KnexCoin Core - Phase 2.0

A command-line interface for the KnexCoin blockchain implementation with complete network protocol and consensus.

Features (Phase 2.0)

• ✅ Complete P2P network protocol with async communication
• ✅ Proof-of-Bandwidth consensus mechanism
• ✅ Peer discovery and management system
• ✅ Block and transaction propagation
• ✅ Validator rankings and selection
• ✅ Bandwidth measurement and scoring
• ✅ Network status monitoring
• ✅ Complete token system with 1B KNEX genesis supply
• ✅ Token transfers, minting, and burning
• ✅ Balance tracking and validation
• ✅ Ed25519 key generation with vanity support
• ✅ Beautiful rainbow CLI interface
• ✅ Genesis block with proper token distribution
• ✅ Wallet management (create, list, import/export)
• ✅ Blockchain structure with token support
• ✅ Transaction system (send/receive)
• ✅ Node management

Installation

# Create virtual environment
python -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate  # On Windows: venv\Scripts\activate

# Install dependencies
pip install -r requirements.txt

# Run the CLI
python cli.py --help

Quick Start

# Initialize a new node
python cli.py init --network testnet

# Create a wallet
python cli.py wallet create --name "my-wallet"

# Start the node
python cli.py node start --validator

# Send a transaction
python cli.py transaction send --to 0x123... --amount 100

Project Structure

knexcoin-core/
├── cli.py              # Main CLI interface
├── wallet.py           # Wallet management
├── blockchain.py       # Blockchain implementation
├── transaction.py      # Transaction handling
├── network.py          # P2P networking
├── node.py             # Node management
├── config.py           # Configuration
├── utils.py            # Utility functions
└── data/               # Local data storage
    ├── wallets/        # Wallet files
    ├── blocks/         # Blockchain data
    └── config/         # Configuration files