Ethereum Secret Messenger

Udacity Blockchain Nanodegree

Description

This software is a Dapp that creates messages in the ethereum rinkeby network

Prerequisites

• Have a program like webserver for chrome to host the website locally
• Chrome
• Metamask

Ganache environment

How to install?

1. Download the project from this github repository

2. Start ganache

3. Deploy the contract to ganache using remix IDE

4. Set the contract address

3. Set the account address that you are going to use

How to run?

1. Host the dapp locally with http-server. First, run npm i. Then, open the terminal and change directory to the project. Then, run this command to host the dapp ./node_modules/http-server/bin/http-server PATH_TO_YOUR_PROJECT. Then, open in the browser http://127.0.0.1:8080

2. Log in metamask

3. Open the website in Chrome

4. Connect metamask to website:

5. Write the message

6. Click on "set secret message"

Rinkeby environment

How to install?

1. Download the project from this github repository

2. Connect to metamask (rinkeby) and make sure that it has funds for rinkeby

3. Compile the contract using remix IDE

4. Deploy the contract to rinkeby using remix IDE. Make sure that Environment is set to Injected Web3

5. Set the contract address

6. Set the account address that you are going to use

How to run?

1. Host the dapp locally with http-server. First, run npm i. Then, open the terminal and change directory to the project. Then, run this command to host the dapp ./node_modules/http-server/bin/http-server PATH_TO_YOUR_PROJECT. Then, open in the browser http://127.0.0.1:8080

2. Log in metamask

3. Open the website in Chrome

4. Write the message

5. Click on "set secret message"