Questions tagged [michelson]
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Why is this big map update using up so many bytes?
In this question I asked why so much Tezos was burned when updating 380 cells in a grid.
It's surprising to see how many bytes it actually took though. If you look at the transaction, there were 380 ...
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Questionable typecheck script result of some michelson code
I've tried to type check create_contract.tz in mini_scenarios and had the following result. It is well-typed, but I'm wondering if the occurrence of the last comment /* [ pair (list operation) (...
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FA 1.2 Token contract interaction
I want to call an Approve method on a FA1.2 token contract.
Michelson code of Approve method at FA1.2 token contract:
(pair %approve (address %spender) (nat %value))
My PascaLigo code:
type ...
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Get entrypoint operation (get_entrypoint_opt) fails
I have some troubles to call a contract.
This is the scenario:
Contract B (Entrypoint method "transfer"):
(pair %transfer (bytes %args1)
(pair (string %args2)
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Best Language to Use with Tezos
There are a lot of options when it comes to coding Smart Contracts on Tezos. My question is simple, which of the supported languages is the best in terms of support, east of use, documentation, and ...
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How do you read and store a UTF-8 value in Michelson
The Michelson document from the Tezos Developers Resources page states the following about the string type:
Strings, with some usual escape sequences: \n, \, ". Unescaped
line-breaks (both \n ...
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Support for emojis in LIGO?
Is LIGO going to get native support for emojis?
When I tried compiling a contract with the classic 🚀 (rocketship emoji) inside a string, I got the error Unexpected character '\240'.
Honestly, without ...
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Does LIGO support parameterized types?
Does LIGO support parameterized types?
Consider rcons, which is like cons (::) but with the arguments flipped.
I'd like to be able to write something like:
let rcons((xs, x): T list * T): T list =
x ...
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Can a Edo Sapling Smart Contract, Emit a FA2 token? with the message from the payload_enc?
Can Edo Sapling Smart Contract, implement some kind of logic to emit a FA2 NFT ticket with metadata coming from the sapling message ?
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Michelson gas cost optimizations: any techniques, patterns and rules of thumb
Gas cost is an important topic in smart contract development. We want to maintain the costs as low as possible to allow for more operations in a block. There is a handy gas consumption reference, but ...
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Max stack depth of a Michelson program?
Is it possible to determine an upper bound for the (runtime) max stack depth that a given Michelson program will use?
I'm thinking here in terms of static analysis of the program. So, 'given a ...
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Design an oracle that provides random values to a contract
This answer mentions an improved way for an oracle to provide random numbers to a contract.
use commitments, i.e. the oracle would push a hash in the contract before the game, and send the random ...
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How are tickets passed to and read by contracts in the Edo protocol?
The Michelson documentation for the Edo protocol mentions four new operations for tickets and this blog post has an example of how tickets are used. I see that the contract in that example can take a ...
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How un/reliable is the timestamp provided by NOW in Michelson?
To which extend can bakers manipulate the timestamp Michelson uses for NOW?
I am not really sure how this value is provided to the smart contract and how reliable/unreliable it can be...
Is it safe to ...
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Passing parameters in truffle tests
I have this parameter for a function:
type modify_list is
| Add of list(address)
| Remove of list(address)
type modify_list_michelson is michelson_or_right_comb(modify_list)
When I try to supply ...
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What's the best way to convert from TMutez to TBytes?
Previously when I asked about converting types, I got this useful suggestion:
For mutez, you could start to convert to int (by dividing by 1 mutez) and then use the same techniques.
I'm wondering if ...
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How to Integrating SmartPy compiler within the browser?
I have been trying to integrate the SmartPy compiler toolchain within Cryptoverse wars Learning interface and have been going through this video (OCaml Under The Hood: SmartPy) and have encountered ...
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signing and broadcasting operations sdks and other methods?
I'm trying to broadcast an operation using the following method in pytezos as a backend for a dapp:
forge -> receive signature (from thanos) -> reconstruct operation group -> inject
this ...
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How can I write On Chain Contract Calls in Tezos Sandbox?
I am trying to write a test case in Tezos Sandbox that uses an On Chain Contract Call. To start with, I am trying to implement the example from SmartPy "On Chain Contract Calls - Collatz" ...
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How are pairs serialized in Tezos?
Running the PACK operation on a tuple (represented as a pair in Michelson, I get
$ ligo interpret -s pascaligo 'Bytes.pack((1, 2))'
0x05070700010002
The numbers 1 and 2 are serialized as 0001 and ...
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Handling floating point numbers in decentralized exchanges
I am writing a contract in Ligo that manages FA2 fungible tokens with an interface that lets users easily create new tokens. I am building a very simple exchange where the users can create orders to ...
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How to call PACK in JavaScript
In my smart contract in LIGO I serialize some data using Bytes.pack which calls the underlying PACK Michelson instruction. In my case, the function signature is (nat, address, nat) -> bytes. Does ...
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Batching Transactions FA2
On the Tzip for FA2, I read that
Every transfer operation MUST happen atomically and in order. If at least one
transfer in the batch cannot be completed, the whole transaction MUST fail, all
token ...
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Maximum value for Nat in michelson
Hello what is the maximum value for natrual number in michelson or what a bigmap can handle. I am trying to write a FA1.2 contract and is concerned if there will be a maximum amount an account can ...
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What are the changes in Michelson in Dalphanet?
Dalphanet introduces quite a few new primitives and types.
What are these primitives and types?
What are their typing rules?
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How does sp.record arrange data into pairs?
For example if I have the following code:
sp.record(one = one, two = two, three = three, four = four, five = five)
Would the format of the result be
pair(one pair(two pair(three pair(four five))))
or
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Gas costs types in Michelson
Gas cost is an important topic in tezos and I would like to understand better
the different types of it that occur in michelson
how they are calculated
Could someone offer me a pointer ?
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Overflow/ Underflow in Smart Contract
Is Tezos vulnerable to overflow/ underflow attacks on the smart contracts? If yes, how do you recommend to test whether a particular smart contract suffers from it.
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Michelson: Parameter vs Storage
I'm struggling to process what the difference between parameter and storage is in Michelson. From what I've been reading, it just looks like two different types of inputs to a contract. So how should ...
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Timestamps overflow/underflow errors
In the list of possible errors in RPC: http://tezos.gitlab.io/api/errors.html#michelson-parsing-macros, there are timestamp_add and timestamp_sub errors, that could happen in arithmetic instructions ...
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How do I call the FA2 balance_of endpoint through Truffle?
I have written a contract to implement FA2 and I have a Truffle/JavaScript setup to test this contract while running against a sandboxed node. I can test the transfer endpoint and the update_operators ...
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Call method taking unit type as parameter from JavaScript
I have a Truffle instance of the contract and I call the method like this
contract_instance.method();
This gives me this error message:
method Received 0 arguments while expecting on of the follow ...
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Is there a formula to build parameter messages to be passed to smart contract entrypoints?
When calling a smart contract entrypoint, it is required to pass the needed entrypoint parameters. This is done through a message that must be sent in JSON/Pairs format. My doubt is: Is there a ...
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Contract calling convention for sum type
burn function in KT_token contract can be called with arg format:
burn: (pair (or (unit %uSD) (unit %xTZ)) mutez)
so I tried,
./tezos-client transfer 0 from alice to KT_token --entrypoint burn --...
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Why does michelson have no heap?
I have read a recent article about juvix optimizations to adjust for michelson specifics
https://research.metastate.dev/juvix-compiling-juvix-to-michelson/
And saw that michelson has 2 features ...
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how to encode contract invoke parameter to json code? ConseilJS not support parameter of tyep List Signature
ConseilJS seems not support parameter type List Signature, see at https://github.com/Cryptonomic/ConseilJS/issues/261.
So I want to encode my parameter to JSON code that I can change parameterType ...
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What are the differences between key, key_hash, address, contract and signature in Michelson?
There is a related question, but the differences are still not clear. These five types are mentioned in the Michelson whitedoc with the following definitions:
address: An untyped address (implicit ...
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Pretty-printing Micheline JSON
How can I pretty-print a Michelson contract in JSON to concrete syntax?
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Ill formed storage type in origination
Attempted to originate a contract but getting a storage type error when trying to originate it
Error: proto.005-PsBabyM1.michelson_v1.ill_formed_type
Error: proto.005-PsBabyM1.michelson_v1....
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Breadth-first inter-transaction semantics
In the « inter-transaction semantics » section of the Michelson specification it appears that when a contract emits internal operations (which in turn can emit their own) the overall evaluation ...
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Michelson pairs not comparable
When I try to type the following Michelson script, I get a type error.
parameter unit;
storage (big_map (pair string address) (list timestamp));
code {CDR; NIL operation; PAIR};
Ill formed type.
At ...
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How to check in Michelson if a key_hash is delegatable
A Set_delegate operation will fail if the specified key_hash is not delegatable.
Is it possible in Michelson to verify if a kh : key_hash is not delegatable and thus if the operation emitted by ...
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Relative gas cost of map vs bigmap
Does there exist a realistic performance benchmark between map/bigmap?
I am looking for a tipping point where it would make more sense to use a big map for gas cost optimization
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How to interact with SmartPy BigMap in contract?
I would like to setup a smart contract that contains (as defined by smartpy) a BigMap storage.
I have the following code:
import smartpy as sp
class contract(sp.Contract):
def __init__(self):
...
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ConseilJS TezosContractIntrospector.generateEntryPointsFromAddress `Uncaught (in promise) TypeError: Cannot read property '0' of undefined`
Trying to retrieve contract entry points using the TezosContractIntrospector
The following code:
async function entry_points(){
const server={
url:'https://conseil-dev.cryptonomic-infra.tech:...
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Ethereum/Solidity dev here, looking to migrate some Solidity contracts onto Tezos. Was hoping to have some light shed on a few questions
Was hoping to have some light shed on a few questions.
Narrowing in on using Ligo, Archetype, or Liquidity.
Is Liquidity kind of a dead-end right now? I noticed it's not listed on developeres.tezos....
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Originate contract with init
I have a contract of type:
pair (pair (list nat) (pair mutez (map address (list nat))))
(pair address (pair address bool))
What is an example of a valid initial storage that can be passed to ...
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What is the behavior of SET_DELEGATE in particular cases
The Michelson Documentation does not say much about this function:
SET_DELEGATE: Forge a delegation.
:: option key_hash : 'S -> operation : 'S
This left me wondering about its behavior and if ...
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How to deploy a smart contract influenced by UI inputs using ConseilJS and SmartPy generated Michelson?
I wish to be able to create a smart contract taking input from a UI to supply parameters pubKey,prvKey,pubHash for the deployment and minAmount and maxTime to influence the Michelson.
I have the ...
