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.

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