Immaculate - Mini Blockchain

Immaculate is a simple blockchain implementation written in Rust, focused on learning and practicing concepts of cryptography and decentralized networks. This mini blockchain uses the secp256k1 library for public/private key generation, message signing, and block mining through Proof-of-Work (PoW).

Features

• Wallet Generation: Create a digital wallet with private key, public key, and address.
• Message Signing: Allows signing messages using the private key of the wallet.
• Block Mining: The blockchain mines blocks using Proof-of-Work.
• Block Structure: Each block contains information such as index, timestamp, data, previous hash, block hash, and nonce.

How to Run Locally

Prerequisites

Before running the project, you need to have the following installed:

• Rust (recommended to install the latest version)
  If you don't have Rust installed yet, follow the official guide:
  https://www.rust-lang.org/tools/install

Steps to Start

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/your-username/immaculate.git
   cd immaculate

2. Build the project:

• If it's your first time compiling the project, run the following command to compile the dependencies:

  cargo build --release

3. Run the application:

• To run the project, simply execute:

  cargo run

This will generate a wallet with a private key, public key, and address, sign a message, and mine some blocks.

Code Structure

• src/wallet.rs: Implementation of wallet generation and message signing.
• src/chain.rs: Blockchain implementation, with block miners and data structure.
• src/blocks.rs: Definition of the block model and block data structure.
• src/main.rs: The entry point for running the application, generating the wallet, signing a message, and mining blocks.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.