DChain single-node blockchain + React Native messenger client. Core: - PBFT consensus with multi-sig validator admission + equivocation slashing - BadgerDB + schema migration scaffold (CurrentSchemaVersion=0) - libp2p gossipsub (tx/v1, blocks/v1, relay/v1, version/v1) - Native Go contracts (username_registry) alongside WASM (wazero) - WebSocket gateway with topic-based fanout + Ed25519-nonce auth - Relay mailbox with NaCl envelope encryption (X25519 + Ed25519) - Prometheus /metrics, per-IP rate limit, body-size cap Deployment: - Single-node compose (deploy/single/) with Caddy TLS + optional Prometheus - 3-node dev compose (docker-compose.yml) with mocked internet topology - 3-validator prod compose (deploy/prod/) for federation - Auto-update from Gitea via /api/update-check + systemd timer - Build-time version injection (ldflags → node --version) - UI / Swagger toggle flags (DCHAIN_DISABLE_UI, DCHAIN_DISABLE_SWAGGER) Client (client-app/): - Expo / React Native / NativeWind - E2E NaCl encryption, typing indicator, contact requests - Auto-discovery of canonical contracts, chain_id aware, WS reconnect on node switch Documentation: - README.md, CHANGELOG.md, CONTEXT.md - deploy/single/README.md with 6 operator scenarios - deploy/UPDATE_STRATEGY.md with 4-layer forward-compat design - docs/contracts/*.md per contract
Systemd units for DChain auto-update
Two files, one-time setup.
Install
Assumes the repo is checked out at /opt/dchain. Adjust WorkingDirectory=
and EnvironmentFile= in dchain-update.service if you put it elsewhere.
sudo cp dchain-update.{service,timer} /etc/systemd/system/
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable --now dchain-update.timer
Verify
# When does the timer next fire?
systemctl list-timers dchain-update.timer
# What did the last run do?
journalctl -u dchain-update.service -n 100 --no-pager
# Run one update immediately, without waiting for the timer
sudo systemctl start dchain-update.service
How it behaves
- Every hour (± up to 15 min jitter) the timer triggers the service.
- The service runs
update.shonce, which:- fetches
origin/main - if HEAD didn't move: exits 0, nothing touched
- if HEAD moved: fast-forwards, rebuilds image, smoke-tests the new binary, restarts the container, polls health
- fetches
- Downtime per update is ~5-8 seconds (Badger reopen + HTTP listener warm-up).
- Failures write to journal; add
OnFailure=if you want Pushover/email.
Disable auto-update
If you want to pin a version and review changes manually:
sudo systemctl disable --now dchain-update.timer
You can still invoke update.sh by hand when you've reviewed and
fast-forwarded your working tree.
Why hourly + jitter
A whole federation restarting in the same 60-second window would drop PBFT
quorum below 2/3 for that window. With 1-hour cadence and 15-min jitter, the
max probability of two validators being down simultaneously is about
(15s / 15min)² × N_validators², which stays safely below the quorum floor
for any realistic N.