https://github.com/chrissmartin/blu

Blu is basically a dApp illustrating the working of a decentralised Social Network on Ethereum and IPFS Blockchain.
https://github.com/chrissmartin/blu

dapp ethereum ethereum-dapp ipfs-blockchain ipfs-web social-network webapp

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Blu is basically a dApp illustrating the working of a decentralised Social Network on Ethereum and IPFS Blockchain.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/chrissmartin/blu
• Owner: chrissmartin
• Created: 2019-03-02T05:24:22.000Z (almost 6 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2022-12-09T15:54:14.000Z (about 2 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2023-03-29T05:30:59.217Z (almost 2 years ago)
• Topics: dapp, ethereum, ethereum-dapp, ipfs-blockchain, ipfs-web, social-network, webapp
• Language: Vue
• Homepage:
• Size: 41.6 MB
• Stars: 2
• Watchers: 3
• Forks: 2
• Open Issues: 18
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md

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# Blu. - Social Network dApp 

![Ver](https://img.shields.io/badge/Version-1.0-brightgreen.svg)

![Vue](https://img.shields.io/badge/Made%20with-Vue.js-1abc9c.svg)

[![MIT license](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-MIT-blue.svg)](https://lbesson.mit-license.org/)

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A simple Ethereum-based Instagram-like decentralized application (dapp) where you can post images, text, and view it. This dApp also shows all the behind the scenes working of IPFS and Ethereum blockchain.

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![Blu](https://i.imgur.com/vFo24uDh.jpg)

## Prerequisites

* **Node** - v10.x.x (preferrably v10.15.0 for long term support)

* **npm** - v6.x.x (preferrably v6.6.0)

* **Ganache** - Configured for Ganache local network (Port:7545)

* **Metamask Extension** - Acts as ETH wallet provider. (Temporary Solution, we are trying integrate into the dApp)

## Demo Video

[Demo Video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rn1WdEvAJCY)

## Running It Locally

Clone this repo via to your local machine and install the dependencies by doing the following:

```bash

git clone https://github.com/chrissmartin/Blu.git

cd Blu

npm install

```

The smart contract has to be manually migrated to your network.

The new contract address should be updated in src/contracts/contractInstance.js

Serve the application with hot reload in a development environment via:

```bash

npm run dev

```

## Built With

* [Solidity](https://solidity.readthedocs.io/en/v0.5.2/) - Ethereum's smart contract programming language

* [Vue.js](https://vuejs.org/) - The Javascript framework used

* [web3.js](https://github.com/ethereum/web3.js/) - Javascript library used to interact with the Ethereum blockchain

* [IPFS](https://docs.ipfs.io/) - InterPlanetary File System for peer-to-peer decentralized data storage. 

## Project Developers

* Chriss Martin - Blockchain and Web Developer 

* Amit Joseph   - Blockchain and Web Developer 

* Alen George   - Web Developer

* Abin Mathew   - UX/UI Design 


![ForTheBadge built-with-swag](http://ForTheBadge.com/images/badges/built-with-swag.svg)

## Based on

* Openberry [Instagram-dApp](https://github.com/openberry-ac/instagram)