Decentralized Twitter Clone

This project is a decentralized application (dApp) that mimics the basic functionality of Twitter. Unlike traditional social media platforms, this application is built on the blockchain, which means that to create a post, you will need to have a blockchain wallet and pay fees for the post to be saved on the blockchain.

Features

  • Create and post tweets on the blockchain
  • View tweets from all users

Technologies Used

  • Solidity: For writing smart contracts
  • Hardhat: For compiling, testing, and deploying our smart contracts
  • Vue3: For building the frontend of the application
  • Metamask: For user authentication and interaction with the Ethereum blockchain

Prerequisites

  • An Alchemy account and API key
  • A Metamask account and API key

Getting Started

  1. Clone the repository
  2. Move to x-smart-contract directory
  3. Install dependencies with npm install
  4. Copy .env.example to .env and update the data with your Alchemy and Metamask API keys
  5. Compile the smart contract with npx hardhat compile
  6. Start the local Hardhat network with npx hardhat node
  7. Deploy the contract to the staging network with npx hardhat run scripts/deploy.js --network staging
  8. Move to x-front-end directory
  9. Start the Vue app with npm run dev

Disclaimer

This project is for educational purposes only. It is not a fully decentralized Twitter platform. Please use responsibly.

GitHub

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