Fake Product Identification using Blockchain

Packages Required:-

• Truffle v5.6.7 (core: 5.6.7)
• Ganache v7.5.0
• Solidity v0.5.16 (solc-js)
• Node v15.8.0
• Web3.js v1.7.4
• npm 7.5.1

Other Requirements:-

1. Any Chromium-based browser i.e. Chrome
2. Metamask browser extension

Setup process

1. Clone the project

git clone https://github.com/IshaanTyagi/Fake-Product-Identification-System-Using-Blockchain.git

2. Go to the project folder, open the terminal there, and run the following command to install the required node_modules:-

npm install

3. Compile contract source files. (Compilation and deployment can be done using Truffle migrate):-

truffle compile

4. Open Ganache, (to setup local blockchain)
   • create a new workspace
   • add truffle-config.js in the truffle project
   • change the port to 7545 in server settings (same as the port in truffle-config.js)
5. In Chrome, open Metamask
   • add a new test network using
     • NETWORK ID (i.e. 5777, from Ganache Server settings)
     • RPC SERVER (i.e HTTP://127.0.0.1:8545 ,from Ganache Server settings)
     • CHAIN CODE (i.e. 1337)
   • import an account using the private key of any account from the local blockchain available in Ganache.
6. In the terminal, run the following commands:-

• Run migrations to deploy contracts.

truffle migrate

• Starting a server: It will open a homepage (index.html) file in the default browser.

npm run dev 

7. Login to metamask, and connect the added account to the local blockchain (i.e.localhost:3000)
8. Interact with the website