Practical Blockchains and Cryptocurrencies: Speed Up Your Application Development Process and Develop Distributed Applications with Confidence

Appendix 1: Environment

A Python virtual environment is an isolated environment for the development of a Python project. This virtual environment contains the Python interpreter that is used for the project, the packages and dependencies of the project, as well as all of the project’s source code. In this appendix, I will show you how to set up a virtual environment for the Helium cryptocurrency project. The instructions that follow are for a Linux host environment. If you are using a Mac or Windows machine, the instructions are analogous and available on the Internet.

My Development Environment

This is my development environment for the Helium project. The host environment is Linux Mint release 19.3 Tricia, a 64-bit distribution running on a Lenovo ...