Relayer

How to start locally

1. Initialize repo

yarn initialize

2. Pull latest docker images (optional)

docker-compose pull

3. Add .env configuration file

4. You can use your own generated proving params or copy ones used for testing

./scripts/copy_params.sh

5. Start local ganache and deploy contracts

./scripts/deploy.sh

6. Start redis

docker-compose up redis

7. Start relayer
   • Locally

   yarn start:dev

   • Using docker

   docker-compose up relayer

Unit tests

yarn test

API

/transaction - submit a transaction to relayer

Recieved:

{
    proof, // TX proof
    memo, // memo block
    txType, // 0 - Deposit, 1 - Transfer, 2 - Withdraw
    extraData // Optional nullifier signature for Depost
}

/proof_tx - proove tx. Use only for tests. Tx proof must be calculated on client side but for now it is slow

Recieved:

{
    pub, // public inputs for tx circuit
    sec, // secret inputs for tx circuit
}

Returns:

{
    inputs: Array<string>;
    proof: SnarkProof;
}

/transactions/:limit/:offset - get transactions at indecies [offset, offset+128 .. offset+limit*128] and for each return string out_commit+memo

Returns:

(Buffer|null)[]

Workflow

High-level overview:

1. Client fetches all commitments and memo blocks (either from relayer or directly from the blockchain) and decrypts their notes and accounts. All commitments should be stored in local Merkle tree, together with found notes and accounts.
2. Client builds a zk-SNARK proof for the transaction using previously fetched notes and the most recent account. Then this proof, together with public inputs, memo block, and optional nullifier signature (used only for deposits), is sent to the relayer.
3. Relayer adds a job to the queue. It checks that the tx proof is valid, builds another zk-SNARK proof for tree update, sends tx to the blockchain, and updates the local Merkle tree using sent data. It also locally stores commitment hash (one of the public inputs) and memo messages.

You can use already implemented client to interact with the protocol.

Technical overview of libzeropool-rs:

1. Client uses IndexedDB as storage for accounts, notes, and Merkle tree nodes.

2. You can create or restore an account via createAccount function, providing a secret key and state.

3. Then, you can request commitments and memos for previous transactions via /transactions/:limit/:offset relayer endpoint.

4. Decrypt incoming notes with decryptNotes and add them with addReceivedNote. Decrypt your accounts with decryptPair and add them with addAccount.

5. Insert received commitments and decoded hashes of leaves in the tree

6. Call createTx function, providing correct deltaIndex, which is basically the index of the first leaf in the next transaction ((txNum + 1) * 128). It will generate a tx object.

7. If you are making a deposit, generate a signature for the tx nullifier (you can get it from tx_object.public.nullifier) and store it.

8. Generate a proof for this tx object either with Proof.tx method or request it from relayer /proof_tx (only for testing).

9. Send proof, memo (get it from tx_object.memo), txType (0..2) and extraData to /transaction endpoint.

You can check more details in test-e2e example