tap.md

testnet-tap

A Smesh Coins tap for open testnet users

overview

A Discord bot and a public API providing a way for nodes to obtain testnet Smesh Coins.

Basic Use Case

1. Receive a Spacemesh account public address from a user in the tap Discord channel
2. Issue 2 Smesh (SMH) to the account's address

Requirements

User Input Validation

1. Validate public account id string format.
2. Enforce a cool-down period - don't issue coins to the same account more frequently than once every 24 hours.

Logging

• Log each requested tap request

Design Notes

• A similar gitter-channel based implementation is working here for the Kovan testnet: https://gitter.im/kovan-testnet/faucet
• Tap backend should include a go-spacemesh full node and a CLI wallet that has the private key for a genesis-defined account with a large balance. To issue coins, the backend should use the wallet to sign transactions and submit it to the full node instance.

Dependencies

• Functional CLI wallet with an API to sign coin transactions.