Thoughts Forever

Censorship-resistant Micro-blogging App developed using Reach DApp programming language

Authors: Lalith Medury and Sai Medury

Developed during Universities Unchained Hackathon 2021

Build Instructions

This DApp can be built and tested out on Linux OS.

Software Requirements

• make
• Docker
• Docker Compose
• Reach sh

Run React app using Reach

After required software are installed, this app can be run on local docker container using Reach commands.

Choose backend smart-contract platform

Reach enables us to deploy the same application with different blockchain platforms as backend. Using the appropriate environment variable to choose the right backend.

# Deploy on Algorand
export REACH_CONNECTOR_MODE=ALGO

# or Deploy on Ethereum
export REACH_CONNECTOR_MODE=ETH

Launch DApp on local docker container

The following command will launch Thoughts Forever DApp on local docker container (image provided by Reach)

reach react

The app should then open on your browser window at port 3000.