factor/extra/hashcash/hashcash-docs.factor

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USING: help.markup help.syntax kernel math strings ;
IN: hashcash
ARTICLE: "hashcash" "Hashcash"
"Hashcash is a denial-of-service counter measure tool."
$nl
"A hashcash stamp constitutes a proof-of-work which takes a parameterizable amount of work to compute for the sender. The recipient can verify received hashcash stamps efficiently."
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"More info on hashcash:"
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{ $url "http://www.hashcash.org/" } $nl
{ $url "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hashcash" } $nl
{ $url "http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-hashcash.html?ca=dgr-lnxw01HashCash" } $nl
"This library provide basic utilities for hashcash creation and validation."
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"Creating stamps:"
{ $subsections
mint
mint*
}
"Validation:"
{ $subsections check-stamp }
"Hashcash tuple and constructor:"
{ $subsections
hashcash
<hashcash>
}
"Utilities:"
{ $subsections salt } ;
{ mint mint* <hashcash> check-stamp salt } related-words
HELP: mint
{ $values { "resource" string } { "stamp" "generated stamp" } }
{ $description "This word generate a valid stamp with default parameters and the specified resource." } ;
HELP: mint*
{ $values { "tuple" "a tuple" } { "stamp" "generated stamp" } }
{ $description "As " { $snippet "mint" } " but it takes an hashcash tuple as a parameter." } ;
HELP: check-stamp
{ $values { "stamp" string } { "?" boolean } }
{ $description "Check for stamp's validity. Only supports hashcash version 1." } ;
HELP: salt
{ $values { "length" integer } { "salted" string } }
{ $description "It generates a random string of " { $snippet "length" } " characters." } ;
HELP: <hashcash>
{ $values { "tuple" object } }
{ $description "It fill an hashcash tuple with the default values: 1 as hashcash version, 20 as bits, today's date as date and a random 8 character long salt" } ;
HELP: hashcash
{ $class-description "An hashcash object. An hashcash have the following slots:"
{ $slots
{ "version" "The version number. Only version 1 is supported." }
{ "bits" "The claimed bit value." }
{ "date" "The date a stamp was minted." }
{ "resource" "The resource for which a stamp is minted." }
{ "ext" "Extensions that a specialized application may want." }
{ "salt" "A random salt." }
{ "suffix" "The computed suffix. This is supposed to be manipulated by the library." }
}
} ;