This is really neat...I've been working on the exact same thing in my spare time with the intent to learn the guts of blockchains. Our code is very similar, unsurprisingly. Mine is also Python but I'm running in with Serverless using Redis at the block store.
What I've found is that it's pretty easy to build out the basics, but then very complicated to cover all of the hard cases (specifically, resolving disparate chains between nodes). The deeper I dig the more appreciation I have out there for the "real" blockchain implementations and implementors.
What I've found is that it's pretty easy to build out the basics, but then very complicated to cover all of the hard cases (specifically, resolving disparate chains between nodes). The deeper I dig the more appreciation I have out there for the "real" blockchain implementations and implementors.