Equal() compares two ClassGroups using their underlying values and returns true if they are equivalent

Bytes() casts the public key to bytes

newTestNode creates a new node with the given key, value, left and right child keys

Hash() executes the global hashing algorithm on input bytes

bytes() encodes a key object to bytes

Run() *blocking call*: generates a VDF proof using the current params state of the VDF Service object The design is to save the results

Marshal() serializes a proto.Message into a byte slice

Marshal() models the protobuf.Marshaller interface

JoinLenPrefix() appends the items together separated by a single byte to represent the length of the segment

POOL CODE BELOW * Pools are owner-less designation funds that are 'earmarked' for a purpose NOTE: A distinct structure for pools are used instead of

write marshaled payload to w

NewAddress() creates a new address object from bytes by assigning bytes to the underlying address object

BytesToString() converts a byte slice to a hexadecimal string

String() returns the hex string representation

move to next item

SetPool() upserts a Pool structure into the state

Address() creates a unique shorter fixed length version of the public key

keyBytesFromStr converts a string of binary bits to a byte slice CONTRACT: str must be < than 8 bits

Unmarshal() deserializes a byte slice into a proto.Message

retrieve key

access the height of the store

if the item the iterator is pointing at is valid

BytesToTruncatedString() converts a byte slice to a truncated hexadecimal string

reset the underlying writer

HashString() returns the hex byte version of a hash

DefaultParams() returns the developer set params

save the store and increment the height

GetSupply() returns the Supply structure held in the state

various self-explanatory 1 line functions below

GetParamsVal() returns the current state of the governance params in the Validator space

Load() fills a page from an IteratorI

AccountAdd() adds tokens to an Account

NewAddressFromBytes() casts bytes as an AddressI interface

GetAccountBalance() returns the balance of an Account at a specific address

Hash() computes, sets, and returns the BlockHash

SetSupply() upserts the Supply structure into the state

Add() introduces a peer to the set

ChainHeight returns the height of the target-chain

NewAny() converts a proto.Message into an anypb.Any type

SetValidator() upserts a Validator object into the state

Stop() stops the P2P service

GetPoolBalance() returns the balance of a Pool at an ID

get a specific order from the order book

NewClassGroup() is a constructor for the class group object

getFeeFromState populates txRequest with the fee for the transaction type specified in messageName

NewPublicKeyFromBytes() creates a new PublicKeyI interface from a byte slice

set value bytes referenced by key bytes

access value bytes using key bytes

newTestConsensus() creates a Consensus test suite containing a testable BFT object using a mocked controller and a deterministic validator set

Bitmap() returns a clone of the bitmap of the MPK The bitmap is used to track who signed or not

Clone() returns a deep copy of the slash tracker to allow safe rollback on failed operations

Height responds with the next block version

MarshalJSON() serializes a message into a JSON byte slice