From 69164622705763474b1061dd1872d577b9c967a1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: setunapo Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2022 12:28:00 +0800 Subject: [PATCH] doc: update readme --- README.md | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++-------------------- 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index f108af2806..4b0cec2dda 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ https://camo.githubusercontent.com/915b7be44ada53c290eb157634330494ebe3e30a/6874 )](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum?tab=doc) [![Discord](https://img.shields.io/badge/discord-join%20chat-blue.svg)](https://discord.gg/z2VpC455eU) -But from that baseline of EVM compatible, Binance Smart Chain introduces a system of 21 validators with Proof of Staked Authority (PoSA) consensus that can support short block time and lower fees. The most bonded validator candidates of staking will become validators and produce blocks. The double-sign detection and other slashing logic guarantee security, stability, and chain finality. +But from that baseline of EVM compatible, BNB Smart Chain introduces a system of 21 validators with Proof of Staked Authority (PoSA) consensus that can support short block time and lower fees. The most bonded validator candidates of staking will become validators and produce blocks. The double-sign detection and other slashing logic guarantee security, stability, and chain finality. -Cross-chain transfer and other communication are possible due to native support of interoperability. Relayers and on-chain contracts are developed to support that. Binance DEX remains a liquid venue of the exchange of assets on both chains. This dual-chain architecture will be ideal for users to take advantage of the fast trading on one side and build their decentralized apps on the other side. **The Binance Smart Chain** will be: +Cross-chain transfer and other communication are possible due to native support of interoperability. Relayers and on-chain contracts are developed to support that. Binance DEX remains a liquid venue of the exchange of assets on both chains. This dual-chain architecture will be ideal for users to take advantage of the fast trading on one side and build their decentralized apps on the other side. **The BNB Smart Chain** will be: - **A self-sovereign blockchain**: Provides security and safety with elected validators. - **EVM-compatible**: Supports all the existing Ethereum tooling along with faster finality and cheaper transaction fees. @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ Meanwhile, the PoA protocol is most criticized for being not as decentralized as Other blockchains, such as EOS and Cosmos both, introduce different types of Deputy Proof of Stake (DPoS) to allow the token holders to vote and elect the validator set. It increases the decentralization and favors community governance. -To combine DPoS and PoA for consensus, Binance Smart Chain implement a novel consensus engine called Parlia that: +To combine DPoS and PoA for consensus, BNB Smart Chain implement a novel consensus engine called Parlia that: 1. Blocks are produced by a limited set of validators. 2. Validators take turns to produce blocks in a PoA manner, similar to Ethereum's Clique consensus engine. @@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ To combine DPoS and PoA for consensus, Binance Smart Chain implement a novel con ### Light Client of Binance Chain -To achieve the cross-chain communication from Binance Chain to Binance Smart Chain, need introduce a on-chain light client verification algorithm. +To achieve the cross-chain communication from Binance Chain to BNB Smart Chain, need introduce a on-chain light client verification algorithm. It contains two parts: 1. [Stateless Precompiled contracts](https://github.com/bnb-chain/bsc/blob/master/core/vm/contracts_lightclient.go) to do tendermint header verification and Merkle Proof verification. @@ -49,11 +49,11 @@ It contains two parts: ## Native Token -BNB will run on Binance Smart Chain in the same way as ETH runs on Ethereum so that it remains as `native token` for BSC. This means, +BNB will run on BNB Smart Chain in the same way as ETH runs on Ethereum so that it remains as `native token` for BSC. This means, BNB will be used to: 1. pay `gas` to deploy or invoke Smart Contract on BSC -2. perform cross-chain operations, such as transfer token assets across Binance Smart Chain and Binance Chain. +2. perform cross-chain operations, such as transfer token assets across BNB Smart Chain and Binance Chain. ## Building the source @@ -79,15 +79,15 @@ make all The bsc project comes with several wrappers/executables found in the `cmd` directory. -| Command | Description | -| :-----------: | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -| **`geth`** | Main Binance Smart Chain client binary. It is the entry point into the BSC network (main-, test- or private net), capable of running as a full node (default), archive node (retaining all historical state) or a light node (retrieving data live). It has the same and more RPC and other interface as go-ethereum and can be used by other processes as a gateway into the BSC network via JSON RPC endpoints exposed on top of HTTP, WebSocket and/or IPC transports. `geth --help` and the [CLI page](https://geth.ethereum.org/docs/interface/command-line-options) for command line options. | -| `clef` | Stand-alone signing tool, which can be used as a backend signer for `geth`. | -| `devp2p` | Utilities to interact with nodes on the networking layer, without running a full blockchain. | -| `abigen` | Source code generator to convert Ethereum contract definitions into easy to use, compile-time type-safe Go packages. It operates on plain [Ethereum contract ABIs](https://docs.soliditylang.org/en/develop/abi-spec.html) with expanded functionality if the contract bytecode is also available. However, it also accepts Solidity source files, making development much more streamlined. Please see our [Native DApps](https://geth.ethereum.org/docs/dapp/native-bindings) page for details. | -| `bootnode` | Stripped down version of our Ethereum client implementation that only takes part in the network node discovery protocol, but does not run any of the higher level application protocols. It can be used as a lightweight bootstrap node to aid in finding peers in private networks. | -| `evm` | Developer utility version of the EVM (Ethereum Virtual Machine) that is capable of running bytecode snippets within a configurable environment and execution mode. Its purpose is to allow isolated, fine-grained debugging of EVM opcodes (e.g. `evm --code 60ff60ff --debug run`). | -| `rlpdump` | Developer utility tool to convert binary RLP ([Recursive Length Prefix](https://eth.wiki/en/fundamentals/rlp)) dumps (data encoding used by the Ethereum protocol both network as well as consensus wise) to user-friendlier hierarchical representation (e.g. `rlpdump --hex CE0183FFFFFFC4C304050583616263`). | +| Command | Description | +| :--------: | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | +| **`geth`** | Main BNB Smart Chain client binary. It is the entry point into the BSC network (main-, test- or private net), capable of running as a full node (default), archive node (retaining all historical state) or a light node (retrieving data live). It has the same and more RPC and other interface as go-ethereum and can be used by other processes as a gateway into the BSC network via JSON RPC endpoints exposed on top of HTTP, WebSocket and/or IPC transports. `geth --help` and the [CLI page](https://geth.ethereum.org/docs/interface/command-line-options) for command line options. | +| `clef` | Stand-alone signing tool, which can be used as a backend signer for `geth`. | +| `devp2p` | Utilities to interact with nodes on the networking layer, without running a full blockchain. | +| `abigen` | Source code generator to convert Ethereum contract definitions into easy to use, compile-time type-safe Go packages. It operates on plain [Ethereum contract ABIs](https://docs.soliditylang.org/en/develop/abi-spec.html) with expanded functionality if the contract bytecode is also available. However, it also accepts Solidity source files, making development much more streamlined. Please see our [Native DApps](https://geth.ethereum.org/docs/dapp/native-bindings) page for details. | +| `bootnode` | Stripped down version of our Ethereum client implementation that only takes part in the network node discovery protocol, but does not run any of the higher level application protocols. It can be used as a lightweight bootstrap node to aid in finding peers in private networks. | +| `evm` | Developer utility version of the EVM (Ethereum Virtual Machine) that is capable of running bytecode snippets within a configurable environment and execution mode. Its purpose is to allow isolated, fine-grained debugging of EVM opcodes (e.g. `evm --code 60ff60ff --debug run`). | +| `rlpdump` | Developer utility tool to convert binary RLP ([Recursive Length Prefix](https://eth.wiki/en/fundamentals/rlp)) dumps (data encoding used by the Ethereum protocol both network as well as consensus wise) to user-friendlier hierarchical representation (e.g. `rlpdump --hex CE0183FFFFFFC4C304050583616263`). | ## Running `geth` @@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ on how you can run your own `geth` instance. The hardware must meet certain requirements to run a full node. - VPS running recent versions of Mac OS X or Linux. -- 1T of SSD storage for mainnet, 500G of SSD storage for testnet. +- 2T of SSD storage for mainnet, 500G of SSD storage for testnet. - 8 cores of CPU and 32 gigabytes of memory (RAM) for mainnet. - 4 cores of CPU and 8 gigabytes of memory (RAM) for testnet. - A broadband Internet connection with upload/download speeds of at least 10 megabyte per second @@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ $ geth console This command will: * Start `geth` in fast sync mode (default, can be changed with the `--syncmode` flag), causing it to download more data in exchange for avoiding processing the entire history - of the Binance Smart Chain network, which is very CPU intensive. + of the BNB Smart Chain network, which is very CPU intensive. * Start up `geth`'s built-in interactive [JavaScript console](https://geth.ethereum.org/docs/interface/javascript-console), (via the trailing `console` subcommand) through which you can interact using [`web3` methods](https://web3js.readthedocs.io/en/) (note: the `web3` version bundled within `geth` is very old, and not up to date with official docs), @@ -120,11 +120,11 @@ This command will: This tool is optional and if you leave it out you can always attach to an already running `geth` instance with `geth attach`. -### A Full node on the Rialto test network +### A Full node on the Chapel test network Steps: -1. Download the binary, config and genesis files from [release](https://github.com/bnb-chain/bsc/releases/tag/v1.1.11), or compile the binary by `make geth`. +1. Download the binary, testnet.zip(config.toml and genesis.json) files from a [latest release](https://github.com/bnb-chain/bsc/releases), or compile the binary by `make geth`. 2. Init genesis state: `./geth --datadir node init genesis.json`. 3. Start your fullnode: `./geth --config ./config.toml --datadir ./node`. 4. Or start a validator node: `./geth --config ./config.toml --datadir ./node -unlock ${validatorAddr} --mine --allow-insecure-unlock`. The ${validatorAddr} is the wallet account address of your running validator node. @@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ $ geth --your-favourite-flags dumpconfig ### Programmatically interfacing `geth` nodes As a developer, sooner rather than later you'll want to start interacting with `geth` and the -Binance Smart Chain network via your own programs and not manually through the console. To aid +BNB Smart Chain network via your own programs and not manually through the console. To aid this, `geth` has built-in support for a JSON-RPC based APIs ([standard APIs](https://eth.wiki/json-rpc/API) and [`geth` specific APIs](https://geth.ethereum.org/docs/rpc/server)). These can be exposed via HTTP, WebSockets and IPC (UNIX sockets on UNIX based