What’s included?¶

The current prototype consists of a small amount of code that defines:

Key data structures
Algorithms that work with them, such as serialising, hashing, signing, and verification of the signatures.
Two smart contracts that implement a notion of a cash claim, and a notion of commercial paper. These are simplified versions of the real things.
Unit tests that check the algorithms do what is expected, and which verify the behaviour of the smart contracts.
API documentation and tutorials (what you’re reading)

Some things it does not currently include but should gain later are:

Sandboxing of smart contract code
A peer to peer network
Database persistence
An API for integrating external software
A user interface for administration
Many other things

The prototype’s goal is rapid exploration of ideas. Therefore in places it takes shortcuts that a production system would not in order to boost productivity:

It uses a serialization framework instead of a well specified, vendor neutral protocol.
It uses secp256r1, an obsolete elliptic curve.