Blaze UTxO RPC Provider 🚀

This project provides a UTxO RPC (u5c) provider for use with the Blaze transaction-building library. The provider allows JavaScript/TypeScript applications to interact with UTxO-based blockchains, such as Cardano, using the standardized UTxO RPC interface.

🌟 Overview

Blaze is a powerful library that simplifies the process of creating Cardano transactions and interacting with Cardano smart contracts using JavaScript/TypeScript. However, Blaze requires access to the blockchain's current state (UTxOs, protocol parameters, etc.) to build and sign transactions.

The UTxO RPC (u5c) provider enables Blaze to access this state in a standardized and efficient way via gRPC, using a compact and high-performance binary format.

✨ Features

• 🔗 Standardized Interface: Uses the UTxO RPC specification to ensure compatibility and interoperability across UTxO-based blockchains.
• ⚡️ Performance Optimized: Utilizes gRPC for efficient communication with blockchain nodes, reducing network overhead and message size.
• 🔧 Flexible Provider Options: Can be used with hosted services, local nodes like Dolos, or any UTxO RPC-compliant service.

📦 Installation

To install the UTxO RPC provider, use npm:

npm install @utxorpc/blaze-provider

You also need to install the Blaze SDK if you haven’t already:

npm install @blaze-cardano/sdk

💡 Basic Usage

Below is an example of how to use the UTxO RPC provider with Blaze to build and submit a transaction.

// Step #1
// Import Blaze SDK and UTxO RPC provider
import {
    Bip32PrivateKey,
    mnemonicToEntropy,
    wordlist,
} from "@blaze-cardano/core";
import {
    HotWallet,
    Core,
    Blaze,
} from "@blaze-cardano/sdk";
import { U5C } from "@utxorpc/blaze-provider";

async function main() {

    // Step #2
    // Create a new U5C provider
    const provider = new U5C({
        url: "http://localhost:50051",
        headers: {
            "dmtr-api-key": "<api-key>",
        },
    });

    // Step #3
    // Create a new wallet from a mnemonic
    const mnemonic =
        "your 24-word mnemonic here";
    const entropy = mnemonicToEntropy(mnemonic, wordlist);
    const masterkey = Bip32PrivateKey.fromBip39Entropy(Buffer.from(entropy), "");
    const wallet = await HotWallet.fromMasterkey(masterkey.hex(), provider);

    // Step #4
    // Create a Blaze instance from the wallet and provider
    const blaze = await Blaze.from(provider, wallet);

    // Optional: Print the wallet address
    console.log("Wallet address", wallet.address.toBech32());

    // Optional: Print the wallet balance
    console.log("Wallet balance", (await wallet.getBalance()).toCore());

    // Step #5
    // Create an example transaction that sends 5 ADA to an address
    const tx = await blaze
        .newTransaction()
        .payLovelace(
            Core.Address.fromBech32(
                "addr_test1qrnrqg4s73skqfyyj69mzr7clpe8s7ux9t8z6l55x2f2xuqra34p9pswlrq86nq63hna7p4vkrcrxznqslkta9eqs2nsmlqvnk",
            ),
            5_000_000n,
        )
        .complete();

    // Step #6
    // Sign the transaction
    const signexTx = await blaze.signTransaction(tx);

    // Step #7
    // Submit the transaction to the blockchain network
    const txId = await blaze.provider.postTransactionToChain(signexTx);

    // Optional: Print the transaction ID
    console.log("Transaction ID", txId);
}

main().catch(console.error);

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📜 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.