Giving nodes the ability to send transactions in a more controlled fashion

side-node/src/list_transaction_crdt.rs

@@ -35,14 +35,12 @@ pub(crate) fn new(side_dir: PathBuf) -> (BaseCrdt<CrdtList>, Ed25519KeyPair) {
     (bft_crdt, keys)
 }
 
-pub(crate) async fn send(
-    count: u32,
+pub(crate) fn send(
     bft_crdt: &mut BaseCrdt<CrdtList>,
-    // ws: &mut WebSocket,
     keys: &Ed25519KeyPair,
-) {
+) -> bft_json_crdt::json_crdt::SignedOp {
     // generate a placeholder transaction
-    let transaction = generate_transaction(count, keys.public().to_string());
+    let transaction = generate_transaction(keys.public().to_string());
 
     // next job is to keep adding to this guy
     let next = bft_crdt.doc.list.ops.len();
@@ -51,16 +49,13 @@ pub(crate) async fn send(
         .list
         .insert_idx(next - 1, transaction.clone())
         .sign(&keys);
-
-    // Ok(ws
-    //     .send_text(serde_json::to_string(&signed_op).unwrap())
-    //     .await?)
+    signed_op
 }
 
-fn generate_transaction(count: u32, pubkey: String) -> Value {
+fn generate_transaction(pubkey: String) -> Value {
     json!({
         "from": pubkey,
         "to": "Bob",
-        "amount": count
+        "amount": 1
     })
 }