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What is Archwayd really?

The archwayd binary is the core implementation of the Archway protocol. It leverages the Cosmos SDK and CosmWasm to reward validators and creators for their contributions to the network. The command-line interface runs a full-node of Archway and provides utilities for chain genesis, account management (keys), validators, nodes, queries and transactions.

Users familiar with Cosmos Hub will recognize the Archway daemon is Archway's version of Gaiad. It's built using the same Cosmos SDK modules, but introduces a new SDK module called x/gastracker which monitors gas consumed by applications on the network and distributes developer rewards.

Cosmos SDK Modules#

  • x/auth: Accounts and signatures
  • x/bank: Token transfers
  • x/staking: Staking logic
  • x/mint: Inflation logic
  • x/distribution: Fee distribution logic
  • x/slashing: Slashing logic
  • x/gov: Governance logic
  • ibc-go/modules: Inter-blockchain communication
  • x/params: Handles app-level parameters

Archway SDK Modules#

  • x/gastracker: measures gas consumption and rewards developers

Archwayd Commands#

The full scope of archwayd commands can be viewed using command archwayd --help:

$ archwayd --help# Outputs:Archway Daemon (server)
Usage:  archwayd [command]
Available Commands:  add-genesis-account      Add a genesis account to genesis.json  add-wasm-genesis-message Wasm genesis subcommands  collect-gentxs           Collect genesis txs and output a genesis.json file  config                   Create or query an application CLI configuration file  debug                    Tool for helping with debugging your application  export                   Export state to JSON  gentx                    Generate a genesis tx carrying a self delegation  help                     Help about any command  init                     Initialize private validator, p2p, genesis, and application configuration files  keys                     Manage your application's keys  query                    Querying subcommands  start                    Run the full node  status                   Query remote node for status  tendermint               Tendermint subcommands  tx                       Transactions subcommands  unsafe-reset-all         Resets the blockchain database, removes address book files, and resets data/priv_validator_state.json to the genesis state  validate-genesis         validates the genesis file at the default location or at the location passed as an arg  version                  Print the application binary version information
Flags:  -h, --help                help for archwayd      --home string         directory for config and data (default "/home/user/.archway")      --log_format string   The logging format (json|plain) (default "plain")      --log_level string    The logging level (trace|debug|info|warn|error|fatal|panic) (default "info")      --trace               print out full stack trace on errors
Use "archwayd [command] --help" for more information about a command.

Archwayd for Developers#

If you require functionality not available in the Developer CLI, you may need to rely on archwayd to complete your task. Below are some examples of common queries and commands that can help guide you.

Query account balance#

For querying an account balance, use the bank module.

Example:

$ archwayd query bank balances ${ACCOUNT_ADDRESS} --node "https://rpc.constantine-1.archway.tech:443"
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Replace ${ACCOUNT_ADDRESS} with your own value.

Deploy a contract#

Transactions use the tx module. Ideally, deployments will include 3 transactions: 1) Storing the wasm on-chain, 2) Instantiating the stored wasm, and 3) Setting the contract metadata.

Upload and store the wasm on-chain:

archwayd tx wasm store path_to_wasm/my_wasm_file.wasm --gas auto --gas-prices 0.05uconst --gas-adjustment 1.4 --from ${WALLET_LABEL} --chain-id "constantine-1" --node "https://rpc.constantine-1.archway.tech:443" --broadcast-mode sync --output json -y
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Replace ${WALLET_LABEL} with your own value

The response from storing wasm will give you the Code ID required for instantiating the contract.

Then instantiate it:

archwayd tx wasm instantiate ${CODE_ID} '{"entrypoint":"value"}' --from ${WALLET_LABEL} --label "A human readable label for this deployment" --gas auto --gas-prices 0.05uconst --gas-adjustment 1.4 --chain-id "constantine-1" --node "https://rpc.constantine-1.archway.tech:443" --broadcast-mode sync --output json -y
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Replace ${CODE_ID}, '{"entrypoint":"value"}', ${WALLET_LABEL} and "A human readable label for this deployment with your own values.

The response from instantiating the contract will give you the Contract Address required for setting metadata on the contract instance.

Setting metadata on the contract instance:

archwayd tx gastracker set-contract-metadata ${CONTRACT_ADDRESS} '{ "developer_address": ${ADMINISTRATOR_ADDRESS}, "reward_address": ${ADDRESS_TO_RECEIVE_REWARDS}, "collect_premium": false, "premium_percentage_charged": 0, "gas_rebate_to_user": false }' --gas auto --gas-prices 0.05uconst --gas-adjustment 1.4 --from ${WALLET_LABEL} --chain-id "constantine-1" --node "https://rpc.constantine-1.archway.tech:443" --broadcast-mode sync --output json -y
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Replace ${CONTRACT_ADDRESS}, ${WALLET_LABEL}, and ${ADMINISTRATOR_ADDRESS}, ${ADDRESS_TO_RECEIVE_REWARDS} and the other JSON values with your own values.

Transaction filtering#

Searching transactions with custom filters is a powerful feature, to do this we use the tx module with the --events filter. See below for common filtered queries that are helpful.

View all transactions to a specific contract:#

Use filter key wasm._contract_address

Example:

archwayd query txs --events 'wasm._contract_address=${CONTRACT_ADDRESS}' --node "https://rpc.constantine-1.archway.tech:443"
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Replace ${CONTRACT_ADDRESS} with your own value.

View all contracts deployed by a specific developer:#

User filter keys message.sender and message.action

Example:

archwayd query txs --events 'message.sender=${DEVELOPER_WALLET_ADDRESS}&message.action=/cosmwasm.wasm.v1.MsgInstantiateContract' --node "https://rpc.constantine-1.archway.tech:443"
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Replace ${DEVELOPER_WALLET_ADDRESS} with your own value.

Code IDs and contract metadata:#

Contract data and metadata queries use the wasm query module.

Find the Code ID of a specific contract:#

archwayd query wasm contract ${CONTRACT_ADDRESS} --node "https://rpc.constantine-1.archway.tech:443"
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Replace ${CONTRACT_ADDRESS} with your own value.

Check if a contract's code was ever updated:#

archwayd query wasm contract ${CONTRACT_ADDRESS} --node "https://rpc.constantine-1.archway.tech:443"
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Replace ${CONTRACT_ADDRESS} with your own value.

Find the contract address of a specific Code ID:#

archwayd query wasm list-contract-by-code ${CODE_ID} --node "https://rpc.constantine-1.archway.tech:443"
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Replace ${CODE_ID} with your own value.