PyCon Italia '25

Cryptominer workshop

Requirements

• Python 3.10 or better

Workshop slides

See the slides.pdf file.

Installation

1. Create a virtual environment local to this repo

   python3 -m venv .env

2. Activate it

   source .env/bin/activate

Usage

Tests

1. Run the test suite

   python3 irc_client_tests.py

Local IRC server

1. Run the ircd server as a daemon in Podman or Docker, e.g.

   podman run -p6667:6667 --name ircd -d -t docker.io/zedr77/pycon25-ircd

2. Join the server by running the irc_client.py script:

   ./irc_client.py satoshi