Second wallet-handler slice. Authenticated, non-custodial, stateless-forward proxies over the LwsClient: the wallet sends its private view key per request, the backend forwards it (never stores it; the LWS holds it for scanning), and the wallet constructs + signs spends locally. Endpoints (POST, under /api/v1/wallet/lws, asset = xmr|wow in body): - register -> add/import account (view key) for LWS scanning (+start_height) - balance -> total_received / unlocked / locked + scan state - history -> txs incl. mempool pending + candidate spent_outputs - unspent_outs -> outputs + fee params for client-side spend construction - random_outs -> ring decoys (count clamped + fan-out capped in the client) - submit_tx -> broadcast a finalized signed tx - height -> daemon chain height - confirmations-> tx confirmation count - JWT-gated; the view key is skipped from every tracing span (never logged) and never stored. Feature-gated dispatch; unknown/disabled asset -> 400. - Boundary validation: view_key (64 hex), address (bounded), txid (64 hex), tx_hex (even hex, <=2 MiB) — all before any LWS call. - Shared validators in wallet/mod.rs (validate_hex/view_key/cn_address). - Colliding DTO names disambiguated (Lws-prefixed) so the openapi schema registry stays correct; 8 paths + schemas + xmr_wow tag registered; spec regenerated, drift-clean. 6 L1 integration tests (auth gate on balance/register; unknown-asset, bad-view-key, malformed-tx-hex, malformed-txid 400s) + validator unit tests.
smirk-backend-core
Open, self-hostable backend for the Smirk non-custodial, multi-chain wallet. It provides the chain-access and identity surface a Smirk wallet needs — authentication, per-chain wallet access (Bitcoin, Litecoin, Monero, Wownero, Grin), the Grin slatepack relay, and Nostr-based identity — so anyone can run their own backend and a Smirk wallet can connect to it.
Status: early, under active development. Interfaces and the database schema may change before the first tagged release. Not yet recommended for production self-hosting.
What it is
- Non-custodial. The server never holds spend keys or seeds. It brokers access to blockchain data and relays wallet-to-wallet messages.
- Open core, feature-flagged. Every feature ships in this codebase and is
toggled per deployment; the wallet reads
GET /api/v1/capabilitiesand adapts to what a given backend offers. - Identity via "Sign in with Smirk". Authentication uses a seed-derived Nostr key (NIP-98); the server stores only public keys.
- Privacy first. No PII is required to use it; operator and user privacy are explicit design goals.
Architecture
Rust + Axum, PostgreSQL via sqlx. The public HTTP contract is generated from the handlers with utoipa (OpenAPI), which in turn drives the wallet's generated TypeScript client — one source of truth, checked for drift in CI.
Quickstart
cp .env.example .env # then fill in DATABASE_URL, JWT_SECRET, node URLs
cargo run # starts the API server
A full self-hosting guide (node requirements, reverse proxy, Tor admin onion,
backups) will live in docs/ as it stabilises.
Security
Please report vulnerabilities privately — see SECURITY.md. Do not open public issues for security reports.
License
To be finalized (MIT vs AGPL-3.0-or-later). Until a LICENSE file is added,
all rights are reserved.