Rust SDK for TON

[Apapirovskiy]

Summary

A variety of blockchain interaction tools based on different programming languages will make it easier for new developers to onboard into the TON ecosystem and provide the freedom to choose a comfortable technology stack for building new products on TON network. 
To increase the number of fundamental tools for interacting with the TON network, it is proposed to create a Rust SDK for TON.

Context

Libraries allowing to work with TON blockchain using different programming languages are popular. For developers who prefer to work with Typescript, there is a solution - TON Typescript Library (https://github.com/ton-core/ton). The Rust SDK for TON will also extend the capabilities of the developing process. The main feature of the proposed solution is the use of the programming language Rust and the use of tonlibjson as a data provider. The Rust SDK has the following features:

• Connection pooling & retries support for better server-level interaction;
• Using tonlibjson as data provider;
• Support jetton functions;
• Support dictionaries;
• Support work with addresses;
• Support decode/encode BOC;
• Support parsing and generation of Cells methods for more convenient interaction with data structures;
• Support of TON Mnemonics;
• Support of Wallet versions (3, 3 revision 2, 4 revision 2);
• Derive wallet address;
• NaCL-compatible Ed25519 signing of transactions;
• Support internal and external jetton meta data loading.

Goals

• Develop the Rust SDK for TON with additional features.

Deliverables

• Github repo with code of the TON Rust SDK.

Definition of Done

GitHub repository with the source code.

Reward

• Standard NFT footstep
• 5,000 USD in TON equivalent

Total: $5000

[ProgramCrafter]

1. The reward seems a bit too big;
2. Maybe, a standalone library should be written, instead of just wrapping the same binaries over and over? I think Everscale's code could be taken for reference.

[Apapirovskiy]

1. The reward seems a bit too big;
2. Maybe, a standalone library should be written, instead of just wrapping the same binaries over and over? I think Everscale's code could be taken for reference.

Added more details to the description, so I updated the title too. Please take a look

[liketurbo]

Is anyone currently working on this footstep? @Apapirovskiy, @ProgramCrafter, are either of you? Can I take it?

[ProgramCrafter]

@liketurbo No, I'm not working on this.
I confirm that I've seen working ADNL client in Rust somewhere, though not sure where it is and whether its license is permissive.

[liketurbo]

@liketurbo No, I'm not working on this. I confirm that I've seen working ADNL client in Rust somewhere, though not sure where it is and whether its license is permissive.

Maybe here: https://github.com/broxus/everscale-network/tree/master/src/adnl.
But I'm not sure how much of it is interchangeable with the TON implementation 🤔

[liketurbo]

@liketurbo No, I'm not working on this. I confirm that I've seen working ADNL client in Rust somewhere, though not sure where it is and whether its license is permissive.

Maybe here: https://github.com/broxus/everscale-network/tree/master/src/adnl. But I'm not sure how much of it is interchangeable with the TON implementation thinking

But as you said, it's much better to have a standalone library than rely on a third party (tonlibjson).

[ProgramCrafter]

@liketurbo I've found that library: it's https://crates.io/crates/adnl.
I think cell concepts are not altered in Everscale, so serializing BOCs probably can be taken from there.

[liketurbo]

@liketurbo I've found that library: it's https://crates.io/crates/adnl. I think cell concepts are not altered in Everscale, so serializing BOCs probably can be taken from there.

Definitely need to check it out 👍️

[Apapirovskiy]

Hello @liketurbo
Now work is in progress!

[Apapirovskiy]

@ProgramCrafter Please assign issue to me

[ProgramCrafter]

@Apapirovskiy
Just to make it clear: I'm not member of TON team, however I'm interested in the blockchain evolving and becoming great.

[Apapirovskiy]

Done in:
https://github.com/ston-fi/tonlib-rs
https://github.com/ston-fi/tonlib-sys

Results achieved:
Developed Rust SDK for TON

TON wallet for reward:
EQBoTw0OzTblnzvV_nNVcSsQHlSykMg4pKrBbw-3ZiQrBb7D

[delovoyhomie]

@Apapirovskiy, rewards sent!

Please, next time, don't close the issue until the rewards has been received.
Thank you for the contribution!