avtr v0.0.1

VRID: a frontend for CRD

Usage

npm i -g vrid
vrid host=127.0.0.1 port=8000 crdsUrl=https://crds.server.example:9999/

Motivation

To allow Virtual Reality metaverse servers to support distributed, permissionless, realtime transactions between mutually untrusting parties running untrusted code.

This is one of the key components powering Zeo.

Overview

This is a web frontend for the CRD blockchain. Basically, it's a "web wallet" that stores your CRD private key in a browser cookie.

VRID can be used to manage your CRD address, send funds, mint assets, create charges, issue chargebacks -- virtually everything supported by the CRD blockchain -- but it also exposes your public (but not private) key to apps that query for it.

The fact that your public key can be queried by any web site/app is a good thing, because it allows them to provide CRD-powered services to you without either of you needing to ask or even trust each other. Every transaction is enforced on the CRD blockchain, and if any party misbehaves it will either be rejected by the consensus rules, or can be undone via the CRD chargeback model. For a deeper technical discussion, see CRD.

The result is a truly decentralized, permissionless, payments platform that runs from your browser.

VRID doesn't do much on its own: it just provides a web API to talk to to a crds node (specified by crdsUrl) running somewhere. Specifically, VRID does not store anything (not even your public key) on the server.