Custom Puzzle Lock

This tutorial teaches you how to lock a coin with a custom-made puzzle.

Create a puzzle

Create whatever puzzle you want for your coin. We'll use a password-locked coin as an example for this tutorial.

(mod (password new_puzhash amount)
    (defconstant CREATE_COIN 51)

    (if (= (sha256 password) (q . 0x2cf24dba5fb0a30e26e83b2ac5b9e29e1b161e5c1fa7425e73043362938b9824))
        (list (list CREATE_COIN new_puzhash amount))
        (x)
    )
)

0x2cf24dba5fb0a30e26e83b2ac5b9e29e1b161e5c1fa7425e73043362938b9824 is the sha256 hash of the word hello.

Example valid solution: (hello 0x5f5767744f91c1c326d927a63d9b34fa7035c10e3eb838c44e3afe127c1b7675 2).

If password is correct, the puzzle will create a new coin with 2 mojos and lock it using a new puzzle hash 0x5f5767744f91c1c326d927a63d9b34fa7035c10e3eb838c44e3afe127c1b7675.

Any remaining change goes to a farmer as a fee.

Get compiled version of the custom puzzle

There are multiple ways how you can get compiled version of your custom puzzle.

Using clvm_tools (official)

You can compile your custom puzzle from the terminal using the clvm_tools repository (included in the official Chia repository). All you need to do is to use the run command with your puzzle provided as an argument.

run '(mod (password new_puzhash amount)
    (defconstant CREATE_COIN 51)

    (if (= (sha256 password) (q . 0x2cf24dba5fb0a30e26e83b2ac5b9e29e1b161e5c1fa7425e73043362938b9824))
        (list (list CREATE_COIN new_puzhash amount))
        (x)
    )
)'

results in (a (q 2 (i (= (sha256 5) (q . 0x2cf24dba5fb0a30e26e83b2ac5b9e29e1b161e5c1fa7425e73043362938b9824)) (q 4 (c 2 (c 11 (c 23 ()))) ()) (q 8)) 1) (c (q . 51) 1)).

Using Chialisp web tool (unofficial)

Paste your custom puzzle into the text area and hit Compile. The compiled version will appear in the Run Output section.

Get puzzle hash from a puzzle

Using clvm_tools

You can get the hash of your Chialisp puzzle with the opc -H <compiled_puzzle> command included in the official clvm_tools repository.

opc -H '(a (q 2 (i (= (sha256 5) (q . 0x2cf24dba5fb0a30e26e83b2ac5b9e29e1b161e5c1fa7425e73043362938b9824)) (q 4 (c 2 (c 11 (c 23 ()))) ()) (q 8)) 1) (c (q . 51) 1))'

The response of this command will be a puzzle hash on the first line and a serialized version of your puzzle on the second line.

Example response:

4843c869bba5f65aa1e806cd372dae5668ca3b69640d067e86837ca96b324e71
ff02ffff01ff02ffff03ffff09ffff0bff0580ffff01a02cf24dba5fb0a30e26e83b2ac5b9e29e1b161e5c1fa7425e73043362938b982480ffff01ff04ffff04ff02ffff04ff0bffff04ff17ff80808080ff8080ffff01ff088080ff0180ffff04ffff0133ff018080

As you can see from the first line of this response, puzzle hash for our custom puzzle is 0x4843c869bba5f65aa1e806cd372dae5668ca3b69640d067e86837ca96b324e71

Using Chialisp

You can also use Chialisp itself to get the hash of the Chialisp puzzle. The puzzle to get a puzzle hash is following:

(mod (puzzle)
    (defconstant TREE 1)

    (defun sha256tree1 (TREE)
       (if (l TREE)
           (sha256 2 (sha256tree1 (f TREE)) (sha256tree1 (r TREE)))
           (sha256 1 TREE)
       )
    )

    (sha256tree1 puzzle)
)

A solution to this puzzle then needs to contain the compiled puzzle we want to hash in the first position (wrap the compiled puzzle with parentheses and provide it as a solution).

Example solution for the password-locked coin:

((a (q 2 (i (= (sha256 5) (q . 0x2cf24dba5fb0a30e26e83b2ac5b9e29e1b161e5c1fa7425e73043362938b9824)) (q 4 (c 2 (c 11 (c 23 ()))) ()) (q 8)) 1) (c (q . 51) 1))) 0x2cf24dba5fb0a30e26e83b2ac5b9e29e1b161e5c1fa7425e73043362938b9824)) (q 4 (c 2 (c 11 (c 23 ()))) ()) (q 8)) 1) (c (q . 51) 1)))

The resulting hash for this example puzzle is again 0x4843c869bba5f65aa1e806cd372dae5668ca3b69640d067e86837ca96b324e71.

Convert puzzle hash to a receive address

You can convert a puzzle hash to a receive address and vice-versa. An address is just an encoded puzzle hash. And since a puzzle hash matches specific puzzle, it also means that a receive address matches a specific puzzle.

You can use an online tool from spacescan.io for converting between puzzle hash to receive address. The puzzle hash is encoded to bech32m format with xch prefix to form a receive address. The receive address for the puzzle hash 0x4843c869bba5f65aa1e806cd372dae5668ca3b69640d067e86837ca96b324e71 is xch1fppus6dm5hm94g0gqmxnwtdw2e5v5wmfvsxsvl5xsd72j6ejfecsdnkf2e.

Send Chia to the receive address

Use the Chia GUI or CLI to send a transaction as you would typically do with the amount you want. As a receive address, set the address from the previous step (password-locked coin example: xch1fppus6dm5hm94g0gqmxnwtdw2e5v5wmfvsxsvl5xsd72j6ejfecsdnkf2e). That will lock your coin with a new puzzle.

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