Cheat Sheet Exercise 1

The simulator can be found here: Blockchain Simulator

Basic controls

• Load a network file: File > Load network from clipbaord

• Toggle visualisations: Display > Toggle visualizations (Network overview & Time plot)

• Toggle stats table: Display > Toggle miner stats table

• Refresh the visualizer: Display > Refresh visualizer (or press R)

• Start the miners by pressing Start All Miners

  • Start individual nodes by selecting the node and using the dropdown menu next to the button

Network

• Remove all miners: Shift + Del

• Remove individual node: Del

• Clear the current data: Network > Clear all blockchains

• Add miners to the network: Network > Add/edit miner

  • Computing power = mining power of the node

  • Network latency can be unchanged

  • Network Downlink/Uplink = Node connection bandwidth

  • Peers > Connections to other nodes

    • Can be changed in the network visualizer by selecting one node and double clicking/pressing shift while selecting other node

1. Menu

2. Node Explorer

3. Start/toggle mining

4. Network visualization

5. Time plot

6. Mining statistics

7. Sampling/Code execution