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Deploying Contracts without BP Approval

Contracts can be deployed/updated via aelf explorer or aelf-command. Ensure npm and aelf-command are installed before starting. Follow the Deployment Environment guide if needed.

Overview​

In these 6 cases, BP approval is not needed for contract deployment/updates:

  • Deploying user contracts on shared SideChains (initiated by users or BPs).
  • Updating user contracts on shared SideChains (initiated by contract creators).
  • Deploying user contracts on exclusive SideChains (initiated by SideChain creators).
  • Updating user contracts on exclusive SideChains (initiated by contract creators).
  • Deploying user contracts on MainChain (initiated by BPs, recommended on SideChains).
  • Updating user contracts on MainChain (initiated by contract creators).

Deploying Contract without BP Approval

User contracts are non-system contracts. Contracts must implement ACS12 standards. No BP approval is needed; developers initiate 1 transaction to deploy/update contracts.

Contracts Deployment/Update Procedure​

Developer: DeployUserSmartContract / UpdateUserSmartContract​

Contract Deployment

  1. Developer initiates DeployUserSmartContract.
  2. A CodeCheck proposal is created for BP code review.
  3. Transaction returns CodeHash of the contract deployment.

Contract Update

  1. Developer initiates UpdateUserSmartContract.
  2. A CodeCheck proposal is created for BP code review.

BP: Parliament.ApproveMultiProposals (Automatic)​

BPs automatically complete the code check. If it passes, an ApproveMultiProposals transaction is initiated, approving the CodeCheck proposal.

BP: ReleaseApprovedUserSmartContract (Automatic)​

Once 2/3 (rounding down) + 1 BPs approve the code check, they release the CodeCheck proposal by initiating the ReleaseApprovedUserSmartContract transaction, completing the deployment/update.

If the code check fails, the process stops.

Developer: GetSmartContractRegistrationByCodeHash​

To get the deployed/updated contract address:

  1. Use the CodeHash from DeployUserSmartContract/UpdateUserSmartContract to check the address via GetSmartContractRegistrationByCodeHash.

The result is available after at least one round of block production.

If there are errors, the transaction will fail, and error info can be obtained from the transaction results. If the address is not available after 10 minutes, check:

  • If the contract implements ACS12 standards.
  • If the contract development scaffold is the latest version.