pyalgorand 0.1.0

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Pyalgorand

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Overview

PyAlgorand aims at simplifying development on the Algorand blockchain.

Installation

pip install pyalgorand

Optional installation

If one wants to use an Algorand sandbox network, please go to https://github.com/algorand/sandbox for more details.

If one wants to use IPFS features in pyalgorand and test them locally, it is recommended to use the following procedure:

 wget https://dist.ipfs.io/go-ipfs/v0.7.0/go-ipfs_v0.7.0_linux-amd64.tar.gz
 tar -xvzf go-ipfs_v0.7.0_linux-amd64.tar.gz
 cd go-ipfs && sudo ./install.sh && ipfs init && ipfs daemon &

Note that sudo might not be necessary on your system.

Getting started

Some examples are available in here:

• how to create accounts
• share files on IPFS and secure them

Start with the creation of accounts. Some of the examples require Purestake API, register here.