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Target releaseIroha 2.0 MVP
Document status
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Document owner
Tech lead

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Developers
Blockchain advisors

Kamil SalakhievAndrei Lebedev, Bulat Nasrullin, 

Stakeholders
QAStephan Lavrentev


Goals

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Background and strategic fit

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Table of contents

Table of Contents

Changes history

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Change History


Requirements

Actors

Actor nameRole definition
The Iroha peerOne of active peers of the Iroha network, accessible by network for the current user.
The administratorThe user of the Iroha network with the extended rights towards manipulating the peers and network configuration
The userGeneric user of the Iroha network with common list of permissions (required permissions are always mentioned in the use case preconditions)

Functional requirements

For describing functional requirements, we should follow the default use case template by example:

Use case title
[FR0000] Example use-case; ID should be unique
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SourceSource (or list of sources) of the function: project name / stakeholder name / document title (e.g., whitepaper) / etc.
Preconditions
  • List of preconditions which must be satisfied before the use case can be applied
  • Each precondition should be defined as the point in the list

Use case flow

  1. The enumerated list of actions, which describes the interaction between actors step by step
  2. Each step should involve a single actor as an object of the action
  3. Each step can involve one or more actors as a subject of the action
  4. Each use case can involve other use cases as dependencies by include or extend relationships
Postconditions
  • One or more results of successfully finished use case
Alternative flow
  • List of alternative flows that can happen with the use case.
  • Each entry should have the link to the step of the main use case flow when the alternative can occur
    • If needed, each entry can contain sub-entries
  • Each entry should describe the consequences of the alternative flow
Exception flow
  • List of exceptions that can happen during the use case flow, which can prevent it to be successfully finished
  • Each entry should have the link to the step of the main use case flow when the exception can occur
    • If needed, each entry can contain sub-entries
  • Each entry should describe the consequences of the exception


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titleUse case ID formula

Assuming, that each section would not have more than 100 use cases, the use case ID should be formed using that template:

FR<section_number><use_case_number_in_section_starting_from_zero>

For example, for second use case in section 02 it should be:

FR0201


00. Iroha network operations

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In this section all use cases related to generic operations with Iroha network and peers will be described


Use case title
[FR0001] Starting the Iroha network
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Preconditions
  • The administrator has configured environment for running Iroha executables
  • The administrator has prepared the genesis block

Use case flow

  1. The administrator launches the command to run Iroha peer and providing the path to the genesis block description
  2. The Iroha peer read and validates the genesis block configuration
  3. The Iroha peer starts the Iroha network according to the configuration in the genesis block
  4. The Iroha peer provides "successfully started" report to the administrator
Postconditions
  • The Iroha network is running
  • The administrator has access to the root account of the network
Alternative flow

N/A

Exception flow
  • At step 2, in case of the invalid genesis block, the Iroha peer shows corresponding error messages to the administrator and halts the network creation process


Use case title
[FR0002] Adding peer to the Iroha network
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Preconditions
  • The Iroha network is running
  • The administrator has access to the account with permissions of adding peers to the network

Use case flow

  1. The administrator configures and starts the new peer
  2. The administrator prepares the transaction with instruction to add the new peer
  3. The administrator sends the prepared transaction to the existing Iroha peer (<<include>> FR0100)
  4. The existing Iroha peer initiates connection with the new Iroha peer
  5. The new Iroha peer synchronizes the block-storage with existing Iroha peers
  6. The new Iroha peer start functioning as fully functional peer in the current Iroha network
Postconditions
  • The new peer is added into the network
Alternative flowN/A
Exception flow
  • On step 5, if the synchronization cannot be finished for some reason, the new Iroha peer cannot join the network; use case stops


Use case title
[FR0003] Removing peer from the Iroha network
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Preconditions
  • The administrator has access to the account with permission of removing peers form the network

Use case flow

  1. The administrator prepares the instruction to remove the peer from the Iroha network
  2. The administrator sends the transaction with the prepared instruction to the Iroha peer
  3. The Iroha peer confirms the execution of the instruction
Postconditions
  • The target peer is removed from the current Iroha network and all processes in consensus continues without it
Alternative flowN/A
Exception flowN/A


Use case title
[FR0004] Configuring initial state of the Iroha network
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Preconditions
  • The Iroha network is just started

Use case flow


Postconditions
  • The Iroha network is configured according to the requirements
Alternative flow
Exception flow


Use case title
[FR0005] Changing configuration of working Iroha network
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Preconditions
  • The administrator has access to account with permissions to change the network configuration by sending the corresponding instruction

Use case flow

  1. The administrator prepares the data for the instruction for changing the overall Iroha network configuration
  2. The administrator sends the transaction with prepared instruction to the Iroha peer (<<include>> FR0100)
  3. The Iroha peer return the results of instruction execution to the administrator.
Postconditions
  • The network configuration is changed correspondingly
Alternative flowN/A
Exception flow

N/A


Use case title
[FR0006] Changing configuration of the particular peer
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Preconditions
  • The administrator has access to the maintenance endpoint of the target Iroha peer

Use case flow

  1. The administrator connects to the maintenance endpoint of the target Iroha peer
  2. The administrator performs requests to change required parameters of the target Iroha peer
  3. The Iroha peer returns result of change operation to the administrator
Postconditions
  • The configuration of the target Iroha peer was changed
Alternative flowN/A
Exception flow
  • On step 3, if the value of changed configuration parameter is out of the limit, the Iroha peer will return "wrong parameter value" error status to the administrator; use case flow stops.

01. Making changes in Iroha network data by Iroha special instructions

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In this section all use cases related to changing data in the Iroha network will be described


Use case title
[FR0100] Sending the transaction to the Iroha network
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Preconditions
  • The user has an account in the Iroha network
  • The user has prepared the transaction for sending; transactions can consist of several instructions
  • The user has permissions to execute all instruction included in the transaction
  • The Iroha network is working in normal condition

Use case flow

  1. The user sends the transaction to the Iroha peer through the API
  2. The Iroha peer receives the transaction and validates its contents
  3. The Iroha peer checks that the user's account have enough permissions to run all instructions included in the transaction
  4. The Iroha peer executes the transaction by applying it to the current block
  5. The Iroha peer returns the result of the operation to the user
Postconditions
  • The transaction is successfully executed and applied to the network state
Alternative flow
  • On step 4, if the current user's account is multi-signature, the result of the transaction will be applied to the block-store only when the number of signatures will reach the current quorum value. In other cases, the Iroha peer will return "pending" status as a response on step 5.
Exception flow
  • On step 2, one of the instructions has invalid structure, the Iroha peer returns an error message with description to the user and stops the flow
  • On step 3, if the user's account does not have required permissions to execute one of the instructions, the Iroha peer returns information about that error and stops the flow
  • On step 3, in case of a multi-signature transaction, if the instruction signed using the key pair, which was already used for signing that instruction, the Iroha peer will return "already signed" error status and stop the flow


Use case title
[FR0101] Creation of the account in the Iroha network
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Preconditions
  • The user has permission to create accounts

Use case flow

  1. The user prepares information about the account that should be created, which includes name, domain, the public key and permissions list
  2. The user prepares instruction to send to the Iroha network according to the prepared information
  3. The user sends the transaction with the instruction to the Iroha peer (<<include>> FR0100)
  4. The Iroha peer returns the result of the instruction execution to the user
Postconditions
  • The new account in the Iroha network is created
Alternative flowN/A
Exception flow
  • On step 3, if the account with the provided name or public key already exists in the network, the Iroha peer will return "already exists" error status; user case flow will stop.


Use case title
[FR0102] Configuring permissions for the account in the Iroha network
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Preconditions
  • The user has access to the Iroha account with permissions to change permissions of the target account

Use case flow

  1. The user prepares information about set of permissions, which should be enabled or disabled for the target account
  2. The user prepares instruction to send to the Iroha network according to the prepared information
  3. The user sends the transaction with the instruction to the Iroha peer (<<include>> FR0100)
  4. The Iroha peer returns the result of the instruction execution to the user
Postconditions
  • The permissions of the target account was changed correspondingly
Alternative flowN/A
Exception flow
  • On step 4, if the user disables the permission which is not enables on the target account, the Iroha peer return "Permission is not enabled" error status; use case flow stops
  • On step 4, if the user enables the permission which is already enabled on the target account, the Iroha peer return "Permission already enabled" error status; use case flow stops


Use case title
[FR0102] Granting permissions for the account in the Iroha network
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Preconditions
  • The user has access to his/her account in the Iroha network
  • The user's account has permissions to provide grantable permissions

Use case flow

  1. The user prepares the instruction to grant one or more permissions to another account
  2. The user sends the transaction with the prepared instruction to the Iroha peer (<<includes>> FR0100)
  3. The Iroha peer returns the result of the instruction to the user
Postconditions
  • The permission was granted to another account
Alternative flow
Exception flow
  • On step 3, if the user does not have permission to grant permissions to other accounts, the Iroha peer will return "Not permitted" error status; use case flow stops


Use case title
[FR0104] Sending complex instruction using ISI DSL
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Preconditions
  • The user has permissions to send complex instructions with DSL sequence inside
  • The user has permissions to execute each instruction inside the list of DSL sequence

Use case flow

  1. The user builds the DSL sequence for the complex instruction
  2. The user prepares the complex instruction to send to the Iroha peer
  3. The user sends the complex instruction to the Iroha peer (<<include>> FR0100)
  4. The Iroha peer returns the results of complex instruction execution to the user
Postconditions
  • The complex instruction was executed and applied to the Iroha network
Alternative flowN/A
Exception flow
  • On step 4, of there is not enough permissions to execute whole DSL sequence, the Iroha peer will return "not enough permissions" error status; use case flow stops.


Use case title
[FR0105] Sending instruction and subscribing to the status of finalization
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Preconditions
  • The user has permissions to execute requested instruction

Use case flow

  1. The user prepares the instruction parameters according to his/her needs
  2. The user sends the transaction with the instruction into the Iroha peer (<<includes>> FR0100)
  3. The user uses the same connection for obtaining the status of the instruction finalization
  4. The Iroha peer sends updates about the instruction finalization status to the user
  5. The user receives the "successfully finalized" status about the instruction
Postconditions
  • The instruction is accepted and finalized in the block-storage
  • The user did not spend additional resources for redundant network connections and requests
Alternative flow
Exception flow
  • At step 4 if the instruction cannot pass the validation, the user would not get the "successfully finalized" status; instead, he/she will get the "invalid instruction" status.
  • At step 4 if the network is in "bad" condition, the user would get the "successfully finalized" status eventually, when the network will return in a "good" state.


Use case title
[FR0106] Creation of the multi-signature account in the Iroha network
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Preconditions
  • The user have permission to create new MST accounts

Use case flow

  1. The user prepares information about new account, including list of signatories and quorum of signatures
  2. The user creates new account in the Iroha network (<<include>> FR0101)
  3. The user receives result of new account creation from the Iroha peer
Postconditions
  • The new MST account with defined list of signatories and quorum is created
Alternative flowN/A
Exception flow
  • On step 3, if amount of signatories in the list is lower, than quorum, the Iroha peer returns "Not enough signatories" error; use case flow stops


Use case title
[FR0107] Changing quorum for the multi-signature account
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Preconditions
  • The user have access to the account with permissions to control the target MST account

Use case flow

  1. The user prepares the instruction with needed parameters for changing the quorum value
  2. The user sends the transaction to the Iroha peer (<<include>> FR0100)
  3. The Iroha peer returns the results of instruction execution
Postconditions
  • The quorum for the target MST account was changed
Alternative flowN/A
Exception flow
  • If the new quorum is higher than amount of signatories, the Iroha peer will return "Not enough signatories" error message; use case flow stops.


Use case title
[FR0108] Changing list of signatories for the multi-signature account
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  • Sora 2 project
Preconditions
  • The user has permissions to change the list of signatories to the required account
  • The user has key pair for adding/deleting a signatory to/from the selected account

Use case flow

  1. The user prepares the instruction of adding/deleting signatories for sending
  2. The user sends the transaction with the instruction to the Iroha peer (<<include>> FR0100)
  3. The user receives the response from the Iroha peer
Postconditions
  • List of signatories for the selected account was changed correspondingly
Alternative flowN/A
Exception flow
  • On step 2, if the signatory with the current key pair exists in the list of signatories in the target account, the Iroha peer will return "already added" error status; use case flow stops.


Use case title
[FR0109] Signing multi-signature transaction
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  1. Iroha 2 whitepaper
  2. Internal project by Iurii Vinogradov
Preconditions
  • There is a multi-signature account in the Iroha network
  • The user has access to the one or many key pairs for the multi-signature account
  • The current amount of signatures to the multi-signature transaction is lower than a current quorum value

Use case flow

  1. The user obtains the current list of pending transactions (<<include>> FR0203)
  2. The user finds the required transaction that can be signed by his/her signatures
  3. The user signs required transaction using the available key pair by calling the corresponding method from CLI or client SDK
  4. The user sends signed transaction to the Iroha peer (<<include>> FR0100)
Postconditions
  • Amount of signatures in the signed instruction increased by 1 signature
  • Signed instruction disappears from the list of pending instructions for the current user's account
Alternative flow
  • On step 2 the user can select more than one transactions, all of them can be sent on step 4 as a separate requests
  • The user can skip steps 1 and 2 if he/she already has information about the pending transaction, which was provided by any external integration. Hence, the user need to have possibility to start the use case directly from the step 3 by sending signed transaction without prior queries. (by Yuriy Vinogradov)
  • On step 3 the user can sign the transaction by more than one signature, and all of them can be sent as a single request per single transaction on step 4. In bridge implementation scenario is: 1. Selected bridge get all bridge instances signatures from the block and calls an Iroha2 ISI with the transfer information, attaching all bridge nodes signatures. It can be implemented as in Iroha1 by sending multple ISI calls in one transaction or batch, or it can be implemented as One ISI call with multiple signatures. Iurii Vinogradov
Exception flow
  • On step 1, in case of the empty list of pending transactions, the Iroha peer will return corresponding status and the use case flow stops
  • On step 3, if the user uses key pair, which was already used for signing the transaction, the CLI/SDK will return corresponding error status; use case flow stops if there are no more available key pairs. 
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Use case title
[FR0110] Changing the conditions for the multi-signature account
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  • Sora 2 project
Preconditions
  • The user has permissions to change the conditions for the target multi-signature account

Use case flow

  1. The user requests the list of currently configured conditions for the target multi-signature account
  2. The user prepared the instruction with the list of conditions to be added/removed
  3. The user sends the transaction with the instruction to the Iroha peer (<<include>> FR0100)
  4. The Iroha peer sends the response to the user
Postconditions
  • The list of conditions for the target multi-signature account was changed correspondingly
Alternative flow
Exception flow


Use case title
[FR0111] Assigning weights to the signatories of the multi-signature account
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Preconditions
  • The user has permissions to change the conditions (or some other, to discuss) for the target multi-signature account

Use case flow

  1. The user prepared the instruction with the map of public keys and weight correspondence (e.g. key1 → 50, i.e. key2 → 25, key3 → 25)
    and the target quorum (e.g. 50 so that it is needed either to sign upcoming transactions of the user with either key1 or both key2 and key3)
  2. The user sends the transaction with the instruction to the Iroha peer (<<include>> FR0100)
  3. The Iroha peer sends the response to the user
Postconditions
  • The list of signatories weights and target quorum for the target multi-signature account was changed correspondingly
Alternative flowN/A
Exception flowN/A


Use case title
[FR0112] Associating and changing arbitrary data payload with the account
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Preconditions
  • The user has access to account with permissions to change data payload related to the target account

Use case flow

  1. The user prepares the key and value of the data payload for forming the corresponding instruction
  2. The user sends the transaction with prepared instruction to the Iroha peer (<<include>> FR0100)
  3. The Iroha peer returns results of instruction to the user
Postconditions
  • The data payload associated with the target account was changed correspondingly
Alternative flow
  • On step 2, if there was no such key associated with the target account, the key will be created 
  • On step 2, if some value is already associated with the provided key, the value will be overwritten
Exception flow
  • On step 2, if the size of payload data exceeds limit, the Iroha peer will return the "Too large data" error message; use case flow stops.


Use case title
[FR0113] Sending instruction with the payload
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Preconditions
  • The user has access to account with permissions to perform required instruction

Use case flow

  1. The user prepares the instruction for the required operation and attached the payload to the instruction
  2. The user sends the transaction with prepared instruction to the Iroha peer (<<include>> FR0100)
  3. The Iroha peer returns results of instruction execution to the user
Postconditions
  • The instruction with attached payload successfully executed and payload saved in the block storage
Alternative flow
  • On step 2, there should be an option to verify the payload before applying the instruction ("compare and set" operation); in case if the comparison fails, the instruction should not be applied.
Exception flow
  • On step 2, if the size of payload data exceeds limit, the Iroha peer will return the "Too large data" error message; use case flow stops.


02. Acquiring data from the Iroha network by queries

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In this section all use cases related to retrieving data from the Iroha network will be described


Use case title
[FR0200] Acquiring data from the Iroha network by query
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  • Generic functionality of Iroha
Preconditions
  • User has access to the account with permissions, which allows to get results of target query

Use case flow

  1. The user sends the query to the Iroha peer through the API
  2. The Iroha peer receives the query and validates its contents
  3. The Iroha peer checks that the user's account have enough permissions to get all data requested in query
  4. The Iroha peer collects information requested in query from the current WSV
  5. The Iroha peer creates Merkle tree for the obtained data 
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  6. The Iroha peer returns the result of the operation to the user
Postconditions
  • User receives the response with the requested data
Alternative flowN/A
Exception flow
  • On step 2, if the query was formed not correctly (for example, because of problems with the client library) the Iroha peer returns error with result of validation, use case execution stops.
  • On step 3, if the user's account does not have enough permissions, the Iroha peer returns error with corresponding status, use case execution stops.


Use case title
[FR0201] Acquiring the information about the selected account
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Preconditions
  • The user has access to the account with permissions of getting information about the target account

Use case flow

  1. The user prepares query for requesting information about the target account
  2. The user sends the query to the Iroha peer (<<include>> FR0200)
  3. The user receives the request with the list of parameters of the target account
    1. It should include: account name, domain, permissions, quorum, list of signatories, associated key-value dictionary with payload
Postconditions
  • The user received the information about the selected account
Alternative flowN/A
Exception flowN/A


Use case title
[FR0202] Acquiring of the current permissions for the selected account
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Preconditions
  • The user has access to the account with permissions of checking list of permissions of the target account

Use case flow

  1. The user prepares query for requesting a list of permissions for the target account
  2. The user sends the query to the Iroha peer (<<include>> FR0200)
  3. The user receives the request with the list of permissions for the target account
Postconditions
  • The user received the list of permissions for the target account
Alternative flowN/A
Exception flowN/A


Use case title
[FR0203] Acquiring a list of pending multi-signature transactions
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  • Sora 2 project
Preconditions
  • The user has permissions to request the list of pending transactions

Use case flow

  1. The user prepares query for requesting the list of the pending transaction
    1. The user can request the list of all pending transaction in the system (if there are according permissions enabled for the account).
    2. The user can request the list of pending transactions created by the current account.
    3. The user can request the list of pending transactions from other accounts which requires the user's key pair to be signed.
  2. The user sends the query to the Iroha peer (<<include>> FR0200)
  3. The user receives the list of currently pending multi-signature transaction  
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Postconditions
  • The user has the list of currently pending instructions according to provided parameters
Alternative flow
  • On step 1, the user can request all pending transactions
  • On step 1, the user can request pending transactions, which waits his/her signature only (by account ID or by providing public key from the target key pair)
Exception flow
  • On step 3, if there are no currently pending transactions, the Iroha peer will return "empty response" status


Use case title
[FR0204] Acquiring a list of current conditions for a multi-signature account
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Preconditions
  • The user has permissions to request a list of conditions to the target multi-signature account

Use case flow

  1. The user prepares query for requesting a list of currently configured conditions of signing for the target multi-signature account
  2. The user sends the query to the Iroha peer (<<include>> FR0200)
  3. The user receives the list of currently configured conditions of signing for the target multi-signature account
Postconditions
  • The user received the list of conditions for the target account
Alternative flowN/A
Exception flow
  • On step 3, if there are no currently configured conditions, the Iroha peer will return "empty response" status
  • On step 3, if the account is not multi-signature, the Iroha peer will return "not applicable" status


Use case title
[FR0205] Acquiring a block by its number
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Preconditions
  • The user has permissions to request the block by its number

Use case flow

  1. The user prepares query for requesting the i-th block
  2. The user sends the query to the Iroha peer (<<include>> FR0200)
  3. The user receives the block description with all its' transactions etc
Postconditions
  • The user receives the requested block from the blockstore
Alternative flowN/A
Exception flow
  • On step 3, if there are no block specified, the Iroha peer will return "error/no such block" response


Use case title
[FR0206] Acquiring blocks subscription 
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Preconditions
  • The user has permissions to request blocks (subscription, can be separate permission or from <<include>> FR0205)

Use case flow

  1. The user prepares query for subscription of blocks
  2. The user establishes the subscription to the query results with the Iroha peer (<<include>> FR0208)
  3. The user analyses the results of continuously received payload
Postconditions
  • The user has got stable channel for continuous block obtaining, which can be used for getting all new blocks on the current peer until the connection will be interrupted
Alternative flowN/A
Exception flow

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Use case title
[FR0207] Acquiring pending transactions subscription
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Preconditions
  • The user has permissions to request the list of pending transactions (subscription, can be separate permission or from <<include>> FR0203)

Use case flow

  1. The user prepares query for subscription for pending transactions
  2. The user established the subscription with the Iroha peer (<<include>> FR0208)
  3. The user gets the connection to receive pending transactions within initialized 
Postconditions
  • The user has got stable pending transactions perception channel and newly arriving pending transactions
Alternative flowN/A
Exception flowN/A


Use case title
[FR0208] Subscribing on the query results
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Preconditions
  • The user has permissions to get results of the target query

Use case flow

  1. The user prepares request data for the target query
  2. The user establishes permanent connection to the Iroha peer and sends the query
  3. The Iroha peer confirms the connection and start sending updates on the query results until the user closes the connection
  4. The user receives the results and performs continuous analysis of the payload
Postconditions
  • The user has continuous results of query execution
Alternative flowN/A
Exception flow
  • On step 3, if the Iroha peer experiences issues with the network connection to other peers, the flow of results may be unplugged 
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  • On step 3, if the user experiences issues with the network connection to the Iroha peer, the flow of results will be interrupted
  • On step 4, if permissions of current account, which the user uses for establishing subscription, changes and not longer allows to get the data requested by query, the Iroha peer interrupts the subscription; use case flow stops.


Use case title
[FR0209] Validate result of the query
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Preconditions
  • The user has permissions to get results of the target query

Use case flow

  1. The user prepares request data for the target query
  2. The user sends the query to the Iroha peer (<<include>> FR0200)
  3. The Iroha peer returns response containing result of the query as well as the Merkle proof of its validity and relation to the current block-store.
  4. The user receives the response and validates the correctness of the data by comparing hashes in Merkle proof and hashes of obtained data.
Postconditions
  • The user has result of the query request with merkle proof of its validity
Alternative flowN/A
Exception flow
  • On step 4, if the response was corrupted or changed, the user can find it by comparing results of data hashing with the Merkle proof. In that case, validation can be considered as failed.


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[FR0210] Query old Iroha state (e.g., query balance month ago)
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  • The user has access to account with permissions to get requested data at the current moment 
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  • The user has access to account which had permissions to get requested data at the moment in the past, requested by the user

Use case flow

<<extends>> FR0200, substitutes step 4:

  1. The Iroha peer collects data from the block storage at the moment, requested in the query
Postconditions
  • The user received the requested information about the information in block store on the provided date
Alternative flowN/A
Exception flow
  • On step 1, if there is no data for the requested query on the required date, the Iroha peer will return error response with corresponding state


Use case title
[FR0211] Querying list of accounts with the predefined filter
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Preconditions
  • The user has permissions to perform the query
  • The user has list of conditions which need to be used for filtering accounts

Use case flow

  1. The user prepares the query and adds the filtering setup to the query body
  2. The user sends query to the Iroha peer (<<include>> FR0200)
  3. The Iroha peer returns result of the query execution to the user
Postconditions
  • The user has the list of accounts which satisfies entered filter
Alternative flow
  • On step 1, the user can include the query to the DSL sequence as a part of the complex instruction
Exception flow
  • On step 3, if the user does not have enough permissions, the Iroha peer returns "not enough permission" error status; the use case flow stops.


Use case title
[FR0212] Retrieving the list of keys of data payload, associated with the target account
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Preconditions
  • The user has access to account with permissions to retrieve data payload related to the target account

Use case flow

  1. The user prepares the target account identifier for forming the corresponding query
  2. The user sends the transaction with prepared query to the Iroha peer (<<include>> FR0200)
  3. The Iroha peer returns results of query to the user, which contains the list of keys, associated with the target account
Postconditions
  • The user acquired list of keys of data payload associated with the target account 
Alternative flow

N/A

Exception flow
  • On step 2, if there is no keys associated with the target account, the Iroha peer will return "No data" status message; use case flow stops.


Use case title
[FR0213] Retrieving the value of data payload by the key, associated with the target account
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Preconditions
  • The user has access to account with permissions to retrieve data payload related to the target account

Use case flow

  1. The user prepares the target account identifier and required key for forming the corresponding query
  2. The user sends the transaction with prepared query to the Iroha peer (<<include>> FR0200)
  3. The Iroha peer returns results of query to the user, which contains value of data payload, associated with target key on target account
Postconditions
  • The user acquired value of data payload, associated with target key on target account
Alternative flow

N/A

Exception flow
  • On step 2, if there is no such keys associated with the target account, the Iroha peer will return "Wrong key" error message; use case flow stops.


Use case title
[FR0214] Querying list of transactions with predefined filter
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Preconditions
  • The user has permissions to perform the target query
  • The user has list of conditions which need to be used for filtering transactions (optionally)

Use case flow

  1. The user prepares the query for getting list of transactions and adds the filtering data to the query body
  2. The user sends query to the Iroha peer (<<include>> FR0200)
  3. The Iroha peer returns result of the query execution to the user
Postconditions
  • The user has the list of transactions which satisfies the predefined filter with pagination
Alternative flow
  • On step 1, the filtering data can be optional; in that case the Iroha peer will return list of all transactions without any filtering
  • On step 1, the user can also include paging-related request into the query, in that case the Iroha peer will return the data correspondingly
Exception flow
  • On step 3, if the user does not have enough permissions, the Iroha peer returns "not enough permission" error status; the use case flow stops.
  • On step 3, if the user provided setup of filtering, which results in empty response, the Iroha peer will return "Empty response" status message; use case stops,
  • On step 3, if the user provided incorrect pagination-related request part, the Iroha peer will return "Incorrect pagination request" error message; use case stops.


Use case title
[FR0215] Subscription on incoming transactions
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  • The user has permissions to perform the target query of getting list of incoming transactions
  • The user has list of conditions which need to be used for filtering transactions

Use case flow

  1. The user prepares the query for getting list of incoming transactions and adds the filtering data to get only incoming transactions
  2. The user sends query to the Iroha peer and subscribes on the results (<<include>> FR0208)
  3. The Iroha peer continuously returns result of the query execution to the user
  4. The user processes the incoming results of the query
  5. Eventually, the user interrupts the subscription with the Iroha peer, which stops the flow of data about incoming transactions
Postconditions
  • The user has all incoming transactions during the period when the subscription was active
Alternative flow
  • On step 1, the user can configure list of accounts, which should be used as filter for the query
Exception flow

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03. Setting up and executing triggers

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In this section all use cases related to triggers in the Iroha network will be described


Use case title
[FR0300] Setting up a trigger in the Iroha network
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Preconditions
  • The user has permissions to setting up triggers in the Iroha network
  • The user has permissions to execute all instructions and queries which are included into the trigger body

Use case flow

  1. The user prepares the list of instructions in form of DSL sequence
  2. The user prepares the instruction for sending trigger body to the Iroha peer
    1. The user can configure trigger to fire in manual mode only, by sending specific instruction to the Iroha peer;
    2. The user can configure trigger to fire when the temporal condition becomes true; condition can be based on the block number or block timestamp;
    3. The user can configure trigger to fire when the data condition becomes true; condition can be based on the data available by permissions to the author user; 
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    4. The user can configure the trigger to use the state of already existing trigger (if there are enough permissions on the user's account)
  3. The user sends the instruction to the Iroha peer (<<include>> FR0100)
  4. The Iroha peer returns result of trigger setup to the user, which includes ID of the trigger which can be used to manually fire the trigger in future
  5. The Iroha peer checks the conditions of the triggers periodically; if the condition becomes true, the Iroha peer checks permissions of the author user and executes the trigger body
Postconditions
  • The trigger was configured and ready to fire
  • The user has ID o the created trigger to use it in future manipulations with it
Alternative flowN/A
Exception flow
  • On step 4, if the user does not have permissions to set up triggers and/or if there is not enough permissions to each command in the trigger body, the Iroha peer return "not enough permissions" error response; use case flow stops.
  • On step 5, if permissions of the author user would not allow for all instructions to execute (for example, if permissions of the author user was changed after creating the trigger), the whole trigger execution will be cancelled. 
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Use case title
[FR0301] Manually firing the trigger
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Preconditions
  • The trigger was created and configured as "manual" by the FR0300
  • The user has permissions to fire the trigger
  • The user has ID of the target trigger

Use case flow

  1. The user prepares the instruction to fire the target trigger
  2. The user sends the instruction to the Iroha peer (<<include>> FR0100)
  3. The Iroha peer returns result of the target trigger execution
Postconditions
  • All instructions from the trigger body was executed and applied to the block storage
Alternative flowN/A
Exception flow
  • On step 3, if user does not have permissions to run all instructions in the Trigger, the Iroha peer returns "not enough permissions" status; use case flow stops.


Use case title
[FR0302] Removing the trigger
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  • The trigger was created by the FR0300
  • The user has permissions to remove the trigger
  • The user has ID of the target trigger

Use case flow

  1. The user prepares the instruction to remove the trigger
  2. The user sends the instruction to the Iroha peer (<<include>> FR0100)
  3. The Iroha peer returns results of the instruction to the user
Postconditions
  • The target trigger was removed from the list of active triggers
Alternative flowN/A
Exception flow
  • On step 3, if the user does not have enough permissions, the Iroha peer will return "not enough permissions" error status; use case flow stops

09. High-level use cases

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In this section all high-level use cases will be described


Use case title
[FR0900] Configuration of fees for transfers inside the current Iroha network
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Preconditions
  • The network administrator have access to the account with permissions to configure fees in the current Iroha network

Use case flow

  1. The network administrator prepares the business-level description of the fee configuration
  2. The network administrator sets up the fee configuration using the format (or DSL) used in Iroha
  3. The network administrator prepares the instruction to change fee in the Iroha network
  4. The network administrator sends the prepared instruction to the Iroha peer (<<include>> FR0100)
  5. The Iroha peer returns results of the instruction to the user
Postconditions
  • The fee configuration was changes according to the provided data
Alternative flowN/A
Exception flow
  • On step 3, if the user does not have enough permissions, the Iroha peer will return "not enough permissions" error status; use case flow stops


Use case title
[FR0901] Sending transaction with fees
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Preconditions
  • The user has access to the account with permissions to transfer assets to other account

Use case flow

  1. The user prepares the information about needed transfer of assets
  2. The user sends the query to the Iroha peer in the aim to get the needed structure of transaction, including all required fees (<<include>> FR0200)
    1. The response also contains the time frame until the provided information will be relevant.
  3. The user creates the transaction with all required instructions included within the provided time frame
  4. The user sends the prepared instruction to the Iroha peer (<<include>> FR0100)
  5. The Iroha peer returns results of the instruction to the user
Postconditions
  • The transfer instruction was successfully applied, together with all needed instructions for fees deduction.
Alternative flow
  • On step 3, if the time frame has passed, the user needs to request the information about fees again in the aim to create correct transaction
Exception flow
  • On step 3, if user sends the transaction within the time frame, there is a chance that fees will be changed and the transaction will be rejected; use case flow stops.


Use case title
[FR0902] Delegation of account control with time limit
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  • The user has need to delegate full or partial control over the account to another account
  • (optionally) The user wants to limit the delegation period by time

Use case flow


Postconditions
  • The control over the user's account was delegated to the target account
Alternative flow
Exception flow


Use case title
[FR0903] Inheritance of the account after period of inactivity
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Preconditions
  • The initial user has access to the target account in the Iroha network with permissions to configure inheritance
  • The descendant user has access to another account in the Iroha network with permissions to accept the inheritance

Use case flow

  1. The initial user prepares the instruction to configure inheritance rules
  2. The initial user sends the transaction with the prepared instruction to the Iroha peer (<<include>> FR0100)
  3. The Iroha peer responds with the result of the instruction to the initial user
  4. Eventually, if the account of the initial user has no activity during the configured time period, the Iroha peer adds the key pair of the account of the descendant user to the list of signatories of the target account.
  5. The descendant user receives rights to control the target account with its own key pair
Postconditions
  • The descendant user receives the control over the target account
Alternative flow
  • On step 4, if the initial user perform any operation (instruction or query) the iroha peers resets the inactivity timer.
  • On step 4, if the inheritance rules was configured to make several user as descendants, the Iroha peer will add all of these key pairs to the list of signatories for the target account.
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Exception flow

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Use case title
[FR0904] Distribution of fees according to business rules of the project
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Preconditions
  • The external system has access to the account with permissions to configure fees
  • The fee distribution business rules are defined by the external systems

Use case flow

  1. The external system configures the business rules of fee and distribution mechanism for the system (<<include>> FR0900)
  2. Different users of the system performs operations, covered by the fee (<<include>> FR0901)
  3. The Iroha network aggregates data about fee distribution by executing the DSL code, added to block storage on step 1.
  4. Regularly, each predefined interval of time the Iroha network applies distribution of fees by executing code, added to block storage on step 1.
  5. The external system eventually requests information about collected fees and corresponding assets distribution during defined period (<<include>> FR0200)
Postconditions
  • All fees are collected and distributed according to the business rules
  • The external system has access to the information about distribution of assets from collected fees
Alternative flow
  • On step 4, the distribution mechanism can be triggered manually by the external system
  • On step 5, the request can be done in keep-alive mode, using FR0208
Exception flow

N/A


Use case title
[FR0905] Managing the list of signatories
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Preconditions
  • The user A has access to the account A in Iroha network with permissions to change its own list of signatories
  • The user B has access to the account B in the Iroha network with permissions to be added as a signatory

Use case flow

  1. The user A sends the transaction with instruction to add account of the user B to the list of signatories of the account A (<<include>> FR0100)
    1. This step is required to avoid flooding of list of pending transactions for account B in case in many users will add this account as a signatory without confirmation.
  2. The user B requests the list of pending requests to be added as a signatory (<<include>> FR0200)
  3. The user B sends the transaction with confirmation instruction for assigning account B to the list of signatories of account A (<<include>> FR0100)
  4. The Iroha network adds key pair of account B to the list of signatories of account A
  5. The user B receives possibility to sign the transaction on behalf of account A
Postconditions
  • The user B has possibility to sign transactions on behalf of the account of user A
Alternative flow
  • On step 2, if the user B granted permission to user A to add account B as a signatory, the Iroha network will perform the operation without requesting confirmation from the user B.
Exception flow
  • On step 3, if the user B did not confirmed the operation within the timeout (defined in the network configuration), the initial request created on step 1 will be dismissed. Use case flow stops.


Use case title
[FR0906] Making decisions by parliament voting
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Preconditions
  • There are N user in the system, which accounts are selected to be a member of parliament
  • All of these accounts are added as a signatory to the system central parliament account
  • The system central parliament account has quorum which is required for making decisions by majority of parliament members
  • The initiator of the decision has permissions to make the initial transaction with the proposal

Use case flow

  1. The initiator of decision creates a transaction with the proposal body
    1. If the decision influences internal mechanics of the Iroha network, it should be represented in form of sequence of instructions, written using DSL
    2. If the decision influences external entities, it should be added as a document to the transaction payload
  2. The initiator of the decision sends the transaction to the network (<<include>> FR0100)
  3. All parliament members can get the list of pending transactions using their key pairs as a filter to get all pending decisions (<<include>> FR0203)
  4. All parliament members makes their decision and sends corresponding transaction to the network
  5. In case if majority of decisions reached, the Iroha network applies decision to the block store
    1. For sequence of instructions, they becomes executed and applied to the block store
    2. For the document, it becomes available as a immutable payload of the network
Postconditions
  • The decision approved and saved forever in the block storage
Alternative flow
  • On step 5, if the majority of votes cannot be reached because of too much "contra" votes, the decision becomes rejected.
  • On step 5, if the majority of votes cannot be reached because of timeout of voting, the decision becomes rejected.
Exception flow

N/A


Use case title
[FR0907] Management of non-fungible assets
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  • The user need to manage assets, which has unique characteristics for each entity

Use case flow

  1. The user receives request to store and manipulate virtual assets with uniques characteristics at each entity
    1. It can be virtual representations of unique real objects, like cars, houses, arts, etc.
    2. It can be pure virtual representation of unique entities which can be summed up into the single class
  2. The user creates the asset type by sending corresponding ISI in the transaction (<<include>> FR 0100) to the Iroha peer
  3. The user configures types of characteristics for the created asset type by sending corresponding ISI in the transaction to the Iroha peer
  4. The user configures permissions for all related entities in the Iroha network so they can manage created type of assets; the user sends corresponding ISI in the transaction to the Iroha peer
  5. The user performs operations with assets of created asset type
    1. Creates new assets
    2. Changes characteristics of each asset
Postconditions
  • There is a new type of non-fungible assets in the Iroha with predefined list of unique characteristics
Alternative flow
  • On step 3, characteristics can be mutable and immutable. Hence, on step 5, if all characteristics are immutable, there is no way to change them after minting new assets.
Exception flow

N/A

Non-functional requirements

Non-functional requirements (also named as "Quality attributes") describes the behavior of the system not directly related to the functions of the system, but answers the question "How system works?". The template for all quality attributes should follow the example (link to source):

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[NFR0000] Example quality attribute; ID should be unique
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SourceSource (or list of sources) of the quality characteristic: project name / stakeholder name / document title (e.g., whitepaper) / etc.
Source of stimulusEntity, which initiates the stimulus, may be one of system users, another software system, etc.
StimulusCondition, which requires the response from the system
EnvironmentDefinition of specific conditions when stimulus occurs, and which is important for the result of response. Typical environment values are: normal operation, overload of requests, starting up the system, etc.
ArtifactParticular subject of stimulus, may be the whole system, some subset of parts or single part of the system.
ResponseResult of reaction of the system to the stimulus
Response measure

Measurable characteristic of the response, which can be checked for understanding how the system satisfies the requirements


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The systematization of quality attributes should follow the approach in standard ISO/IEC 25010:2011


00. Performance

Quality attribute name
[NFR0001] Transaction processing speed
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Source of stimulusClient applications of the Iroha network
StimulusClient application sends transactions to the Iroha network
EnvironmentNormal operation of the system
ArtifactWhole Iroha network
ResponseThe Iroha peer accepts the transactions and adds them to the blockchain
Response measure

The Iroha network should process at least 20.000 transactions per second

For Sora 2 project:

  • normal load: 6 tps
  • heavy load: 50 tps
  • peak load: 1000 tps


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[NFR0001] Delay of block creation
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StimulusClient application sends transactions to the Iroha network
EnvironmentNormal operation of the system
ArtifactWhole Iroha network
ResponseThe Iroha peer accepts the transactions and to the block
Response measureThe Iroha network should create new block each 2-3 seconds


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[NFR0002] Delay of restarting the peer
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Source of stimulusAdministrator of the host with running Iroha peer
StimulusAdministrator restarts the Iroha peer (manually or automatically by external script)
EnvironmentNormal operation of the system; the block storage is not corrupted.
ArtifactCurrent Iroha peer
Response

The Iroha peer restarts and restores the WSV in the storage using one of two modes:

  • the fastInit mode, when all transactions are applied without the verification of the block storage consistency
  • the strictInit mode, when all transactions and blocks are verified to have correct signature and follow the business rules
Response measure

The Iroha peer successfully restarted, with following metrics:

  • for fastInit  mode:
    • restart should take not more than 50 (??) ms per block 
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  • for strictInit  mode:
    • restart should take not more than 200 (??) ms per block 
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[NFR0003] Performing as expected on predefined hardware
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Source of stimulusThe Validator
StimulusAttempt to run Iroha peer on the validator's machine
EnvironmentNormal operation of the system; the host machine is satisfying minimal requirements from the Iroha documentation
ArtifactThe Iroha peer
ResponseThe Iroha peer start the execution
Response measureThe Iroha peer should start working properly, without functional issue and satisfying all non-functional requirements to performance

01. Portability

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[NFR0100] Easy integration from client side applications
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StimulusClient application needs interaction with the Iroha network
EnvironmentDevelopment of the client-side applications
ArtifactClient-side applications
ResponseThere are client libraries with efficient SDK available.
Response measure

Client libraries available for following programming languages and platforms:

  1. iOS (Swift)
  2. Android (JVM compatible: Java or Kotlin)
  3. Electron desktop (JavaScript or TypeScript)


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[NFR0101] Horizontal scalability of the network size
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Source of stimulusUser of the Iroha network with permissions to change list of validating peers
StimulusSending operation of adding more validating peers to perform horizontal scalability of the network
EnvironmentNormal system functioning
ArtifactWhole Iroha network
ResponseThe size of Iroha network was increased by new validating peers, provided in the request
Response measure

The size of Iroha network should be increased at least up to 22 validating peers 

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[NFR0102] Adaptability for different environments and projects
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Source of stimulusThe operations engineer with permissions to configure the network
StimulusChanging system configuration parameters
EnvironmentOn system start
ArtifactWhole Iroha network
Response

The system configuration changes according to the request from the user

Response measure

The system configuration should provide possibility to tune up following parameters:

  • block generation time limit;
  • block transaction count limit;
  • expiration time for pending MST transactions;
  • consensus mechanism parameters;
  • etc.

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[NFR0102] Flexibility of integrated DSL for complex operations and triggers
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Source of stimulusThe system engineer of the external project
StimulusNeed to describe the logic of core operations within the Iroha network
EnvironmentOn design and implementation of the project over Iroha
ArtifactDSL of the Iroha
Response

The DSL allows to describe all required manipulations with the internal entities in the Iroha network

Response measure

The DSL provides system of data-manipulation rules, so it can be used to manipulate all entities in the Iroha network (available by permissions) and to manage control flow by using functions, conditions, loops, etc.

02. Security

Quality attribute name
[NFR0200] Non-repudiation of data between peer and client
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Source of stimulusClient-side applications of the Iroha network
StimulusClient-side application sends the request to the Iroha peer and gets the response
EnvironmentNormal functioning system
ArtifactConnection between client-side application and Iroha peer.
ResponseClient-side application checks the authenticity of the response
Response measure

Client-side application can be sure that data received from the Iroha peer is not changed by the man-in-the-middle attack 

Questions

Below is a list of questions to be addressed as a result of this requirements document:

QuestionOutcome

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