Objects and IDs


BitShares has a special model to represent the blockchain, its transactions and accounts. This chapter wants to given an introduction to the concepts of objects as they are used by the BitShares clients. Furthermore, we will briefly introduce the API and show how to subscribe to object changes (such as new blocks or incoming deposits). Afterwards, we will show how exchange may monitor their accounts and credit incoming funds to their corresponding users.

Objects

On the BitShares blockchain there are no addresses, but objects identified by a unique id, an type and a space in the form::

space.type.id

List of commonly used objects

ID

Object Type

1.2.x

account object

1.3.x

asset object

1.4.x

force settlement object

1.5.x

committee member object

1.6.x

witness object

1.7.x

limit order object

1.8.x

call order object

1.10.x

proposal object

1.11.x

operation history object

1.12.x

withdraw permission object

1.13.x

vesting balance object

1.14.x

worker object

1.15.x

balance object

1.16.x

htlc object

1.18.x

ticket object

1.19.x

liquidity pool object

2.0.x

global_property_object

2.1.x

dynamic_global_property_object

2.3.x

asset_dynamic_data

2.4.x

asset_bitasset_data

2.5.x

account_balance_object

2.6.x

account_statistics_object

2.7.x

transaction_history_object

2.8.x

block_summary_object

2.9.x

account_transaction_history_object

2.10.x

blinded_balance_object

2.11.x

chain_property_object

2.12.x

witness_schedule_object

2.13.x

budget_record_object

2.14.x

special_authority_object

2.15.x

buyback_object

2.16.x

fba_accumulator_object

2.17.x

collateral_bid_object

  • The full list can be found in the sources here and here.

Examples

To get a feeling about what these objects do, we recommend to obtain these exemplary objects.

  • 2.0.0 (global blockchain parameters)

  • 2.1.0 (current blockchain data)

  • 1.2.0 (committee-account details)

  • 1.3.0 (core asset details)

Object ID

Translates to

1.11.<id>

operation with id <id>

1.14.7

# protocol space / worker / id: 7

1.2.15

# protocol space / account / id: 15

1.6.<id>

block signer <id>

1.6.105

# protocol space / witness / id: 105

2.1.0

# implementation space / dynamic global properties

2.3.8

# implementation space / asset . id: 8

Examples - Accounts

The BitShares blockchain users are requires to register each account with a unique username and a public key on the blockchain. The blockchain assigns an incremental user id and offers to resolve the name-to-id pair.

Object ID

Translates to

1.2.80

# protocol space / account / id: 80

2.5.80

# implementation space / account-balance / id: 80

2.6.80

# implementation space / account-statistics / id: 80

2.9.80

# implementation space / account-transactions / id: 80

  • A programmatic description of all fields can be found in the sources.

Example Call and a result: account object (id: 1.2.x):

unlocked >>> get_account_id "user123"
"1.2.539269"
unlocked >>>

Examples - Assets

Example Call and a result: asset object (id: 1.3.x):

unlocked >>> list_assets "BTS" "2"
[{
                "id": "1.3.0",
                "symbol": "BTS",
                "precision": 5,
                "issuer": "1.2.3",

        ....
                "dynamic_asset_data_id": "2.3.368"
        }
]