``` feat: add websocket tests, PoA metrics, marketplace endpoints, and enhanced observability - Add comprehensive websocket tests for blocks and transactions streams including multi-subscriber and high-volume scenarios - Extend PoA consensus with per-proposer block metrics and rotation tracking - Add latest block interval gauge and RPC error spike alerting - Enhance mock coordinator
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AITBC Development Roadmap
This roadmap aggregates high-priority tasks derived from the bootstrap specifications in docs/bootstrap/ and tracks progress across the monorepo. Update this document as milestones evolve.
Stage 1 — Upcoming Focus Areas
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Blockchain Node Foundations
- ✅ Bootstrap module layout in
apps/blockchain-node/src/. - ✅ Implement SQLModel schemas and RPC stubs aligned with historical/attested receipts.
- ✅ Bootstrap module layout in
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Explorer Web Enablement
- ✅ Finish mock integration across all pages and polish styling + mock/live toggle.
- ✅ Begin wiring coordinator endpoints (e.g.,
/v1/jobs/{job_id}/receipts).
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Marketplace Web Scaffolding
- ✅ Scaffold Vite/vanilla frontends consuming coordinator receipt history endpoints and SDK examples.
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Pool Hub Services
- ✅ Initialize FastAPI project, scoring registry, and telemetry ingestion hooks leveraging coordinator/miner metrics.
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CI Enhancements
- ✅ Add blockchain-node tests once available and frontend build/lint checks to
.github/workflows/python-tests.ymlor follow-on workflows. - ✅ Provide systemd unit + installer scripts under
scripts/for streamlined deployment.
- ✅ Add blockchain-node tests once available and frontend build/lint checks to
Stage 2 — Core Services (MVP)
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Coordinator API
- ✅ Scaffold FastAPI project (
apps/coordinator-api/src/app/). - ✅ Implement job submission, status, result endpoints.
- ✅ Add miner registration, heartbeat, poll, result routes.
- ✅ Wire SQLite persistence for jobs, miners, receipts (historical
JobReceipttable). - ✅ Provide
.env.example,pyproject.toml, and run scripts.
- ✅ Scaffold FastAPI project (
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Miner Node
- ✅ Implement capability probe and control loop (register → heartbeat → fetch jobs).
- ✅ Build CLI and Python runners with sandboxed work dirs (result reporting stubbed to coordinator).
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Blockchain Node
- ✅ Define SQLModel schema for blocks, transactions, accounts, receipts (
apps/blockchain-node/src/aitbc_chain/models.py). - ✅ Harden schema parity across runtime + storage:
- Alembic baseline + follow-on migrations in
apps/blockchain-node/migrations/now track the SQLModel schema (blocks, transactions, receipts, accounts). - Added
Relationship+ForeignKeywiring inapps/blockchain-node/src/aitbc_chain/models.pyfor block ↔ transaction ↔ receipt joins. - Introduced hex/enum validation hooks via Pydantic validators to ensure hash integrity and safe persistence.
- Alembic baseline + follow-on migrations in
- ✅ Implement PoA proposer loop with block assembly (
apps/blockchain-node/src/aitbc_chain/consensus/poa.py). - ✅ Expose REST RPC endpoints for tx submission, balances, receipts (
apps/blockchain-node/src/aitbc_chain/rpc/router.py). - ✅ Deliver WebSocket RPC + P2P gossip layer:
- ✅ Stand up WebSocket subscription endpoints (
apps/blockchain-node/src/aitbc_chain/rpc/websocket.py) mirroring REST payloads. - ✅ Implement pub/sub transport for block + transaction gossip backed by an in-memory broker (Starlette
Broadcastor Redis) with configurable fan-out. - ✅ Add integration tests and load-test harness ensuring gossip convergence and back-pressure handling.
- ✅ Stand up WebSocket subscription endpoints (
- ✅ Ship devnet scripts (
apps/blockchain-node/scripts/). - ✅ Add observability hooks (JSON logging, Prometheus metrics) and integrate coordinator mock into devnet tooling.
- ⏳ Expand observability dashboards + miner mock integration:
- Build Grafana dashboards for consensus health (block intervals, proposer rotation) and RPC latency (
apps/blockchain-node/observability/). - Expose miner mock telemetry (job throughput, error rates) via shared Prometheus registry and ingest into blockchain-node dashboards.
- Add alerting rules (Prometheus
Alertmanager) for stalled proposers, queue saturation, and miner mock disconnects. - Wire coordinator mock into devnet tooling to simulate real-world load and validate observability hooks.
- Build Grafana dashboards for consensus health (block intervals, proposer rotation) and RPC latency (
- ✅ Define SQLModel schema for blocks, transactions, accounts, receipts (
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Receipt Schema
- ✅ Finalize canonical JSON receipt format under
protocols/receipts/(includes sample signed receipts). - ✅ Implement signing/verification helpers in
packages/py/aitbc-crypto(JS SDK pending). - ✅ Translate
docs/bootstrap/aitbc_tech_plan.mdcontract skeleton into Solidity project (packages/solidity/aitbc-token/). - ✅ Add deployment/test scripts and document minting flow (
packages/solidity/aitbc-token/scripts/anddocs/run.md).
- ✅ Finalize canonical JSON receipt format under
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Wallet Daemon
- ✅ Implement encrypted keystore (Argon2id + XChaCha20-Poly1305) via
KeystoreService. - ✅ Provide REST and JSON-RPC endpoints for wallet management and signing (
api_rest.py,api_jsonrpc.py). - ✅ Add mock ledger adapter with SQLite backend powering event history (
ledger_mock/). - ✅ Integrate Python receipt verification helpers (
aitbc_sdk) and expose API/service utilities validating miner + coordinator signatures. - ✅ Harden REST API workflows (create/list/unlock/sign) with structured password policy enforcement and deterministic pytest coverage in
apps/wallet-daemon/tests/test_wallet_api.py. - ✅ Implement Wallet SDK receipt ingestion + attestation surfacing:
- Added
/v1/jobs/{job_id}/receiptsclient helpers with cursor pagination, retry/backoff, and summary reporting (packages/py/aitbc-sdk/src/receipts.py). - Reused crypto helpers to validate miner and coordinator signatures, capturing per-key failure reasons for downstream UX.
- Surfaced aggregated attestation status (
ReceiptStatus) and failure diagnostics for SDK + UI consumers; JS helper parity still planned.
- Added
- ✅ Implement encrypted keystore (Argon2id + XChaCha20-Poly1305) via
Stage 3 — Pool Hub & Marketplace
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Pool Hub
- ✅ Implement miner registry, scoring engine, and
/v1/matchAPI with Redis/PostgreSQL backing stores. - ✅ Add observability endpoints (
/v1/health,/v1/metrics) plus Prometheus instrumentation and integration tests.
- ✅ Implement miner registry, scoring engine, and
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Marketplace Web
- ✅ Initialize Vite project with vanilla TypeScript (
apps/marketplace-web/). - ✅ Build offer list, bid form, and stats cards powered by mock data fixtures (
public/mock/). - ✅ Provide API abstraction toggling mock/live mode (
src/lib/api.ts) and wire coordinator endpoints. - ⏳ Validate live mode against coordinator
/v1/marketplace/*responses and add auth feature flags for rollout.
- ✅ Initialize Vite project with vanilla TypeScript (
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Explorer Web
- ✅ Initialize Vite + TypeScript project scaffold (
apps/explorer-web/). - ✅ Add routed pages for overview, blocks, transactions, addresses, receipts.
- ✅ Seed mock datasets (
public/mock/) and fetch helpers powering overview + blocks tables. - ✅ Extend mock integrations to transactions, addresses, and receipts pages.
- ✅ Implement styling system, mock/live data toggle, and coordinator API wiring scaffold.
- ✅ Render overview stats from mock block/transaction/receipt summaries with graceful empty-state fallbacks.
- ⏳ Validate live mode + responsive polish:
- Hit live coordinator endpoints (
/v1/blocks,/v1/transactions,/v1/addresses,/v1/receipts) viagetDataMode() === "live"and reconcile payloads with UI models. - Add fallbacks + error surfacing for partial/failed live responses (toast + console diagnostics).
- Audit responsive breakpoints (
public/css/layout.css) and adjust grid/typography for tablet + mobile; add regression checks in Percy/Playwright snapshots.
- Hit live coordinator endpoints (
- ✅ Initialize Vite + TypeScript project scaffold (
Stage 4 — Observability & Production Polish
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Observability & Telemetry
- ⏳ Build Grafana dashboards for PoA consensus health (block intervals, proposer rotation cadence) leveraging
poa_last_block_interval_seconds,poa_proposer_rotations_total, and per-proposer counters. - ⏳ Surface RPC latency histograms/summaries for critical endpoints (
rpc_get_head,rpc_send_tx,rpc_submit_receipt) and add Grafana panels with SLO thresholds. - ⏳ Ingest miner mock telemetry (job throughput, failure rate) into the shared Prometheus registry and wire panels/alerts that correlate miner health with consensus metrics.
- ⏳ Build Grafana dashboards for PoA consensus health (block intervals, proposer rotation cadence) leveraging
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Explorer Web (Live Mode)
- ⏳ Finalize live
getDataMode() === "live"workflow: align API payload contracts, render loading/error states, and persist mock/live toggle preference. - ⏳ Expand responsive testing (tablet/mobile) and add automated visual regression snapshots prior to launch.
- ⏳ Integrate Playwright smoke tests covering overview, blocks, and transactions pages in live mode.
- ⏳ Finalize live
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Marketplace Web (Launch Readiness)
- ✅ Connect mock listings/bids to coordinator data sources and provide feature flags for live mode rollout.
- ✅ Implement auth/session scaffolding for marketplace actions and document API assumptions in
apps/marketplace-web/README.md. - ⏳ Add Grafana panels monitoring marketplace API throughput and error rates once endpoints are live.
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Operational Hardening
- ⏳ Extend Alertmanager rules to cover RPC error spikes, proposer stalls, and miner disconnects using the new metrics.
- ⏳ Document dashboard import + alert deployment steps in
docs/run.mdfor operators. - ⏳ Prepare Stage 3 release checklist linking dashboards, alerts, and smoke tests prior to production cutover.
Stage 5 — Scaling & Release Readiness
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Infrastructure Scaling
- ⏳ Benchmark blockchain node throughput under sustained load; capture CPU/memory targets and suggest horizontal scaling thresholds.
- ⏳ Build Terraform/Helm templates for dev/staging/prod environments, including Prometheus/Grafana bundles.
- ⏳ Implement autoscaling policies for coordinator, miners, and marketplace services with synthetic traffic tests.
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Reliability & Compliance
- ⏳ Formalize backup/restore procedures for PostgreSQL, Redis, and ledger storage with scheduled jobs.
- ⏳ Complete security hardening review (TLS termination, API auth, secrets management) and document mitigations in
docs/security.md. - ⏳ Add chaos testing scripts (network partition, coordinator outage) and track mean-time-to-recovery metrics.
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Product Launch Checklist
- ⏳ Finalize public documentation (API references, onboarding guides) and publish to the docs portal.
- ⏳ Coordinate beta release timeline, including user acceptance testing of explorer/marketplace live modes.
- ⏳ Establish post-launch monitoring playbooks and on-call rotations.
Stage 6 — Ecosystem Expansion
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Cross-Chain & Interop
- ⏳ Prototype cross-chain settlement hooks leveraging external bridges; document integration patterns.
- ⏳ Extend SDKs (Python/JS) with pluggable transport abstractions for multi-network support.
- ⏳ Evaluate third-party explorer/analytics integrations and publish partner onboarding guides.
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Marketplace Growth
- ⏳ Launch incentive programs (staking, liquidity mining) and expose telemetry dashboards tracking campaign performance.
- ⏳ Implement governance module (proposal voting, parameter changes) and add API/UX flows to explorer/marketplace.
- ⏳ Provide SLA-backed coordinator/pool hubs with capacity planning and billing instrumentation.
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Developer Experience
- ⏳ Publish advanced tutorials (custom proposers, marketplace extensions) and maintain versioned API docs.
- ⏳ Integrate CI/CD pipelines with canary deployments and blue/green release automation.
- ⏳ Host quarterly architecture reviews capturing lessons learned and feeding into roadmap revisions.
Stage 7 — Innovation & Ecosystem Services
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Advanced Cryptography & Privacy
- ⏳ Research zk-proof-based receipt attestation and prototype a privacy-preserving settlement flow.
- ⏳ Add confidential transaction support in coordinator/miner stack with opt-in ciphertext storage.
- ⏳ Publish threat modeling updates and share mitigations with ecosystem partners.
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Enterprise Integrations
- ⏳ Deliver reference connectors for ERP/payment systems and document SLA expectations.
- ⏳ Stand up multi-tenant coordinator infrastructure with per-tenant isolation and billing metrics.
- ⏳ Launch ecosystem certification program (SDK conformance, security best practices) with public registry.
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Community & Governance
- ⏳ Establish open RFC process, publish governance website, and schedule regular community calls.
- ⏳ Sponsor hackathons/accelerators and provide grants for marketplace extensions and analytics tooling.
- ⏳ Track ecosystem KPIs (active marketplaces, cross-chain volume) and feed them into quarterly strategy reviews.
Stage 8 — Frontier R&D & Global Expansion
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Protocol Evolution
- ⏳ Launch research consortium exploring next-gen consensus (hybrid PoA/PoS) and finalize whitepapers.
- ⏳ Prototype sharding or rollup architectures to scale throughput beyond current limits.
- ⏳ Standardize interoperability specs with industry bodies and submit proposals for adoption.
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Global Rollout
- ⏳ Establish regional infrastructure hubs (multi-cloud) with localized compliance and data residency guarantees.
- ⏳ Partner with regulators/enterprises to pilot regulated marketplaces and publish compliance playbooks.
- ⏳ Expand localization (UI, documentation, support) covering top target markets.
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Long-Term Sustainability
- ⏳ Create sustainability fund for ecosystem maintenance, bug bounties, and community stewardship.
- ⏳ Define succession planning for core teams, including training programs and contributor pathways.
- ⏳ Publish bi-annual roadmap retrospectives assessing KPI alignment and revising long-term goals.
Stage 9 — Moonshot Initiatives
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Decentralized Infrastructure
- ⏳ Transition coordinator/miner roles toward community-governed validator sets with incentive alignment.
- ⏳ Explore decentralized storage/backbone options (IPFS/Filecoin) for ledger and marketplace artifacts.
- ⏳ Prototype fully trustless marketplace settlement leveraging zero-knowledge rollups.
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AI & Automation
- ⏳ Integrate AI-driven monitoring/anomaly detection for proposer health, market liquidity, and fraud detection.
- ⏳ Automate incident response playbooks with ChatOps and policy engines.
- ⏳ Launch research into autonomous agent participation (AI agents bidding/offering in the marketplace) and governance implications.
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Global Standards Leadership
- ⏳ chair industry working groups defining receipt/marketplace interoperability standards.
- ⏳ Publish annual transparency reports and sustainability metrics for stakeholders.
- ⏳ Engage with academia and open-source foundations to steward long-term protocol evolution.
Stage 10 — Stewardship & Legacy Planning
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Open Governance Maturity
- ⏳ Transition roadmap ownership to community-elected councils with transparent voting and treasury controls.
- ⏳ Codify constitutional documents (mission, values, conflict resolution) and publish public charters.
- ⏳ Implement on-chain governance modules for protocol upgrades and ecosystem-wide decisions.
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Educational & Outreach Programs
- ⏳ Fund university partnerships, research chairs, and developer fellowships focused on decentralized marketplace tech.
- ⏳ Create certification tracks and mentorship programs for new validator/operators.
- ⏳ Launch annual global summit and publish proceedings to share best practices across partners.
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Long-Term Preservation
- ⏳ Archive protocol specs, governance records, and cultural artifacts in decentralized storage with redundancy.
- ⏳ Establish legal/organizational frameworks to ensure continuity across jurisdictions.
- ⏳ Develop end-of-life/transition plans for legacy components, documenting deprecation strategies and migration tooling.
Shared Libraries & Examples
the canonical checklist during implementation. Mark completed tasks with ✅ and add dates or links to relevant PRs as development progresses.