Anonymous Transfers

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Confidential vs. Anonymous: which client?

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Installation

npm install @fairblock/stabletrust

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Anonymous account ID rules

• Non-empty string
• At most 20 characters long
• Alphanumeric characters only (A-Z, a-z, 0-9): no spaces, punctuation, or Unicode
• Case-sensitive: "MyAccount" and "myaccount" are different accounts; no normalization is applied

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Initialization

import { AnonymousTransferClient } from "@fairblock/stabletrust";

const client = new AnonymousTransferClient({
  fairycloakUrl: "http://your-fairycloak-url", // provided by Fairblock
  chainId: 84532,
  rpcUrl: "https://sepolia.base.org",
});

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Key derivation

const keys = await client.deriveAnonymousKeys(authWallet, accountId);
// keys.publicKey: base64, register this when creating an account
// keys.privateKey: base64, keep this secret; used for decryption and proof generation

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End-to-end anonymous flow

import { AnonymousTransferClient } from "@fairblock/stabletrust";
import { ethers } from "ethers";

const client = new AnonymousTransferClient({
  fairycloakUrl: "http://your-fairycloak-url",
  chainId: 84532,
  rpcUrl: "https://sepolia.base.org",
});
const wallet = new ethers.Wallet(process.env.PRIVATE_KEY);
const tokenAddress = "0xYourTokenAddress";
const tokenDecimals = 6;

// 1. Choose a unique account ID, derive keys, then ensure the account exists
const accountId = "myUniqueAccountId"; // any valid account ID you choose
const keys = await client.deriveAnonymousKeys(wallet, accountId);
await client.ensureAnonymousAccount(wallet, accountId, keys.publicKey);

// 2. Deposit (user pays gas)
const depositResult = await client.deposit(
  wallet,
  accountId,
  tokenAddress,
  ethers.parseUnits("10", tokenDecimals),
);
await client.waitForRequest(depositResult.request_id);

// 3. Check balance
const balance = await client.getBalance(accountId, tokenAddress, keys.privateKey);
console.log("Available:", balance.available, "Pending:", balance.pending);

// 4. Top up the prepaid fee reserve if needed (user pays gas)
const feeToken = await client.getFeeToken();
const feeAmount = await client.getFeeAmount();
const feeBalance = await client.getPrepaidFeeBalance(accountId, feeToken);
if (feeBalance < feeAmount) {
  const feeResult = await client.depositFees(
    wallet,
    accountId,
    ethers.parseUnits("0.5", tokenDecimals),
  );
  await client.waitForRequest(feeResult.request_id);
}

// 5. Transfer to a public address (relay pays gas)
const transferResult = await client.transferToPublic(wallet, accountId, {
  recipient: "0xRecipientAddress",
  token: tokenAddress,
  elGamalPrivateKey: keys.privateKey,
  amount: ethers.parseUnits("3", tokenDecimals),
});
await client.waitForRequest(transferResult.request_id);

// 6. Withdraw (relay pays gas)
const withdrawResult = await client.withdraw(wallet, accountId, {
  destination: wallet.address,
  token: tokenAddress,
  plainAmount: ethers.parseUnits("2", tokenDecimals),
  elGamalPrivateKey: keys.privateKey,
});
await client.waitForRequest(withdrawResult.request_id);

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Key methods

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Account management

• createAccount(authWallet, accountId, elgamalPublicKey, options?): Creates a new anonymous account via the relay (relay pays gas). accountId is a caller-chosen string following the account ID rules.
• ensureAnonymousAccount(authWallet, accountId, elgamalPublicKey, options?): Idempotent helper: creates the account if it doesn’t exist and (by default) waits until it has settled. Safe to call on every run with a stable accountId. Returns { accountId, accountInfo, created }. Options: deadlineOffset (default 3600), waitUntilReady (default true), timeoutMs (default 180000), pollIntervalMs (default 2000).
• updateAuthKeys(authWallet, accountId, { add, remove }, options?): Adds or removes authorised signers.
• getAnonymousAccountInfo(accountId): Returns onchain state: exists, finalized, hasPendingAction, txId, elgamalPubkey, authNonce.
• isAuthorizedSigner(accountId, signerAddress): Checks whether an address is an authorised signer for the account.

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Balances

• getBalance(accountId, tokenAddress, elGamalPrivateKey): Returns decrypted balance totals: { amount, available, pending }.
• getAnonymousBalance(accountId, tokenAddress, elGamalPrivateKey): Returns decrypted balances including raw ciphertexts (useful for generating proofs manually): { available: { amount, ciphertext }, pending: { amount, ciphertext } }.

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Moving funds

• deposit(authWallet, accountId, tokenAddress, amount, options?): Deposits tokens into an anonymous account. The user pays gas. Handles ERC-20 approval automatically.
• transferToPublic(authWallet, accountId, params, options?): Transfers from an anonymous account to a public EVM address (relay pays gas).
• transferToAnonymous(authWallet, senderAccountId, params, options?): Transfers between two anonymous accounts (relay pays gas).
• applyPending(authWallet, accountId, options?): Moves a pending incoming balance into available. Must be called after receiving an anonymous-to-anonymous transfer before the recipient can spend.
• withdraw(authWallet, accountId, params, options?): Withdraws from an anonymous account to a public EVM address (relay pays gas).

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Manual proof mode

const proofHex = await client.generateTransferProof(keys.privateKey, {
  currentBalanceCiphertext: ciphertext,
  currentBalanceContractScale: balanceInContractScale,
  transferAmountContractScale: amountInContractScale,
  destinationPublicKey: recipientElGamalPubkey,
});
const result = await client.transferToPublic(wallet, accountId, {
  recipient: "0xRecipientAddress",
  token: tokenAddress,
  proof: proofHex,
});

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Prepaid fees

• getFeeToken(): Returns the currently configured ERC-20 fee token address. depositFees must use this token. The fee token can be rotated by the protocol; existing balances in old fee tokens remain withdrawable.
• getFeeAmount(): Returns the per-transfer protocol fee (raw ERC-20 units), or 0n if none is configured.
• getPrepaidFeeBalance(accountId, token): Returns the prepaid fee balance for an account and fee token.
• depositFees(authWallet, accountId, amount, options?): Deposits into the prepaid fee reserve. The user pays gas. Handles ERC-20 approval against the active fee token automatically.
• withdrawFees(authWallet, accountId, { token, destination, amount }, options?): Withdraws a specific amount from a given fee token’s reserve (relay pays gas).
• withdrawAllFees(authWallet, accountId, { destination }, options?): Withdraws all prepaid fee balances across all (including historical) fee tokens (relay pays gas).

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Request tracking

// Poll until terminal state (completed / confirmed / failed)
const final = await client.waitForRequest(result.request_id);

// Get current status
const status = await client.getRequestStatus(result.request_id);

// Get full event history (useful for reconnect/recovery)
const history = await client.getRequestEvents(result.request_id);

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Security considerations

• Private keys: Anonymous account privateKey values are as sensitive as wallet private keys. Never log them; store them in encrypted vaults or hardware-backed key stores.
• One signer per account: An auth signer binds to a single anonymous account. Manage authorised signers with updateAuthKeys.
• Apply pending before spending: Anonymous-to-anonymous recipients must call applyPending() before the received balance is spendable.
• Network: Use HTTPS-only RPC endpoints and verify contract addresses before initialization.