blockchain-simulation

A Python3 program for simulating a horrendously simplified blockchain that uses PoW algorithm.

What is included:

• Shortest path routing (static) using Dijkstra
• Probabilistic model for mining the blocks
• Various plots based on the data generated by the simulation

What is not included:

• Dynamic difficulty adjustment as in Bitcoin etc
• Cases where blocks are simultaneously mined by multiple miners, and the resolution of such scenarios (for example, by "longest chain always wins")

Requirements

• numpy
• matplotlib
• anything else that Python3 might cry about while running

How to run

• If you're lazy and don't want to supply the rather large number of inputs, feel free to use indirection from sample_input.