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
     })
 }

side-node/src/websocket/mod.rs

@@ -1,23 +1,8 @@
 /*
 
 loop {
-    let _ = list_transaction_crdt::send(count, bft_crdt, &mut ws, &keys).await;
-
-    let msg = ws.receive().await?;
-
-    // deserialize the received websocket Frame into a string
-    let msg = msg.into_text().unwrap().0;
-
-    // deserialize the message into a Transaction struct
-    let incoming_operation: SignedOp = serde_json::from_str(&msg).unwrap();
-
     let author = general_purpose::STANDARD.encode(&incoming_operation.author());
-    println!("Received  from {:?}", author);
-
     bft_crdt.apply(incoming_operation.clone());
-
-    count = count + 1;
-    interval.tick().await;
 }
 
 */
@@ -28,7 +13,7 @@ use ezsockets::ClientConfig;
 use fastcrypto::ed25519::Ed25519KeyPair;
 use std::io::BufRead;
 
-use crate::list_transaction_crdt::CrdtList;
+use crate::list_transaction_crdt::{self, CrdtList};
 
 struct Client {}
 
@@ -63,7 +48,13 @@ pub(crate) async fn start(keys: Ed25519KeyPair, bft_crdt: &mut BaseCrdt<CrdtList
     let lines = stdin.lock().lines();
     for line in lines {
         let line = line.unwrap();
-        tracing::info!("sending {line}");
-        handle.text(line).unwrap();
+        let signed_op = if let "exit" = line.as_str() {
+            break;
+        } else {
+            let op = list_transaction_crdt::send(bft_crdt, &keys);
+            op.to_string()
+        };
+        tracing::info!("sending {:?}", signed_op);
+        handle.text(signed_op).unwrap();
     }
 }