Edaga

A rough companion MVP to this ARC. See the Current Message Format section.

Note that this MVP directly queries a free indexer hosted by AlgoNode. In the proposal I suggest an additional layer, an aggregation layer that would handle filtering, recommendation, caching, etc; that would in turn feed the UI-layer.

The app gets built and published to Github Pages and be viewed here. However, GitHub Pages and React-Router do not mesh well so, until a superior (non-free) solution is made, it's suggested that you pull down the code and simply run bun dev.

TODO

• Setup basic site that can be interacted with if you manually format out a transaction message and send from a wallet.
• Improve UI and make responsive.
• Add a text field and submit button allowing your address to submit a transaction.
• Add Wallet Connect integration, such that you can "log in" with it. Fiona Chan's repo can serve as an example..
• Add a "reply" button that shortcuts into the text field.
• Add 👍, 👎 react buttons
• Add QR-code generation (for scanning with Pera Wallet), using MG's Algorand QR code generator repo. It should be autogenerating a new QR code with each key stroke.
• Add AlgoSigner integration.

Current Message Format

To interact with this message board you need to send 0 (ZERO) Algo transaction to a specific address with a message in the note field. That message needs to be formatted in a specific way. Note that it is a ZERO Algo transaction. You will never be asked to send Algo to ANYONE. At most you can choose to spend a higher transaction fee, to show how "strongly" you feel about something; but that transaction fee is recycled through the Algorand protocol.

This app is currently set to testnet.

The specific address is controlled by Hash: K22E7O64EMVMBVPUQ53VVXN2U4WCYL7XN6PHOYMNNEBSNM6RMMKJZ3OAMI. Once again, do NOT send any Algo. Specify 0 (ZERO) Algo.

At this stage of the project we are making use of the Algorand indexer's API, which has note-prefix search functionality. In the future something more advanced could be made (e.g. by fiddling with the PostgreSQL, depositing the notes into Elasticsearch, putting it behind a RedisDB Cache) but for now we just make the best of the API available.

To post a message will cost you, at least, 0.001 Algo.

To Post to ALL:

• ARC00-0;a;;{Your Nickname};{Your Message}
• E.g: ARC00-0;a;;HMD2V;Hello World!

Note that while you can pick whatever handle you want, your address will of course be unique and identifiable. But feel free to try and imposter someone!

To Post to Topic:

• ARC00-0;t;{The Topic};{Your Nickname};{Your Message}
• E.g.: ARC00-0;t;cooking;HMD2V;I made the loveliest pasta today

Note that the topic name will be case-sensitive.

To Respond to a Previous Transaction X:

• ARC00-0;r;{Transaction Id for X};{Your Reply}
• E.g.: ARC00-0;r;PZSXOYGMX36BAFU5MRPT6FGP5LTNWM63FT642UNT3ZOUTLTHI3KQ;SomeOtherPerson;Hello HMD2V, hope you're doing well!

You can also like or downvote someone:

• 👍ARC00-0;l;{Transaction Id for X};{Your Nickname}
• 👎 ARC00-0;d;{Transaction Id for X};{Your Nickname}
• E.g.: ARC00-0;d;PZSXOYGMX36BAFU5MRPT6FGP5LTNWM63FT642UNT3ZOUTLTHI3KQ;Hater

Etymology

Edaga (እዳጋ, uh-da-ga) means market in Tigrinya, a language spoken in Eritrea and Tigray. It is a translation of the Latin "Forum", which originally referred to public outdoor places primarily reserved for selling goods in the Roman Empire.