Ethereum Outbound Transaction

Now that we’ve successfully done an inbound Ethereum cross-chain transaction, we can now do an outbound transaction.

Note: Outbound transactions require that the sending Wanchain account has a positive balance of the cross-chain token. To convert back to Ether, for example, your Wanchain account needs have some WETH token.

Start by creating a new script file.

$ vi weth2eth.js

The set up portion of the script will be mostly identical to the one in the eth2weth.js script covered above, but with a couple minor differences.

First, in the opts object, the to now should be the receiving Ethereum account, and the from should be the sending Wanchain account. The ethKeyObject should be derived from the to account, and the wanKeyObject should be derived from the from account.

weth2eth.js

const WanX = require('wanx');
const Web3 = require('web3');
const keythereum = require('keythereum');
const utils = require('./utils');

const web3wan = new Web3(new Web3.providers.HttpProvider('http://localhost:18545'));
const web3eth = new Web3(new Web3.providers.HttpProvider('https://rinkeby.infura.io/<myToken>');

const config = {
  wanchain: { web3: web3wan },
  ethereum: { web3: web3eth },
};

const wanx = new WanX('testnet', config);

const opts = {
  from: '0xa6d72746a4bb19f46c99bf19b6592828435540b0', // Wanchain
  to: '0x4bbdfe0eb33ed498020de9286fd856f5b8331c2c',   // Ethereum
  value: '2101000000000000',
  storeman: {
    wan: '0x06daa9379cbe241a84a65b217a11b38fe3b4b063',
    eth: '0x41623962c5d44565de623d53eb677e0f300467d2',
  },
  redeemKey: wanx.newRedeemKey(),
}

const ethDatadir = '/home/<myUser>/.ethereum/testnet/';
const ethKeyObject = keythereum.importFromFile(opts.to, ethDatadir); // Use `to` address
const ethPrivateKey = keythereum.recover('<myPassword>', ethKeyObject);

const wanDatadir = '/home/<myUser>/.wanchain/testnet/';
const wanKeyObject = keythereum.importFromFile(opts.from, wanDatadir); // Use `from` address
const wanPrivateKey = keythereum.recover('<myPassword>', wanKeyObject);

Next we will initialize WanX, though now as an outbound transaction.

// New crosschain transaction
// ethereum, outbound
const cctx = wanx.newChain('eth', false);

And again, we will log out the opts, in case we need to know and use the generated redeemKey.

console.log('Tx opts:', opts)

Now we are ready to kick off the transaction. The format of an outbound transaction is the same as the format of an inbound transaction, with a couple of differences.

The chains are reversed. That is, the lock is called on Wanchain instead of Ethereum, etc.
Outbound transactions require an additional fee payed in WAN

These changes can be made within the specific functions, and thus we can use the same series of promises that was used for the inbound transaction.

Promise.resolve([])
  .then(sendLock)
  .then(confirmLock)
  .then(sendRedeem)
  .then(confirmRedeem)
  .catch(err => {
    console.log('Error:', err);
  });

And let’s go ahead and define these functions.

async function sendLock() {

  console.log('Starting eth outbound tx', opts);

  // Get the current block number on Wanchain
  const fee = await cctx.getOutboundFee(opts);
  opts.outboundFee = fee;

  // Get the raw lock tx
  const lockTx = cctx.buildLockTx(opts);

  // Send the lock transaction on Ethereum
  const receipt = await utils.sendRawWanTx(web3wan, lockTx, opts.from, wanPrivateKey)

  console.log('Lock sent:', receipt);
}

async function confirmLock() {

  // Get the current block number on Wanchain
  const blockNumber = await web3wan.eth.getBlockNumber();

  // Scan for the lock confirmation from the storeman
  const log = await cctx.listenLock(opts, blockNumber);

  console.log('Lock confirmed:', log);
}

async function sendRedeem() {

  // Get the raw redeem tx
  const redeemTx = cctx.buildRedeemTx(opts);

  // Send the redeem transaction on Ethereum
  const receipt = await utils.sendRawEthTx(web3eth, redeemTx, opts.to, ethPrivateKey);

  console.log('Redeem sent:', receipt);
}

async function confirmRedeem() {

  // Get the current block number on Wanchain
  const blockNumber = await web3wan.eth.getBlockNumber();

  // Scan for the redeem confirmation from the storeman
  const log = await cctx.listenRedeem(opts, blockNumber);

  console.log('Redeem confirmed', log);
  console.log('COMPLETE!!!');
}

The sendLock function includes an additional step to get the outbound fee and to attach it to the opts object before passing the opts into the buildLockTx method. Otherwise, as mentioned, the only other change is that the chains are reversed in respect to the inbound version.

Note: the confirmRedeem function call is technically not needed, since the Ethereum is sent to the recipient's account once the sendRedeem succeeds. The example adds the final step only for completeness.

That’s it. Go ahead and run the script.

$ node weth2eth.js