Celo, lesson 01 - transactions

A repo to help better understand Celo's transaction structure and tools for submitting transactions.

Requirements

• familiar with Javascript and basic web development
• have installed yarn

Start

1. Run yarn install at the root of the project.
2. Run node createAccount.js. This will print the details of a new Celo account to the console. Copy the private key of the new account into the variable PRIVATE_KEY inside .env.
3. Fund the account on the Alfajores testnet with the public address: https://celo.org/developers/faucet
4. Create a Figment Data Hub account (Optional) here and get your API key and add it to FIGMENT_API_KEY en .env. This will allow you to connect to Celo networks.
5. See through lesson.js, following the provided details and removing the comments from the function call to execute the associated code.

Example with Celo extension for browsing (fork of Metamask)

Requirements

• Browser Celo wallet
• cd inside the directory webpage.
• Run yarn install to install the dependencies. The simple web page uses broswerify to package contractkit into a browser-usable javascript file. It also uses watchify to watch index.js and index.html and check for changes, and it will automatically re-compile everything for you when a change is detected.
• Run yarn dev to start lite server and watchify to serve the page in localhost:3000