pyconsensus 0.2.1

Consensus mechanism for Truthcoin

pyconsensus is a Python implementation of the Truthcoin consensus mechanism, originally invented by Paul Sztorc: https://github.com/psztorc/Truthcoin.

Installation

The easiest way to install pyconsensus is using pip:

$ pip install pyconsensus

To upgrade your pyconsensus installation, use:

$ pip install --upgrade --no-deps pyconsensus

Usage

To use pyconsensus, import the Oracle class:

from pyconsensus import Oracle

# Example vote matrix:
#   - each row represents a voter
#   - each column represents a decision in a prediction market
my_votes = [[1, 1, 0, 0],
            [1, 0, 0, 0],
            [1, 1, 0, 0],
            [1, 1, 1, 0],
            [0, 0, 1, 1],
            [0, 0, 1, 1]]
my_decision_bounds = [
    {"scaled": True, "min": 0.1, "max": 0.5},
    {"scaled": True, "min": 0.2, "max": 0.7},
    {"scaled": False, "min": 0, "max": 1},
    {"scaled": False, "min": 0, "max": 1},
]

oracle = Oracle(votes=my_votes, decision_bounds=my_decision_bounds)
oracle.consensus()

Tests

Unit tests are in the test/ directory.