Technology
An open decentralized blockchain protocol that ensures transparency of the consensus algorithm
Currently In progress
Design and implement quorum balancing
A collection of validators combined together in a smaller group (or quorum) and each of these validators can can then validate that each other is in fact telling the truth. We have decided to use SCP (Stellar Consensus Protocol) to assist in the implementation of this. Using SCP out of the box calls for quorums to be manually configured by the user. We are taking things a step further and improving the pre-existing foundation of SCP by creating our own modified version of it that automates the quorum creation process. By automating this process you no longer have to worry about who to trust or how trust is created. The only thing you need to worry about is having at least 40,000 BOA in your possession. You can easily set things up and forget about it.
High Priority
Completed
Full Node
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Write the Genesis block in the BlockStorage High Priority
The Genesis block needs to be written in the BlockStorage
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P2P Network High Priority
Instead of users requesting information from a centralized server. Users request information from other “peers” (nodes) that share information amongst themselves.
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Gossip Protocol High Priority
Users will now start a node and have it connect to other nodes in order to participate to the network.
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Tx Data Verification Medium Priority
Users will no longer be at risk of having invalidly crafted transactions rejected in order not to be broadcast and save me the cost of verifying the signature.
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Tx Sig Verification Medium Priority
Users will now have transactions with invalid signatures be rejected in order not to be broadcast to the network.
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Tx Data Layout Medium Priority
The ability to know what a transaction looks like so serialization can happen properly, deserialize and interact with them.
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Catchup Phase High Priority
Users will now be able to start a node and have it catch-up with the rest of the network in order to join a network at any time.
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Multi-Tx Blocks Medium Priority
Blocks will have multiple transactions in order to implement logic that can handle it.
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Index File For Fast Lookup Low Priority
An index file to use in order to have fast/constant time lookup of block data.
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Restore the enrollment information of a node
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Replace setGenesisBlock / genesis config with hardcoded blocks High Priority
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Create a TypeScript SDK to interact with Stoa
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Create a Docker image to bundle both stoa and a full node
Validator
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Schnorr Signatures High Priority
A signature scheme that is efficient and composable in order to sign my blocks and eventually my transactions.
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UTXO data structure High Priority
A UTXO data structure that contains data consensus in order to efficiently draw and store new data from/to it.
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Add freezing capability to UTXO High Priority
Node operators can create a transaction that marks their UTXO as “frozen” so that they can use it as collateral for running a validator node.
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Integrate scpd code into Agora High Priority
Stellar Consensus Protocol code (SCP) integration into AGORA in order for the basic block of consensus to work.
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Windows build support Medium Priority
Users can now run AGORA on windows devices
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Shell quorum balancing High Priority
It's a smaller part of “Design and implement quorum balancing” which already has a description.
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Broadcast SCP messages to a Node's connected Validator peers
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Build documentation on pull request Low Priority
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Reveal pre-images on a timer
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Network manager needs to be reworked
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Block with height 0 also needs to be verified
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Ability to re-enroll a Validator while in the Validator set High Priority
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Avoid nominating and externalizing Enrollments that will fail Block validation High Priority
To-do
Validator
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Define and implement block rewards Medium Priority
This will simply relate to the rewards earned by staking
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Review of SCP nomination protocol Medium Priority
Currently the nomination protocol is handled by SCP, but we have to assess the changes required (if any) that come with making the network open.
Flash Layer
Tool Intergration
CoinNet
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Implement Schnorr signature encoding Medium Priority
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Federation of validators for small holders High Priority
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Node to node encryption High Priority
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Simplified Payment Verification (SPV) Medium Priority
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Monitoring Tools Low Priority
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Start a bug bounty program for Agora Low Priority
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Publicly available block explorer Medium Priority
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Publicly available Network map Low Priority
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Exchanges integration Medium Priority
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Implement auto-update software for Agora Low Priority
Trust Contracts
Agora : Node implementation for BOA CoinNet
Similar to Bitcoin, BOSAGORA Full Nodes receive both blocks & transactions followed by propagating them to their peers. Full Nodes do not take part in the consensus protocol nor do they create blocks, they are simply able to make sure that the received blocks have been accepted by the network.
A Validator is a superset of a Full Node. It does everything a Full Node does plus it has the added ability to participate in consensus with other Validators. Its function with regard to the network is similar to that of Bitcoin’s “miners”.
Flash Layer functionality adds the ability for Validators to handle “off-chain” transactions, by using their additional stake to create payment channels, which can then be used to conduct transactions without committing them to the chain. Ideally this layer would focus on microtransactions. As a result, fees & node rewards need to make the Flash Layer attractive.
This phase of development is dedicated to developing and improving integrations with existing tools. Possible developments would be wallet support/creation (suggested: Atomic), block explorer, blockchain stats, and SDKs (e.g. Javascript SDK for exchange integration)
In this phase of development we will begin transitioning from our ERC20 based TestNet to our personal MainNet known as CoinNet. Once this development is complete all prexisting ERC20 BOA tokens will be converted to BOA coins.
We plan on replacing the industry standard Smart Contract with our own contract solution known as Trust Contracts. For Trust Contracts we plan on using WebAssembly (WASM) as it allows for easy validation, execution, and security when paired with D-Language.
Roadmap
2019
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Q2 TokenNet Full Node
TokenNet
- Solidity code for BOA's ERC20 TokenNet
- Airdrop-signer
- Registration & KYC
Full Node
- P2P Network
- Gossip Protocol -
Q3 Full Node
TokenNet
- Catchup Phase
- Tx Data verification
- Tx Sig verification
- Tx Data layout
- Single Tx Block
- Add hash and singing Primitives
- Multi Tx Blocks
- Blockchain Data Serialization
- Asynchronous Client
- Memory Map file
- Monetary Amount Handling
- Transaction pool
- Index File Fast Lookup
- Update Libsodium v1.0.18
- Add Timeout on network operations
- Implement UTXO data structure
- Add the ability to build Alpine Linux
- Implement a checksum for disk load of block files
- Inbound ban support
- Block verification
- Add agora/our dependencies to the project tester
- Setup Windows build Setup GDC testing -
Q4 Settlement TestNet (Validator)
Settlement TestNet (Validator)
- Inbound ban support
- Implement a protobuffer generator similar to the REST
- Implement support for secp256k1
- Implement Schnorr signatures
- Add freezing capability to UTXO
2020
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Q1 Settlement TestNet (Validator)
Settlement TestNet (Validator)
- Ensure that validators sign with a frozen UTXO
- Validator creation
- Transaction creation
- Nomination protocol
- Block creation
- Simplified Payment verification(SPV)
- Slashing protocol
- Quorum balancing
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Q2 Settlement TestNet (Validator)
Settlement TestNet (Validator)
- Advanced administrative interface
- Block rewards
- Rate limitation
- Node to node encryption -
Q3 Flash TestNet/Tool Integration
Flash TestNet
- Basic script execution engine
- Payment Channel
- Time locks
- Path finding
- Transaction replacement
- Settlement rules
Tool Integration
- Atomic wallet integration
- Publicly deployed nodes
- Advanced administrative interface
- Block rewards
- Rate limitation
- Node to node encryption -
Q4 Tool Integration/CoinNet
Tool Integration
- Implement auto-update software for Agora
CoinNet
- Dedicated foundation nodes
- Monitoring tools
- Bug bounty
- Begin DeFORA Integration
- Test & Beta Launching
2021
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Q1~Q2 CoinNet/Trust Contracts
CoinNet
- Test
- Launching
Trust Contracts
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Q3~Q4 Trust Contracts
Trust Contracts
- IDE
- Contract examples