Minimal

Overview​

As mentioned before, Credit Smart Chain is a set of different modules, all connected to each other. The Blockchain is connected to the State, or for example, Synchronization, which pipes new blocks into the Blockchain.

Minimal is the cornerstone for these inter-connected modules. It acts as a central hub for all the services that run on the Credit Smart Chain.

Startup Magic​

Among other things, Minimal is responsible for:

• Setting up data directories

• Creating a keystore for libp2p communication

• Creating storage

• Setting up consensus

• Setting up the blockchain object with GRPC, JSON RPC, and Synchronization

minimal/server.go

func NewServer(logger hclog.Logger, config *Config) (*Server, error) {
    m := &Server{
        logger: logger,
        config: config,
        chain:      config.Chain,
        grpcServer: grpc.NewServer(),
    }

    m.logger.Info("Data dir", "path", config.DataDir)

    // Generate all the paths in the dataDir
    if err := setupDataDir(config.DataDir, dirPaths); err != nil {
        return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to create data directories: %v", err)
    }

    // Get the private key for the node
    keystore := keystore.NewLocalKeystore(filepath.Join(config.DataDir, "keystore"))
    key, err := keystore.Get()
    if err != nil {
        return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to read private key: %v", err)
    }
    m.key = key

    storage, err := leveldb.NewLevelDBStorage(filepath.Join(config.DataDir, "blockchain"), logger)
    if err != nil {
        return nil, err
    }
    m.storage = storage

    // Setup consensus
    if err := m.setupConsensus(); err != nil {
        return nil, err
    }

    stateStorage, err := itrie.NewLevelDBStorage(filepath.Join(m.config.DataDir, "trie"), logger)
    if err != nil {
        return nil, err
    }

    st := itrie.NewState(stateStorage)
    m.state = st

    executor := state.NewExecutor(config.Chain.Params, st)
    executor.SetRuntime(precompiled.NewPrecompiled())
    executor.SetRuntime(evm.NewEVM())

    // Blockchain object
    m.blockchain, err = blockchain.NewBlockchain(logger, storage, config.Chain, m.consensus, executor)
    if err != nil {
        return nil, err
    }

    executor.GetHash = m.blockchain.GetHashHelper

    // Setup sealer
    sealerConfig := &sealer.Config{
        Coinbase: crypto.PubKeyToAddress(&m.key.PublicKey),
    }
    m.Sealer = sealer.NewSealer(sealerConfig, logger, m.blockchain, m.consensus, executor)
    m.Sealer.SetEnabled(m.config.Seal)

    // Setup the libp2p server
    if err := m.setupLibP2P(); err != nil {
        return nil, err
    }

    // Setup the GRPC server
    if err := m.setupGRPC(); err != nil {
        return nil, err
    }

    // Setup jsonrpc
    if err := m.setupJSONRPC(); err != nil {
        return nil, err
    }

    // Setup the syncer protocol
    m.syncer = protocol.NewSyncer(logger, m.blockchain)
    m.syncer.Register(m.libp2pServer.GetGRPCServer())
    m.syncer.Start()

    // Register the libp2p GRPC endpoints
    proto.RegisterHandshakeServer(m.libp2pServer.GetGRPCServer(), &handshakeService{s: m})

    m.libp2pServer.Serve()
    return m, nil
}