lib.rs

// Copyright 2017 Parity Technologies (UK) Ltd.
// This file is part of Polkadot.

// Polkadot is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
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//! Shareable Polkadot types.

#![warn(missing_docs)]

#![cfg_attr(not(feature = "std"), no_std)]
#![cfg_attr(not(feature = "std"), feature(alloc))]

#[cfg(feature = "std")]
#[macro_use]
extern crate serde_derive;
#[cfg(feature = "std")]
extern crate serde;

extern crate substrate_runtime_std as rstd;
extern crate substrate_primitives as primitives;
extern crate substrate_runtime_primitives as runtime_primitives;
#[cfg(test)]
extern crate substrate_serializer;

extern crate substrate_codec as codec;

pub mod parachain;
pub mod validator;

/// Virtual account ID that represents the idea of a dispatch/statement being signed by everybody
/// (who matters). Essentially this means that a majority of validators have decided it is
/// "correct".
pub const EVERYBODY: AccountId = [255u8; 32];

/// Something that identifies a block.
pub use primitives::block::Id as BlockId;

/// The type of digest item.
pub use primitives::block::Log as Log;

/// An index to a block.
pub type BlockNumber = u64;

/// Alias to Ed25519 pubkey that identifies an account on the relay chain. This will almost
/// certainly continue to be the same as the substrate's `AuthorityId`.
pub type AccountId = primitives::AuthorityId;

/// The Ed25519 pub key of an session that belongs to an authority of the relay chain. This is
/// exactly equivalent to what the substrate calls an "authority".
pub type SessionKey = primitives::AuthorityId;

/// Indentifier for a chain.
pub type ChainId = u64;

/// Index of a transaction in the relay chain.
pub type Index = u64;

/// A hash of some data used by the relay chain.
pub type Hash = primitives::H256;

/// Alias to 512-bit hash when used in the context of a signature on the relay chain.
pub type Signature = runtime_primitives::Ed25519Signature;

/// A timestamp: seconds since the unix epoch.
pub type Timestamp = u64;

/// The balance of an account.
pub type Balance = u64;