The balance script will sync with the blockchain, processing transactions and triggering actions when it finds. In its current version it does not keep track of any other state, so it will run indefinitly and needs You the Human to decide when it has done what it needs to do.
In addition the following common tools are available:
A virtual environment for the python scripts is recommended. We know it works with `python 3.8.x`. Let us know if you run it successfully with other minor versions.
```
python3 -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate
```
Install all requirements from the `requirements.txt` file:
After this step is run, you can find top-level ethereum addresses (like the cic registry address, which you will need below) in `<repository_root>/service-configs/.env`
The keystore file used for transferring external opening balances tracker is relative to the directory you found this README in. Of course you can use a different wallet, but then you will have to provide it with tokens yourself (hint: `../reset.sh`)
If the contract migrations have been executed with the default "giftable" token contract, then the `token_symbol` in the `import_balance` scripts should be set to `GFT`.
After the script completes, keystore files for all generated accouts will be found in `<datadir>/keystore`, all with `foo` as password (would set it empty, but believe it or not some interfaces out there won't work unless you have one).
The `redis_hostname_in_docker` value is the hostname required to reach the redis server from within the docker cluster, and should be `redis` if you left the docker-compose unchanged. The `import_users` script will receive the address of each newly created custodial account on a redis subscription fed by a callback task in the `cic_eth` account creation task chain.
#### Alternative 3 - USSD import - `cic_ussd`
If you have previously run the `cic_ussd` import incompletely, it could be a good idea to purge the queue. If you have left docker-compose unchanged, `redis_url` should be `redis://localhost:63379`.
`celery -A cic_ussd.import_task purge -Q cic-import-ussd --broker <redis_url>`
Once the user imports are complete the next step should be importing the user's pins and auxiliary ussd data. This can be done in 3 steps:
In one terminal run:
`python create_import_pins.py -c config -v --userdir <path to the users export dir tree> pinsdir <path to pin export dir tree>`
This script will recursively walk through all the directories defining user data in the users export directory and generate a csv file containing phone numbers and password hashes generated using fernet in a manner reflecting the nature of said hashes in the old system.
This csv file will be stored in the pins export dir defined as the positional argument.
Once the creation of the pins file is complete, proceed to import the pins and ussd data as follows:
- To import the pins:
`python cic_ussd/import_pins.py -c config -v pinsdir <path to pin export dir tree>`
The balance script is a celery task worker, and will not exit by itself in its current version. However, after it's done doing its job, you will find "reached nonce ... exiting" among the last lines of the log.
The connection parameters for the `cic-ussd-server` is currently _hardcoded_ in the `import_users.py` script file.
- If the faucet disbursement is set to a non-zero amount, the balances will be off. The verify script needs to be improved to check the faucet amount.
- When the account callback in `cic_eth` fails, the `cic_eth/import_users.py` script will exit with a cryptic complaint concerning a `None` value.
- Sovereign import scripts use the same keystore, and running them simultaneously will mess up the transaction nonce sequence. Better would be to use two different keystore wallets so balance and users scripts can be run simultaneously.
-`pycrypto` and `pycryptodome`_have to be installed in that order_. If you get errors concerning `Crypto.KDF` then uninstall both and re-install in that order. Make sure you use the versions listed in `requirements.txt`. `pycryptodome` is a legacy dependency and will be removed as soon as possible.
- Sovereign import script is very slow because it's scrypt'ing keystore files for the accounts that it creates. An improvement would be optional and/or asynchronous keyfile generation.
- Running the balance script should be _optional_ in all cases, but is currently required in the case of `cic_ussd` because it is needed to generate the metadata. An improvement would be moving the task to `import_users.py`, for a different queue than the balance tx handler.
- MacOS BigSur issue when installing psycopg2: ld: library not found for -lssl -> https://github.com/psycopg/psycopg2/issues/1115#issuecomment-831498953
-`cic_ussd` imports is poorly implemented, and consumes a lot of resources. Therefore it takes a long time to complete. Reducing the amount of polls for the phone pointer would go a long way to improve it.
