Executing A DLC with Bitcoin-S
Executing A Discreet Log Contract (DLC)
Step 1: Get Bitcoin-S Setup
See the setup document.
Using the GUI
To first start up the GUI you first need to start your bitcoin-s server and gui with
sbt bundle/run
or if your bitcoin-s server is already running, you can run the standalone gui with
sbt gui/run
or by following the instructions for building and running the GUI here
Step 2: Agree On Contract Terms
Both parties must agree on all fields from the table below:
| Field Name | Description |
|---|---|
| contractInfo | Information about payouts and which oracles to use |
| collateral | Number of sats the initiator is putting up |
| locktime | Locktime of the CETs |
| refundlocktime | Locktime of the Refund Transaction |
| feerate | Fee rate in sats/vbyte |
Note: if you wish to set up your own oracle for testing, you can do so by checking out our oracle rpc server or Krystal Bull
Step 3: Set up The DLC
Using the GUI
If you're a visual learner there is a video demo that explains this process in detail. But do note that this demonstrates the old non-adaptor version of DLCs so that the Offer, Accept, Sign protocol is the same, but the contents will be different.
If using a numeric contract and/or multiple oracles, messages can get very large and sometimes even too large to for the application.
To solve this there is an Export to file button located under the text box for the messages your wallet will construct.
This can be used to export a DLC message to a file and then the file can be sent to your counterparty.
If you receive a file from a counter-party, there is an Import file button on every dialog you input a DLC message.
This can be used to import the file of the DLC message from your counter-party.
Creating The Offer
Once the terms are agreed to, either party can use the Offer button and enter each of the fields from the table above.
Accepting The Offer
Upon receiving a DLC Offer from your counter-party, you can use the Accept button and paste in the DLC Offer.
Signing The DLC
Upon receiving a DLC Accept message from your counter-party, you can use the Sign button and paste in the DLC Accept.
Adding DLC Signatures To Your Database
Upon receiving a DLC Sign message from your counter-party, add their signatures to your database using the Add Sigs button and paste in the message.
After doing so you can get the fully signed funding transaction using the Get Funding Tx button. This will return the fully signed serialized transaction.
Using the CLI
If using a numeric contract and/or multiple oracles, messages can get very large and sometimes even too large to for the application. To solve this there are RPC calls where you can give a file instead of the entire DLC message. To output a file you simply just need to pipe the output of a command into a file.
For example:
./app/cli/target/universal/stage/bitcoin-s-cli acceptdlcoffer [offer] > myDLCAccept.txt
Creating The Offer
Once these terms are agreed to, either party can call on createdlcoffer with flags for each of the fields in the table above. For example:
./app/cli/target/universal/stage/bitcoin-s-cli createdlcoffer [contractInfo] [collateral] [feerate] [locktime] [refundlocktime]
Accepting The Offer
Upon receiving a DLC Offer from your counter-party, the following command will create the serialized accept message:
./app/cli/target/universal/stage/bitcoin-s-cli acceptdlcoffer [offer]
or from file:
./app/cli/target/universal/stage/bitcoin-s-cli acceptdlcofferfromfile [filepath]
Signing The DLC
Upon receiving a DLC Accept message from your counter-party, the following command will generate all of your signatures for this DLC:
./app/cli/target/universal/stage/bitcoin-s-cli signdlc [accept]
or from file:
./app/cli/target/universal/stage/bitcoin-s-cli signdlcfromfile [filepath]
Adding DLC Signatures To Your Database
Upon receiving a DLC Sign message from your counter-party, add their signatures to your database by:
./app/cli/target/universal/stage/bitcoin-s-cli adddlcsigs [sign]
or from file:
./app/cli/target/universal/stage/bitcoin-s-cli adddlcsigsfromfile [filepath]
Getting Funding Transaction
You are now fully setup and can generate the fully signed funding transaction for broadcast using
./app/cli/target/universal/stage/bitcoin-s-cli getdlcfundingtx [contractId]
where the contractId is in all but the messages other than the DLC Offer message, and is also returned by the adddlcsigs command.
Alternatively, you can use the getdlcs command to list all of your current DLCs saved in your wallet.
Step 4: Executing the DLC
Using the GUI
Execute
You can execute the DLC unilaterally with the Execute button which will require the oracle signature.
This will return a fully signed Contract Execution Transaction for the event signed by the oracle.
Refund
If the refundlocktime for the DLC has been reached, you can get the fully-signed refund transaction with the Refund button and entering the contractId.
Using the CLI
Execute
Upon receiving an oracle signature, you can execute the DLC unilaterally with
./app/cli/target/universal/stage/bitcoin-s-cli executedlc [contractId] [signatureTLVs]
which will return fully signed Contract Execution Transaction for the event signed by the oracle.
Refund
If the refundlocktime for the DLC has been reached, you can get the fully-signed refund transaction with
./app/cli/target/universal/stage/bitcoin-s-cli executedlcrefund [contractId]