StockBlock

Decentralized Stock Photo marketplace using the Ethereum Blockchain.
Made by: Sean Remedios & Taylor Simpson
for Local Hack Day 2017 at Queen's University

To install or update nvm, you can use cURL:

curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/v0.33.6/install.sh | bash

To install or update node and npm, you can use nvm:

nvm install node

To install or update the relevant dependencies, you can use the npm script:

npm run depends

The npm script installs the following dependendcies:

• Embark Framework
• Ethereum testrpc
• IPFS

To add the MetaMask extension to Google Chrome, go to the following link and add the extension:
https://metamask.io/

1. Open a terminal window run the following command to start the ipfs daemon:

ipfs daemon

2. Open another terminal window and run the following command to start the testrpc blockchain:

testrpc

3. Open another terminal window and run the following command to start the embark framework, compile the contracts and complete all the necessary steps to get the program launched:

embark run

4. Open a browser window (preferably Google Chrome) and add the testrpc mnemonic to MetaMask by clicking: Import Existing DEN
5. Go to http://localhost:8000/ to view the webpage.

Check the project out on Devpost: https://devpost.com/software/stock-block

For more information visit the following links:

• Solidity: http://solidity.readthedocs.io/en/develop/index.html
• MetaMask: https://metamask.io
• Embark: https://github.com/iurimatias/embark-framework
• IPFS: https://ipfs.io
• IPFS GitHub: https://github.com/ipfs/ipfs
• Testrpc: https://www.npmjs.com/package/ethereumjs-testrpc
• Web3: https://github.com/ethereum/web3.js/