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Raiden Mobile Wallet Specification

(This is work in progress and will be updated as soon as integration related specifications for core protocol and other services are settled on and implemented)

Overview

Specification document for a Raiden Network Mobile Wallet implementation.

Goal

Build an easy to use wallet where (in general) the user does not need to worry about how sending and receiving payments is done.

Terminology

  • RW = Raiden Mobile Wallet
  • TS = Transport Service
  • MS = Monitoring Service
  • PFS = Path Finding Service
  • RLC = Raiden Light Client

Requirements

  • secure: keeps private keys safe, only in the user’s custody
  • good connection with 3rd party services - MS, PFS, hubs
  • easy enough onboarding
  • easy to use for your mom

Depends on

  • specs for MS
  • specs for PFS
  • specs for RLC
  • onboarding new users (now in PFS)

High Level Features

  • support both off-chain (RN) and on-chain payments (sending and receiving)
  • iOS, Android; depending on tech & tooling -> +/- web & desktop
  • language: English (internationalization?)
  • support main net + test nets (Ropsten, Kovan, Rinkeby) + custom test net
  • support official/popular token standards
  • atomic token swap transactions (through Raiden API)
  • request payments via SMS, Email, Whatsapp or Whisper (Shh) maybe with prepared data (like an order) -> receiver should click on the link and the wallet should already display the transaction and ask the user to sign it.
  • notifications for
    • successful on-chain transaction (wait for confirmations)
    • incoming on-chain transactions (normal on-chain payments, channel-related activity)
    • off-chain payments (payment received, successful payment sent)
  • hub reputation system
  • user encrypted chat? (Signal protocol, Whisper, Matrix etc.)
  • adding new/custom tokens to interact with ? - this is easy for on-chain, but for off-chain it would mean deploying a new TokenNetwork contract (will probably not be supported in the wallet)

Platforms & Languages

(TODO: pros & cons for each)

Native vs. Progressive Apps

Progressive Apps

  • service workers handle push notifications easier
  • good cache mechanism for offline / low connectivity - IndexedDB (event based, other wrapper libs exist), Cache API (Promise based)
  • smaller effort for app development and maintenance

Native

  • more efficient, can be compiled to wasm

Languages

RLC

Other wallets

  • React Native + Redux (Trustlines)
  • Cordova, Ionic (LETH)
  • Android native (Walleth)
  • iOS + Android native (Trust Wallet)

Components

Raiden Light Client Library

  • reusable
  • non-mediating transfers
  • IoT compatible
  • can connect to hubs (Raiden Full Nodes) for off-chain & channel-related on-chain transactions
  • can connect to a PFS
  • can connect to a MS
  • has APIs for the same TS used by RN
  • uses the same types of messages as the Raiden Full Node (except those for mediating transfers)
  • (possible) also communicates with the Relay Server for (at least) push notifications for off-chain payments / channel-related events.

Raiden Full Node

  • either ran by BB or chosen from the network based on predefined logic / random (handled by the PFS)

On-Chain Client Library

  • for normal on-chain transactions logic (except channel-related)
  • wallet library (keystore, account management)
  • communicates with the Relay Server

Relay Server

  • will talk with an Ethereum Node for normal on-chain transaction needs (web3, RPC)
  • push notifications server

Ethereum Node

  • provides read & write access to the blockchain

MobileApp

Visuals

https://www.ethereum.org/images/logos/Ethereum_Visual_Identity_1.0.0.pdf

User Onboarding Flow Example

  • install the app
  • sign Terms of Use
  • import wallet / generate new wallet
    • if importing a new wallet, off-chain data has to be retrieved (open channels, last balance proofs; maybe automatically add the channel 2nd parties to the address book)
  • fund wallet with ETH (should be easy to copy/paste address or share)
  • fund wallet with RDN / have an easy way to buy RDN from the app (agreement with an exchange or VendingMachine)
  • choose automatically or show list of trustworthy hubs that have connections with the 3rd party services (settlement, path finding) or hubs that provide 3rd party services
    • prompt the user to choose one -> this means he has to put some tokens into escrow and pay some ETH, so he might not want to do that right away unless the hub is a goodwill hub and provides some funds himself
  • if the user does have any channels open, he cannot make any transactions yet; a notification can be shown that he has not completed this step (e.g. action todo list)
  • show a list of tokens that RN has in the registry -> show relevant tokens (high liquidity) + a search input
  • prompt the user to choose token networks (he can join even without having any tokens in his wallet, because he can just receive tokens - tbd)
  • when joining the token networks, the tokens should also be added for the on-chain transactions (seamless, user should not know the difference between on-chain / off-chain ; Raiden Network token registry should have an api for the token abis & addresses)
  • user can deposit tokens to his wallet (easy way to copy/paste/share the address)
  • prompt user to add contacts (address book) or share his address with others (link with an api that adds the address to the address book - will need the user approval in the app)

Transaction Flow Example

  • choose contact from address book or paste and address one time
  • use default on-chain/off-chain setting, but show the option in the transaction page with possibility to change it.
  • if off-chain -> check if there is a path to the contact / big enough capacity / or if he is connected to a hub -> if not, ask the user if he wants to open a channel
    • note - a hub might open channels himself, depending on his terms of service
    • yes -> open a channel, do the tx
    • no -> he can choose to do it on-chain

UI Features Example

About

  • version
  • Terms of Use
  • License

Settings

  • adding / removing custom token for on-chain transactions (address, name, token symbol, decimals)
  • choosing between off-chain (default) and on-chain; this change can also be done in the payment flow if needed (e.g. no available channels, one time payment etc.)
  • choosing currency to show along ETH / token values (BTC / USD / EUR / custom

Account

  • wallet = 1 Ethereum address
  • no registration or sign up; private keys remain with the user
  • backup & restore wallet from seed words (BIP39 Mnemonic code)
  • backup & restore wallet from private key / JSON file
  • generate new wallet
    • pick account identicon
    • show seed words / recovery phrase
    • force user to select / write seed words
  • download state logs per account (list transactions)
  • share checksummed address via QRcode, SMS, Email, Whatsapp, Whisper (should be easy to use the shared address from inside the app)
  • address book - custom address names & identicons
  • User Authentication
    • uPort?
    • passcode, custom passphrase
    • iOS:
      • Touch ID for storing data securely using Secure Enclave chip
      • PIN code
      • FACE ID

Setup

  • (probably not, but just mentioning it:) support for on-chain transactions targeting custom contracts (contract address, abi, assign name & identicon ; remove contract, UI for contract interface, notifications about contract events?)
  • (possible) default token for paying 3rd party services / transaction gas

Channel info

  • top up the channel
  • close the channel & settle
  • channel history - open, top ups, payments

On-chain transaction UI

  • input: receiver address, ETH / tokens value, data (bytes), gas limit, gas price
  • show: Max Transaction Fee, Max Total, Fiat equivalent in chosen currency

Off-chain transaction UI

  • input: receiver, token type, amount of tokens, payment metadata for the receiver (ex. shopping cart items, order number etc)
  • show: tbd

Hub reputation system (tbd)

  • 3rd party services chosen automatically by reputation vs. manually by the user (or both)
  • have a rating system for good hubs - count only the good feedback
  • feedback can be from:
    • initial reputation deposit in the Raiden Network
    • other hubs with which the hub can gossip
    • users
  • feedback can be acquired:
    • automatic metrics: response time after sending a request (have a time threshold over which the hub is awarded points), threshold for path length for PFS (shorter, the better)
    • manual rating system - users / other hubs can rate the hub

Protocols

Easy onboarding

Payment Requests

Push Notifications

Other

Existing Tools/Services

Wallet

Wallet SC

Account identity

Event Watching

Roadmap

(purely estimative)

  • Finalize feature specs (5 PD)
  • Finalize protocols and standards research (+ competition research) (5 PD)
  • Align with Raiden Network after core, MS, PFS specs are somewhat finalized (4 PD)
  • Plan milestones (4 PD)
  • Prototype (to test chosen frameworks - native vs. progressive apps etc.) (7 PD)
  • Prototype 2 - standard wallet implementation (10 PD)
  • Prototype 3 - add off-chain logic (15PD)
  • MVP - off-chain + on-chain (15 PD)

Issues to clarify on

  • 3rd party APIs
  • onboarding
  • seamlessly switch from off-chain to on-chain and when (no hub available etc.)
  • see overlap with uRaiden and make a first usable version for it if possible (not sacrificing the architecture - which should be made with RN in mind)
  • build a micropayments-only wallet first? (advantages: lowers complexity for IoT support)

Other wallets: