Blockstore: A Blockchain Key-Value Store

Table of Contents

• Intro
• Installation
• Getting Started
• Design
• Contributions
• License

Intro

What this project is

A key-value store on the Bitcoin Blockchain.

What this repo contains

• code for running a node that participates in the KV store network
  • blockstored
• code for issuing commands to blockstored like name lookups and name registrations
  • blockstore-cli
  • blockstore python lib

Installation

pip install blockstore

Getting Started

First, start blockstored and index the blockchain:

$ blockstored start

Then, perform name lookups:

$ blockstore-cli lookup swiftonsecurity
{
    "data": "{\"name\":{\"formatted\": \"Taylor Swift\"}}"
}

Next, learn how to register names of your own, as well as transfer them and associate data with them:

Full usage docs

Design

Design overview

Protocol specifications

Contributions

Full contributor list

License

Released under the MIT License

Copyright 2015, openname.org