Chrysalis.Network 1.4.0-alpha

<div align="center"> <h1>Chrysalis</h1> <p><strong>A native .NET toolkit for Cardano blockchain development</strong></p>

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CBOR serialization, transaction building, wallet management, Ouroboros mini-protocols, and a pure managed Plutus VM — everything you need to build on Cardano in .NET.

Installation

dotnet add package Chrysalis --prerelease

Or install individual packages:

dotnet add package Chrysalis.Codec   --prerelease   # CBOR serialization + source generation
dotnet add package Chrysalis.Network --prerelease   # Ouroboros mini-protocols (N2C/N2N)
dotnet add package Chrysalis.Tx      --prerelease   # Transaction building + fee calculation
dotnet add package Chrysalis.Wallet  --prerelease   # Key management + address handling
dotnet add package Chrysalis.Plutus  --prerelease   # Pure managed UPLC/CEK machine

Architecture

Quick Start

Define Plutus Data Types

using Chrysalis.Codec.Serialization;
using Chrysalis.Codec.Serialization.Attributes;

// Single attribute for Plutus datum/redeemer types
[PlutusData(0)]
public partial record MyDatum(
    [CborOrder(0)] byte[] Owner,
    [CborOrder(1)] ulong Amount
) : CborRecord;

// Union types for redeemers with multiple constructors
[CborSerializable]
[CborUnion]
public abstract partial record MyRedeemer : CborRecord;

[PlutusData(0)]
public partial record Spend(
    [CborOrder(0)] long OutputIndex
) : MyRedeemer;

[PlutusData(1)]
public partial record Cancel() : MyRedeemer;

Wallet

using Chrysalis.Wallet.Models.Keys;
using Chrysalis.Wallet.Models.Addresses;
using Chrysalis.Wallet.Models.Enums;

// Generate a 24-word mnemonic (English word list is the default)
Mnemonic mnemonic = Mnemonic.Generate(24);

// Derive keys with BIP-44 helpers
PrivateKey accountKey = mnemonic.GetRootKey().DeriveCardanoAccountKey();
PrivateKey paymentKey = accountKey.DerivePaymentKey();
PublicKey stakingPub = accountKey.DeriveStakeKey().GetPublicKey();

// Generate address
Address address = Address.FromPublicKeys(
    NetworkType.Testnet,
    AddressType.BasePayment,
    paymentKey.GetPublicKey(),
    stakingPub
);

Console.WriteLine(address.ToBech32());
// addr_test1qz...

Build Transactions

using Chrysalis.Tx.Builders;
using Chrysalis.Codec.Types.Cardano.Core.Common;
using Chrysalis.Codec.Extensions.Cardano.Core.Common;

TransactionBuilder builder = TransactionBuilder.Create(pparams);

// Add inputs (hex strings or txid#index format)
builder.AddInput("a1b2c3d4...#0");

// Fluent output builder with auto min-ADA
builder.AddOutput("addr_test1qz...", Lovelace.Create(5_000_000))
    .WithInlineDatum(myDatum)
    .WithMinAda(pparams.AdaPerUTxOByte)
    .Add();

// Simple ADA-only output
builder.AddOutput("addr_test1qz...", Lovelace.Create(2_000_000))
    .Add();

// Multi-asset output — no nested dictionary ceremony
IValue value = Value.FromLovelace(2_000_000)
    .WithToken(policyHex, assetNameHex, 100)
    .WithToken(policyHex, assetNameHex2, 50);

builder.AddOutput("addr_test1qz...", value).Add();

Mint Tokens

using Chrysalis.Tx.Builders;

// Fluent mint builder
MultiAssetMint mint = MintBuilder.Create()
    .AddToken(policyHex, assetNameHex, 1_000)   // mint
    .AddToken(policyHex, assetNameHex2, -1)      // burn
    .Build();

builder.SetMint(mint);

// Or directly on the builder
builder.AddMint(policyHex, assetNameHex, 1_000);

Value Arithmetic

// Merge two values (adds lovelace + combines tokens)
IValue total = value1.Merge(value2);

// Subtract
IValue remaining = total.Subtract(spent);

// Query token amounts
ulong? qty = value.QuantityOf(policyHex, assetNameHex);

// Flat dictionary of all assets
Dictionary<string, ulong> assets = value.ToAssetDictionary();
// Keys: "lovelace", "policyHex+assetNameHex"

Sign and Submit

using Chrysalis.Tx.Extensions;

// Single key
ITransaction signed = tx.Sign(paymentKey);

// Multiple keys (hashes tx body once)
ITransaction signed = tx.Sign(paymentKey, stakeKey, scriptKey);

// Submit via Blockfrost
string txHash = await provider.SubmitTransactionAsync(signed);

Read Inline Datums

using Chrysalis.Codec.Extensions.Cardano.Core.Transaction;

// One-liner datum access — no triple-casting
MyDatum? datum = output.InlineDatum<MyDatum>();
ReadOnlyMemory<byte>? rawCbor = output.InlineDatumRaw();

Node Communication

using Chrysalis.Network.Multiplexer;

// N2C: connect to local node via Unix socket
NodeClient node = await NodeClient.ConnectAsync("/ipc/node.socket");
await node.StartAsync(networkMagic);

// Query chain tip
var tip = await node.LocalStateQuery.GetTipAsync();

// Query UTxOs
var utxos = await node.LocalStateQuery.GetUtxosByAddressAsync([addressBytes]);

// Submit transactions
await node.LocalTxSubmit.SubmitTxAsync(signedTxBytes);

// N2N: connect to remote node via TCP
PeerClient peer = await PeerClient.ConnectAsync("relay.cardano.org", 3001);
await peer.StartAsync(networkMagic);

// Pipelined ChainSync + BlockFetch
await peer.ChainSync.FindIntersectionAsync([Point.Origin], ct);

Plutus VM

Pure managed UPLC interpreter — no Haskell, no Rust, no FFI.

using Chrysalis.Tx.Extensions;

// Evaluate all scripts in a transaction
IReadOnlyList<EvaluationResult> results = ScriptContextBuilder.EvaluateTx(
    body, witnessSet, utxos, SlotNetworkConfig.Preview);

foreach (var r in results)
    Console.WriteLine($"Redeemer [{r.RedeemerTag}:{r.Index}] mem={r.ExUnits.Mem} steps={r.ExUnits.Steps}");

The VM passes 999/999 UPLC conformance tests covering Plutus V1-V3, including all 94 builtins and BLS12-381 cryptographic primitives. The transaction builder uses it automatically — no external evaluator needed.

Script Addresses

using Chrysalis.Wallet.Models.Addresses;

// Compute script hash from IScript
string scriptHash = myScript.HashHex();

// Create script address
Address scriptAddr = Address.FromScriptHash(NetworkType.Testnet, scriptHash);

// With staking credential
Address scriptAddr = Address.FromScriptHashWithStake(
    NetworkType.Testnet, scriptHash, stakeKeyHash);

Performance

Benchmarks against Pallas (Rust) and Gouroboros (Go) on Conway-era blocks, local Cardano Preview node.

N2N (TCP) — Pipelined ChainSync from origin:

N2C (Unix Socket) — 10,000 blocks, sequential:

N2C is bottlenecked by the node — all three converge around 2,700-3,300 blk/s. On N2N where pipelining matters, Chrysalis is 2.3x faster than Go and 13x faster than Rust on full block download.

<details> <summary>How it's fast</summary>

• Batch burst pipelining — send N header requests, drain N responses, BlockFetch the batch
• Zero-copy deserialization — ReadOnlyMemory<byte> throughout, no intermediate allocations
• Source-generated CBOR dispatch — compile-time probe-based union resolution via PeekState/PeekTag
• System.IO.Pipelines — backpressure-aware async I/O with minimal buffer copies

AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D, .NET 10. Full results in benchmarks/BENCHMARKS.md. </details>

Era Support

Contributing

1. Fork the repository
2. Create a feature branch: git checkout -b feature/my-feature
3. Commit your changes: git commit -m 'feat: add my feature'
4. Push and open a Pull Request

License

MIT — see LICENSE.md.

<div align="center"> <p>Built by <a href="https://saib.dev">SAIB Inc</a> for the Cardano community</p> </div>