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lightning-rapid-gossip-sync/src/lib.rs

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//! data. The gossip data is formatted compactly, omitting signatures and opportunistically
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//! incremental where previous channel updates are known. This mechanism is enabled when the
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//! timestamp of the last known channel update is communicated. A reference server implementation
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//! can be found [here](https://github.com/lightningdevkit/rapid-gossip-sync-server).
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//! can be found [on Github](https://github.com/lightningdevkit/rapid-gossip-sync-server).
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//!
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//! The primary benefit of this syncing mechanism is that it allows a low-powered client to offload
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//! the validation of gossip signatures to a trusted server. This enables the client to privately
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//! calculate routes for payments, and to do so much faster than requiring a full peer-to-peer
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//! gossip sync to complete.
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//!
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//! The reason the rapid sync server requires trust is that it could provide bogus data, though, at
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//! worst, all that would result in is a fake network topology, which wouldn't enable the server to
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//! steal or siphon off funds. It could, however, reduce the client's privacy by forcing all
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//! payments to be routed via channels the server controls.
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//!
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//! The server calculates its repsonse on the basis of a client-provided `latest_seen` timestamp,
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//! i.e., it will return all rapid gossip sync data it has seen after the given timestamp.
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//!
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//! # Getting Started
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//! Firstly, the data needs to be retrieved from the server. An examplary server request could look
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//! as simple as the following. Note that the first ever rapid sync should use `0` for
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//! `last_sync_timestamp`:
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//! Firstly, the data needs to be retrieved from the server. For example, you could use the server
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//! at <https://rapidsync.lightningdevkit.org> with the following request format:
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//!
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//! ```shell
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//! curl -o rapid_sync.lngossip https://rapidsync.lightningdevkit.org/snapshot/<last_sync_timestamp>
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//! ```
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//! Note that the
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//! first ever rapid sync should use `0` for `last_sync_timestamp`.
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//!
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//! Then, one of the client's graph processing functions need to be called. In this example, we
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//! process the update by reading its contents from disk, which we do by calling the
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//! `sync_network_graph_with_file_path` method:
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//! After the gossip data snapshot has been downloaded, one of the client's graph processing
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//! functions needs to be called. In this example, we process the update by reading its contents
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//! from disk, which we do by calling [sync_network_graph_with_file_path]:
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//!
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//! ```
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//! use bitcoin::blockdata::constants::genesis_block;
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//! let rapid_sync = RapidGossipSync::new(&network_graph);
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//! let new_last_sync_timestamp_result = rapid_sync.sync_network_graph_with_file_path("./rapid_sync.lngossip");
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//! ```
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//! [sync_network_graph_with_file_path]: RapidGossipSync::sync_network_graph_with_file_path
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// Allow and import test features for benching
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#![cfg_attr(all(test, feature = "_bench_unstable"), feature(test))]
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/// Core functionality of this crate
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mod processing;
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/// The main Rapid Gossip Sync object. See the [crate-level documentation] for a usage example.
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///
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/// [crate-level documentation]: crate
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/// The main Rapid Gossip Sync object.
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pub struct RapidGossipSync<NG: Deref<Target=NetworkGraph<L>>, L: Deref>
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where L::Target: Logger {
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network_graph: NG,

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