tool to confirm that someone is running a particular node

[dckc]

What is the Problem Being Solved?

We (@dtribble @rowgraus ) want a way to confirm that someone is running a particular node.

Description of the Design

combine https://docs.keplr.app/api/ with https://agoric.bigdipper.live/validators and maybe some google sheets integration for audit trail.

Security Considerations

to be discussed internally

Test Plan

[dckc]

cli variant using gov submit-proposal community-pool-spend

based on a clue, I put this in a JSON file:

{
  "title": "Validator Decentralization Tiny Grant",
  "description": "Please send me 1 BLD so I can create-validator",
  "recipient": "agoric1nrmj0tufmckkwh4zjvmttrvn5p7e9c5aweupkh",
  "amount": "1000000ubld",
  "deposit": "1000ubld"
}

And I ran ag0 tx gov submit-proposal community-pool-spend:

./build/ag0 tx gov submit-proposal community-pool-spend ./p.json --chain-id agoric-3 --home=../dapp-oracle/_agstate/agoric-servers/local-solo-8000/ag-cosmos-helper-statedir/ --keyring-backend=test --from=agoric1h5e69sgw9nygtealll0hhkc53pkwxs3vtspt8l --generate-only >,tx.json

Then jq . ,tx.json shows:

{
  "body": {
    "messages": [
      {
        "@type": "/cosmos.gov.v1beta1.MsgSubmitProposal",
        "content": {
          "@type": "/cosmos.distribution.v1beta1.CommunityPoolSpendProposal",
          "title": "Validator Decentralization Tiny Grant",
          "description": "Please send me 1 BLD so I can create-validator",
          "recipient": "agoric1nrmj0tufmckkwh4zjvmttrvn5p7e9c5aweupkh",
          "amount": [
            {
              "denom": "ubld",
              "amount": "1000000"
            }
          ]
        },
        "initial_deposit": [
          {
            "denom": "ubld",
            "amount": "1000"
          }
        ],
        "proposer": "agoric1h5e69sgw9nygtealll0hhkc53pkwxs3vtspt8l"
      }
    ],
    "memo": "",
    "timeout_height": "0",
    "extension_options": [],
    "non_critical_extension_options": []
  },
  "auth_info": {
    "signer_infos": [],
    "fee": {
      "amount": [],
      "gas_limit": "200000",
      "payer": "",
      "granter": ""
    }
  },
  "signatures": []
}

Then I signed it, offline, with ag0 tx sign:

$ ./build/ag0 tx sign ,tx.json --home=../dapp-oracle/_agstate/agoric-servers/local-solo-8000/ag-cosmos-helper-statedir/ --keyring-backend=test --from=agoric1h5e69sgw9nygtealll0hhkc53pkwxs3vtspt8l --chain-id=agoric-3 --offline --account-number 0 --sequence 1
{"body":{"messages":[{"@type":"/cosmos.gov.v1beta1.MsgSubmitProposal","content":{"@type":"/cosmos.distribution.v1beta1.CommunityPoolSpendProposal","title":"Validator Decentralization Tiny Grant","description":"Please send me 1 BLD so I can create-validator","recipient":"agoric1nrmj0tufmckkwh4zjvmttrvn5p7e9c5aweupkh","amount":[{"denom":"ubld","amount":"1000000"}]},"initial_deposit":[{"denom":"ubld","amount":"1000"}],"proposer":"agoric1h5e69sgw9nygtealll0hhkc53pkwxs3vtspt8l"}],"memo":"","timeout_height":"0","extension_options":[],"non_critical_extension_options":[]},"auth_info":{"signer_infos":[{"public_key":{"@type":"/cosmos.crypto.secp256k1.PubKey","key":"A/cZ/52MZ7a6CMMm5cd2ttnWkZ2/PXSr1DIBBY/J4IYT"},"mode_info":{"single":{"mode":"SIGN_MODE_DIRECT"}},"sequence":"1"}],"fee":{"amount":[],"gas_limit":"200000","payer":"","granter":""}},"signatures":["O19D1GzopqleSfR5JHQwxY4H0VZ7Ivm5AUiE9KGlSdtqXdTsEfyOTh981L4C/R9SlLMW+VH/6R/xrb038sUdLw=="]}

I'm not sure how to verify the signature. hm.

[Tartuffo]

@dtribble Do we still need the capability to see if someone is running a particular node, and if so, in the MN-1 timeframe?

[dckc]

I drafted a plan to make this Somebody Else's Problem:
Agoric/validator-profiles#80

[dckc]

Thanks to some of our validators for taking this over from us.