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# Unidrectional Payment Channels
This module implements simple but feature complete unidirectional payment channels. Channels can be opened by a sender and closed immediately by the receiver, or by the sender subject to a dispute period. There are no top-ups or partial withdrawals (yet). Channels support multiple currencies.
>Note: This module is still a bit rough around the edges. More feature planned. More test cases needed.
# Usage
## Create a channel
kvcli paychan create --from <your account name> --to <receivers address> --amount 100KVA --chain-id <your chain ID>
## Send an off-chain payment
Send a payment for 10 KVA.
kvcli paychan pay --from <your account name> --sen-amt 90KVA --rec-amt 10KVA --chan-id <ID of channel> --filename payment.json --chain-id <your chain ID>
Send the file `payment.json` to your receiver. Then they run the following to verify.
kvcli paychan verify --filename payment.json
## Close a channel
The receiver can close immediately at any time.
kvcli paychan submit --from <receiver's account name> --payment payment.json --chain-id <your chain ID>
The sender can submit a close request, causing the channel will close automatically after a dispute period. During this period a receiver can still close immediately.
kvcli paychan submit --from <receiver's account name> --payment payment.json --chain-id <your chain ID>
>Note: The dispute period on the testnet is 30 seconds for ease of testing.
## Get info on a channel
kvcli get --chan-id <ID of channel>
This will print out a channel, if it exists, and any submitted close requests.
# TODOs
- in code TODOs
- Tidy up - method descriptions, heading comments, remove uneccessary comments, README/docs
- Find a better name for Queue - clarify distinction between int slice and abstract queue concept
- write some sort of integration test
- possible bug in submitting same update repeatedly
- find nicer name for payout
- add Gas usage
- add tags (return channel id on creation)
- refactor cmds to be able to test them, then test them
- verify doesnt throw json parsing error on invalid json
- cant submit an update from an unitialised account
- pay without a --from returns confusing error
- use custom errors instead of using sdk.ErrInternal
- split off signatures from update as with txs/msgs - testing easier, code easier to use, doesn't store sigs unecessarily on chain
- consider removing pubKey from UpdateSignature - instead let channel module access accountMapper
- refactor queue into one object
- remove printout during tests caused by mock app initialisation