Archethic's golang library

deriveKeyPair(seed, index, curve)

It creates a new keypair into hexadecimal format

• seed is a slice of bytes representing the transaction chain seed to be able to derive and generate the keys
• index is the number of transactions in the chain, to generate the actual and the next public key (see below the cryptography section)
• curve is the elliptic curve to use for the key generation (can be "ED25519", "P256", "SECP256K1")

import (
    ...
	archethic "github.com/archethic-foundation/libgo"
)

    publicKey, privateKey := archethic.DeriveKeypair([]byte("seed"), uint32(0), archethic.ED25519)
    publicKeyHex := hex.EncodeToString(publicKey)
    // publicKeyHex: 000161d6cd8da68207bd01198909c139c130a3df3a8bd20f4bacb123c46354ccd52c

deriveAddress(seed, index, curve, hashAlgo)

It creates a transaction address by extract the public key from the key derivation and hash it into a hexadecimal format

• seed is a slice of bytes representing the transaction chain seed to be able to derive and generate the keys
• index is the number of transactions in the chain, to generate the actual and the next public key (see below the cryptography section)
• curve is the elliptic curve to use for the key generation (can be "ED25519", "P256", "SECP256K1")
• hashAlgo is the hash algorithm to create the address (can be "SHA256", "SHA512", "SHA3_256", "SHA3_512", "BLAKE2B")

import(
 ...
 archethic "github.com/archethic-foundation/libgo"
 )
address := archethic.DeriveAddress([]byte("mysuperseed"), uint32(0), archethic.ED25519, archethic.SHA256)
// Address: 0000b0c17f85ca19e3db670992e79adb94fb560bd750fda06d45bc0a42912c89d31e

ecEncrypt(data, publicKey)

Perform an ECIES encryption using a public key and a data

• data Data to encrypt
• publicKey Public key to derive a shared secret and for whom the content must be encrypted

import (
  ...
  archethic "github.com/archethic-foundation/libgo"
  )

	textToEncrypt := []byte("hello")
  publicKey, _ := archethic.DeriveKeypair([]byte("seed"), 0, archethic.P256)
  cipherText := archethic.EcEncrypt(textToEncrypt, publicKey)

aesEncrypt(data, publicKey)

Perform an AES encryption using a key and a data

• data Data to encrypt
• key Symmetric key

  import (
  ...
  archethic "github.com/archethic-foundation/libgo"
  )

  key := make([]byte, 32)
  rand.Read(key)
  dataToEncrypt := []byte("hello")
  encryptedData := archethic.AesEncrypt(dataToEncrypt, key)

tx := archethic.TransactionBuilder{} creates a new instance of the transaction

The transaction instance contains the following methods:

SetType(type)

Sets the type of the transaction (could be TransferType, ContractType, DataType, TokenType, HostingType, CodeProposalType, CodeApprovalType)

SetCode(code)

Adds the code in the data.code section of the transaction code is a string defining the smart contract

SetContent(content)

Adds the content in the data.content section of the transaction content is a string defining the smart contract

AddOwnership(secret, authorizedKeys)

Adds an ownership in the data.ownerships section of the transaction with a secret and its related authorized public keys to be able to decrypt it. This aims to prove the ownership or the delegatation of some secret to a given list of public keys. secret is the slice of bytes representing the encrypted secret authorizedKeys is a list of object represented by

• publicKey is the slice of bytes representing the public key
• encryptedSecretKey is the slice of bytes representing the secret key encrypted with the public key (see ecEncrypt)

AddUCOTransfer(to, amount)

Adds a UCO transfer to the data.ledger.uco.transfers section of the transaction

• to is the slice of bytes representing the transaction address (recipient) to receive the funds
• amount is the number of uco to send, the ToUint64(number float64, decimals int) uint64 function can help build the proper amount, for example ToUint64(10.03, 8)

AddTokenTransfer(to, tokenAddress, amount, tokenId)

Adds a token transfer to the data.ledger.token.transfers section of the transaction

• to is the slice of bytes representing the transaction address (recipient) to receive the funds
• tokenAddress is the slice of bytes representing the token address to spend
• amount is the number of uco to send, the ToUint64(number float64, decimals int) uint64 function can help build the proper amount, for example ToUint64(10.03, 8)
• tokenId is the ID of the token to use

AddRecipient(to)

Adds a recipient to call the smart contract's "transaction" action.

• to is the contract's address in hexadecimal

AddRecipientWithNamedAction(to, action, args)

Adds a recipient to call a specific smart contract's action.

• to is the contract's address in hexadecimal
• action is the name of the action
• args is the list of arguments of the action

Build(seed, index, curve, hashAlgo)

Generates address, timestamp, previousPublicKey, previousSignature of the transaction and serialize it using a custom binary protocol.

• seed is the slice of bytes representing the transaction chain seed to be able to derive and generate the keys
• index is the number of transactions in the chain, to generate the actual and the next public key (see below the cryptography section)
• curve is the elliptic curve to use for the key generation (can be "ED25519", "P256", "SECP256K1")
• hashAlgo is the hash algorithm to use to generate the address (can be "SHA256", "SHA512", "SHA3_256", "SHA3_512", "BLAKE2B")

import(
  ...
  archethic "github.com/archethic-foundation/libgo"
  )
  tx := archethic.TransactionBuilder{}
  tx.SetType(archethic.TransferType)
  ucoAddress, _ := hex.DecodeString("0000b1d3750edb9381c96b1a975a55b5b4e4fb37bfab104c10b0b6c9a00433ec4646")

  tx.AddUcoTransfer(
  	ucoAddress,
  	archethic.ToUint64(0.420, 8),
  )
  tx.Build([]byte("mysuperpassphraseorseed"), 0, archethic.ED25519, archethic.SHA256)

OriginSign(privateKey)

Sign the transaction with an origin device private key

• privateKey is the slice of bytes representing the private key to generate the origin signature to able to perform the ProofOfWork and authorize the transaction

  import(
  ...
  archethic "github.com/archethic-foundation/libgo"
  )

  originPublicKey, originPrivateKey := archethic.DeriveKeypair([]byte("origin_seed"), 0, archethic.P256)

  tx := archethic.TransactionBuilder{}
  tx.SetType(archethic.TransferType)

  tx.Build([]byte("seed"), 0, archethic.P256, archethic.SHA256)
  tx.OriginSign(originPrivateKey)
  log.Println(tx.Version)

  // test, err := archethic.Verify(tx.OriginSignature, tx.OriginSignaturePayload(), originPublicKey)

ToJSON()

Export the transaction generated into JSON

import(
 ...
 archethic "github.com/archethic-foundation/libgo"
 )

 tx := archethic.TransactionBuilder{}
 tx.SetType(archethic.TransferType)
 ucoAddress, _ := hex.DecodeString("0000b1d3750edb9381c96b1a975a55b5b4e4fb37bfab104c10b0b6c9a00433ec4646")

 tx.AddUcoTransfer(
 	ucoAddress,
 	archethic.ToUint64(0.420, 8),
 )
 tx.Build([]byte("mysuperpassphraseorseed"), 0, archethic.ED25519, archethic.SHA256)
 json, _ := tx.ToJSON()

GetOriginKey()

Return the hardcoded origin private key for software, this is used for signing transaction (see OriginSign).

AddOriginKey(originPublicKey, certificate, endpoint)

Query a node to add a new origin public to be authorized to sign transaction with the corresponding private key (see OriginSign).

• originPublicKey is the public key to be added.
• certificate is the certificate that prove the public key is allowed to be added.

  client := archethic.NewAPIClient("http://localhost:4000")

  client.AddOriginKey("01103109", "mycertificate")

GetLastTransactionIndex(address)

Query a node to find the length of the chain to retrieve the transaction index

• addresses Transaction address (in hexadecimal)

  client := archethic.NewAPIClient("http://localhost:4000")
  client.GetLastTransactionIndex("0000872D96130A2963F1195D1F85FC316AE966644F2E3EE45469C2A257F49C4631C2")

GetStorageNoncePublicKey()

Query a node to find the public key of the shared storage node key

 client := archethic.NewAPIClient("https://testnet.archethic.net/api")
 client.GetStorageNoncePublicKey()
 // 00017877BCF4122095926A49489009649603AB129822A19EF9D573B8FD714911ED7F

GetTransactionFee(tx)

Query a node to fetch the tx fee for a given transaction

• tx Generated transaction

  client := archethic.NewAPIClient("http://localhost:4000")

  tx := archethic.TransactionBuilder{}
  tx.SetType(archethic.TransferType)
  ucoAddress, _ := hex.DecodeString("0000b1d3750edb9381c96b1a975a55b5b4e4fb37bfab104c10b0b6c9a00433ec4646")

  tx.AddUcoTransfer(
  	ucoAddress,
  	archethic.ToUint64(0.420, 8),
  )
  tx.Build([]byte("mysuperpassphraseorseed"), 0, archethic.ED25519, archethic.SHA256)
  client.GetTransactionFee(&tx)

GetTransactionOwnerships(addresses)

Query a node to find the ownerships (secrets and authorized keys) to given transactions addresses

• addresses: Transaction address

  client := archethic.NewAPIClient("http://localhost:4000")
  client.GetTransactionOwnerships("0000872D96130A2963F1195D1F85FC316AE966644F2E3EE45469C2A257F49C4631C2")

NewKeychainTransaction(seed []byte, authorizedPublicKeys [][]byte) TransactionBuilder

Creates a new transaction to build a keychain by embedding the on-chain encrypted wallet.

• seed Keychain's seed
• authorizedPublicKeys List of authorized public keys able to decrypt the wallet

NewAccessTransaction(seed []byte, keychainAddress []byte) TransactionBuilder

Creates a new keychain access transaction to allow a seed and its key to access a keychain

• seed Keychain access's seed
• keychainAddress Keychain's tx address

GetKeychain(seed []byte, client APIClient) *Keychain

Retrieve a keychain from the keychain access transaction and decrypt the wallet to retrieve the services associated

• seed Keychain access's seed
• client the API client

client := archethic.NewAPIClient("http://localhost:4000")
keychain := archethic.GetKeychain([]byte("seed"), *client)

Once retrieved the keychain provide the following methods:

(k Keychain) BuildTransaction(transaction TransactionBuilder, serviceName string, index uint8) TransactionBuilder

Generate address, previousPublicKey, previousSignature of the transaction and serialize it using a custom binary protocol, based on the derivation path, curve and hash algo of the service given in param.

• transaction is an instance of TransactionBuilder
• serviceName is the service name to use for getting the derivation path, the curve and the hash algo
• index is the number of transactions in the chain, to generate the actual and the next public key (see the cryptography section)

Returns is the signed TransactionBuilder.

seed := []byte("seed")

keychain := archethic.Keychain{Seed: seed, Version: 1, Services: map[string]Service{
  "uco": {
    DerivationPath: "m/650'/0/0",
    Curve:          ED25519,
    HashAlgo:       SHA256,
  },
}}

tx := archethic.TransactionBuilder{TxType: TransferType}
ucoAddress, _ := hex.DecodeString("0000b1d3750edb9381c96b1a975a55b5b4e4fb37bfab104c10b0b6c9a00433ec4646")
tx.AddUcoTransfer(
  ucoAddress,
  archethic.ToUint64(10.0, 8),
)

tx = keychain.BuildTransaction(tx, "uco", 0)

(k Keychain) DeriveAddress(serviceName string, index uint8) []byte

Derive an address for the given service at the index given

• service: Service name to identify the derivation path to use
• index: Chain index to derive

seed := []byte("abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz")
  keychain := archethic.NewKeychain(seed)
  publicKey, _ := keychain.DeriveKeypair("uco", 0)
  address := archethic.DeriveAddress(seed, 0, keychain.Services["uco"].Curve, keychain.Services["uco"].HashAlgo)

(k Keychain) DeriveKeypair(serviceName string, index uint8) ([]byte, []byte)

Derive a keypair for the given service at the index given

• service: Service name to identify the derivation path to use
• index: Chain index to derive

seed := []byte("abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz")
  keychain := archethic.NewKeychain(seed)
  publicKey, _ := keychain.DeriveKeypair("uco", 0)

(k Keychain) ToDID() DID

Return a Decentralized Identity document from the keychain. (This is used in the transaction's content of the keychain tx)

seed := []byte("abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz")
  keychain := archethic.NewKeychain(seed)
  did := keychain.ToDID()
log.Println(string(did.ToJSON()))

{
  "@context": [
     "https://www.w3.org/ns/did/v1"
  ],
  "id": "did:archethic:keychain_address",
  "authentification": servicesMaterials, //list of public keys of the services
  "verificationMethod": servicesMaterials //list of public keys of the services
}

(k *Keychain) AddService(name string, derivationPath string, curve Curve, hashAlgo HashAlgo)

Add a service into the keychain

• name: Name of the service to add
• derivationPath: Crypto derivation path
• curve: Elliptic curve to use
• hashAlgo: Hash algo

	keychain := archethic.NewKeychain([]byte("seed"))
  keychain.AddService("nft1", "m/650'/1/0", archethic.ED25519, archethic.SHA256)
  log.Println(keychain.Services)
//map[nft1:{m/650'/1/0 0 0} uco:{m/650'/0/0 1 0}]

Running the tests

go test