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Whitepaper gave some information about Triggers and initial requirements about this functionality, but a lot of open questions come into play when implementation details were discussed.
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This is how triggers are described in the whitepaper:
Triggers can be either based on time or on a confirmed transaction (event). This is very powerful and enables Turing complete computation for Iroha's smart contracts.
- Trigger at timestamp (every 5 minutes or after one hour)
- Trigger at blockchain (new block, reach of some height, etc.)
- Trigger at condition (new account, transfer of an asset, etc.)
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