Configuration

Note: TOML configs have been deprecated in favour of JSON

A chain configurations take this form:

{
    "name": "eth",                      // Human-readable name
    "type": "ethereum",                 // Chain type (eg. "ethereum" or "substrate")
    "id": "0",                          // Chain ID
    "endpoint": "ws://<host>:<port>",   // Node endpoint
    "from": "0xff93...",                // On-chain address of relayer
    "opts": {},                         // Chain-specific configuration options (see below)
}

See config.json.example for an example configuration.

Ethereum Options

Ethereum chains support the following additional options:

{
    "bridge": "0x12345...",          // Address of the bridge contract (required)
    "erc20Handler": "0x1234...",     // Address of erc20 handler
    "erc721Handler": "0x1234...",    // Address of erc721 handler
    "genericHandler": "0x1234...",   // Address of generic handler
    "maxGasPrice": "0x1234",         // Gas price for transactions (default: 20000000000)
    "gasLimit": "0x1234",            // Gas limit for transactions (default: 6721975)
    "gasMultiplier": "1.25",         // Multiplies the gas price by the supplied value (default: 1)
    "http": "true",                  // Whether the chain connection is ws or http (default: false)
    "startBlock": "1234",            // The block to start processing events from (default: 0)
    "blockConfirmations": "10"       // Number of blocks to wait before processing a block
    "egsApiKey": "xxx..."            // API key for Eth Gas Station (https://www.ethgasstation.info/)
    "egsSpeed": "fast"               // Desired speed for gas price selection, the options are: "average", "fast", "fastest"
}

Substrate Options

Substrate supports the following additonal options:

{
    "startBlock": "1234" // The block to start processing events from (default: 0)
    "useExtendedCall": "true" // Extend extrinsic calls to substrate with ResourceID. Used for backward compatibility with example pallet.
}

Blockstore

The blockstore is used to record the last block the relayer processed, so it can pick up where it left off.

If a startBlock option is provided (see Configuration), then the greater of startBlock and the latest block in the blockstore is used at startup.

To disable loading from the blockstore specify the --fresh flag. A custom path for the blockstore can be provided with --blockstore <path>. For development, the --latest flag can be used to start from the current block and override any other configuration.

Keystore

ChainBridge requires keys to sign and submit transactions, and to identify each bridge node on chain.

To use secure keys, see chainbridge accounts --help. The keystore password can be supplied with the KEYSTORE_PASSWORD environment variable.

To import external ethereum keys, such as those generated with geth, use chainbridge accounts import --ethereum /path/to/key.

To import private keys as keystores, use chainbridge accounts import --privateKey key.

For testing purposes, chainbridge provides 5 test keys. The can be used with --testkey <name>, where name is one of Alice, Bob, Charlie, Dave, or Eve.