Chunk hashes are now stored off chain in a metadata file. The metadata file's hash is then included in the transaction.
The main benefits of this approach are:
1. We no longer need to limit the total file size, because adding more chunks doesn't increase the transaction size.
2. This increases the chain capacity by a huge amount - a 512MB file would have previously increased the transaction size by 16kB, whereas it now requires only an additional 32 bytes.
3. We no longer need to use variable difficulty; every transaction is the same size and so the difficulty can be constant no matter how large the files are.
4. Additional metadata (such as title, description, and tags) can ultimately be stored in the metadata file, as apposed to using a separate transaction & resource.
5. There is also scope for adding hashes of individual files into the metadata file, if we ever wanted to allow single files to be requested without having to download and build the entire resource. Although this is unlikely to be available in the short term.
The only real negative is that we now how to fetch the metadata file before we know anything about the chunks for a transaction. This seems to be quite a small trade off by comparison.
Since we're not live yet, there is no backwards support for on-chain hashes, so a new data testchain will be required. This hasn't been tested outside of unit tests yet, so there will likely be several fixes needed before it is stable.
This is a quick solution to rebuild directory structures with missing files. This whole area of the code needs some reworking, as serving the site from a temporary folder is not a robust long term solution.
Several cross-chain API calls moved into separate classes,
although most of the URLs remain roughly the same to provide
backwards compatibility.
API /crosschain/at/build moved into /crosschain/BitcoinACCTv1
Converted DELETE /crosschain/tradeoffer to be ACCT-agnostic.
Changes to ACCT interface, etc. to support above.
Changes applied to other crosschain API calls to make them
independent of Bitcoin/Litecoin.
Corrections to fee calculations and usage in BitcoinACCTv1.
Added new LitecoinACCTv1 trade-bot, using LitecoinACCTv1.
Some minor typo corrections, rename of secretHash to hashOfSecret.
Some more Bitcoin-specific fields deprecated, but values duplicated
from newly-named fields for now.
Lower default fee (10sats/byte) for Litecoin spending transactions.
(Not P2SH fees which are 1000sats).
Changed ApiError INSUFFICIENT_BALANCE HTTP status from 422 to 402
as 422 isn't supported by Jetty?
CrossChainTradeSummary.btcAmount deprecated, use: foreignAmount
Modified pom.xml to generated package-info.java files for classes
inside org.qortal.api.model.** subdirectories.
Added altcoinj library as Maven dependency.
Added new Litecoin subclass of Bitcoiny,
with mainnet and testnet ElectrumX server lists.
Added litecoinNet settings variable and getter.
Added LitecoinTests.
Most tests work but testFindHtclSecret()
needs a redeemed HTLC on chain (not yet done).
Added litecoinNet to some test settings files
in resources.
Added Litecoin BuildHTLC, Refund test apps.
Added SendLTC app as Electrum-LTC seems a bit flaky?
So far managed to build HTLC P2SH, fund it and then
refund it!
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As Bitcoin and Litecoin are both subclasses of Bitcoiny,
could unify some test apps with added Bitcoin/Litecoin
switch as first arg?
Various issues in Jetty v9.4.22 (and some later versions too)
cause websockets to use up all available threads.
Bumped Jetty to v9.4.29 to resolve some of these issues.
Changed some Qortal-side websocket code to minimize
locking on websocket notifiers. Websocket messages now
sent async, although the returned Futures are discarded,
as it's up to the remote end to consume fast enough.
Changed Controller to only request a SysTray update before
synchronization if there's a chance node might change height.
Similarly, Controller only requests SysTray update after
synchronization if chain tip has actually changed.
Both of the above together should reduce the number of
messages sent out via the admin status websockets.
Unified Transaction.importAsUnconfirmed() and Controller.onNetworkTransactionMessage()
to both call Controller.onNewTransaction().
Modified Controller.onNewTransaction() to only send transaction signature to
other peers, instead of full transaction. Peers can request full transaction if they
don't have it.
Controller.onNewTransaction() also calls ChatNotifier, which in turn
notifies websocket handlers about new CHAT transactions.
Added jetty websocket dependency to pom.xml
Changes include:
* Allowing renaming
* Tracking last-updated timestamps
* More stringent Unicode processing
* Way more unit tests
* Max name length reduction to 40 chars
Note: HSQLDB repository table changes
We require AT v1.3.4 now!
Updated AT-related logging.
Added "isInitial" flag to AT state data so that state data created at
deployment is not added to serialized block data.
Updated BTC-QORT AT code and tests to cover various scenarios.
Added missing 'testNtpOffset' to various test versions of 'settings.json'.
Added missing 'ciyamAtSettings' to various test blockchain configs.
Loads of AT-related additions/fixes/etc. to core code, e.g Block
Requires fix in CIYAM AT v1.3.2
New version of Qortal cross-trade AT code.
Change how Qortal addresses are managed in QortalATAPI from using
base58 strings (that are too long) to using hex form (25 bytes)
as they need to fix into 32 byte A/B register.
Generate AT addresses using DeployAtTransaction's signature instead
of convoluted hash of AT data like name, description, etc.
Add startTime as arg to GetTransaction test app.
Add missing fields (name, description, ATType, tags) to DeployAT test app.
Bump CIYAM AT requirement to v1.3
Remove multi-blockchain AT aspect for now (BlockchainAPI).
For PUT_PREVIOUS_BLOCK_HASH_INTO_A we no longer use SHA256 to condense 64-byte block signature into 32 bytes.
Now we put block height into A1 and SHA192 of signature into A2 through A4.
This allows possible future lookup of block data using "block hash", with verification that it is the same block.
Some AT functions use "address in B" but sometimes we populate B with account's public key instead.
So the method "getAccountFromB" is smart and checks for an actual, textual address in B starting with 'Q', otherwise assumes B contains public key.
The Settings field "useBitcoinTestNet" (boolean) now replaced with "bitcoinNet" (String) with possible values MAIN (default), TEST3, REGTEST.
This allows for more varied development/testing scenarios.
Use correct Bitcoin nSequence value 0xFFFFFFFE for P2SH, i.e. enable locktime, disable RBF.
Roll REGTEST checkpoints file generator into main BTC class.
Yet another rewrite of Bitcoin P2SH scripts for BTC-QORT cross-chain trading.
Added associated test classes BuildP2SH, CheckP2SH, DeployAT (unfinished).
Bump bitcoinj to 0.15.5 for fixes.
lockTime is int (seconds since epoch), not long (ms since epoch).
Improve output of Initiate1.
Added (most of) Respond2.
Blockchain configs will need "v2Timestamp" feature trigger renaming to "qortalTimestamp"!
Due to Controller.VERSION_PREFIX changing, peer-to-peer protocol version detection has
been changed. Was previous a substring match, now we test peers's buildTimestamp is at
least Peer.V2_PROTOCOL_TIMESTAMP_THRESHOLD. Changes in Peer.java.
Also added comment and throw() to QortalATAPI.getNextTransactionTimestamp()
as this needs given the change to Qortal's block timestamps from legacy Qora.
Changes to HSQLDB data types, e.g. QoraAddress to QortalAddress, means existing
database will need to be thrown away after this commit!
Seems to produce fat JARs with the same MD5 after repeated runs of:
mvn clean package
Needs testing on other platforms, hence this commit.
Also trimmed some unneeded included JAR libraries from pom.xml,
e.g. netty, async-http-client,
and the *.js.map files from Swagger-UI, which seems to reduce
output JAR size from about 51MB to about 44MB.
Updated pom.xml.
Updated dependencies, including various minor code mods, esp. bitcoin-related.
Starts up and talks to Java 8 nodes!
Dev environment should be at least Eclipse 4.11 with m2e 1.9.1+
Now uses several NTP servers to determine mean offset from
system clock to internet time.
If abs(offset) > 500ms or NTP service not running then
user is 'nagged' via system tray pop-up notification
with instructions on how to fix.
Also improved system tray translations!
