Initiating a buy order

The next method(s) will accept a buy request from the user. It will first check in the orderbook to see if there is a matching order. If it is unable to find a matching order, it adds the order to the orderbook. The Buy() method handles the buy request and the Sell() method handles the sell request.

Let's look at the Buy() method:

Buy = () => {let app = this; let amount = this.state.fields.buyamount; let price = this.state.fields.buyprice; var contractUSD = new this.web3.eth.Contract(app.USD.abi,app.USD.address); var contractOB = new this.web3.eth.Contract(app.OrderbookABI.abi,app.OrderbookABI.address); var sells = app.state.sells;
  1. We start by initializing and capturing the amount and the price of the order that is ...

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