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<td class="head-ltitle">NANO(N)</td>
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<td class="head-rtitle">NANO(N)</td>
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<h1 class="Sh" title="Sh" id="NAME"><a class="selflink" href="#NAME">NAME</a></h1>
nano - Tcl bindings for Nano
<h1 class="Sh" title="Sh" id="SYNOPSIS"><a class="selflink" href="#SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a></h1>
<b>nano::</b>
<br/>
<b>address::</b>
<br/>
<b>toPublicKey</b> <i>address</i> ?<b>-hex</b>|<b>-binary</b>?
?<b>-verify</b>|<b>-no-verify</b>?
<b>fromPublicKey</b> <i>pubKey</i> ?<b>-xrb</b>|<b>-nano</b>?
<b>fromPrivateKey</b> <i>privateKey</i> ?<b>-xrb</b>|<b>-nano</b>?
<br/>
<b>key::</b>
<br/>
<b>newSeed</b> ?<b>-hex</b>|<b>-binary</b>?
<b>newKey</b> ?<b>-hex</b>|<b>-binary</b>?
<b>fromSeed</b> <i>seed</i> ?<i>index</i>? ?<b>-hex</b>|<b>-binary</b>?
<b>publicKeyFromPrivateKey</b> <i>privateKey</i> ?<b>-hex</b>|<b>-binary</b>?
<br/>
<b>block::</b>
<br/>
<b>json::toBlock</b> <i>blockJSON</i>
<b>json::fromDict</b> <i>blockDict</i>
<b>json::fromBlock</b> <i>blockData</i> ?<b>-xrb</b>|<b>-nano</b>? ?
<b>-type=</b><i>blockType</i> ? ? <b>-signKey=</b><i>privateKey</i> ?
<b>json::sign</b> <i>blockJSON</i> <i>privateKey</i>
?<b>-update</b>|<b>-signature</b> ?<b>-hex</b>|<b>binary</b>??
<b>json::verifySignature</b> <i>blockJSON</i>
<b>json::work</b> <i>blockJSON</i> ?<b>-update</b>|<b>-work</b>
?<b>-hex</b>|<b>-binary</b>??
<b>json::validateWork</b> <i>blockJSON</i>
<b>json::filter</b> <i>blockJSON</i>
<b>dict::toBlock</b> <i>blockDict</i>
<b>dict::fromJSON</b> <i>blockJSON</i>
<b>dict::fromBlock</b> <i>blockData</i> ?<b>-xrb</b>|<b>-nano</b>? ?
<b>-type=</b><i>blockType</i> ? ? <b>-signKey=</b><i>privateKey</i> ?
<b>dict::sign</b> <i>blockDict</i> <i>privateKey</i>
?<b>-update</b>|<b>-signature</b> ?<b>-hex</b>|<b>binary</b>??
<b>dict::verifySignature</b> <i>blockDict</i>
<b>dict::work</b> <i>blockDict</i> ?<b>-update</b>|<b>-work</b>
?<b>-hex</b>|<b>-binary</b>??
<b>dict::validateWork</b> <i>blockDict</i>
<b>hash</b> <i>blockData</i> ?<b>-hex</b>|<b>-binary</b>?
<b>signBlockHash</b> <i>blockHash</i> <i>privateKey</i>
?<b>-hex</b>|<b>-binary</b>?
<b>sign</b> <i>blockData</i> <i>privateKey</i> ?<b>-hex</b>|<b>-binary</b>?
<b>verifyBlockHash</b> <i>blockHash</i> <i>signature</i> <i>publicKey</i>
<b>verify</b> <i>blockData</i> <i>signature</i> <i>publicKey</i>
<b>create::send</b> <i>args</i>
<b>create::receive</b> <i>args</i>
<b>create::setRepresentative</b> <i>args</i>
<br/>
<b>work::</b>
<br/>
<b>fromWorkData</b> <i>blockHashOrPublicKey</i> ?<b>-hex</b>|<b>-binary</b>?
<b>fromBlock</b> <i>blockData</i>
<b>validate</b> <i>workData</i> <i>work</i>
<br/>
<b>account::</b>
<br/>
<b>setFrontier</b> <i>account</i> <i>frontierHash</i> <i>balance</i>
<i>representative</i>
<b>getFrontier</b> <i>account</i>
<b>getFrontier</b> <i>account</i>
?<b>frontierHash</b>|<b>balance</b>|<b>representative</b>?
<b>addPending</b> <i>account</i> <i>blockHash</i> <i>amount</i>
<b>getPending</b> <i>account</i> ?<i>blockHash</i>?
<b>clearPending</b> <i>account</i> ?<i>blockHash</i>?
<b>receive</b> <i>account</i> <i>blockHash</i> <i>privateKey</i>
<b>receiveAllPending</b> <i>account</i> <i>privateKey</i>
<b>send</b> <i>fromAccount</i> <i>toAccount</i> <i>amount</i> <i>privateKey</i>
<b>setRepresentative</b> <i>account</i> <i>representative</i> <i>privateKey</i>
<br/>
<br/>
<h1 class="Sh" title="Sh" id="INTRODUCTION"><a class="selflink" href="#INTRODUCTION">INTRODUCTION</a></h1>
<i>Nano</i> is a low-latency payment platform that requires minimal resources,
relying on a peer-to-peer network to distribute "blocks", which are
cryptographically signed transactions. This package provides bindings for
interacting with the Nano network from <i>Tcl</i>.
Nano uses Ed25519 with Blake2b as the cryptographic hashing primitive for
digital signatures, rather than the common construction of Ed25519 with the
SHA2-512 cryptographic hashing function.
Nano implements a "blockchain", which is a cryptographic linked-list,
by identifying every "block" by its cryptographic hash and providing
a pointer from every block to its predecessor in the "chain" as part
of the hashed data.
This predecessors is referred to here as the "previous" block. In
Nano, each account has its own blockchain and they reference each other using
a data structure referred to as "block lattice", where the
individual chains contain blocks that reference blocks in other chains to tie
them together. The field within blocks that reference other blocks on a
different blockchain is referred to as either the "link" field or
"source block hash".
Each Nano block also encapsulates the full state of the account, containing, at
a minimum, a tuple of (<i>account</i>, <i>balance</i>, <i>representative</i>,
<i>previous</i>).
Since Nano blocks are signed by independent actors, who may, for their own gain,
generate multiple valid blocks referring to the same predecessor
(<i>previous</i>) block, an arbitration mechanism is employed by the Nano
network to decide which blocks are valid within a given chain. This
arbitration mechanism operates on the principles of consensus. Each account
holder has a stake in the network operating nominally, otherwise the balance
represented by an account is not useful for a transfer of value. In Nano the
stake an account has in the network is equal to the account's balance. The
larger the stake an account has the more incentivized the account-holder is to
ensure the network is operating nominally and not accepting multiple blocks
that reference the same predecessor.
Nano utilizes a mechanism called <i>voting</i> to determine which blocks are
valid and which blocks are not valid. Each stakeholder votes their stake upon
seeing a new subordinate block (<i>i.e.</i>, a block with a unique
<i>previous</i> value). Since voting is an active and on-going process that
occurs on the Nano peer-to-peer network, participants must be online to vote
their stake. As this is often inconvenient or impossible, stakeholders may
select another stakeholder to vote their share of the network. This delegate
is referred to as a <i>representative</i>.
Representatives should be chosen carefully by stakeholders since malicious
representatives may attempt to gather voting power and destabilize the Nano
network by altering decisions made by consensus previously.
Nano accounts are referred to by address. A Nano address starts with the prefix
"<b>nano_</b>" or "<b>xrb_</b>". A Nano address is
actually the public portion of a private/public keypair, plus the prefix, and
a checksum to ensure that no digits are mistyped by users when communicating
them. Nano public keys are 256-bit keys in the Ed25519 algorithm.
A user may have many accounts. To simplify the process of maintaining the
private/public keypairs for all the accounts, Nano supports the concept of a
<i>wallet</i>. A <i>wallet</i> is a conceptual entity that is used to refer to
a <i>seed</i>, which is a random 256-bit number that can be used to derive
multiple private/public keypairs from.
Balances in Nano are stored in a 128-bit integer value. There are various units
for representing the balance, the smallest and base unit is called
"<i>raw</i>". The most common unit for users to use is called
"<i>Nano</i>", one of which is equal to 1e30 raw.
<h2 class="Ss" title="Ss" id="Addresses"><a class="selflink" href="#Addresses">Addresses</a></h2>
Nano addresses are composed of a prefix (either "<b>nano_</b>" or
"<b>xrb_</b>") and 300 bits of base32 encoded data. The 300-bits of
base32 encoded data produce a string that is 6 characters long using the
base32 alphabet <b>13456789abcdefghijkmnopqrstuwxyz</b>. The format of these
300 bits are
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<div class="Pp"></div>
struct {
uint4_t padding = 0000b;
uint256_t publicKey;
uint40_t checksum;
}
<div class="Pp"></div>
</pre>
The checksum is computed as a 5 byte (40 bit) Blake2b hash of the 256-bit public
key (in binary format), followed by reversing the bytes.
For example the public key
<b>DC1512154EB72112B8CC230D7B8C7DD467DA78E4763182D6CAFAADB14855A5E8</b> which
has a 5-byte Blake2b hash of <b>{0x18, 0x74, 0xA3, 0x46, 0x9C}</b> would be
encoded as
<b>0000.DC1512154EB72112B8CC230D7B8C7DD467DA78E4763182D6CAFAADB14855A5E8.9C46A37418</b>
which when encoded in base32 and the prefix added produces the address
<b>nano_3q1o4acnxfs34cwerarfhg89uo59ubwgaxjjiddeoyofp767dbhamj5c8x1r</b>.
<h2 class="Ss" title="Ss" id="Network"><a class="selflink" href="#Network">Network</a></h2>
The Nano network consists of two different peer-to-peer networks. One for
real-time block updates over UDP, and another for bulk ledger updates over TCP
(<i>bootstrapping</i>). The real-time network is a broadcast style network
where every message sent over it are relayed to all other nodes.
The customary and default port for the real-time/UDP network is 7075/udp, while
the default port for the bootstrapping/TCP network is 7075/tcp.
The format of the messages on both networks is the same, however not every type
of message may be used on either network. The <b>keepalive</b> message type is
invalid on the TCP (bootstrapping) network and the <b>bulk_pull</b> message
type is invalid on the UDP (real-time) network. The format of message are an 8
byte header consisting of:
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<div class="Pp"></div>
struct {
uint8_t magicProtocol = 0x52;
uint8_t magicNetwork = 0x41/0x42/0x43;
uint8_t versionMax;
uint8_t version;
uint8_t versionMin;
uint8_t messageType;
uint16_t extensions;
};
<div class="Pp"></div>
</pre>
Where the <b>magicProtocol</b> field must be the value <b>0x52</b> (which is
ASCII 'R') and the <b>magicNetwork</b> field must be one of <b>0x41</b>,
<b>0x42</b>, or <b>0x43</b> corresponding to one of the three Nano networks. A
value of <b>0x41</b> (ASCII 'A') represents the Test network; A value of
<b>0x42</b> (ASCII 'B') represents the Beta network; A value of <b>0x43</b>
(ASCII 'C') represents the Main network.
The various version fields control the relaying of the message to nodes running
various versions of the Nano network protocol (distinct from the Nano
reference implementation version). The <b>versionMax</b> and <b>versionMin</b>
fields indicate the inclusive range of acceptable versions to relay or
broadcast this message to. The <b>version</b> field indicates what version of
the Nano protocol this node is using.
The messageType field indicates what type of message is being relayed, and must
conform to the following enumeration
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<td>messageType</td>
<td>Name</td>
<td>On Bootstrap</td>
<td>On Realtime</td>
</tr>
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<td>0x00</td>
<td>Invalid</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes</td>
</tr>
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<td>0x01</td>
<td>Not_A_Type</td>
<td>?</td>
<td>?</td>
</tr>
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<td>0x02</td>
<td>Keepalive</td>
<td>No</td>
<td>Yes</td>
</tr>
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<td>0x03</td>
<td>Publish</td>
<td>No</td>
<td>Yes</td>
</tr>
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<td>0x04</td>
<td>Confirm_Req</td>
<td>No</td>
<td>Yes</td>
</tr>
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<td>0x05</td>
<td>Confirm_Ack</td>
<td>No</td>
<td>Yes</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>0x06</td>
<td>Bulk_Pull</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>0x07</td>
<td>Bulk_Push</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>0x08</td>
<td>Frontier_Req</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>0x09</td>
<td>Bulk_Pull_Blocks</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
</table>
<b>TODO: Extensions</b>
Following the message header comes the payload for the particular message type.
<dl class="Bl-tag">
<dt class="It-tag"><b>Invalid</b></dt>
<dd class="It-tag">TODOC
</dd>
</dl>
<dl class="Bl-tag">
<dt class="It-tag"><b>Not_A_Type</b></dt>
<dd class="It-tag">TODOC
</dd>
</dl>
<dl class="Bl-tag">
<dt class="It-tag"><b>Keepalive</b></dt>
<dd class="It-tag">The Keepalive message requires exactly 8 IPv6 address and
port number tuples to be sent as its payload. The IPv6 addresses are each
128-bits (16-bytes) long and the port numbers are 16-bit integers sent in
network byte order. The payload for the Keepalive message type is 144
bytes in size.
</dd>
</dl>
<dl class="Bl-tag">
<dt class="It-tag"><b>Publish</b></dt>
<dd class="It-tag">TODOC
</dd>
</dl>
<dl class="Bl-tag">
<dt class="It-tag"><b>Confirm_Req</b></dt>
<dd class="It-tag">TODOC
</dd>
</dl>
<dl class="Bl-tag">
<dt class="It-tag"><b>Confirm_Ack</b></dt>
<dd class="It-tag">TODOC
</dd>
</dl>
<dl class="Bl-tag">
<dt class="It-tag"><b>Bulk_Pull</b></dt>
<dd class="It-tag">TODOC
</dd>
</dl>
<dl class="Bl-tag">
<dt class="It-tag"><b>Bulk_Push</b></dt>
<dd class="It-tag">TODOC
</dd>
</dl>
<dl class="Bl-tag">
<dt class="It-tag"><b>Frontier_Req</b></dt>
<dd class="It-tag">TODOC
</dd>
</dl>
<dl class="Bl-tag">
<dt class="It-tag"><b>Bulk_Pull_Blocks</b></dt>
<dd class="It-tag">TODOC
</dd>
</dl>
<h1 class="Sh" title="Sh" id="PROCEDURES"><a class="selflink" href="#PROCEDURES">PROCEDURES</a></h1>
<h2 class="Ss" title="Ss" id="Addresses"><a class="selflink" href="#Addresses">Addresses</a></h2>
<dl class="Bl-tag">
<dt class="It-tag"><b>::nano::address::toPublicKey</b></dt>
<dd class="It-tag"><i>address</i> ?<b>-hex</b>|<b>-binary</b>?
?<b>-verify</b>|<b>-no-verify</b>? <b> -> </b><i>publicKey</i>
Converts a Nano address to a public key. The <b>-hex</b> option indicates
that the public key should be returned in hexadecimal form. The
<b>-binary</b> option indicates that the public key should be returned in
binary form. The <b>-verify</b> option verifies the checksum embedded in
the Nano address before returning. The <b>-no-verify</b> option inhibits
verifying the checksum embedded in the Nano address.
</dd>
</dl>
<dl class="Bl-tag">
<dt class="It-tag"><b>::nano::address::fromPublicKey</b></dt>
<dd class="It-tag"><i>pubKey</i> ?<b>-xrb</b>|<b>-nano</b>? <b> ->
</b><i>address</i>
Converts a public key to a Nano address. The <b>-xrb</b> option specifies
that the returned address should be prefixed with the old-style
"xrb_" prefix, where the <b>-nano</b> option specifies that the
returned address should be prefixed with the new-style "nano_"
prefix.
</dd>
</dl>
<dl class="Bl-tag">
<dt class="It-tag"><b>::nano::address::fromPrivateKey</b></dt>
<dd class="It-tag"><i>privateKey</i> ?<b>-xrb</b>|<b>-nano</b>? <b> ->
</b><i>address</i>
Converts a private key to a Nano address. It accepts the same arguments as
<b>fromPublicKey</b>.
</dd>
</dl>
<h2 class="Ss" title="Ss" id="Key_Management"><a class="selflink" href="#Key_Management">Key
Management</a></h2>
<dl class="Bl-tag">
<dt class="It-tag"><b>::nano::key::newSeed</b></dt>
<dd class="It-tag">?<b>-hex</b>|<b>-binary</b>? -> <i>seed</i>
Generates a new seed. A seed is a 256-bit bit-field which, along with a
32-bit index, is used to derive enumerated keys from a single point of
entropy. See the <b>fromSeed</b> procedure. The <b>-hex</b> and
<b>-binary</b> options determine the formatting of the result.
</dd>
</dl>
<dl class="Bl-tag">
<dt class="It-tag"><b>::nano::key::newKey</b></dt>
<dd class="It-tag">?<b>-hex</b>|<b>-binary</b>? -> <i>privateKey</i>
Generates a new private key. A private key can be used to sign transactions,
which can then be verified with its corresponding public key (see
<b>publicKeyFromPrivateKey</b>). This procedure is normally not used, but
rather private keys are derived from a <i>seed</i> and <i>index</i> pair
using the <b>fromSeed</b> procedure. The <b>-hex</b> and <b>-binary</b>
options determine the formatting of the result.
</dd>
</dl>
<dl class="Bl-tag">
<dt class="It-tag"><b>::nano::key::fromSeed</b></dt>
<dd class="It-tag"><i>seed</i> ?<i>index</i>? ?<b>-hex</b>|<b>-binary</b>?
-> <i>privateKey</i>
Derive a private key from the seed specified as <i>seed</i> and the
<i>index</i> indicated. This procedure is deterministic (i.e., the same
<i>seed</i> and <i>index</i> will always give you the same private key).
This procedure is used to derive many keypairs from a single user-managed
piece of data, so the user does not have to manage multiple private keys.
If the <i>index</i> is not specified it defaults to <b>0</b>. The
<b>-hex</b> and <b>-binary</b> options determine the formatting of the
result.
</dd>
</dl>
<dl class="Bl-tag">
<dt class="It-tag"><b>::nano::key::publicKeyFromPrivateKey</b></dt>
<dd class="It-tag"><i>privateKey</i> ?<b>-hex</b>|<b>-binary</b>? ->
<i>publicKey</i>
Converts a private key into its corresponding public key. Normally Ed25519
private keys are a concatenation of the private and public keys, however
in this package they are each treated separately. The <b>-hex</b> and
<b>-binary</b> options determine the formatting of the result.
</dd>
</dl>
<h2 class="Ss" title="Ss" id="Low-level_Block"><a class="selflink" href="#Low-level_Block">Low-level
Block</a></h2>
<dl class="Bl-tag">
<dt class="It-tag"><b>::nano::block::</b><i>representation</i><b>::toBlock</b></dt>
<dd class="It-tag"><i>blockRepresentation</i> -> <i>blockData</i>
Converts from one of the internal representations (either Tcl dictionary or
JSON) to a Nano block. The <i>representation</i> portion of the command
name may be one of <b>dict</b> or <b>json</b>.
</dd>
</dl>
<dl class="Bl-tag">
<dt class="It-tag"><b>::nano::block::json::fromDict</b></dt>
<dd class="It-tag"><i>blockDict</i> -> <i>blockJSON</i>
Converts from a Tcl dictionary representation to a JSON representation of a
block.
</dd>
</dl>
<dl class="Bl-tag">
<dt class="It-tag"><b>::nano::block::json::filter</b></dt>
<dd class="It-tag"><i>blockJSON</i> -> <i>blockJSON</i>
Filters out JSON object attributes which are not suitable for using with
other implementations, such as <i>_comment</i>, <i>_workData</i>, and
<i>_blockHash</i>.
</dd>
</dl>
<dl class="Bl-tag">
<dt class="It-tag"><b>::nano::block::dict::fromJSON</b></dt>
<dd class="It-tag"><i>blockJSON</i> -> <i>blockDict</i>
Converts from a JSON object representation to a Tcl dictionary
representation of a block.
</dd>
</dl>
<dl class="Bl-tag">
<dt class="It-tag"><b>::nano::block::</b><i>representation</i><b>::fromBlock</b></dt>
<dd class="It-tag"><i>blockData</i> ?<b>-xrb</b>|<b>-nano</b>? ?
<b>-type=</b><i>blockType</i> ? ? <b>-signKey=</b><i>privateKey</i> ?
-> <i>blockRepresentation</i>
Parses a Nano block and returns either a Tcl dictionary or a JSON object.
The <b>-xrb</b> option causes all parsed addresses to be prefixed with the
old-style "xrb_" address prefix, while the <b>-nano</b> option
causes them to be prefixed with the new-style "nano_prefix". The
<i>representation</i> portion of the command name may be one of
<b>dict</b> or <b>json</b>.
</dd>
</dl>
<dl class="Bl-tag">
<dt class="It-tag"><b>::nano::block::</b><i>representation</i><b>::sign</b></dt>
<dd class="It-tag"><i>blockRepresentation</i> <i>privateKey</i>
?<b>-update</b>|<b>-signature</b> ?<b>-hex</b>|<b>binary</b>?? ->
<i>signature</i>|<i>blockJSON</i>
Sign a block, in either Tcl dictionary or JSON representation, with the
specified <i>privateKey</i>. If the <b>-update</b> option is used, return
the object with the updated attribute. If the <b>-signature</b> option is
used, return just the signature. The <b>-hex</b> and <b>-binary</b>
options determine the formatting of the result. The <i>representation</i>
portion of the command name may be one of <b>dict</b> or <b>json</b>.
</dd>
</dl>
<dl class="Bl-tag">
<dt class="It-tag"><b>::nano::block::</b><i>representation</i><b>::verifySignature</b></dt>
<dd class="It-tag"><i>blockRepresentation</i> -> <i>boolean</i>
Verify the signature on a block, in either Tcl dictionary or JSON
representation, matches the public key specified in the <b>account</b>
attribute of that object. This may not work correctly for old-style blocks
unless you manually add the <b>account</b> attribute. The
<i>representation</i> portion of the command name may be one of
<b>dict</b> or <b>json</b>.
</dd>
</dl>
<dl class="Bl-tag">
<dt class="It-tag"><b>::nano::block::</b><i>representation</i><b>::work</b></dt>
<dd class="It-tag"><i>blockRepresentation</i> ?<b>-update</b>|<b>-work</b>
?<b>-hex</b>|<b>binary</b>?? -> <i>work</i>|<i>blockRepresentation</i>
Generate proof-of-work (PoW) required to submit a given block to the
network. Nano uses PoW to increase the cost of submitting blocks to the
network to cut down on spam. The <i>work</i> that is computed is based on
the hash of the previous block on this chain, or if there is no previous
block on this chain (i.e., because it is the first block on an account)
the public key of the account. If the <b>-update</b> option is used,
return the object with the updated attribute. If the <b>-work</b> option
is used, just return the work. The <b>-hex</b> and <b>-binary</b> options
determine the formatting of the result. The <i>representation</i> portion
of the command name may be one of <b>dict</b> or <b>json</b>.
</dd>
</dl>
<dl class="Bl-tag">
<dt class="It-tag"><b>::nano::block::</b><i>representation</i><b>::validateWork</b></dt>
<dd class="It-tag"><i>blockRepresentation</i> -> <i>boolean</i>
Validate the proof-of-work (PoW) in the object specified as
<i>blockRepresentation</i> with the attribute <b>work</b> is valid for the
block passed in. The <i>representation</i> portion of the command name may
be one of <b>dict</b> or <b>json</b>.
</dd>
</dl>
<dl class="Bl-tag">
<dt class="It-tag"><b>::nano::block::hash</b></dt>
<dd class="It-tag"><i>blockData</i> ?<b>-hex</b>|<b>-binary</b>? ->
<i>blockHash</i>
Compute the cryptographic hash of a block. The cryptographic hashing
algorithm used for Nano is Blake2b. Blocks are typically identified by
their hash (i.e., content addressable). The <b>-hex</b> and <b>-binary</b>
options determine the formatting of the result.
</dd>
</dl>
<dl class="Bl-tag">
<dt class="It-tag"><b>::nano::block::signBlockHash</b></dt>
<dd class="It-tag"><i>blockHash</i> <i>privateKey</i>
?<b>-hex</b>|<b>-binary</b>? -> <i>signature</i>
Compute an Ed25519-with-Blake2b signature of a given block hash specified as
<i>blockHash</i> with the private key specified as <i>privateKey</i>. In
Nano, signed blocks are signed by signing the block's hash thus all that
is needed to sign a block is its hash and the private key that corresponds
to the account. <b>NOTE: Ensure that the</b> <i>privateKey</i>
<b>specified matches the account the block belongs to.</b> The <b>-hex</b>
and <b>-binary</b> options determine the formatting of the result.
</dd>
</dl>
<dl class="Bl-tag">
<dt class="It-tag"><b>::nano::block::sign</b></dt>
<dd class="It-tag"><i>blockData</i> <i>privateKey</i>
?<b>-hex</b>|<b>-binary</b>? -> <i>signature</i>
This is a convenience procedure which computes the hash of a block given as
<i>blockData</i>, and then calls <b>signBlockHash</b>. The <b>-hex</b> and
<b>-binary</b> options determine the formatting of the result.
</dd>
</dl>
<dl class="Bl-tag">
<dt class="It-tag"><b>::nano::block::verifyBlockHash</b></dt>
<dd class="It-tag"><i>blockHash</i> <i>signature</i> <i>publicKey</i> ->
<i>boolean</i>
Verify that a block hash (<i>blockHash</i>) was signed (<i>signature</i>) by
an account holding the private key that corresponds to the public key
specified as <i>publicKey</i>.
</dd>
</dl>
<dl class="Bl-tag">
<dt class="It-tag"><b>::nano::block::verify</b></dt>
<dd class="It-tag"><i>blockData</i> <i>signature</i> <i>publicKey</i> ->
<i>boolean</i>
This is a convenience procedure which computes the hash of a block given as
<i>blockData</i>, and then calls <b>verifyBlockHash</b>.
</dd>
</dl>
<dl class="Bl-tag">
<dt class="It-tag"><b>::nano::block::create::send</b></dt>
<dd class="It-tag"><b>from </b><i>address</i> <b>to </b><i>address</i>
<b>previous </b><i>blockHash</i> <b>representative </b><i>address</i>
<b>previousBalance </b><i>integer</i> <b>amount </b><i>integer</i> ?
<b>-json </b><i>boolean</i> ? -> <i>blockJSON</i>|<i>blockDict</i>
This is a low-level interface for creating blocks which correspond to
sending Nano from one account to another. It constructs a block which
sends the <b>amount</b> specified from the <b>from</b> address to the
destination (<b>to</b>). The previous block's hash must be specified as
the <i>blockHash</i> following <b>previous</b>. Additionally the balance
of the account at the previous block must be supplied as the integer
argument to <b>previousBalance</b>. All balance amounts are in units of
<b>raw</b>. If the optional <b>-json</b> argument is used and specified as
true the result is a JSON representation, otherwise a Tcl dict
representation is used.
</dd>
</dl>
<dl class="Bl-tag">
<dt class="It-tag"><b>::nano::block::create::receive</b></dt>
<dd class="It-tag"><b>to </b><i>address</i> <b>sourceBlock
</b><i>blockHash</i> <b>previous </b><i>blockHash</i> <b>representative
</b><i>address</i> <b>previousBalance </b><i>integer</i> <b>amount
</b><i>integer</i> ? <b>-json </b><i>boolean</i> ? ->
<i>blockJSON</i>|<i>blockDict</i>
This is a low-level interface for creating blocks which correspond to
receiving (pocketing) Nano previously sent from another account to the
account specified as the <i>address</i> supplied to the <b>to</b>
argument. It constructs a block which receives the amount of Nano
specified as the <b>amount</b> argument. The block hash (<i>blockHash</i>)
of the send block which was used to send the Nano to this account must be
specified as the argument to the <b>sourceBlock</b> option. The previous
block's hash must be specified as the <i>blockHash</i> following
<b>previous</b>. Additionally the balance of the account at the previous
block must be supplied as the integer argument to <b>previousBalance</b>.
All balance amounts are in units of <b>raw</b>. If the optional
<b>-json</b> argument is used and specified as true the result is a JSON
representation, otherwise a Tcl dict representation is used.
</dd>
</dl>
<dl class="Bl-tag">
<dt class="It-tag"><b>::nano::block::create::setRepresentative</b></dt>
<dd class="It-tag"><b>account </b><i>address</i> <b>previous
</b><i>blockHash</i> <b>representative </b><i>address</i> ? <b>-json
</b><i>boolean</i> ? -> <i>blockJSON</i>|<i>blockDict</i>
This is a low-level interface for creating blocks which correspond to an
explicit change of representative. Representatives in Nano are used as
part of the Delegated Proof-of-Stake (dPoS) consensus mechanism which is
used by the Nano network to determine which block (if any) out of many
possible subordinate blocks in a chain are valid. So that every account
holder does not have to be online to vote for valid transactions, an
account may delegate another account to vote its stake on its behalf. That
delegate is called a representative. An account may change its
representative at any time by issuing a block with a new representative,
such as a send or receive block, or by issuing an explicit change of
representative block. This procedure creates an explicit change of
representative block for the <b>account</b> specified. It changes to the
delegate to the <b>representative</b> specified. Further, the
<i>blockHash</i> of the previous block must be specified as the argument
to <b>previous</b>. If the optional <b>-json</b> argument is used and
specified as true the result is a JSON representation, otherwise a Tcl
dict representation is used.
</dd>
</dl>
<h2 class="Ss" title="Ss" id="Work_Generation"><a class="selflink" href="#Work_Generation">Work
Generation</a></h2>
<dl class="Bl-tag">
<dt class="It-tag"><b>::nano::work::fromWorkData</b></dt>
<dd class="It-tag"><i>blockHashOrPublicKey</i> ?<b>-hex</b>|<b>-binary</b>?
-> <i>work</i>
Create proof-of-work (PoW) from a block hash or public key. Which one is
used depends on whether or not there are any other blocks in this
account's chain. If this is the first block in this account's chain then
the public key of the account is used, otherwise the hash of the blocks
predecessor (<i>previous</i>) is used. The specific value needed should be
accessible from the <b>_workData</b> member of a JSON object or Tcl
dictionary. Note that this attribute (and all attributes that begin with
an underscore) should be discarded when sending the block outside of the
Tcl process. The <b>-hex</b> and <b>-binary</b> options determine the
formatting of the result.
</dd>
</dl>
<dl class="Bl-tag">
<dt class="It-tag"><b>::nano::work::fromBlock</b></dt>
<dd class="It-tag"><i>blockData</i> -> <i>work</i>
This is a convenience procedure which computes work data (either a block
hash or a public key) for a given block and then calls
<b>fromWorkData</b>.
</dd>
</dl>
<dl class="Bl-tag">
<dt class="It-tag"><b>::nano::work::validate</b></dt>
<dd class="It-tag"><i>workData</i> <i>work</i> -> <i>boolean</i>
This procedure validates that the supplied <i>work</i> is valid for the
supplied <i>workData</i>, which is either a block hash or an account
public key. For more information see the description of
<b>fromWorkData</b>.
</dd>
</dl>
<h2 class="Ss" title="Ss" id="High-level_Account"><a class="selflink" href="#High-level_Account">High-level
Account</a></h2>
<dl class="Bl-tag">
<dt class="It-tag"><b>:nano::account::setFrontier</b></dt>
<dd class="It-tag"><i>account</i> <i>frontierHash</i> <i>balance</i>
<i>representative</i>
This procedure is used as part of the High-level Account interface. It sets
the <i>frontier</i>, which is the block hash (<i>frontierHash</i>) and
data (<i>balance</i>, <i>representative</i>) associated with that block
that corresponds to the head of an account's chain.
</dd>
</dl>
<dl class="Bl-tag">
<dt class="It-tag"><b>:nano::account::getFrontier</b></dt>
<dd class="It-tag"><i>account</i> -> <i>frontierInfo</i>
This procedure is used as part of the High-level Account interface. It gets
the Tcl dictionary associated with the frontier most recently set for the
specified <i>account</i>.
</dd>
</dl>
<dl class="Bl-tag">
<dt class="It-tag"><b>:nano::account::getFrontier</b></dt>
<dd class="It-tag"><i>account</i>
?<b>frontierHash</b>|<b>balance</b>|<b>representative</b>? ->
<i>frontierHash</i>|<i>balance</i>|<i>representative</i>
This procedure is used as part of the High-level Account interface. It gets
a specific item from Tcl dictionary associated with the frontier most
recently set for the specified <i>account</i>.
</dd>
</dl>
<dl class="Bl-tag">
<dt class="It-tag"><b>:nano::account::addPending</b></dt>
<dd class="It-tag"><i>account</i> <i>blockHash</i> <i>amount</i>
This procedure is used as part of the High-level Account interface. It is
used to indicate than a given <i>account</i> has a <b>receive</b> block
that they could create. The block hash of the corresponding <b>send</b>
block should be supplied as the <i>blockHash</i> parameter. The amount of
Nano that was sent in the <b>send</b> block should be specified as the
<i>amount</i> parameter (in units of raw).
</dd>
</dl>
<dl class="Bl-tag">
<dt class="It-tag"><b>:nano::account::getPending</b></dt>
<dd class="It-tag"><i>account</i> ?<i>blockHash</i>? -> <i>dict</i>
This procedure is used as part of the High-level Account interface. It is
used to retrieve information stored by <b>addPending</b> for a given
<i>account</i>. If the <i>blockHash</i> parameter is supplied then a Tcl
dictionary is returned with a key called <b>amount</b> which contains the
amount stored previously. If the <i>blockHash</i> parameter is not
supplied then a Tcl dictionary is returned with keys corresponding to each
block hash pending for the specified <i>account</i>, and containing a
subordinate Tcl dictionary with a key called <b>amount</b> as previously
described.
</dd>
</dl>
<dl class="Bl-tag">
<dt class="It-tag"><b>::nano::account::clearPending</b></dt>
<dd class="It-tag"><i>account</i> ?<i>blockHash</i>?
This procedure is used as part of the High-level Account interface. It is
used to clear (that is, remove from the conceptual state of
"pending") entries created previously with <b>addPending</b> for
a given <i>account</i>. If the <i>blockHash</i> parameter is supplied then
only the entry corresponding to that blockhash is cleared, otherwise all
entries for the specified <i>account</i> are cleared.
</dd>
</dl>
<dl class="Bl-tag">
<dt class="It-tag"><b>:nano::account::receive</b></dt>
<dd class="It-tag"><i>account</i> <i>blockHash</i> <i>privateKey</i> ->
<i>blockJSON</i>|<i>blockDict</i>
This procedure is used as part of the High-level Account interface. It is
used to generate a receive block. Its interface is subject to change and
not considered stable.
</dd>
</dl>
<dl class="Bl-tag">
<dt class="It-tag"><b>:nano::account::receiveAllPending</b></dt>
<dd class="It-tag"><i>account</i> <i>privateKey</i> ->
<i>listOfBlockJSON</i>|<i>listOfBlockDict</i>
This procedure is used as part of the High-level Account interface. It is
used to generate receive blocks for every pending receive on a given
<i>account</i>. Its interface is subject to change and not considered
stable.
</dd>
</dl>
<dl class="Bl-tag">
<dt class="It-tag"><b>:nano::account::send</b></dt>
<dd class="It-tag"><i>fromAccount</i> <i>toAccount</i> <i>amount</i>
<i>privateKey</i> -> <i>blockJSON</i>|<i>blockDict</i>
This procedure is used as part of the High-level Account interface. It is
used to generate a send block. Its interface is subject to change and not
considered stable.
</dd>
</dl>
<dl class="Bl-tag">
<dt class="It-tag"><b>::nano::account::setRepresentative</b></dt>
<dd class="It-tag"><i>account</i> <i>representative</i> <i>privateKey</i>
-> <i>blockJSON</i>|<i>blockDict</i>
This procedure is used as part of the High-level Account interface. It is
used to generate a block that changes the representative for the given
<i>account</i>. Its interface is subject to change and not considered
stable.
</dd>
</dl>
<h1 class="Sh" title="Sh" id="EXAMPLES"><a class="selflink" href="#EXAMPLES">EXAMPLES</a></h1>
<h2 class="Ss" title="Ss" id="Example_1:_Generate_a_new_seed_and_derive_10_addresses_from_it"><a class="selflink" href="#Example_1:_Generate_a_new_seed_and_derive_10_addresses_from_it">Example
1: Generate a new seed and derive 10 addresses from it</a></h2>
<pre>
package require nano 1.1
<div class="Pp"></div>
set seed [::nano::key::newSeed -hex]
puts "Generated seed: $seed"
<div class="Pp"></div>
for {set index 0} {$index < 10} {incr index} {
set accountPrivateKey [::nano::key::fromSeed $seed $index -hex]
set accountAddress [::nano::address::fromPrivateKey $accountPrivateKey]
puts " - $index: $accountAddress"
}
</pre>
<h1 class="Sh" title="Sh" id="AUTHOR"><a class="selflink" href="#AUTHOR">AUTHOR</a></h1>
Roy Keene <<i>rkeene@nano.org</i>></div>
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<tr>
<td class="foot-date">17-Jul-2018</td>
<td class="foot-os">nano 1.1</td>
</tr>
</table>
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