FRANKLIN Rollup: sidechain governed by SNARKs

Spec: https://hackmd.io/cY-VP7SDTUGgPOzDiEU3TQ

Basics

Prerequisites

Prepare dev environment prerequisites: see docs/setup-dev.md

Setup local dev environment

First-time setup:

franklin init

To completely reset the dev environment:

• Stop services: franklin dev-down
• Remove mounted container data: rm -rf ./volumes
• Repeat the setup procedure above

(Re)deploy db and contraсts:

franklin redeploy

Environment configurations

Env config files are held in etc/env/

List configurations:

franklin env

Switch between configurations:

franklin env <ENV_NAME>

Monitoring & management:

Seed for Metamask: fine music test violin matrix prize squirrel panther purchase material script deal Geth: geth attach http://localhost:8545

NOTE: if you are resetting geth, each Metamask account must be manually reset via Settings > Advanced > Reset account.

Blockscout (local blockchain explorer)

It generates quite some CPU load, but might be useful to visualize blockchain activity. Use with caution.

• Migrate blockscout (do this once to setup database): franklin blockscout-migrate

• Start: franklin blockscout-up

• Stop: franklin blockscout-down

Blockscout will be available at http://localhost:4000/txs

Build and run server + prover locally:

franklin server
franklin prover
franklin client

Client UI will be available at http://localhost:8080

Start server and prover as local docker containers:

• Start: franklin start

• Watch logs: franklin logs

• Stop: franklin stop

Build and push images to dockerhub:

franklin push

Development

Database migrations

• cd src/storage
• Add diesel migration
• Rename src/storage/schema.rs.generated to schema.rs
• Run tests: franklin db-tests

Generating keys

To generate a proving key, from server dir run:

cargo run --release --bin read_write_keys

It will generate a *VerificationKey.sol and *_pk.key files for 'deposit', 'exit' and 'transfer' circuits in the root folder.

Move files to proper locations:

mv -f n*VerificationKey.sol ./contracts/contracts/
mv -f *_pk.key ./prover/keys/

If the pregenerated leaf format changes, replace the EMPTY_TREE_ROOT constant in contracts/contracts/PlasmaStorage.sol.

Contratcs

Re-build contracts:

cd contracts; yarn build

IMPORTANT! Generated .abi and .bin files are fed to cargo to build module plasma::eth.

So you need to rebuild the code on every change (to be automated).

Publish source code on etherscan

franklin flatten source