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Learn Blockchain Programming with JavaScript

You're reading from   Learn Blockchain Programming with JavaScript Build your very own Blockchain and decentralized network with JavaScript and Node.js

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Product type Paperback
Published in Nov 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789618822
Length 252 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Eric Traub Eric Traub
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Preface 1. Setting up the Project 2. Building a Blockchain FREE CHAPTER 3. Accessing the Blockchain through an API 4. Creating a Decentralized Blockchain Network 5. Synchronizing the Network 6. Consensus Algorithms 7. Block Explorer 8. In conclusion... 9. Other Books You May Enjoy

Understanding the need to synchronize the network

Let's try to understand why the network needs to be synchronized. We currently have a decentralized blockchain network that consists of five nodes. The data across these nodes is not consistent; data on each node might vary, which would lead to the failure of the purpose of having a blockchain. Let's try to understand this situation with the help of an example. Go to Postman and send a sample transaction, as shown in the following screenshot:

Send this transaction to the node that's hosted on localhost:3001 by clicking on the Send button. This transaction will appear in the pendingTransactions array of localhost:3001/blockchain, which you can observe in the following screenshot:

Now, go to any of the other nodes and check for the transactions that were sent. We won't be able to view the transactions in the...

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