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Devised a scheme for asynch messaging to bitcoind
And added some test code in Controller to use the scheme.

It's very asynchronous.  Needs some tuning long term to see how it deals
with load and perhaps throttle the requests if we know bitcoind is under
load.

But for right now, for testing, it should work ok.

Also in this commit small nits, plus bugfix to RPC::Message factory
methods (I forgot to populate some instance properties when constructing
the objects).

Additionally, we were registering the qMetaType wrong for RPC::Message
and RPC::Message::Id (this has been fixed).
2019-11-18 14:32:48 +02:00
bitcoin Refactored things, added "Controller" class 2019-11-18 00:21:34 +02:00
.gitignore Initial revision. Just laying out a skeleton to build on. 2019-04-23 02:33:16 +03:00
AbstractConnection.cpp Nits: Runtime check that classes deriving from QObjectMixin are ok. 2019-11-17 10:59:50 +02:00
AbstractConnection.h Fixed the dreaded virtual QObject *qobj() thing we had in this codebase 2019-11-17 10:31:40 +02:00
App.cpp Added process function to controller, and hooks for bitcoind when ready 2019-11-18 08:29:33 +02:00
App.h Refactored things, added "Controller" class 2019-11-18 00:21:34 +02:00
BitcoinD.cpp Devised a scheme for asynch messaging to bitcoind 2019-11-18 14:32:48 +02:00
BitcoinD.h Devised a scheme for asynch messaging to bitcoind 2019-11-18 14:32:48 +02:00
BTC.cpp Refactored things, added "Controller" class 2019-11-18 00:21:34 +02:00
BTC.h Refactored things, added "Controller" class 2019-11-18 00:21:34 +02:00
Common.cpp More nits and cleanup. 2019-11-12 11:29:45 +02:00
Common.h Squashed commit of the following: 2019-11-13 11:32:52 +02:00
Controller.cpp Devised a scheme for asynch messaging to bitcoind 2019-11-18 14:32:48 +02:00
Controller.h Added process function to controller, and hooks for bitcoind when ready 2019-11-18 08:29:33 +02:00
Fulcrum.pro Refactored things, added "Controller" class 2019-11-18 00:21:34 +02:00
Logger.cpp Added process function to controller, and hooks for bitcoind when ready 2019-11-18 08:29:33 +02:00
Logger.h Added process function to controller, and hooks for bitcoind when ready 2019-11-18 08:29:33 +02:00
main.cpp removed testign 2019-04-25 21:20:45 +03:00
Mgr.cpp Nits: Runtime check that classes deriving from QObjectMixin are ok. 2019-11-17 10:59:50 +02:00
Mgr.h Fixed the dreaded virtual QObject *qobj() thing we had in this codebase 2019-11-17 10:31:40 +02:00
Mixins.cpp nits 2019-11-17 12:04:12 +02:00
Mixins.h Refactored things, added "Controller" class 2019-11-18 00:21:34 +02:00
Options.cpp some nits 2019-11-17 11:10:41 +02:00
Options.h Refactored things, added "Controller" class 2019-11-18 00:21:34 +02:00
README.md Nits to README.md 2019-05-01 19:50:56 +03:00
register_MetaTypes.cpp Squashed commit of the following: 2019-11-13 11:32:52 +02:00
resources.qrc Got rid of more ShuffleUp stuff, added CLI args 2019-11-07 23:55:13 +02:00
RPC.cpp Devised a scheme for asynch messaging to bitcoind 2019-11-18 14:32:48 +02:00
RPC.h Devised a scheme for asynch messaging to bitcoind 2019-11-18 14:32:48 +02:00
Servers.cpp Added process function to controller, and hooks for bitcoind when ready 2019-11-18 08:29:33 +02:00
Servers.h Added more stats 2019-11-17 12:38:36 +02:00
SrvMgr.cpp Got rid of SrvMgr newServers signal for now 2019-11-18 00:49:32 +02:00
SrvMgr.h Got rid of SrvMgr newServers signal for now 2019-11-18 00:49:32 +02:00
Util.cpp Added process function to controller, and hooks for bitcoind when ready 2019-11-18 08:29:33 +02:00
Util.h Added process function to controller, and hooks for bitcoind when ready 2019-11-18 08:29:33 +02:00

Shuffle Up Server

Author: Calin Culianu (<calin.culianu __ at __ gmail . com>)

A fast shuffling server for use with Electron Cash's future "shuffle up" feature (which we haven't properly figured out a name for as yet), written in C++.

Highlights and design goals:

  • Speed: Server is 100% modern C++ code using multi-threaded programming techniques.
  • Flexibility: We want to be able to modify the shuffling logic and add levels of trustlessness as we develop advanced shuffling techniques involving potentially hundreds of inputs. As such, the server's core kernel which handles communication should be decoupled from the other parts that higher level shuffle logic. (So far, so good.)

Requirements

  • Qt Core & Qt Networking libraries 5.11 or above (I use 5.12.3 myself).
  • A modern C++17 compiler. Clang is recommended but G++ also works.
  • No other external dependencies. All crypto functions use code imported from Bitcoin-ABC (such as secp256k1, etc).

How To Compile

It's recommended you use Qt Creator.

  1. Get the latest version of Qt for your platform.
  2. Point the Qt Creator IDE at the ShuffleUpServer.pro file.
  3. Hit Build. It should "just work".

Platform Notes

Big Endian Architectures

The code is more or less configured to assume a "little endian" architecture by default (which is what all Intel x86/x86_64 are). If you're on a big endian machine, on Linux it should just auto-detect that fact. However, on other OS's such as BSD, if you're on a big endian machine, you may need to uncomment this line from the .pro file:

# DEFINES += WORDS_BIGENDIAN

Windows

I couldn't easily get MSVC versions before 2019 to actually accept legal C++17. As such, if you're using Qt Creator on Windows -- it's recommended you select MinGW and/or G++ as the compiler (which comes with the Qt distribution for Windows).

Linux

If you have clang on your system, configure the project to use it as the compiler preferentially over G++. G++ works too, but clang is preferred because reasons.

MacOS

Everything should just work (I use MacOS as my dev machine, so that's why).


F.A.Q.


Q: This thing isn't finished yet!

A: Yes, I know It's still a work in progress.


Q: Why Qt? This isn't a GUI app!

A: Yes, I know. However, Qt is a very decent, cross-platform and fast application framework. You can use its "Core" library for console apps, servers, etc. It has great network support and other basic things a programmer needs to get stuff done.



Donations

Sure! Send BCH here:

bitcoincash:qphax4s4n9h60jxj2fkrjs35w2tvgd4wzvf52cgtzc

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