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Getting Started

Omni makes it easy to create chain-abstracted applications.

This guide will walk you through deploying and interacting with xstake - a simple chain-abstracted staking app. It's an example application that demonstrates how to accept deposits on multiple chains, while maintaining global accounting on Omni.

In this guide you will:

  • Run an Omni devnet
  • Deploy and use a chain-abstracted application

Quick Overview​

The app has two contracts:

  • XStaker - deployed on multiple chains, accepts ERC20 deposits.
  • XStakeController - deployed on Omni, tracks stake across all chains.

This is all the context you need for this guide. For a full explanation of how the contracts work, see Walkthrough.

1. Requirements​

You'll need the following installed:

And the Omni CLI:

# install
curl -sSfL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/omni-network/omni/main/scripts/install_omni_cli.sh | bash -s

# check installation
omni version

2. Setup​

Create a new directory, and scaffold a new xstake project.

mkdir my-xstake
forge init --template https://github.com/omni-network/xstake

3. Run a devnet​

Start a local devnet by running the following command:

omni devnet start

You should have a devnet running with three chains: omni_evm, mock_op, and mock_arb. Run omni devnet info to check.

omni devnet info

[
  {
    "chain_id": 1655,
    "chain_name": "mock_op",
    "portal_address": "0xb835dc695c6bfc8373c0d56973b5d9e9b083e97b",
    "rpc_url": "http://127.0.0.1:8001"
  },
  {
    "chain_id": 1656,
    "chain_name": "mock_arb",
    "portal_address": "0xb835dc695c6bfc8373c0d56973b5d9e9b083e97b",
    "rpc_url": "http://127.0.0.1:8002"
  },
  {
    "chain_id": 1651,
    "chain_name": "omni_evm",
    "portal_address": "0xb835dc695c6bfc8373c0d56973b5d9e9b083e97b",
    "rpc_url": "http://127.0.0.1:8000"
  }
]

4. Deploy contracts​

make devnet-deploy

This outputs deployments.sh with addresses, RPCs and chain IDs - for your convenience 🤝.

source deployments.sh

# rpcs
echo $OMNI_RPC      # Omni EVM RPC
echo $OP_RPC        # Mock OP RPC
echo $ARB_RPC       # Mock Arb RPC

# chain ids
echo $OMNI_CHAINID  # Omni EVM chain ID
echo $OP_CHAINID    # Mock OP chain ID
echo $ARB_CHAINID   # Mock Arb chain ID

# addresses
echo $OP_TOKEN      # ERC20 token address on Mock OP
echo $ARB_TOKEN     # ERC20 token address on Mock Arb
echo $OP_XSTAKER    # XStaker contract address on Mock OP
echo $ARB_XSTAKER   # XStaker contract address on Mock Arb
echo $CONTROLLER    # XStakeController contract address on Omni EVM

5. Try it out​

Setup environment.

source deployments.sh

# prefunded dev account
DEV_ACCOUNT=0xf39Fd6e51aad88F6F4ce6aB8827279cffFb92266
DEV_PRIVKEY=0xac0974bec39a17e36ba4a6b4d238ff944bacb478cbed5efcae784d7bf4f2ff80

Mint and approve tokens.

cast send $OP_TOKEN "mint(address,uint256)"     $DEV_ACCOUNT 100 --rpc-url $OP_RPC --private-key $DEV_PRIVKEY
cast send $OP_TOKEN "approve(address,uint256)"   $OP_XSTAKER 100 --rpc-url $OP_RPC --private-key $DEV_PRIVKEY

Calculate xcall fee.

cast call $OP_XSTAKER "stakeFee(uint256)(uint256)" 100 --rpc-url $OP_RPC

Stake!

# using --value from step above
cast send $OP_XSTAKER "stake(uint256)" 100 --rpc-url $OP_RPC --private-key $DEV_PRIVKEY --value 500000000

Verify stake:

cast call $CONTROLLER "stakeOn(address,uint64)(uint256)" $DEV_ACCOUNT $OP_CHAINID --rpc-url $OMNI_RPC

Note that we made our deposit on mock_op, but our stake is tracked on Omni. You can follow the same steps to deposit on mock_arb, substituting rpcs / addresses as needed.

6. 🎉 Done 🎉​

That's it! You've deployed and used your first chain-abstacted application on Omni. Continue to Walkthrough to learn more about how the contracts work.

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