P2P Cryptocurrency Network Simulation

Project Overview

This project simulates a Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Cryptocurrency Network, guided by Prof. Vinay Ribeiro for CS 765 at IIT Bombay.

Requirements

• Python 3
• Pip Packages:
  • numpy
  • matplotlib
  • networkx

Classes

1. Simulator

• Simulates each peer in the network.

2. Node

• Represents a peer in the P2P network.

3. Transaction

• Represents a transaction in the cryptocurrency network.

4. Block

• Represents a block in the blockchain.

5. Event

• TxnGenerated
• TxnReceived
• BlockGenerate
• BlockMined
• BlockReceive

Input Parameters

1. n: Number of peers in the network.
2. Z0: Fraction of slow nodes.
3. Z1: Fraction of low CPU nodes.
4. Ttx: Mean of exponential distribution for interarrival time.
5. time: Simulation time.

Simulation Execution

To start the simulation, run the following command in the project folder:

$ python startsimulator.py [n] [Z0] [Z1] [Ttx] [time] for e.g

$python startsimulator.py 10 0.2 0.2 0.3 60

At the end of the simulation, for each peer, a Tree file at the node is created in the project folder