For somebody getting started with Blockchains, what are the best open source chains that they can quickly get up and running in a dev environment?
I personally prefer Ganache and use it along with Truffle framework.
According to me these are some of the good Open Source Blockchains to track:
Additionally, you can find a bunch of blockchain based projects on GitHub. I have invited George and Luke to answer this question. Please add any other important blockchains that are good for dev and learning. :)
Thanks for the question!
Thanks Daniel, these are all good examples to learn about blockchains. However, I was thinking more in terms of open source projects where developers can create their own chains as part of the learning process.
One that I have found is multichain.com There are also some Javascript projects around too.
It might be an interesting project, to create a basic blockchain platform based on {insert programming language of choice}.
Luke Hedger
Ðeveloper @ JAAK.io
If you want to learn about blockchain technology through building one (albeit a simplified one!), here are some good articles:
As for building an application that uses a blockchain, there are so many emerging options but I'd say the best for 'getting started' is definitely Ethereum. It is (relatively) mature and has a large community behind it.
If you're looking for an introduction to writing decentralised apps with Ethereum smart contracts I'm writing a blog series on exactly that! Check it out: blog.jaak.io/crossing-over-to-web3-an-introductio…