Join Swarm without a chequebook

[Eknir]

User story

Story

As a downloader/uploader of Swarm content, I want to be able to join the Swarm without having a chequebook, such that onboarding to Swarm is faster and easier.

Acceptance criteria

• A user can upload/download content from Swarm without deploying a chequebook

Background

• time-based settlements ensured that a Bee node (and a Swarm network) can function properly without a chequebook
• Our boot-up sequence still automatically deploys a chequebook if the chequebook is non-existing. This should change.
• If the user has not deployed a chequebook, it needs to pass an Ethereum transaction (feat: validate peer address using proof-of-identity transaction hash #1655) done in the past by it's Ethereum account connected to Swarm.
  • Ideally, we should scan the blockchain on start-up to see if such a transaction exists.
  • If it doesn't exist the Bee node should make an empty transaction to the blockchain.

Tasks

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[acud]

related to #2394

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[mrekucci]

@Eknir is this still relevant since we're working on the ultra-light mode?

[acud]

@mrekucci this can be closed since we've merged the ultra-light node PR