Questions tagged [storage]
all questions regarding data and storage on the ethereum blockchain
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Ethereum Petabyte Storage Problem
As the need of blockchain systems grows so will be the storage issues and the cost of handling such large amounts of data.
Is ethereum capable of handling petabyte storage or is it upto an
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loop though all the members of a map
I need to loop though all of the members of a map and change their property (which is a struct).
the way i'm doing this is when adding a member to the map object also save it's address inside an ...
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Data storage and replication in a private blockchain
What type of data is Ethereum storing (file? data row in DB)?
Where does it put it (theoreticaly it is stored in peers, does this mean every node must have a local db)?
How the peers of the p2p ...
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Add Number to Item in all Struct Members
I have a struct where I want to increment an item across all struct members. For example, say there is a struct 'Contract', and new customers get their own bytes32 ID, which points to their own struct:...
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Modify the state using returned variable (Array.push)
In my contact I want to have one place where I find an existing object(struct) and then use it in multiple places to read and modify it - but seems like it's not possible?
contract A
{
struct ...
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Set contract storage directly at deployment
Is there a way to pre-define a contracts storage when deploying it?
Say I want a mapping to be filled with 1000 entries but want to avoid having to pay gas for adding every entry on its own.
Since ...
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How to download the blockchain of a single ethereum contract’s address?
The blockchain required to run ethereum is several Terabytes large. This means more than 9 years would be required to download it with my connection speed.
In my case, I just want to know if the ...
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Does packing bools alongside addresses reduce storage costs?
Say I have a struct like this:
struct MyStruct {
bool foo;
uint256 bar;
uint256 baz;
address qux;
}
If I rewrite it like this:
struct MyStruct {
bool foo;
address qux;
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How to find which transaction cleared a specific address into a specific contract?
I have a contract with contains the following solidity code
mapping (address => mapping (bytes32)) public sealedBids;
But I failed to find in the solidity code which part can clear it.
As result,...
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How to save data using multiple structures and arrays in solidity?
How can i use multiple arrays please?
e.g: I have this contract:
pragma solidity >=0.4.21 <0.6.0;
contract SessionManagement {
struct ChargeProfileSegment{
uint startDateTimeSeg;...
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Decentralized database for ethereum?
I'm looking for a way to store data in a decentralized way such that I can access any record from within the smart contract, probably through oracles I guess?
I've been looking into gundb but not ...
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Why is storing via sstore more expensive than via events mechanism?
I just do not understand why emit Event(...) is cheaper than a = b. The only difference I noted between events and storage variables is that event logs is not accessible from Solidity. But both of ...
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Is it possible to insert some custom data in the DATA field of an Ethereum Transaction?
i am working on trying to get some data encoded/inserted into an ethereum transaction.
Let me describe my environment first, i am using Web3py, Ganache and Remix IDE. I am able to successfully ...
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Truffle uint test script not updating storage variable, and strange behaviour
while testing I got a strange behavior of truffle, please see the subject smart contract code first
uint256 public burningRatePercent = 50;
function onlyOwnerSetBurningRate(uint256 ...
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Mappings inside functions to filter query
I have a struct and several boolean mappings that are used to keep track of struct's properties
struct Animal {
string species;
bytes32 ID;
}
mapping (bytes32 => Animal) public Animals;
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Return an array of structs using events?
I wan’t my function to spit out an array of structs. I know this is not straightforwardly possible. What is the best way for me to proceed? Should I loop through my array in my function and trigger ...
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What are the rules on persisting old transactions?
If a new node joins the network and attempts a full sync, it requires all transaction information from genesis to build up its chain state. To do this the transactions it receives must be the ...
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What is the benefit of leaving data in the stroage area instead of the log?
I did not write English well and used a translator. sorry :3
I would like to know the benefit of leaving data in the storage area rather than using the event log.
I know gas consumption has less log....
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CRUD storage pattern Infinite gas error when trying to implement in Remix
I'm trying to implement @robhitchens CRUD storage pattern in solidity, and I'm getting infinate gas costs when I import the library. Not sure where to go from here.
one of them:
Gas requirement of ...
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can't get struct in return
I am trying to execute unit tests for a solidity smart contract:
I have:
mapping (bytes16=>Device) public Device_Table
struct Device
{
bytes16 UUID;
bytes16 hardware_UUID;
string ...
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Multiple Inheritance at particular contract address
I'm attempting to have 4 different contracts sharing the same data fields. The reasoning behind having 4 instead of 1, is that the different functionality can be broken down so that it is cleaner, ...
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Where is the length of an array located in terms of memory layout?
For example, given the following cases:
uint[3] memory arr;
uint[] memory arr = new uint[](3);
Suppose I try to access arr from within an assembly block (using mload, for example).
Where (...
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returning the struct value in smart contract and experimental ABIEncoderV2
I am storing and returning the struct value by using mapping.
pragma solidity >=0.5.0 <0.7.0;
pragma experimental ABIEncoderV2;
contract Manage{
struct Policy{
string PolicyID ;
}
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Finding a better way to retrieve information about struct
I've run into a problem about getting information about the structs. The code is written below:
pragma solidity ^0.4.23;
contract Transport {
address public manager;
Batch[] public ...
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why a parameter must be “storage” or “memory”?
I am creating a token like this:
pragma solidity ^0.5.0;
import "../utils/math/SafeMath.sol";
contract ExampleDivisibleNFTs {
using SafeMath for uint256;
// Percentage of ownership over a ...
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How do programs on the 'Ethereum World Computer' compare to traditional programs or websites?
So this question has been bugging for me for a while and I can't seem to find the answer to it.
Context
I have been a web developer for many years.
When I access a website, any frontend code is run ...
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Doubt regarding gas cost
Consider im having to deal with 3 uint8 values each of which are to be stored for each user.
Is the gas cost the same if i use 3 different arrays or if i use a structure array which contains the 3 ...
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pass storage through interface to library
Here is what am i doing:
There is a library, accept storage argument as parameter, then do some math and return the result.
And there is a contract to call the function in the library, and an extra ...
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How to store and encrypt Keys?
I am developing chrome extension like metamask for the private Chain. I have generated the keys and using localStorage to store the Keys. But I am not sure whether I am going correct or not for ...
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Does ERC-20 balanceOf function cost no gas?
Given that this is a sample balanceOf function code:
function balanceOf(address tokenOwner) public view returns (uint balance) {
return balances[tokenOwner];
}
and this function is view function,...
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Mapping primary key of each struct in array to them-self
pragma solidity ^0.4.17;
contract Campaign{
struct Transaction {
address Creditor;
uint Amount;
}
Transaction[] public Transactionss;
mapping(address => Transaction) ...
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How is The Graph a decentralised solution?
I understand that querying for data on Ethereum is a pain in the neck and that The Graph indexes events so that developers can more easily get their most precious blockchain data.
However, I'm not ...
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What is the maximum storage size to store number of addresses in array? [duplicate]
I want to map multiple addresses using one address by doing this:
mapping (address => arrayOfAddresses[]) mappingName;
What is the maximum size of addresses I can store in that array?
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How to set multiple unit64 values in a uint256 variable
I have followed following answer for: Having trouble storing multiple values in a uint256.
For example, I want to pass four uint64 variables merged together as a single argument into smart contract ...
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Struct member access in web3 requires additional dummy field
If a struct contains a single field, then that field is inaccessible from web3. In the below example, field uint b must also be present in order to access field uint c from web3.
Of course, it's not ...
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Can anyone with part of the chain (e.g. a light node) read unencrypted transaction data?
I need clarification on the fact that "the blockchain is public and anyone can read it".
Given a node which is storing only, say, 1 block from the blockchain, can that node read the transaction data ...
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is there a list type in solidity?
I know there are dynamically sized arrays, but I need a data structure that can remove elements from the middle cheaply. Using pop() with a dynamically sized array should require a shift of every ...
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Unstructured storage proxies. Variables not being overwritten?
When using delegate call I was under the impression that storage slots declared in the proxy will be overwritten by the implementation.
Unstructured storage implementations declare bytes32 variables ...
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map multikey how-to?
I'm trying to create a map whose key is composed of two bytes32 keys.
I've tried with tuples-keys and struct-keys but both are rejected by the compiler.
I'm also thinking about "hashing" both keys ...
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Std set in solidity?
Is there any way or library to have a set in solidity that can be iterated like C++'s std::set?
library Set {
// We define a new struct datatype that will be used to
// hold its data in the ...
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Does increasing the size of array guarantees that new elements are initialized to default value?
I get an error when trying to initialize array inside a struct of an array and I find this post: https://github.com/ethereum/solidity/issues/4115 .
It seems that I have to work around by increasing ...
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Return each struct value from a key inside a mapping, where the key is also a value from array inside another mapping
I have a project that I'm working on and I'm trying to figure out a way to do as the title says. I'm looking for the easiest and/or cheapest way(gas wise) and since I'm stuck I'm open to better ways ...
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Most efficient way to get all non-zero storage locations for a smart contract?
I'm looking at a mainnet smart contract and want to figure out all storage positions/slots where the storage has a non-zero value.
Is there a way to do this other than replaying and tracing all ...
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how does Storing and Fetching data works in Smart contracts [closed]
Please help me out with these questions.
1)Where does the contract stores the data?
2)when we access the value of a variable form of a contract, how does it retrieve the latest value?
3)how is the ...
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Costs/efficiency of locating stored data on Ethereum
Based on the answer to this question, storing IPFS hashes on Ethereum could be done in 3 ways:
Store it as a string
Store it as a struct
Store it in event log
Ordered from most expensive to least ...
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error: data location must be storage or memory for parameter in funtion but none was given solidity [duplicate]
pragma solidity ^0.5.0;
contract Election{
//model a candidates
struct candidate
{
uint id;
string name;
uint votecount;
}
//store candidates
//fetch candidate
mapping(uint =...
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Reset all values in a mapping
I am trying to figure out how to have the balance of all players reset to (amount) when a certain condition happens. This is the function that will update a specific player balance. How do I make it ...
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How to push new struct to storage?
I get an error when trying to push the newRound struct to storage. How can it be fixed?
Error:
UnimplementedFeatureError: Copying of type struct Lottery.Ticket memory[] memory to storage not yet ...
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Cannot retrieve data from smartcontract during tests
I am writing truffle tests for my smart contract solidity version 0.4.24. The tests are emitting events to write data to memory through smart contract. But I am unable to retrieve data from functions.
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Default getter and setter for mapping in solidity
In my smart contract I've public mapping as mapping (uint=>User) public users where User is a Struct, so is there any way to get the values of this mapping using default getter.
For Example : If ...
