ethereum / ethereum/state-actor

Import or create databases via clients' codebase

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Dominant language
Go
Stars
12
Forks
11
PR merge metrics
No merged PRs in 30d

Description

We currently copy code over (or translate code to Go) when instantiating databases. This is obviously very fragile. If a client changes one config, we will still run on the "old" database scheme, which is not what we want.

I think we should add the clients as submodule and then directly read database code or setup the database via that code, such that a state-actor build is pinned also to a specific client version. If we update submodules and regenerate state, then the databases are also updated.

These PRs are all changes to the db, but they all copy code, which I think should be temporary and we should fix this ASAP:

- #121
- #123
- #124
- #125

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Research direction

Start by reviewing PRs #121, #123, #124, and #125 to understand the copied database code and how state-actor builds currently instantiate databases. Then identify the client code and submodule setup needed to pin a client version; done means regeneration uses that pinned client database definition instead of copied or translated code.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
go
Domain
databases
Issue type
Refactor
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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