webcash 0.0.5

Webcash is an experimental "e-cash" (electronic cash)

Webcash

Webcash is an experimental new electronic cash ("e-cash") that enables decentralized and instant payments to anyone, anywhere in the world. Users send webcash to one another directly on a decentralized peer-to-peer basis by copying-and-pasting their webcash to their recipient. The central server helps webcash wallets detect double-spending and ensure the integrity of the monetary supply according to the supply schedule.

Navigate to https://webcash.org/ for more information, including the Terms of Service.

Installation

This is a python-based webcash wallet client. To install the latest version on the python package index, use this:

pip3 install webcash

Otherwise, install locally for testing or development purposes:

pip3 install .

If you want to run the software without installing the module, you still need to install the dependencies:

pip3 install -r requirements.txt
python3 -m webcash.walletclient info

Usage

webcash setup
webcash status
webcash pay 5
webcash pay 18 "memo: for lunch with bob"
webcash insert <webcash goes here>

Mining

See webminer for a substantially faster mining client.

This repository contains the original reference implementation of the miner which is much slower:

python3 miner.py

License

This repository and its source code is distributed under the BSD license.