block-verification-in-parent-chain-assertion

Block verification in an assertion posted on the parent chain

This tutorial shows how to verify whether a block of a chain has been processed as part of an RBlock assertion on its parent chain.

It uses the Rollup contract to find the latest confirmed (or created if configured in the script) RBlock/node, find the event that created it, and get the latest processed block hash of the child chain that's part of the assertion of that RBlock/node.

Then it checks whether the block number passed as argument was created before the latest block hash of the child chain processed.

See ./exec.js for inline explanations.

Set environment variables

Set the values shown in .env-sample as environmental variables. To copy it into a .env file:

cp .env-sample .env

You'll still need to edit some variables, i.e., CHAIN_RPC and PARENT_CHAIN_RPC.

Note that you can also set the environment variables in an .env file in the root of the monorepo, which will be available in all tutorials.

Run

yarn run exec {block_number}