Swarm Contract

This one contract regulates the incentive structure of Swarm.

Methods

Sign up as a node

Pay a deposit in Ether and register public key. Comes with an accessor for checking that a node is signed up.

Demand compensation for loss of chunk

Present a signed receipt by a signed up node. After a given deadline, the corresponding compensation is paid, unless a PoC (in the simplest case, the chunk itself) is presented. Comes with an accessor for checking that a given chunk has been lost (compensation has been paid).

Present PoC to avoid paying compensation

No compensation is paid for lost chunks, if PoC is presented within the deadline. Comes with an accessor for checking that a given node is liable for compensation.