genesis

Documentation

Index

• Variables
• func BeaconNodeOptions(c *cli.Context) (node.Option, error)

Variables

var (
	// StatePath defines a flag to start the beacon chain from a give genesis state file.
	StatePath = &cli.PathFlag{
		Name: "genesis-state",
		Usage: "Load a genesis state from ssz file. Testnet genesis files can be found in the " +
			"eth2-clients/eth2-testnets repository on github.",
	}
	BeaconAPIURL = &cli.StringFlag{
		Name: "genesis-beacon-api-url",
		Usage: "URL of a synced beacon node to trust for obtaining genesis state. " +
			"As an additional safety measure, it is strongly recommended to only use this option in conjunction with " +
			"--weak-subjectivity-checkpoint flag",
	}
)

Functions

func BeaconNodeOptions

func BeaconNodeOptions(c *cli.Context) (node.Option, error)

BeaconNodeOptions is responsible for determining if the checkpoint sync options have been used, and if so, reading the block and state ssz-serialized values from the filesystem locations specified and preparing a checkpoint.Initializer, which uses the provided io.ReadClosers to initialize the beacon node database.