Course Outline

1. Cryptocurrency and Blockchain

2. Delving into Blockchain
3. Bitcoin and Blockchain
4. Bitcoin Mining
5. Ethereum
6. Setting up a Private Blockchain Environment Using Ethereum Platform
7. Hyperledger
8. Setting up a Development Program Using Hyperledger Composer
9. Creating and Deploying a Private Blockchain on Multichain
10. Prospects of Blockchain
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 Setting up a
Private
Blockchain
Environment
Using Ethereum
Platform

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 Agenda

At the end of this session, you will be able to:

 Understand Creating Smart Contracts on Ethereum Remix Browser

 Define MetaMask
 Describe Installing Blockchain
 Perform Go Lang Installation
 Explain Creating Blockchain: The Genesis Block
 List genesis.json File Parameters
 Explain Making Rules for Our Blockchain
 Perform Mining a Blockchain

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 Creating Smart Contracts on
Ethereum Remix Browser

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 Creating the testrpc.sh File

• To start with, we will create a file named

“
testrpc.sh.

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• The testrpc.sh file contains account details.
Details like account numbers and their
balance can be altered as per your choice.

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 Creating the testrpc.sh File
• To create a file in Ubuntu execute the following
command:
“
• Cat > sample.txt (Just replace the “sample.txt” with the
name you want to use for your file)
• A file with the specified name will be created

Example:
Cat > testrpc.sh

“ After the above command, the cursor will move to the

next line, allowing you to enter contents in the file.

Note: The testrpc.sh file is already there in the VM provided. So,

you don’t have to create another file.

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 What is a testrpc.sh file?

• testrpc is a Node.js based Ethereum client for testing

“
and development

• It uses ethereumjs to simulate full client behavior and

make developing Ethereum applications much faster.

• It also includes all popular RPC functions and features

(like events) and can be run deterministically to make

“
development a breeze.

• testrpc is written in JavaScript and distributed as a

Node package via npm.

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 Executing the testrpc File
• To execute the testrpc file, run the following command: testrpc
• Gets executed and testrpc will be listening on localhost:8545

Private keys of
the accounts

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 Starting the Block Explorer
• Click on the drop-down icon
• To launch the block explorer use the following command: npm start
• This command will install all packages and will launch the block explorer at port 8000

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 Block Explorer Window
To view the block explorer:
• Open the web browser in your VM (chrome is recommended)
• Type: localhost:8000 in the browser tab and hit enter
• You will see the screen shown below

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 Remix IDE in Ethereum
• Remix is known as the Solidity Browser. It is a
web-browser-based IDE that allows you to
write Solidity smart contracts, and then deploy
and run those from a browser.
• Download it from https://remix.ethereum.org

To open the browser:

• Open a new tab in your browser and search
“Remix Ethereum”
• Click on the first link that pops up

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 Remix Solidity Browser Dashboard
The screen image shown below is the Solidity Browser.

This is a
sample of a
smart
contract.

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 Selecting the IDE Environment

Now, the first thing we need to do

is to select the environment for our
solidity browser.
• Click on the drop-down icon near
in front of the “Environment”
• Three options will be shown
• Select “Web3 Provider” option
from the list

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 Confirm the Web3 Provider Option
It will ask for your confirmation to connect to an ethereum node
• Click OK on the pop up box

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 Selecting the Web3 provider Endpoint
Next, it will ask for the Web3 Provider endpoint. This can be any address, like the ethereum
blockchain server or the address of a different machine you wish to connect to, or it can be the
localhost, which was generated via testrpc.

• Since we are using the

browser for the
development and testing
purpose, our endpoint will
be the local host on the
port where our testrpc is
listening.

• So, here, just click OK

button on the pop.

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 Browser Restricts Web3 Connection
On clicking on the OK button (in previous slide), the window shown below will pop up, saying the
connection to the local host is restricted by the browser.

The icon shown in red

indicates the restriction.
Let’s see, how we
resolve it.

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 Load Unsafe Script
As we have seen, the browser is restricting the connection. It is because of the unsafe script.

• As you click on the icon, it

opens up with the
message “The page is
trying to load scripts from
unauthenticated sources.”
Click on “Load
• Select the Load unsafe unsafe scripts” to
scripts option resolve the issue.

• This will now connect you

to the local host port 8545.

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 Set the “Environment”
The connection with the port is established as you can see the account balances in the window
shown below. However, we need to setup the “Environment” again.

• When you select Load

unsafe scripts (as done
previously), the page
reloads and the
environment gets changed. Click on the box
• Now to change it to “Web3 and select “
Provider”, just click on the web3provider”
option
drop-down box and select
the Web3 Provider option,
as done previously.

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 Connection is Now Successful
The browser indicates a “Not secure” connection. However, it connects to the local host port.

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 Creating a Smart Contract
Now that we are connected to the port, we can create our very first smart contract.

To create a smart contract:

• Select the account that
you want to use to push
your contract Click on the drop-
• After selecting the down box to
account, click on the check the account
Create button balances

Click here to create

the contract

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 Contract Gets Created
The contract gets created and compiled.

• The contract gets created

and the balance of the
account used to create the
contract goes down by
some value.

• It is the value of ether

which gets exhausted as a
gas for pushing the
contract.
Transaction cost as
gas used

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 Check the Block That Includes Your Transaction
You can check the block details where your transaction is included.

• Block details can be

checked in testrpc which is
kept running in the other
terminal
• And also by listening to the
transactions

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 Transaction Reflecting in the Block Explorer
The transaction gets included in block explorer and can be seen after you refresh the page.

• You can get the details of

the transaction by clicking
on the block number.

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 Block Details in the Block Explorer
The block contains all details of the transaction.

• The transaction gets

included in the block
explorer.
• You can get the details of Account address
the transaction by clicking
on the block number.

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 Transaction Details
Clicking on the account address displays the transaction details.

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 Check for the Function Execution of the Contract

We can also check the function execution of the smart contract.

• Here, our contract uses

two functions: get() and
set().
• We can alter the value of
set() function and a new
transaction will get
created. get() function
• In the indicated set()
method, the value is set
to 10.
set() function

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 Checking Contract Details
Contract details can be checked by clicking the contract details.

The list contains all

details of the
transaction; you can
scroll down to check
various properties.

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 MetaMask

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 MetaMask “
MetaMask brings Ethereum to the browser.
Let’s see how to install MetaMask as a chrome

“
extension.

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 MetaMask

• MetaMask is a bridge that allows you to visit the

distributed web of tomorrow in your browser today.
“
• It allows you to run Ethereum DApps right in your
browser without running a full Ethereum node.

• MetaMask includes a secure identity vault, providing a

“
user interface to manage your identities on different
sites and sign blockchain transactions.

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 Installing MetaMask
To install
05MetaMask as a chrome browser, go to chrome, search “MetaMask” and click on the first link.

Click on this link

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 Add to Chrome
05 the MetaMask site opens, click on Add to Chrome.
As 06

Click here

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 Add Extension
05 06
It will prompt you to Add extension.

Click here

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 MetaMask Extension Gets Added to Chrome
05
MetaMask gets added as an extension to the chrome. You can see the icon on the top right corner. 06

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 Accepting “Terms of Use”
05
Click on the MetaMask icon. It will prompt you to Accept “Terms of Use”. 06

Scroll down and

click on this
button

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 Create Password
05 06
Now, create and confirm your password.

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 Vault Gets Created
• The vault is now created. Save the seed phrase (12 words) that is displayed in your vault. Keep it safe
05 06
and confidential.
• This seed phrase can be used to restore all the accounts you have ever created.

Click here once you have

copied those words

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 MetaMask Is Now Ready to Use
• With05MetaMask, you can create multiple accounts and can use them for transactions. 06
• Also, MetaMask allows to switch between networks.

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 Installing Blockchain

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 Installing Blockchain “
Now, we are going to develop our own private

“
Blockchain. Let’s start.

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 Developing a Private Blockchain
1 1 2 2
Register an account
Install Go-ethereum on the Ethereum
Blockchain

3
Create an
autonomous Private
4 Blockchain
Perform transactions
internally

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 Installing the Blockchain
Download Ethereum code and compile it
sudo apt install git // installing git in case not
Cloning Geth Code installed already
sudo apt –get update
sudo apt –get upgrade
Creating a Genesis Block git clone https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum cd
go-ethereum
git tag
Validating and Mining Ether git checkout tags/v1.6.7 -b EdurekaEthereumV1.6.7

//Checking the branch git

Making Rules for Our branch
Blockchain
//Install golang
make all

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 Cloning GIT Repository
First step is to clone a Go-ethereum Repository.

To clone a Go-ethereum
Repository, execute the
following command:
git clone
https://github.com/ethereum/g
o-ethereum

Note: Cloning of Geth will take some time, so please be patient.

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 Check the Files in Go-ethereum
Once the Go-ethereum is cloned, check for the files present in the Go-ethereum directory.

To check for the files in the

Go-ethereum, execute the
following command:
cd go-ethereum ls

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 Go Lang Installation

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 Go Lang Installation “
Before we begin the Blockchain execution, we need
to install the Go Language as part of the system, as

“
Go-ethereum (Geth) is the official Go Lang
implementation of the Ethereum protocol.

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 Go Lang Installation
To install Go Lang, follow the below steps:
Step 1: Visit the site: https://golang.org/dl/
Step 2: Check for the package that meets your system requirements and download it

Note: Since I am
using 32 bit Ubuntu, I
have downloaded a
32 bit file.

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 Various Packages in Go Lang
There are various versions of Go Lang available on the site, check for the system requirements and
download accordingly.

I am using the
32 bit version of
Go Lang

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 Where will the file get downloaded?
By default, the file will be in the Downloads folder. The name of the file will be go1.8.3linux-i386.tar.gz

The file is
present in
Downloads

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 Extracting & Installing the File
Now, we have to extract the file and install it as part of the system.
To extract and install the file, we need to execute the following command:

sudo tar –xvf go1.8.3.linux – 386.tar.gz

Few points to remember before

executing this command:
• Ensure that the file name you are
giving is correct.
• Also, ensure that you are executing
this command as a superuser
(sudo) because this requires
administrative privileges.

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 Go Lang Gets Extracted & Installed
After giving the password, the execution starts and Go starts getting extracted and installed.

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 Moving the File to a Specific Location
The installed file is moved to /usr/local. This is mainly to ensure that I have ease of access to Go.
To move it to the specified folder, we need to execute the following command:

sudo mv go/usr/local

On executing the above

command, the file would
be moved.

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 Checking Whether the File Has Moved
We should always check whether the file has moved to the specified folder.
To check whether the file is moved, you can go to the directory and execute the command:

ls

On executing the above

command, we would be able
to check whether the file has
been moved.

Note: After checking that the file is present, close the terminal.

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 Adding Environment Variables to Variables List
Now, we need to add the environment variables to the list of variables.
For doing so, we need to execute the following command:

sudo gedit .bashrc

The above command opens

the .bashrc file.

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 Adding Environment Variables to Variables List

Here, you need to add three lines:

export GOROOT=/usr/local/go (This is the location where Go is moved to. Once the Go root is set,
we need to specify the working folder.)

export GOPATH=$HOME/Projects/Proj1 (This can be set to any location.)

export PATH=$GOPATH/bin:$GOROOT/bin:$PATH (This sets the Go path and Go root in our

environment variables list.)

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 Files Added in .bashrc

Once you have added the files, save .bashrc and close it.

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 Restarting the .bashrc File
To restart the .bashrc file, use the following command:

source .bashrc

The above command will restart

the .bashrc file.

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 Checking If Go Lang Has Been Installed Correctly

To ensure that Go Lang has been installed correctly, execute the following command:

go version

The above command will

return installed version of
the Go Lang if you have
followed the installation
steps correctly.
The Go version is
installed correctly.
Now, close the
terminal window.

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 Executing the “make all” Command

Now, finally, we have to execute

the “make all” command.

Open a new terminal.

Here’s what you have to do:

Step 1: Go to cd go-ethereum
Step 2: Execute the make all
command
make all

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 Executing the “make all” Command
It basically test Git to build the
target file as per the input.

This command (make all) is on

execution. It takes time, so
please be patient.

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 Creating Blockchain: The Genesis Block

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 Creating Blockchain: The Genesis Block “
With this, we have successfully completed the

“
first part of setting up the Blockchain. In this
step, we have successfully cloned Geth.

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 Creating Blockchain: The Genesis Block

Cloning Geth Code

cd go-ethereum
Creating a Genesis Block //Creating Genesis
(first) block mkdir
genesis
Validating and Mining Ether cd genesis
gedit genesis06072017.json

Making Rules for Our

Blockchain

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 Genesis Block “
The genesis block is the first block in the
Blockchain. It contains rules with respect to

“
the Blockchain.

Creation of the genesis block is a two step process.

Step 1: The genesis folder is created.
Step 2: The genesis.json file is added to it.

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 Creating the Genesis Folder
In our Go-ethereum folder, we’ll be creating a genesis folder.
To create the genesis folder, execute the following command:

mkdir genesis

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 Creating a New json File

Now, we go inside the genesis folder and create a new json file with all the rules of the Blockchain.
To create the json file, execute the following command:

gedit genesis3.json

In the above command, genesis3

is just the file name, and it can
be anything of your choice.

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 Genesis.json File Parameters

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 Genesis.json File Parameters “
Before we write the details in the json file we
just created, let’s first have a look at the

“
genesis block parameters.

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 Genesis Block Parameters
nonce: A 64-bit hash which, combined with the mix-hash, proves that a sufficient amount of computation has been carried
out on this block

timestamp: A scalar value equal to the reasonable output of Unix time() function at this block inception

mixhash: A 256-bit hash which, combined with the nonce, proves that a sufficient amount of computation has been carried
out on this block

difficulty: A scalar value corresponding to the difficulty level applied during the nonce discovering of this block

alloc: Allows defining a list of pre-filled wallets. It is an Ethereum specific functionality to handle the “Ether pre-sale” period

parentHash: The Keccak 256-bit hash of the entire parent block header (including its nonce and mixhash)

extraData: An optional free, but maximum 32-byte long, space to conserve smart things for ethernity

gasLimit: A scalar value equal to the current chain-wide limit of Gas expenditure per block

coinbase: The 160-bit address to which all rewards (in Ether) collected from the successful mining of this block have been
transferred

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 Making Rules for Our Blockchain

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 Making Rules for Our Blockchain “
In a genesis block, you define a set of rules for
a Blockchain, which depends on the

“
parameters we just discussed.

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 Making Rules for Our Blockchain

Cloning Geth Code

Creating a Genesis Block

Validating and Mining

Ether

Making Rules for Our

Blockchain

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 “Genesis.json” file
The code we just saw in the previous slide is to be added as part of the genesis block.

So, just add the code and

save the file.

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 Starting the Blockchain “
With that, we are done with the third step of
our Blockchain development process. Now, it’s
time to initialize our Blockchain.

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 Starting the Blockchain

Cloning Geth Code //Initializing the Blockchain

/home/blockchain/go- --datadir
Creating a Genesis Block ethereum/build/bin/geth init ~/ethereum/net3
genesis/genesis1.json
//Starting the geth console --datadir
Validating and Mining Ether
/home/blockchain/go- ~/ethereum/net3/
ethereum/build/bin/geth
Making Rules for Our --networkid 3 console
Blockchain

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 Starting the Blockchain

Our next step is to start our Blockchain.

For starting our Blockchain, we need to execute the following command:

/home/blockchain/go-ethereum/build/bin/geth --datadir/intellipaat
~/ethereum/net3 init genesis/genesis1.json

In the above command, /intellipaat is the user directory which can be replaced by the user that you
have specified. Here in our case, it is intellipaat.

This is the data directory of the genesis file.

~/ethereum/net3 init genesis/genesis3.json

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 Starting the Blockchain: Executing the Command

Executing the command to start our Blockchain.

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 Starting the Geth Console
Now that we have initialized the Blockchain, we have to use the Geth console to perform any
operation on it.
Execute the following command to start the Geth console:

/home/edureka/go-ethereum/build/bin/geth --datadir
~/ethereum/net3/ --networkid 3 console

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 Starting the Geth Console
The Geth console has been started after executing the command (in the previous slide).

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 Mining the Blockchain

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 Mining the Blockchain “
This brings us to the last step of setting up the
Blockchain where we’ll be executing a set of

“
commands to create accounts, mine transactions and
check the balance of the miners.

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 Mining the Blockchain

Cloning Geth Code • > personal.newAccount()

• > eth.accounts
Creating a Genesis Block • > eth.blockNumber()

Validating and Mining Ether • > miner.start()

• > miner.stop()

Making Rules for Our • > eth.blockNumber()

Blockchain • > eth.getBalance("0x5f069120a76ac078a46b3ce94c6a350b330b68b8")
• > exit

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 Discussing Commands
personal.newAccount(): Creates a new account as part of your blockchain which has a specific wallet
attached to it

eth.accounts: Helps you check various accounts which are part of your blockchain
eth.blockNumber(): Helps you identify the number of blocks that are part of your blockchain

miner.start(): A function used to start the mining process

miner.stop(): A command that stops the mining process

eth.blockNumber(): A command that tells you which block number you are at after performing the
mining operation

eth.getBalance("0x5f069120a76ac078a46b3ce94c6a350b330b68b8"): A command used to check the

ether balance in the specified account

exit: A command that exits the Geth console

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 Executing Commands: Creating a New Account
As discussed, the first command we’ll be executing is to create a new account .
To create a new account, execute the following command:

personal.newAccount()

The above command creates a

new account on your
Blockchain. To create multiple
accounts, you have to execute
the same command.
The new account is created, and an address is assigned

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 Executing Commands: Checking Accounts
Now, let’s see what are the accounts present in your Blockchain.
To check all accounts, execute the following command:

eth.accounts

This command displays the

existing accounts that are
created on this Blockchain.

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 Executing Commands: Current Block Number
Let’s find out the latest block number.
To find out the current block number, execute the following command:

eth.blockNumber()

Before executing the above

command, make sure that you
have multiple accounts
created.

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 Executing Commands: Starting the Mining Operation

Now that we have multiple accounts on our Blockchain, let’s start the mining process.
To start the mining process, execute the following command:

miner.start()

The mining process gets

initiated, and it starts allocating
the resources.

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 Mining Starts

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 Executing Commands: Terminate Mining
After running the mining process for quite some time now, let’s stop the mining process.
To stop the mining process, execute the following command:

miner.stop()

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 Executing Commands: Current Block Number after Mining

Let’s check the current block number after the mining process.
To check the current block number, execute the following command:

eth.blockNumber()

The current block

number after mining

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 Executing Commands: Checking Balance
Now, lets check the balance of the accounts after the mining process.
To check the balance, execute the following commands:

• Execute eth.accounts to view

all accounts on the Blockchain
• Execute eth.getBalance
(Address of the ethereum) to
get the balance

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 Mining the Blockchain “
You have successfully setup and executed your own

“
Private Blockchain Network.

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