Welcome to our Blockchain Project, an open-source initiative designed to revolutionize the way transactions are managed and recorded. Developed in Go, this platform emphasizes security, efficiency, and decentralization, offering a robust solution for maintaining a transparent ledger.

Jump into action with these simple steps:

1. Set Up: Clone the repository to your local machine.
2. Navigate: Change directory to cmd.
3. Run: Execute go run main.go in your terminal.

Dive deeper into the core components that power our blockchain:

• Purpose: Serve as the backbone, housing transactions, linking to the previous block via hash, and ensuring integrity through their own hash.
• Role: Create an immutable chain, securing the ledger's history.

• Function: Facilitate asset exchange between parties, backed by signatures for authenticity.
• Significance: Act as the heartbeat of our blockchain, enabling decentralized finance.

• Description: A chain of blocks, each connected by hashes, functioning as the public ledger for all transactions.
• Utility: Ensures transparency, security, and accessibility of transaction records.

• Utility: Stores blockchain data (blocks and transactions), ensuring durability and swift access.
• Features: Offers a solid foundation for blockchain persistence and efficient data queries.

• Overview: An abstraction over SQLite, tailored for blockchain operations.
• Capabilities: Handles transaction additions, UTXO retrieval, and UTXO set updates, streamlining database interactions.

• Initiation: Launches alongside the blockchain, opening a gateway for user interactions on a designated port.
• Endpoints: Features a variety of access points for blockchain interaction, including transaction submissions and status checks.

• Process: Parses and validates incoming requests, translating them into blockchain actions like adding transactions or validating the chain's integrity.

• Advantage: Ensures data is compact and efficiently stored or transmitted, using Google's Protobuf for serialization.
• Conversion: Bridges the gap between Go's native data structures and Protobuf's binary format, facilitating seamless data operations.

1. Start: Initialization kicks off with the blockchain and HTTP server, loading the current state from the database.
2. Interact: Submit transactions, query data, and explore the blockchain through our intuitive HTTP endpoints.
3. Contribute: Enhance the ecosystem by adding transactions, creating blocks, and maintaining the network's integrity.

Join our mission to make decentralized transactions the norm. Here's how you can contribute:

• Get Started: Fork the repo, then create a feature or bug fix branch.
• Follow Guidelines: Adhere to our coding standards and commit message conventions.
• Test Rigorously: Ensure your changes are thoroughly tested.
• Submit a PR: Push your branch and open a pull request.

We're committed to fostering an inclusive environment. Please review our Code of Conduct to understand our community standards.

Stumbled upon a security flaw? Email us at hello@thrylos.org. Let's keep our discussions private until we've addressed the issue.

This project is proudly licensed under the MIT License. For more details, see the LICENSE file.