consensus.py

@node.route('/blocks', methods=['GET'])
def get_blocks():
  chain_to_send = blockchain
  # Convert our blocks into dictionaries
  # so we can send them as json objects later
  for block in chain_to_send:
    block_index = str(block.index)
    block_timestamp = str(block.timestamp)
    block_data = str(block.data)
    block_hash = block.hash
    block = {
      "index": block_index,
      "timestamp": block_timestamp,
      "data": block_data,
      "hash": block_hash
    }
  # Send our chain to whomever requested it
  chain_to_send = json.dumps(chain_to_send)
  return chain_to_send

def find_new_chains():
  # Get the blockchains of every
  # other node
  other_chains = []
  for node_url in peer_nodes:
    # Get their chains using a GET request
    block = requests.get(node_url + "/blocks").content
    # Convert the JSON object to a Python dictionary
    block = json.loads(block)
    # Add it to our list
    other_chains.append(block)
  return other_chains

def consensus():
  # Get the blocks from other nodes
  other_chains = find_new_chains()
  # If our chain isn't longest,
  # then we store the longest chain
  longest_chain = blockchain
  for chain in other_chains:
    if len(longest_chain) < len(chain):
      longest_chain = chain
  # If the longest chain wasn't ours,
  # then we set our chain to the longest
  blockchain = longest_chain