RFCs

Hellohitchhiker,andwelcomeonboardtotheFarcasterSpecifications!TheRFCsdescribecomponentsthatgluetogethertoformaswapprotocolbetweentwoblockchainbasedassets,currentlyfocusingonBitcoinandMonero.

BelowisanindexoftheRFCs,looselyintheorderwerecommendstudyingthemtofamiliarizeyourselfwiththeproject.

Introduction,GlossaryandTerminologyGuidethatwillhelpyoufamiliarizewiththeFarcasterandAtomicswapterminology.

DescribesthehighlevelconceptsassociatedtotheprotocolsuchasrolesandphasesimplementedinsideFarcaster.

Presentsfromauserperspectivehowparticipantsinteractduringtheswapdependingontheirroles.

ProvidesanoverviewofthetechnicalarchitectureoftheFarcastersoftwarestack.Listsandexplainsthemicro-servicesthatcomposeFarcaster.

Specifiesthemessagesexchangedbetweendaemonsduringaswapandthepeer-to-peermanagementbetweendaemons.

Specifiesthetasksthatsyncersmakeavailabletodaemonsforthemonitoringofchain-statethroughblockchaineventsandthebroadcastoftransactions.

Specifiesthemessagesthatdaemonsandclientsexpecttoreceivefromeachother.Theycontrolthestatetransitionsofanongoingswapandallowinformationtoflowbetweenaclientandadaemon.

Specifiesthecryptographicprimitivesusedtotransfersecretsthroughtransactionswithadaptorsignaturesandspecifiesthecryptographicsetuprequiredatthebeginningofaswaptoguaranteesafetyoffunds.

SpecifiestheBitcoinandMonerotransactionsinvolvedinaswapwiththeirtemporalsafety.DescribesvariantsofBitcointransactions,dependingontheSegWitversionandmulti-signatureprotocolused.

Specifieswhattheswapstateis,state-digestssummarizingtheswapstate,whatinformationhastobeloggedforrecovery,andhowtorecoverstateafterfailure.

Specifiesthepublicofferformatandfeaturesforversion1,allowingmakersinthenegotiationphasetodescribeapotentialswap,andallowingtakerstoconnectstomakersandthuspotentiallytrade.

ThisprojectwasfundedbytheMonerocommunitythroughtheCommunityCrowdfundingSystem(CCS).Thankstoallcontributorsandgenerousanonymousdonors!