Aba File Reader
- Retrieve messages and files stored on the Aba blockchain; can also be used on other clvm/chia-style blockchains like Chia
There are two storage formats that can be read.
The first is a one-coin message in text, e.g. A Cypherpunk's Manifesto
The second is a file storage of arbitrary file type that can be stored across multiple coins, even spanning gigabytes in size, for example.
npm install and create "temp" subdirectory, used by file reads for storing chunks and final files
npm install
mkdir temp
npm run build
npm run start read coinid
where coinid is the coin's hash, for example
npm run start read a5719fce45ef242fdd41d04fcee7c8bc14ffe5cc2edb253c6c3aadf921ed0031
This will output the message to standard output.
npm run start get coinid
rm temp/*.chunk
where coinid is the hash id of the coin containing the description.json or description.json.gz
The file will be located in the temp subdirectory of where you run it, as will the individual chunk files that make up the overall file. The filename will be displayed while running the command.
- See TODO's in code comments
- Convert to Python or Rust for better performance
- Support async decoding
- Add continuation option for interrupted decodings (so you don't re-decode chunks that have already been decoded and whose sha256sum's match)
To use with Chia blockchain, create .env file with CHAIN=chia in it
To use other chains, modify permitted chains in index.ts around line 18