Creating your own private Ethereum network

At some point or another as a blockchain developer, you'll have to create an Ethereum blockchain with custom properties. This is now more relevant considering that side-chains are starting to emerge with the famous scaling technology plasma.

Setting up a private blockchain on Mac

So, how do we create a custom Ethereum blockchain? These are the instructions for Mac. I've tried them and they should work for you:

1. First, install the Ethereum packet with homebrew by executing the following command:

brew install Ethereum

It will take some time to process, especially if it's your first time executing brew. In my case, it said Updating Homebrew… and after some time...