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Versions in this module

v1

v1.37.0

Sep 7, 2026

Changes in this version

+ type Chain interface

+ Alias func() string

+ Height func() uint64

+ ID func() ids.ID

+ Name func() string

+ ServeHTTP func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request)

+ Start func(ctx context.Context) error

+ Status func() string

+ Stop func() error

+ type Config struct

+ ArchiveRPC string

+ DataDir string

+ GenesisFile string

+ LightMode bool

+ NetworkName string

+ ProduceDelay time.Duration

+ RPCAddr string

+ StakeAddr string

+ func DefaultConfig() Config

+ type EVMChain struct

+ func NewEVMChain(chainID uint64, archiveRPC string) *EVMChain

+ func (c *EVMChain) Alias() string

+ func (c *EVMChain) Height() uint64

+ func (c *EVMChain) ID() ids.ID

+ func (c *EVMChain) Name() string

+ func (c *EVMChain) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request)

+ func (c *EVMChain) Start(ctx context.Context) error

+ func (c *EVMChain) Status() string

+ func (c *EVMChain) Stop() error

+ type Host struct

+ func New(cfg Config) (*Host, error)

+ func (h *Host) Chains() map[string]Chain

+ func (h *Host) NodeID() ids.NodeID

+ func (h *Host) Start(ctx context.Context) error

+ func (h *Host) Stop() error

+ type PlatformChain struct

+ func NewPlatformChain(nodeID ids.NodeID) *PlatformChain

+ func (p *PlatformChain) Alias() string

+ func (p *PlatformChain) Height() uint64

+ func (p *PlatformChain) ID() ids.ID

+ func (p *PlatformChain) Name() string

+ func (p *PlatformChain) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request)

+ func (p *PlatformChain) Start(ctx context.Context) error

+ func (p *PlatformChain) Status() string

+ func (p *PlatformChain) Stop() error

+ type QuantumChain struct

+ func NewQuantumChain() *QuantumChain

+ func (q *QuantumChain) Alias() string

+ func (q *QuantumChain) Height() uint64

+ func (q *QuantumChain) ID() ids.ID

+ func (q *QuantumChain) Name() string

+ func (q *QuantumChain) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request)

+ func (q *QuantumChain) Start(ctx context.Context) error

+ func (q *QuantumChain) Status() string

+ func (q *QuantumChain) Stop() error

+ type XChain struct

+ func NewXChain() *XChain

+ func (x *XChain) Alias() string

+ func (x *XChain) Height() uint64

+ func (x *XChain) ID() ids.ID

+ func (x *XChain) Name() string

+ func (x *XChain) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request)

+ func (x *XChain) Start(ctx context.Context) error

+ func (x *XChain) Status() string

+ func (x *XChain) Stop() error

+ type ZKChain struct

+ func NewZKChain() *ZKChain

+ func (z *ZKChain) Alias() string

+ func (z *ZKChain) Height() uint64

+ func (z *ZKChain) ID() ids.ID

+ func (z *ZKChain) Name() string

+ func (z *ZKChain) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request)

+ func (z *ZKChain) Start(ctx context.Context) error

+ func (z *ZKChain) Status() string

+ func (z *ZKChain) Stop() error

v0

v0.2.1

Sep 6, 2026

Changes in this version

+ type Identity struct

+ Cert *x509.Certificate

+ NodeID ids.NodeID

+ Signer *localsigner.LocalSigner

+ TLS tls.Certificate

+ func LoadIdentity(dir string) (*Identity, error)

+ func (i *Identity) PublicKey() *bls.PublicKey

+ func (i *Identity) Sign(msg []byte) ([]byte, error)