Install Protocol

To illustrate the install protocol, first assume that the multisignature wallet owns 20 ETH and that the Free Balance application has recorded a balance of 10 ETH for both for Alice and Bob. Running the install protocol allows Alice and Bob to install an application where Alice and Bob both deposit 1 ETH to be disbursed based on the resolution logic of the application.

In this example, the application is Tic-Tac-Toe. You can see with the visual representation below that the funds available in the free balance decrease and the funds committed to the Tic-Tac-Toe application increase by the corresponding amount.

.. mermaid:: diagrams/install-protocol-state.mmd

Messages

.. mermaid:: diagrams/install-protocol-exchange.mmd

Types

First we introduce a new type which we label InstallParams.

Type: InstallParams

Field	Type	Description
aliceBalanceDecrement	uint256	The proposed sub-deposit into the application of the first party
bobBalanceDecrement	uint256	The proposed sub-deposit into the application of the second party
signingKeys	address[]	TBD
terms	Terms	The terms of agreement for this application
initialState	JSON	TBD
appInterface	CfAppInterface	The definition of the interface of the application to be installed
defaultTimeout	uint256	The challenge period length for this application

NOTE: signingKeys are deterministically generated based on the nonce of the application in relation to the entire channel lifecycle. Further detail still to be provided in these specifications in the future. See this issue for discussion

NOTE: At the moment, this message requires that the hexidecimal value of peer1.address is strictly less than the value of peer2.address to enforce deterministic ordering of the signingKey variable in new application installs. This can be improved in the future

The Install Message

Field	Description
protocol	"install"
multisig	The address of the on-chain Alice-Bob multisignature wallet
params	An InstallParams object describing the proposed app
fromAddress	The address of Alice
toAddress	The address of Bob
seq	1
signature	Alice's signed commitment digest

The InstallAck Message

Field	Description
protocol	"install"
multisig	The address of the on-chain Alice-Bob multisignature wallet
data	An InstallData object describing the proposed app
fromAddress	The address of Alice
toAddress	The address of Bob
seq	2
signature	Bob's signed commitment digest

Commitments

Commitment for Install and InstallAck:

Let c1 and c2 be the amounts that parties 1 and 2 wish to contribute towards the application respectively. Then, the commitment should:

• Updates the state of the free balance application to one where the first party's balance is reduced by c_1 and party the second party's balance should be reduced by c_2.

• Makes a delegatecall to executeAppConditionalTransaction with a limit of c_1 + c_2 as also included in the terms.

The following parameters are included in the commitment:

Parameter	Type	Description
uninstallKey	bytes32	Arbitrary value that the installed app's conditional transaction depends on inside the Nonce Registry
appStateHash	bytes32	The computed keccak256 hash of the initial ABIEncoderV2 encoded state of the application

The commitment can be visually represented like:

.. mermaid:: diagrams/install-protocol-commitment.mmd

NOTE: Although not shown in the visualization, the order of transactions is important. The multiSend must encode the call to proxyCall before the call to executeAppConditionalTransaction.