Architecture Reference

• Full Node
  • Components and Features Overview
    • Accessing the network
      • P2P
        • An example of the P2P component messaging
      • Connection Manager
      • Behaviour Components
    • Syncing with the blockchain
      • Consensus Manager
      • Chained Header Tree
        • Validators
      • Block Puller
        • IBD Download Strategy
      • Block Store
      • Coin View
    • Mining new blocks
      • Memory Pool
      • Miner
        • The Stratis proof-of-stake algorithm
      • Wallet
      • Broadcast Manager
    • Node-wide Libraries
      • Core
      • NBitcoin
    • Interfacing with the Full Node
  • Console Output
    • Page 1 - Node benchmarks
      • Consensus Manager benchmarks
      • Consensus Rules benchmarks
      • UTXO Benchmarks
    • Page 2 - Node data
      • Node statistics
      • Connection data
      • Consensus Manager data
      • Block Puller data
      • Block Store data
      • Proven Header data
      • Mempool data
      • Wallets data
  • Creating custom builds and extending the feature set
    • The supplied console application builds
      • What happens in Main()?
    • Exploring the Base Feature of the Full Node
      • Other Full Node features
    • Creating a new feature summary
  • Proof-of-Stake (PoS) implementation
    • Hitting the target with a Proof-of-Stake algorithm
      • How your stake determines your chance to hit the target
        • Stakes consist of Unspent Transaction Outputs (UTXOs)
        • How an element of randomness is added to each UTXO calculation
      • Proof-of-Stake timestamps
        • An example staking timeline
    • Exploring the Proof-of-Stake code
      • What defines a coinstake transaction?
      • How workers calculate if a UTXO can be the coinstake kernel
      • Looking at the coinstake kernel calculations in code
  • Proof-of-Authority (PoA) implementation
    • The role of the federation on PoA networks
      • Is there an optimal size for a federation?
      • Do federation members receive a reward for mining?
  • Consensus
    • Consensus architecture
      • When does the Consensus Manager request block validation?
      • When does the Chained Header Tree request header validation?
    • Customizing consensus rule engines and their rulesets
      • How a consensus rule engine works
      • Defining your own rules
        • Consensus options
      • Registering consensus features
    • Creating a custom consensus algorithm summary
  • Proven Headers
    • How Proven Headers provide a “headers first” solution for a Proof-of-Stake blockchain
      • Proven header messages
      • How the headers were extended to become block headers?
      • Why coinstake age was adjusted?
      • Exploring the proven header rules in detail
        • Checking the sizes of proven header members
        • Checking if the proven header has a valid coinstake transaction
        • Checking if the proven header has valid timestamps
        • Checking if the coinstake kernel is old enough
        • Checking the coinstake kernel was spent correctly
        • Checking the hash generated by the coinstake kernel hits the target
        • Checking that the coinstake transaction is in the block represented by the proven header
        • Checking the proven header’s signature was made by the miner who owns the coinstake transaction output.
  • Cold Staking
    • Introduction - what is Cold Staking?
    • Motivation - why get involved in Cold Staking?
    • Pre-requisites for Cold Staking with Stratis
    • Stepping through the Stratis Cold Staking process
    • Cold wallet requirements
    • Roll-out of Cold Staking
    • Future plans for Cold Staking
• Smart Contracts
  • Basic Theory
    • Using .NET for smart contracts
    • Gas for Stratis smart contracts
  • Uses of Smart Contracts
    • Financial uses of smart contracts
    • Smart contracts for voting
    • Smart contracts in gaming
    • Smart contracts in delay repay schemes
  • Account Abstraction Layer
    • Introduction
    • Contract Accounts
    • Transactions
      • Funds Transfers
    • Limitations
  • Working with Contracts
    • Writing a contract
      • Creating a contract from a template
      • Using Visual Studio for a contract
    • Validating a contract
    • Compiling a contract
    • Deploying a contract
    • Interacting with a contract
      • Calls and Local Calls
    • Parameter Serialization
    • Gas
  • Smart Contracts In-Depth
    • Introduction
    • Compiled contract assembly
    • The Stratis.SmartContract object
      • Example
    • Persistent State
      • Serialization
      • Deserialization
      • Deserializing a Base58 Address
    • The PersistentState.IsContract function
    • The Receive function
    • Contract Validation
      • Determinism Validation
      • Format Validation
  • The Auction Smart Contract
  • Testing Locally with TestChain
    • The Code
  • Testing
    • The Basics
    • State Injection
    • An Example
  • Support
    • Report a Bug
  • Appendix - Future Enhancements to Stratis Smart Contracts
  • Appendix - Gas Prices and Memory Limit
    • Gas Pricing
    • Memory Limit
• Sidechains
  • A breakdown of the Two-Way Federated Peg solution
    • The creation of the Cirrus sidechain
    • The role of the federation
    • More on sidechain deposits and withdrawals
      • Federated gateways
      • Signature collection
      • Sidechain deposits
      • Sidechain withdrawals
    • Mining on the sidechain
  • Support
    • Report a Bug
• DLT
  • Introduction
  • Participants
  • Assets
  • Implementation
  • Conclusion