requirements.txt

# Core dependencies for web application and API
Flask==2.2.2                # A lightweight WSGI web application framework
Flask-RESTful==0.3.9        # An extension for Flask that adds support for quickly building REST APIs
requests==2.28.1            # A simple HTTP library for making requests to other services

# Testing dependencies
pytest==7.1.2               # A framework that makes building simple and scalable test cases easy
pytest-cov==3.0.0           # A plugin for measuring code coverage in pytest

# Database interaction (if applicable)
SQLAlchemy==1.4.39          # SQL toolkit and Object-Relational Mapping (ORM) system for Python

# Data manipulation and analysis (optional)
pandas==1.4.2               # A powerful data analysis and manipulation library
numpy==1.22.3               # A library for numerical operations

# Blockchain specific libraries
pycryptodome==3.15.0        # A self-contained Python package of low-level cryptographic primitives
web3==5.29.0                # A library for interacting with Ethereum blockchain

# Optional: For smart contracts development
eth-brownie==1.19.0         # A Python-based development and testing framework for Ethereum smart contracts

# Optional: For logging
loguru==0.6.0               # A library that simplifies logging in Python applications

# Optional: For configuration management
python-dotenv==0.20.0       # A library to load environment variables from a .env file