RGB proxy server

RGB proxy server is intended to facilitate the relay of client-side data between RGB wallets, enabling a better user experience for wallet users.

The API it implements adheres to the RGB HTTP JSON-RPC protocol.

The proxy server is designed to handle the following workflow:

• The payer of an RGB transfer posts the transfer consignment file to the server, typically using the blinded UTXO (provided by the payee in the invoice) as identifier for the file.
• The payee asks the server for the consignment file associated with the identifier (e.g. the blinded UTXO).
• If there is a file associated to the provided identifier, the server returns the file to the payee.
• The payee validates the retrieved consignment file.
• If the consignment is valid, the payee posts an ACK to the server, otherwise a NACK is posted to inform the payer that the RGB transfer should be considered as failed.
• The payer asks the server for the ACK/NACK status associated with the previously posted consignment file. If the consignment has been ACKed by the payee, the payer will proceed with broadcasting the Bitcoin transaction containing the commitment to the RGB consignment.

The RGB proxy server does not need to be trusted by the users as it is only intended to facilitate communication between wallets. Anyone can deploy an RGB proxy server instance, so while the server operator can still perform censorship attacks towards users, concerns can be avoided by simply using a different server provider or by self-hosting an instance.

This project was originally implemented in grunch/rgb-proxy-server.

Running the app

Locally

# install dependencies
npm install

# run in dev mode on port 3000
npm run dev

# generate production build
npm run build

# run generated content in dist folder on port 3000
npm run start

In docker

docker run -d ghcr.io/rgb-tools/rgb-proxy-server

For data persistence, mount a host path to /home/node/.rgb-proxy-server inside the container. The directory needs to be owned by user and group 1000.

Data

Data is stored in $HOME/.rgb-proxy-server by default.

The default data path can be overridden via the APP_DATA environment variable.

Example usage

The payee generates an RGB invoice and sends it to the payer (not covered here). Let's assume the invoice contains the blinded UTXO blindTest.

The payer prepares the transfer, then sends the consignment file and the related txid to the proxy server, using the blinded UTXO from the invoice as identifier:

# let's create a fake consignment file and send it
echo "consignment binary data" > consignment.rgb
curl -X POST -H 'Content-Type: multipart/form-data' \
  -F 'jsonrpc=2.0' -F 'id="1"' -F 'method=consignment.post' \
  -F 'params[recipient_id]=blindTest' -F 'params[txid]=527f2b2ebb81c873f128848d7226ecdb7cb4a4025222c54bfec7c358d51b9207' -F 'file=@consignment.rgb' \
  localhost:3000/json-rpc

# example output
# {"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":"1","result":true}

The payee requests the consignment for the blinded UTXO:

curl -X POST -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": "2", "method": "consignment.get", "params": {"recipient_id": "blindTest"} }' \
  localhost:3000/json-rpc

# example output
# {"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":"2","result": {"consignment": "Y29uc2lnbm1lbnQgYmluYXJ5IGRhdGEK", "txid": "527f2b2ebb81c873f128848d7226ecdb7cb4a4025222c54bfec7c358d51b9207"}}

The file is returned as a base64-encoded string:

echo 'Y29uc2lnbm1lbnQgYmluYXJ5IGRhdGEK' | base64 -d

# example output
# consignment binary data

If the consignment is valid, the payee ACKs it:

curl -X POST -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": "3", "method": "ack.post", "params": {"recipient_id": "blindTest", "ack": true} }' \
  localhost:3000/json-rpc

# example output
# {"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":"3","result":true}

If the consignment is invalid, the payee NACKs it:

curl -X POST -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": "4", "method": "ack.post", "params": {"recipient_id": "blindTest", "ack": false} }' \
  localhost:3000/json-rpc

# example output
# {"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":"4","result":true}

The payer requests the ack value (null if payee has not called ack.post yet):

curl -X POST -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": "5", "method": "ack.get", "params": {"recipient_id": "blindTest"} }' \
  localhost:3000/json-rpc

# example output
# {"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":"5","result":true}

In case of approval the transaction can be broadcast, otherwise the two parties need to abort the transfer process and start from scratch.

The consignment or media file for any given recipient ID and the related approval cannot be changed once submitted.

Testing

# install dependencies
npm run install

# run test suite
npm run test

Formatting

# format the code
npm run format

Linting

# run linter
npm run lint

# fix lint issues
npm run lint:fix