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+from secretsharing import PlaintextToHexSecretSharer
+import subprocess
+import json
+from Crypto.Cipher import AES
+
+# This function splits the secret and returns a list of shares
+def splitSecret(secret,threshold,splits):
+	shares = PlaintextToHexSecretSharer.split_secret(secret, threshold, splits)
+	return shares
+
+# This function recovers the secret using the list of shares and returns the reconstructed secret
+def recoverSecret(shares):
+	secret = PlaintextToHexSecretSharer.recover_secret(shares)
+	return secret
+
+def writeUnitToBlockchain(text,receiver):
+	txid = subprocess.check_output(["flo-cli", "sendtoaddress",receiver,"0.01",'""','""',"true","false","10",'UNSET',str(page_html)])
+	txid = str(txid)
+	txid = txid[2:-3]
+	return txid
+
+def readUnitFromBlockchain(txid):
+	rawtx = subprocess.check_output(["flo-cli", "getrawtransaction", str(txid)])
+	rawtx = str(rawtx)
+	rawtx = rawtx[2:-3]
+	tx = subprocess.check_output(["flo-cli",, "decoderawtransaction", str(rawtx)])
+	content = json.loads(tx)
+	text = content['floData']
+	return text
+
+#TODO write data chunk to blockchain
+#TODO read data chunk from blockchain
+def writeDatatoBlockchain(text):
+	splits = len(text)//350 + 1
+	#TODO create a sliced list of strings
+	#TODO for each string in the list create a transaction with txid of previous string