What's left: Platform Development Update 29-November-2022

Here's another portion of updates on what's left to do before final Platform testing.

TenderDash

Goals: Same block execution

Tasks:

Integration of same-block execution with Drive in progress

• Released v0.10.0-dev.5 done

Stabilizing

• fix(wal): improve WAL replay mechanism in progress
• fix(e2e): catchup round number is not correct done
• refactor: make all genesis-doc fields (except chain_id) optional done
• feat(abci): put full block in RequestFinalizeBlock done

Investigate deadlocks

• refactor(consensus): consensus state to fix deadlock in progress
• Test: add deadlock detection with go-deadlock done
• fix(statesync): statesync stops the node when light block request fails in progress
• fix(statesync): deadlock in peer up in progress
• fix(consensus): commits received during state sync are lost #1867 done

What’s Left before Testing Phase

• Stabilize same-block execution
• Update BLS library
• Adjust vote extensions for withdrawal transactions
• Drive integration

GroveDB

Tasks:

• Sum Trees merge in review
• Fix batch not properly propagating child root hash done
• Average case processing costs done

What’s Left before Testing Phase

Major

• Sum Trees merge in review

Minor

• Average case processing costs done
• Some code polishing
• Light proof feature

SDK

Goals:
Rework chain synchronization process (SPV)

Tasks:

• Reworking chain synchronization process done
• Manual QA done
• Stabilizing Platform related workflows (Platform Test Suite) done
• Updating grpc-web library in progress

DashPay Web Extension

• Wallet balance in USD done
• Create/Reset/Backup Wallet flows done
• Migrating extension from Manifest V2 to Manifest V3 in progress (needed for publishing to Chrome Store)

What's next

• Reorgs handling and consensus rules fine tuning
• Secure keychain storage

Protocol

Goals: Same block execution, fees and withdrawals

Tasks:

Fee finalization (v23) in JS Drive and DPP done

Withdrawals:

• Introduce withdrawals data contract in review
• Implement the pooling process (type 0 only) for withdrawals in review
• Update status of withdrawals after broadcasting in review
• Add revision logic to IdentityCreditsWithdrawal transition in review

Same Block Execution:

• Use multiple database transactions for block processing will not be implemented
• Provide signature and block time in query handlers done
• Fix for Reconnect logic in DAPI done
• contactRequest documents allow invalid toUserIds done
• Identity v2 in progress
• Efficient Data Serialization in progress
• Integration of average case costs in progress
• Integration RS-Platform into Platform done

What's left:

Major

• Fee Refunds
• Accomplish and test withdrawals

Minor

• Logging of same block execution
• Use block candidate context in State Repository
• Deal with situation where fees are higher than Balance
• Verify fee processing costs
• Asset Lock and Unlock transactions integration
• BLS library rust binding
• Masternode reward distribution

Rust Port Update

Tasks:

• Integrate Rust DPP into SDK, Drive, DAPI and test suite in progress
• Initial glue figured out, DPP tests ported 159(68+91)/1174 in progress
• Porting Consensus Errors Framework: 30/76 errors ported in progress
• Successfully run platform test suite and test for Drive and Dapi planned
• Integrating working BLS scheme into Rust DPP done