Vesting

This module was highly inspired by the Chain4Energy cfevesting module

Abstract

The vesting module provides functionality for creating and managing vesting accounts within the blockchain. Vesting accounts are special accounts that release tokens over a specified period, ensuring a controlled distribution of tokens. This module allows token holders to create new vesting accounts, split existing vesting accounts, and manage the vesting process through a set of defined messages and events. The MsgCreateVestingAccount message allows any token holder to create a new continuous vesting account and transfer tokens to it. The MsgSplitVestingAccount message enables existing vesting accounts to split their locked tokens into a new vesting account, preserving the total number of tokens, vesting times, and token release speed.

Contents

1. Messages

2. Events

Messages

Create Vesting Account

Creates a new continuous vesting account and sends token from the creator account.

MsgCreateVestingAccount can be submitted by any token holder via aMsgCreateVestingAccount transaction.

type MsgCreateVestingAccount struct {
	FromAddress string
	ToAddress   string
	Amount      sdk.Coins
	StartTime   int64
	EndTime     int64
}

Params:

Param	Description
FromAddress	Vesting pool owner address
ToAddress	New continuous vesting account address
Amount	Amount to lock in vesting account
StartTime	Vesting start time - unix
EndTime	Vesting end time - unix

State modifications:

• Validates if FromAddress has enough tokens.

• Creates a new continuous vesting account with address equal to ToAddress and time params according to provided data

• Sends tokens from FromAddress account to ToAddress

Split vesting accounts

Split tokens that are locked in vesting to a new vesting account. Total number of tokens in vesting, vesting times and token release speed are preserved. This mechanism can also be called as a "vesting cession".

The MsgSplitVestingAccount can be submitted by any vesting account via a MsgSplitVestingAccount transaction.

type MsgSplitVestingAccount struct {
	FromAddress string
	ToAddress   string
	Amount      sdk.Coins
	StartTime   int64
	EndTime     int64
}

Params:

Param	Description
FromAddress	Vesting pool owner address
ToAddress	New continuous vesting account address
Amount	Amount of locked vesting to split
StartTime	Vesting start time - unix
EndTime	Vesting end time - unix

State modifications:

• Validates if FromAddress has enough locked tokens in the vesting

• Validates if the start time of the new vesting account is after the start time of the original vesting account

• Validates if the end time of the new vesting account is after the end time of the original vesting account

• Creates new continuous vesting account with address equal to ToAddress and time parameters set to:

  • start time is set to the provided start time

  • end time is set to the provided end time

• Sends locked vesting from FromAddress account to ToAddress

Client

The x/vesting module provides CLI commands to interact with it:

• create-vesting-account [to-address] [amount] [start-time] [end-time]

• split-vesting-account [to-address] [amount] [start-time] [end-time]

Users must provide:

• Valid to-address.

• amount of coins (e.g. 1000uempe).

• start-time and end-time as UNIX timestamps.

Example:

emped tx vesting create-vesting-account empe1xyz... 1000uempe 1672531200 1704067200 --from mykey

This creates a vesting account starting at UNIX time 1672531200 and ending at 1704067200.

Events

MsgCreateVestingAccount

Type	Attribute Key	Attribute Value
EventNewVestingAccount	address	{new_vesting_account_address}
message	action	/chain4energy.c4echain.vesting.MsgCreateVestingAccount
message	sender	{sender_address}
transfer	recipient	{module_account}
transfer	sender	{creator}
transfer	amount	{amount}

MsgSplitVestingAccount

Type	Attribute Key	Attribute Value
EventVestingSplit	source	{from_account_address}
EventVestingSplit	destination	{to_account_address}
EventNewVestingAccount	address	{new_vesting_account_address}
message	action	/chain4energy.c4echain.vesting.MsgSplitVestingAccount
message	sender	{sender_address}
transfer	recipient	{module_account}
transfer	sender	{creator}
transfer	amount	{amount}