Core Space Basics

The basic concepts and mechanisms for Conflux core space.

📄️ Addresses

In Conflux, every account is associated with a pair of public and private keys, and is identified by an address. This page is about how address is presented and computed in core space.

📄️ Accounts

This page is created to provide information for CORE SPACE ACCOUNTS. Refer to General-Accounts for the overall introduction of the concept of ACCOUNTS.

📄️ Storage

Conflux introduced the Collateral for storage (CFS) mechanism as a pricing method for using storage. Compared with the one-time storage fee in Ethereum, the CFS mechanism will be more fair and reasonable. In principle, this mechanism requires a certain amount of funds to be locked as collateral to occupy storage space. Before the corresponding storage space is released or covered by others, the collateral will be locked, and the corresponding interest generated by the locked collateral will be directly allocated to the miners for the maintenance of the storage space. Therefore, the storage cost of Conflux also depends on the length of time the storage space is occupied. Conflux specifically introduced this mechanism in detail in chapter 7 of its ConfluxProtocolSpecification.

🗃️ Internal Contracts

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📄️ Sponsorship Mechanism

Conflux implements a sponsorship mechanism to subsidize the usage of smart contracts. Thus, a new account with zero balance is able to call smart contracts as long as the execution is sponsored (usually by the operator of Dapps). The built-in SponsorControl contract is introduced to record the sponsorship information of smart contracts. Refer to SponsorWhitelistControl for more information.

📄️ Transactions

The act of sending a transaction is the only method of storing or modifying data on the blockchain. This includes both the transfer of CFX and the modification of contract states. The process of sending a transaction consists of three steps: constructing the transaction, signing it, and finally transmitting it. Most programming languages have an SDK with a convenient method that can be used for this purpose. However, if you are looking for a deeper understanding of the underlying mechanics or if you are experiencing problems when sending transactions, this article may help.