Getting started with MultiChain

Now that we are familiar with the MultiChain platform, and equally with the process of setting up a node in the private network, we need to create a blockchain so that the data can be published and shared among the peers in the network. The first step is to introduce all the functionalities before moving on to implementing our use case.

Creating a chain

Once a node has been set up, it can either join an existing network by connecting to a chain, or it can create its own chain. multichain-util is used to create a new chain, as follows:

$ multichain-util create chain1  

This creates a new local blockchain. The node then has to start a process by using multichaind to connect to the chain created...