change directory to cloned one ``` cd blockshell ``` Step 6 - Install blockshell ``` pip install --editable . ``` Step 7 - Try "blockshell" command and test installation! ``` blockshell ``` Output in terminal after calling BlockShell command