specs/status-EIPs.md

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Status EIPs standards

Version: 0.2

Status: Stable

Authors: Ricardo Guilherme Schmidt ricardo3@status.im

Abstract

In this specification, we describe how Status relates with EIPs.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Status should follow all standards as possible. Whenever a feature is needed, it should be first checked if there is a standard for that, if not, Status should propose a standard.

Support table

Status v0 Status v1 Other
BIP32 N Y N
BIP39 Y Y Y
BIP43 N Y N
BIP44 N Y N
EIP20 Y Y Y
EIP55 Y Y Y
EIP67 P P N
EIP137 P P N
EIP155 Y Y Y
EIP165 P N N
EIP181 P N N
EIP191 Y? N Y
EIP627 Y Y N
EIP681 Y N Y
EIP712 P P Y
EIP721 P P Y
EIP831 N Y N
EIP945 Y Y N
EIP1102 Y Y Y
EIP1193 Y Y Y
EIP1577 Y P N
EIP1581 N Y N

Components

BIP32 - Hierarchical Deterministic Wallets

Support: Dependency.
Reference: https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0032.mediawiki
Description: Enable wallets to derive multiple private keys from the same seed.
Used for: Dependency of BIP39 and BIP43.

BIP39 - Mnemonic code for generating deterministic keys

Support: Dependency.
Reference: https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0039.mediawiki
Description: Enable wallet to create private key based on a safe seed phrase. Used for: Security and user experience.

BIP43 - Purpose Field for Deterministic Wallets

Support: Dependency.
Reference: https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0043.mediawiki
Description: Enable wallet to create private keys branched for a specific purpose.
Used for: Dependency of BIP44, uses "ethereum" coin.

BIP44 - Multi-Account Hierarchy for Deterministic Wallets

Support: Dependency.
Reference: https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0044.mediawiki
Description: Enable wallet to derive multiple accounts in top of BIP39.
Used for: Privacy.
Sourcecode: https://github.com/status-im/status-react/blob/develop/src/status_im/constants.cljs#L240
Observation: BIP44 don't solve privacy issues regarding the transparency of transactions, therefore directly connected addresses through a transactions can be identifiable by a "network reconnaissance attack" over transaction history, this attack together with leakage of information from centralized services, such as exchanges, would be fatal against the whole privacy of users, regardless of BIP44.

EIP20 - Fungible Token

Support: Full.
Reference: https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-20
Description: Enable wallets to use tokens based on smart contracts compilant with this standard.
Used for: Wallet feature.
Sourcecode: https://github.com/status-im/status-react/blob/develop/src/status_im/ethereum/tokens.cljs

EIP55 - Mixed-case checksum address encoding

Support: Full.
Reference: https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-55
Description: Checksum standard that uses lowercase and uppercase inside address hex value.
Used for: Sanity check of forms using ethereum address.
Related: https://github.com/status-im/status-react/issues/4959 https://github.com/status-im/status-react/issues/8707
Sourcecode: https://github.com/status-im/status-react/blob/develop/src/status_im/ethereum/eip55.cljs

EIP67 - Standard URI scheme with metadata, value and byte code

Support: Partial.
Reference: https://github.com/ethereum/EIPs/issues/67
Description: A standard way of creating Ethereum URIs for various use-cases.
Used for: Legacy support.
https://github.com/status-im/status-react/issues/875

EIP137 - Ethereum Domain Name Service - Specification

Support: Partial.
Reference: https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-137
Description: Enable wallets to lookup ENS names.
Used for: User experience, as a wallet and identity feature, usernames.
Sourcecode: https://github.com/status-im/status-react/blob/develop/src/status_im/ethereum/ens.cljs#L86

EIP155 - Simple replay attack protection

Support: Full.
Reference: https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-155
Description: Defined chainId parameter in the singed ethereum transaction payload.
Used for: Signing transactions, crucial to safety of users against replay attacks.
Sourcecode: https://github.com/status-im/status-react/blob/develop/src/status_im/ethereum/core.cljs

EIP165 - Standard Interface Detection

Support: Dependency/Partial.
Reference: https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-165
Description: Standard interface for contract to answer if it supports other interfaces.
Used for: Dependency of ENS and EIP721.
Sourcecode: https://github.com/status-im/status-react/blob/develop/src/status_im/ethereum/eip165.cljs

EIP181 - ENS support for reverse resolution of Ethereum addresses

Support: Partial.
Reference: https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-181
Description: Enable wallets to render reverse resolution of Ethereum addresses.
Used for: Wallet feature.
Sourcecode: https://github.com/status-im/status-react/blob/develop/src/status_im/ethereum/ens.cljs#L86

EIP191 - Signed Message

Support: Full.
Reference: https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-191
Description: Contract signature standard, adds an obrigatory padding to signed message to differentiate from Ethereum Transaction messages.
Used for: Dapp support, security, dependency of ERC712.

EIP627 - Whisper Specification

Support: Full.
Reference: https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-627
Description: format of Whisper messages within the ÐΞVp2p Wire Protocol.
Used for: Chat protocol.

EIP681 - URL Format for Transaction Requests

Support: Partial.
Reference: https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-681 Description: A link that pop up a transaction in the wallet.
Used for: Useful as QRCode data for tranasction requests, chat transaction requests and for dapp links to transaction requests.
Sourcecode: https://github.com/status-im/status-react/blob/develop/src/status_im/ethereum/eip681.cljs
Related: Issue #9183: URL Format for Transaction Requests (EIP681) is poorly supported https://github.com/status-im/status-react/pull/9240 https://github.com/status-im/status-react/issues/9238 https://github.com/status-im/status-react/issues/7214 https://github.com/status-im/status-react/issues/7325 https://github.com/status-im/status-react/issues/8150

EIP712 - Typed Signed Message

Support: Partial.
Reference: https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-712
Description: Standarize types for contract siganture, allowing users to easily inspect whats being signed.
Used for: User experience, security.
Related: https://github.com/status-im/status-react/issues/5461 ba37f7b8d0

EIP721 - Non Fungible Token

Support: Partial.
Reference: https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-721
Description: Enable wallets to use tokens based on smart contracts compilant with this standard.
Used for: Wallet feature.
Related: https://github.com/status-im/status-react/issues/8909
Sourcecode: https://github.com/status-im/status-react/blob/develop/src/status_im/ethereum/erc721.cljs https://github.com/status-im/status-react/blob/develop/src/status_im/ethereum/tokens.cljs

EIP945 - Web 3 QR Code Scanning API

Support: Full.
Reference: https://github.com/ethereum/EIPs/issues/945
Used for: Sharing contactcode, reading transaction requests.
Related: https://github.com/status-im/status-react/issues/5870

EIP1102 - Opt-in account exposure

Support: Full.
Reference: https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-1102
Description: Allow users to opt-in the exposure of their ethereum address to dapps they browse.
Used for: Privacy, DApp support.
Related: https://github.com/status-im/status-react/issues/7985

EIP1193 - Ethereum Provider JavaScript API

Support: Full.
Reference: https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-1193
Description: Allows dapps to recognize event changes on wallet.
Used for: DApp support.
Related: https://github.com/status-im/status-react/pull/7246

EIP1577 - contenthash field for ENS

Support: Partial.
Reference: https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-1577
Description: Allows users browse ENS domains using contenthash standard.
Used for: Browser, DApp support.
Related: https://github.com/status-im/status-react/issues/6688
Sourcecode: https://github.com/status-im/status-react/blob/develop/src/status_im/utils/contenthash.cljs https://github.com/status-im/status-react/blob/develop/test/cljs/status_im/test/utils/contenthash.cljs#L5

EIP1581 - Non-wallet usage of keys derived from BIP-32 trees

Support: Partial.
Reference: https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-1581
Description: Allow wallet to derive keys that are less sensible (non wallet).
Used for: Security (dont reuse wallet key) and user experience (dont request keycard every login).
Related: https://github.com/status-im/status-react/issues/9088 https://github.com/status-im/status-react/pull/9096
Sourcecode: https://github.com/status-im/status-react/blob/develop/src/status_im/constants.cljs#L242

Security Considerations

Design Rationale

Footnotes

Acknowledgements