OpenLearnX/steps.md

🛠 Step 1: Install Foundry & Anvil

Foundry is a blazing-fast toolkit for Ethereum development written in Rust. It includes forge (for testing), cast (for scripting), and anvil (a local Ethereum node, like Hardhat or Ganache).

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✅ Prerequisites

• A Unix-based system (Linux/macOS/WSL)
• curl installed
• zsh or bash shell

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🔽 Install Foundry

Open your terminal and run:

curl -L https://foundry.paradigm.xyz | bash

Then activate Foundry by either:

# If using zsh
source ~/.zshrc

# If using bash
source ~/.bashrc

Now install the Foundry toolchain:

foundryup

Verify Installation

forge --version
anvil --version
cast --version

If all return versions, you’re good to go!

Run Anvil Locally

Start a local Ethereum testnet node:

anvil

Or to fork Ethereum mainnet (for testing with real contract data):

anvil --fork-url https://eth.merkle.io

Step 1 Completed:)

Step 2 Backend

OpenLearnX Quick Start Commands

Terminal 1: Start Anvil Blockchain

anvil --fork-url https://eth.merkle.io

Keep this terminal running

Terminal 2: Deploy Smart Contract

cd backend
source venv/bin/activate
python3 scripts/deploy.py

Copy the contract address to your .env file, then you can close this terminal

Terminal 3: Start Flask Application

cd backend
source venv/bin/activate
python3 main.py

Keep this terminal running

Test Your Platform

# Test API health
curl http://127.0.0.1:5000/

# Test authentication endpoint
curl -X POST http://127.0.0.1:5000/api/auth/nonce \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"wallet_address": "0xf39Fd6e51aad88F6F4ce6aB8827279cffFb92266"}'

Your OpenLearnX Platform URLs

    API: http://127.0.0.1:5000

    Network Access: http://192.168.35.250:5000

Step 2 Completed:)