{ 
"author": "some_author_name", 
"content": "Some thoughts that author wants to share", 
"timestamp": "The time at which the content was created" 
}

class Block:
    def __init__(self, index, transactions, timestamp):
        """
        Constructor for the `Block` class.
        :param index: Unique ID of the block.
        :param transactions: List of transactions.
        :param timestamp: Time of generation of the block.
        """
        self.index = index 
        self.transactions = transactions 
        self.timestamp = timestamp

from hashlib import sha256
import json

def compute_hash(block):
    """
    Returns the hash of the block instance by first converting it
    into JSON string.
    """
    block_string = json.dumps(self.__dict__, sort_keys=True)
    return sha256(block_string.encode()).hexdigest()

from hashlib import sha256
import json
import time


class Block:
    def__init__(self, index, transactions, timestamp, previous_hash):
        """
        Constructor for the `Block` class.
        :param index:         Unique ID of the block.
        :param transactions:  List of transactions
        :param timestamp:     Time of generation of the block.
        :param previous_hash: Hash of the previous block in the chain which this block is part of.                                        
        """
        self.index = index
        self.transactions = transactions
        self.timestamp = timestamp
        self.previous_hash = previous_hash # Adding the previous hash field

    def compute_hash(self):
        """
        Returns the hash of the block instance by first converting it
        into JSON string.
        """
        block_string = json.dumps(self.__dict__, sort_keys=True) # The string equivalent also considers the previous_hash field now
        return sha256(block_string.encode()).hexdigest()

class Blockchain:

    def __init__(self):
        """
        Constructor for the `Blockchain` class.
        """
        self.chain = []
        self.create_genesis_block()

    def create_genesis_block(self):
        """
        A function to generate genesis block and appends it to
        the chain. The block has index 0, previous_hash as 0, and
        a valid hash.
        """
        genesis_block = Block(0, [], time.time(), "0")
        genesis_block.hash = genesis_block.compute_hash()
        self.chain.append(genesis_block)

    @property
    def last_block(self):
        """
        A quick pythonic way to retrieve the most recent block in the chain. Note that
        the chain will always consist of at least one block (i.e., genesis block)
        """
        return self.chain[-1]

class Blockchain:
    # difficulty of PoW algorithm
    difficulty = 2

    """
    Previous code contd..
    """

    def proof_of_work(self, block):
        """
        Function that tries different values of the nonce to get a hash
        that satisfies our difficulty criteria.
        """
        block.nonce = 0

        computed_hash = block.compute_hash()
        while not computed_hash.startswith('0' * Blockchain.difficulty):
            block.nonce += 1
            computed_hash = block.compute_hash()

        return computed_hash

class Blockchain:
    """
    Previous code contd..
    """

    def add_block(self, block, proof):
        """
        A function that adds the block to the chain after verification.
        Verification includes:
        * Checking if the proof is valid.
        * The previous_hash referred in the block and the hash of a latest block
          in the chain match.
        """
        previous_hash = self.last_block.hash

        if previous_hash != block.previous_hash:
            return False

        if not Blockchain.is_valid_proof(block, proof):
            return False

        block.hash = proof
        self.chain.append(block)
        return True

    def is_valid_proof(self, block, block_hash):
        """
        Check if block_hash is valid hash of block and satisfies
        the difficulty criteria.
        """
        return (block_hash.startswith('0' * Blockchain.difficulty) and
                block_hash == block.compute_hash())

class Blockchain:

    def __init__(self):
        self.unconfirmed_transactions = [] # data yet to get into blockchain
        self.chain = []
        self.create_genesis_block()

    """
    Previous code contd...
    """

    def add_new_transaction(self, transaction):
        self.unconfirmed_transactions.append(transaction)

    def mine(self):
        """
        This function serves as an interface to add the pending
        transactions to the blockchain by adding them to the block
        and figuring out proof of work.
        """
        if not self.unconfirmed_transactions:
            return False

        last_block = self.last_block

        new_block = Block(index=last_block.index + 1,
                          transactions=self.unconfirmed_transactions,
                          timestamp=time.time(),
                          previous_hash=last_block.hash)

        proof = self.proof_of_work(new_block)
        self.add_block(new_block, proof)
        self.unconfirmed_transactions = []
        return new_block.index

from flask import Flask, request
import requests

# Initialize flask application
app =  Flask(__name__)

# Initialize a blockchain object.
blockchain = Blockchain()

# Flask's way of declaring end-points
@app.route('/new_transaction', methods=['POST'])
def new_transaction():
    tx_data = request.get_json()
    required_fields = ["author", "content"]

    for field in required_fields:
        if not tx_data.get(field):
            return "Invalid transaction data", 404

    tx_data["timestamp"] = time.time()

    blockchain.add_new_transaction(tx_data)

    return "Success", 201

@app.route('/chain', methods=['GET'])
def get_chain():
    chain_data = []
    for block in blockchain.chain:
        chain_data.append(block.__dict__)
    return json.dumps({"length": len(chain_data),
                       "chain": chain_data})

@app.route('/mine', methods=['GET'])
def mine_unconfirmed_transactions():
    result = blockchain.mine()
    if not result:
        return "No transactions to mine"
    return "Block #{} is mined.".format(result)

@app.route('/pending_tx')
def get_pending_tx():
    return json.dumps(blockchain.unconfirmed_transactions)

# Contains the host addresses of other participating members of the network
peers = set()

# Endpoint to add new peers to the network
@app.route('/register_node', methods=['POST'])
def register_new_peers():
    # The host address to the peer node 
    node_address = request.get_json()["node_address"]
    if not node_address:
        return "Invalid data", 400

    # Add the node to the peer list
    peers.add(node_address)

    # Return the blockchain to the newly registered node so that it can sync
    return get_chain()


@app.route('/register_with', methods=['POST'])
def register_with_existing_node():
    """
    Internally calls the `register_node` endpoint to
    register current node with the remote node specified in the
    request, and sync the blockchain as well with the remote node.
    """
    node_address = request.get_json()["node_address"]
    if not node_address:
        return "Invalid data", 400

    data = {"node_address": request.host_url}
    headers = {'Content-Type': "application/json"}

    # Make a request to register with remote node and obtain information
    response = requests.post(node_address + "/register_node",
                             data=json.dumps(data), headers=headers)

    if response.status_code == 200:
        global blockchain
        global peers
        # update chain and the peers
        chain_dump = response.json()['chain']
        blockchain = create_chain_from_dump(chain_dump)
        peers.update(response.json()['peers'])
        return "Registration successful", 200
    else:
        # if something goes wrong, pass it on to the API response
        return response.content, response.status_code


def create_chain_from_dump(chain_dump):
    blockchain = Blockchain()
    for idx, block_data in enumerate(chain_dump):
        block = Block(block_data["index"],
                      block_data["transactions"],
                      block_data["timestamp"],
                      block_data["previous_hash"])
        proof = block_data['hash']
        if idx > 0:
            added = blockchain.add_block(block, proof)
            if not added:
                raise Exception("The chain dump is tampered!!")
        else:  # the block is a genesis block, no verification needed
            blockchain.chain.append(block)
    return blockchain

class Blockchain
    """
    previous code continued...
    """
    def check_chain_validity(cls, chain):
        """
        A helper method to check if the entire blockchain is valid.            
        """
        result = True
        previous_hash = "0"

        # Iterate through every block
        for block in chain:
            block_hash = block.hash
            # remove the hash field to recompute the hash again
            # using `compute_hash` method.
            delattr(block, "hash")

            if not cls.is_valid_proof(block, block.hash) or \
                    previous_hash != block.previous_hash:
                result = False
                break

            block.hash, previous_hash = block_hash, block_hash

        return result

def consensus():
    """
    Our simple consensus algorithm. If a longer valid chain is
    found, our chain is replaced with it.
    """
    global blockchain

    longest_chain = None
    current_len = len(blockchain.chain)

    for node in peers:
        response = requests.get('{}/chain'.format(node))
        length = response.json()['length']
        chain = response.json()['chain']
        if length > current_len and blockchain.check_chain_validity(chain):
              # Longer valid chain found!
            current_len = length
            longest_chain = chain

    if longest_chain:
        blockchain = longest_chain
        return True

    return False

# endpoint to add a block mined by someone else to
# the node's chain. The node first verifies the block
# and then adds it to the chain.
@app.route('/add_block', methods=['POST'])
def verify_and_add_block():
    block_data = request.get_json()
    block = Block(block_data["index"],
                  block_data["transactions"],
                  block_data["timestamp"],
                  block_data["previous_hash"])

    proof = block_data['hash']
    added = blockchain.add_block(block, proof)

    if not added:
        return "The block was discarded by the node", 400

    return "Block added to the chain", 201


def announce_new_block(block):
    """
    A function to announce to the network once a block has been mined.
    Other blocks can simply verify the proof of work and add it to their
    respective chains.
    """
    for peer in peers:
        url = "{}add_block".format(peer)
        requests.post(url, data=json.dumps(block.__dict__, sort_keys=True))

import datetime
import json

import requests
from flask import render_template, redirect, request

from app import app

# Node in the blockchain network that our application will communicate with
# to fetch and add data.
CONNECTED_NODE_ADDRESS = "http://127.0.0.1:8000"

posts = []

def fetch_posts():
    """
    Function to fetch the chain from a blockchain node, parse the
    data, and store it locally.
    """
    get_chain_address = "{}/chain".format(CONNECTED_NODE_ADDRESS)
    response = requests.get(get_chain_address)
    if response.status_code == 200:
        content = []
        chain = json.loads(response.content)
        for block in chain["chain"]:
            for tx in block["transactions"]:
                tx["index"] = block["index"]
                tx["hash"] = block["previous_hash"]
                content.append(tx)

        global posts
        posts = sorted(content,
                       key=lambda k: k['timestamp'],
                       reverse=True)

@app.route('/submit', methods=['POST'])
def submit_textarea():
    """
    Endpoint to create a new transaction via our application
    """
    post_content = request.form["content"]
    author = request.form["author"]

    post_object = {
        'author': author,
        'content': post_content,
    }

    # Submit a transaction
    new_tx_address = "{}/new_transaction".format(CONNECTED_NODE_ADDRESS)

    requests.post(new_tx_address,
                  json=post_object,
                  headers={'Content-type': 'application/json'})

    # Return to the homepage
    return redirect('/')