Lab Name

Perun

• perun-eth-backend
• perun-node
• perun-rs
• perun-credential-payment
• perun-eth-contracts
• perun-cosmwasm-contract
• perun-doc
• perun-cosmwasm-backend
• perun-proposals

Short Description

Blockchain-agnostic State Channels framework.

Scope of Lab

The Perun framework is a suite of implementations around the Perun state channel protocols (introduction paper). The Perun protocols provide payment and general state channel functionality to all existing blockchains that feature smart contracts. As a blockchain scalability solution, payment and state channels reduce transaction costs and increase the system throughput by executing incremental transactions off-chain. The Perun protocols have been proven cryptographically secure in the UC-framework. They are blockchain-agnostic and only rely on a blockchain’s capability to execute smart contracts.

Currently the project consists of three main parts:

• go-perun is a Go SDK that implements the core state channel protocol in a blockchain-agnostic fashion by following the dependency inversion principle. For this reason, several blockchain backends can be chosen and only blockchain-specific initializations need to be executed at program startup.

• perun-eth-contracts contains the interconnected smart contracts for the Ethereum backend. They define the on-chain logic for channel deposits, disputes, settlements and withdrawals.

• perun-node is a state channel node. It builds upon the go-perun SDK for establishing and operating Perun state channels, sets up a network for off-chain communications and provides an API interface for the user to interact with. To start with, Ethereum payment channels are implemented.

Initial Committers

• https://github.com/anagha-ks
• https://github.com/choeppler
• https://github.com/danielksan81
• https://github.com/ggwpez
• https://github.com/Gold3nboy
• https://github.com/manoranjith
• https://github.com/matthiasgeihs
• https://github.com/ndzik
• https://github.com/RmbRT
• https://github.com/sebastianst
• https://github.com/tinnendo

Sponsor

• https://github.com/lehors - Chair of the TSC

Pre-existing repository

• https://github.com/direct-state-transfer/go-perun
• https://github.com/direct-state-transfer/perun-eth-contracts
• https://github.com/direct-state-transfer/perun-node
• https://github.com/direct-state-transfer/perun-doc
• https://github.com/direct-state-transfer/perun-proposals