webcash-rb

Webcash is an experimental electronic cash library for decentralized payments. Webcash facilitates decentralized, peer-to-peer electronic cash transactions. It allows users to send webcash directly to one another and includes mechanisms for detecting double-spending and maintaining monetary supply integrity.

Navigate to https://webcash.org/ for more information, including the Terms of Service.

Install the gem and add to the application's Gemfile by executing:

bundle add webcash-rb

If bundler is not being used to manage dependencies, install the gem by executing:

gem install webcash-rb

require "webcash"

wallet = Webcash::Wallet.new(
  master_secret: "19be5ea41c71836f78b5691fe69af918a5f003719b7a7e2a30533737c04521fc",
)

# Set the legal agreements to true
wallet.set_legal_agreements_to_true

# Recover webcash using the wallet's master secret.
wallet.recover

# Check webcash in wallet. Remove any spent webcash.
wallet.check

# Insert webcash into the wallet.
wallet.insert("e20:secret:8c2e565a1649b03052833c508b237bacd2c62995c7e8ed5dc9fe644850808192")

# Pay webcash from the wallet.
wallet.pay(4.20)

# Get wallet balance
pp wallet.get_balance

After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. Then, run rake spec to run the tests. You can also run bin/console for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.

To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb, and then run bundle exec rake release, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and the created tag, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/acidtib/webcash-rb. This project is intended to be a safe, welcoming space for collaboration, and contributors are expected to adhere to the code of conduct.

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.

Everyone interacting in the Webcash project's codebases, issue trackers, chat rooms and mailing lists is expected to follow the code of conduct.