Smart-Lottery

This Ethereum-based decentralized lottery smart contract allows participants to enter by depositing a specified amount of Ether. Once a sufficient number of participants have registered, the contract manager can initiate the lottery, randomly selecting a winner who will receive the entire Ether prize pool.

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Features
• Getting Started
  • Prerequisites
  • Installation
• Usage
  • Deployment
• Testing
• Contributing
• License

Introduction

This smart contract project aims to provide a transparent and decentralized way to run lotteries. It ensures fairness by randomly selecting a winner from the pool of registered players and automatically sending the prize Ether to the winner.

Features

• Decentralized: The lottery is run on the Ethereum blockchain, eliminating the need for centralized intermediaries.

• Fairness: The winner is selected randomly from registered players, ensuring fairness.

• Transparency: All transactions and lottery results are publicly visible on the blockchain.

Getting Started

Prerequisites

Before you begin, ensure you have met the following requirements:

• Node.js and npm installed (for running tests and scripts).
• An Ethereum wallet with test Ether for deploying the contract on the Sepolia test network.
• Ganache installed (for local development and testing).

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/Cannon07/Smart-Lottery.git
   

2. Change into the project directory:

   cd Solidity-Test-Project
   

3. Install project dependencies:

   npm install
   

Usage

Deployment

To deploy the contract on the Sepolia test network, follow these steps:

1. Update the deploy.js file with your wallet mnemonics and Sepolia network configuration.

2. Deploy the contract:

   node deploy.js
   

Testing

To run the Mocha tests, use the following command:

npm run test

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! If you find any issues or have improvements to suggest, please open an issue or create a pull request.