Sui Gas Pool Enhances Transaction Sponsorship for Developers

The
Sui
Gas
Pool
service,
developed
by
Mysten
Labs,
offers
a
groundbreaking
solution
for
developers
to
sponsor
gas
payments
for
transactions
at
scale,
according
to

The
Sui
Blog.
This
service
aims
to
address
significant
challenges
related
to
user
onboarding
and
transaction
management
for
applications
with
high
concurrency
demands.

Mysten
Labs
has
made
the
Sui
Gas
Pool
open-source,
allowing
the
Sui
developer
community
to
leverage
this
innovative
service.
By
sponsoring
gas
payments,
the
service
enhances
the
onboarding
experience
for
users
new
to
Web3
by
enabling
them
to
start
without
funding
a
wallet,
thus
offering
greater
flexibility
and
ease
of
use.
Despite
these
benefits,
developers
often
face
difficulties
managing
gas
payments
at
scale,
which
the
Sui
Gas
Pool
aims
to
resolve.

How
a
Sui
Gas
Pool
Works

The
Sui
Gas
Pool
was
created
with
two
main
goals:
horizontal
scalability
and
generality.
It
can
easily
scale
to
meet
higher
throughput
demands
by
adding
more
instances,
and
it
is
designed
to
be
flexible
enough
for
any
developer
to
integrate
and
operate
it
as
a
standalone
service
or
part
of
their
system.

To
initialize
a
gas
pool,
the
system
queries
all
gas
coins
dedicated
to
sponsoring
transactions
owned
by
the
sponsor
address
and
splits
them
into
smaller
gas
coins
with
a
configurable
initial
balance.
These
gas
coins
are
then
managed
in
the
gas
pool
database.
Funding
the
gas
pool
is
straightforward;
simply
send
a
large
balance
gas
coin
to
the
sponsor
address,
and
the
gas
pool
will
detect
and
process
it
automatically.
The
system
periodically
checks
for
any
large
gas
coin
owned
by
the
sponsor
and
splits
it
as
needed.

The
gas
pool
service
operates
an
RPC
server
with
permission
control
managed
through
a
secret
bearer
token
in
HTTP
requests.
The
interaction
workflow
includes
reserving
gas
coins,
attaching
them
to
transactions,
obtaining
user
signatures,
and
executing
transactions
through
the
gas
pool.

Scaling
a
Sui
Gas
Pool

The
Sui
Gas
Pool
scales
efficiently
through
several
mechanisms:

1. 
   Automated
   gas
   coin
   splitting:
   This
   creates
   many
   smaller
   gas
   coin
   objects,
   increasing
   throughput.
2. 
   Controlled
   transaction
   execution:
   The
   gas
   pool
   retains
   full
   control
   over
   transaction
   execution,
   ensuring
   prompt
   release
   of
   gas
   coins.
3. 
   Centralized
   data
   persistence:
   Data
   is
   stored
   centrally
   through
   Redis,
   allowing
   gas
   pool
   servers
   to
   run
   without
   local
   data
   persistence
   requirements
   or
   crash
   recovery.
4. 
   Multiple
   sponsors
   and
   services:
   The
   system
   can
   scale
   further
   by
   having
   multiple
   sponsors
   and
   deploying
   multiple
   gas
   pool
   services.

Get
Started

The
Sui
Gas
Pool
significantly
improves
the
user
experience
and
operational
efficiency
of
apps
on
Sui.
Mysten
Labs’
customer
experience
platform,
Enoki,
already
utilizes
the
Sui
Gas
Pool
for
its
sponsored
transaction
feature,
demonstrating
its
reliability
and
efficiency
in
a
production
environment.

By
making
the
Sui
Gas
Pool
open
source,
Mysten
Labs
ensures
that
the
entire
Sui
community
can
effectively
scale
sponsored
transactions,
supporting
new
apps
with
large
user
bases.
For
more
details,
visit
the

GitHub
repository
or
contact
engineers
for
support.

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