This is used to store the transaction signature and build timestamp for each built data resource. It involved a refactor of the ArbitraryDataMetadata class to introduce a subclass for each file ("patch" and "cache"). This allows more files to be easily added later.
This defends against a missing or out-of-order transaction. If this ever fails validation, we may need to rethink the way we are requesting transactions. But in theory this shouldn't happen, given that the "last reference" field of a transaction ensures that out-of-order transactions are invalid already.
This bug was introduced now that the temp directory is contained within the data directory. Without this, it would leave it in the temp folder and then fail at a later stage.
This ensures that the temporary files are being kept with the rest of the data, rather than somewhere inappropriate such as on flash storage. It also allows the user to locate them somewhere else, such as on a dedicated drive.
This adds support for the PATCH method in addition to the existing PUT method.
Currently, a patch includes only files that have been added or modified, as well as placeholder files to indicate those that have been removed.
This is not production ready, as I am hoping to create patches on a more granular level - i.e. just the modified bytes of each file. It would also make sense to track deletions using a metadata/manifest file in a hidden folder.
It also adds early support of accessing files using a name rather than a signature or hash.
The previous criteria was to stop searching for more leaf keys as soon as we found a batch of keys with no transactions, but it seems that there are occasions when subsequent batches do actually contain transactions. The solution/workaround is to require 5 consecutive empty batches before giving up. There may be ways to improve this further by copying approaches from other BIP32 implementations, but this is a quick fix that should solve the problem for now.
This involved a small refactor of the ACCT code to expose findSecretA() in a more generic way. Bitcoin is disabled for refunding and redeeming as it uses a legacy approach that we no longer support. The {blockchain} URL parameter has also been removed from the redeem and refund APIs, because it can be obtained from the ACCT via the code hash in the AT.