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Version: v0.19.1

Create a DV using the SDK

warning

The Obol-SDK is in a beta state and should be used with caution on testnets only.

This is a walkthrough of using the Obol-SDK to propose a four-node distributed validator cluster for creation using the DV Launchpad.

Pre-requisites​

Install the package​

Install the Obol-SDK package into your development environment

npm install --save @obolnetwork/obol-sdk

Instantiate the client​

The first thing you need to do is create a instance of the Obol SDK client. The client takes two constructor parameters:

  • The chainID for the chain you intend to use.
  • An ethers.js signer object.
import { Client } from "@obolnetwork/obol-sdk";
import { ethers } from "ethers";

// Create a dummy ethers signer object with a throwaway private key
const mnemonic = ethers.Wallet.createRandom().mnemonic?.phrase || "";
const privateKey = ethers.Wallet.fromPhrase(mnemonic).privateKey;
const wallet = new ethers.Wallet(privateKey);
const signer = wallet.connect(null);

// Instantiate the Obol Client for goerli
const obol = new Client({ chainId: 5 }, signer);

Propose the cluster​

List the Ethereum addresses of participating operators, along with withdrawal and fee recipient address data for each validator you intend for the operators to create.

// A config hash is a deterministic hash of the proposed DV cluster configuration
const configHash = await obol.createClusterDefinition({
  name: "SDK Demo Cluster",
  operators: [
    { address: "0xC35CfCd67b9C27345a54EDEcC1033F2284148c81" },
    { address: "0x33807D6F1DCe44b9C599fFE03640762A6F08C496" },
    { address: "0xc6e76F72Ea672FAe05C357157CfC37720F0aF26f" },
    { address: "0x86B8145c98e5BD25BA722645b15eD65f024a87EC" },
  ],
  validators: [
    {
      fee_recipient_address: "0x3CD4958e76C317abcEA19faDd076348808424F99",
      withdrawal_address: "0xE0C5ceA4D3869F156717C66E188Ae81C80914a6e",
    },
  ],
});

console.log(
  `Direct the operators to https://goerli.launchpad.obol.tech/dv?configHash=${configHash} to complete the key generation process`
);

Invite the Operators to complete the DKG​

Once the Obol-API returns a configHash string from the createClusterDefinition method, you can use this identifier to invite the operators to the Launchpad to complete the process

  1. Operators navigate to https://<NETWORK_NAME_HERE>.launchpad.obol.tech/dv?configHash=<CONFIG_HASH_HERE> and complete the run a DV with others flow.
  2. Once the DKG is complete, and operators are using the --publish flag, the created cluster details will be posted to the Obol API
  3. The creator will be able to retrieve this data with obol.getClusterLock(configHash), to use for activating the newly created validator.

Retrieve the created Distributed Validators using the SDK​

Once the DKG is complete, the proposer of the cluster can retrieve key data such as the validator public keys and their associated deposit data messages.

const clusterLock = await obol.getClusterLock(configHash);

Reference lock files can be found here.

Activate the DVs using the deposit contract​

In order to activate the distributed validators, the cluster operator can retrieve the validators' associated deposit data from the lock file and use it to craft transactions to the deposit() method on the deposit contract.

const validatorDepositData =
  clusterLock.distributed_validators[validatorIndex].deposit_data;

const depositContract = new ethers.Contract(
  DEPOSIT_CONTRACT_ADDRESS, // 0x00000000219ab540356cBB839Cbe05303d7705Fa for Mainnet, 0xff50ed3d0ec03aC01D4C79aAd74928BFF48a7b2b for Goerli
  depositContractABI, // https://etherscan.io/address/0x00000000219ab540356cBB839Cbe05303d7705Fa#code for Mainnet, and replace the address for Goerli
  signer
);

const TX_VALUE = ethers.parseEther("32");

const tx = await depositContract.deposit(
  validatorDepositData.pubkey,
  validatorDepositData.withdrawal_credentials,
  validatorDepositData.signature,
  validatorDepositData.deposit_data_root,
  { value: TX_VALUE }
);

const txResult = await tx.wait();

Usage Examples​

Examples of how our SDK can be used are found here.