btc retriever and filterer

pkg/super_node/btc/converter.go

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 // PayloadConverter satisfies the PayloadConverter interface for bitcoin
-type PayloadConverter struct{
+type PayloadConverter struct {
 	chainConfig *chaincfg.Params
 }
 

pkg/super_node/btc/filterer.go

@@ -15,3 +15,84 @@
 // along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 package btc
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"fmt"
+	"math/big"
+
+	"github.com/btcsuite/btcutil"
+
+	"github.com/vulcanize/vulcanizedb/pkg/super_node/shared"
+)
+
+// ResponseFilterer satisfies the ResponseFilterer interface for ethereum
+type ResponseFilterer struct{}
+
+// NewResponseFilterer creates a new Filterer satisfying the ResponseFilterer interface
+func NewResponseFilterer() *ResponseFilterer {
+	return &ResponseFilterer{}
+}
+
+// Filter is used to filter through eth data to extract and package requested data into a Payload
+func (s *ResponseFilterer) Filter(filter shared.SubscriptionSettings, payload shared.StreamedIPLDs) (shared.ServerResponse, error) {
+	btcFilters, ok := filter.(*SubscriptionSettings)
+	if !ok {
+		return StreamResponse{}, fmt.Errorf("eth filterer expected filter type %T got %T", &SubscriptionSettings{}, filter)
+	}
+	btcPayload, ok := payload.(IPLDPayload)
+	if !ok {
+		return StreamResponse{}, fmt.Errorf("eth filterer expected payload type %T got %T", IPLDPayload{}, payload)
+	}
+	height := int64(btcPayload.Height)
+	if checkRange(btcFilters.Start.Int64(), btcFilters.End.Int64(), height) {
+		response := new(StreamResponse)
+		if err := s.filterHeaders(btcFilters.HeaderFilter, response, btcPayload); err != nil {
+			return StreamResponse{}, err
+		}
+		if err := s.filterTransactions(btcFilters.TxFilter, response, btcPayload); err != nil {
+			return StreamResponse{}, err
+		}
+		response.BlockNumber = big.NewInt(height)
+		return *response, nil
+	}
+	return StreamResponse{}, nil
+}
+
+func (s *ResponseFilterer) filterHeaders(headerFilter HeaderFilter, response *StreamResponse, payload IPLDPayload) error {
+	if !headerFilter.Off {
+		headerBuffer := new(bytes.Buffer)
+		if err := payload.Header.Serialize(headerBuffer); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		response.SerializedHeaders = append(response.SerializedHeaders, headerBuffer.Bytes())
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func checkRange(start, end, actual int64) bool {
+	if (end <= 0 || end >= actual) && start <= actual {
+		return true
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+func (s *ResponseFilterer) filterTransactions(trxFilter TxFilter, response *StreamResponse, payload IPLDPayload) error {
+	if !trxFilter.Off {
+		for _, trx := range payload.Txs {
+			if checkTransaction(trx, trxFilter) {
+				trxBuffer := new(bytes.Buffer)
+				if err := trx.MsgTx().Serialize(trxBuffer); err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
+				response.SerializedTxs = append(response.SerializedTxs, trxBuffer.Bytes())
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// checkTransaction returns true if the provided transaction has a hit on the filter
+func checkTransaction(trx *btcutil.Tx, txFilter TxFilter) bool {
+	panic("implement me")
+}

pkg/super_node/btc/retriever.go

@@ -15,3 +15,213 @@
 // along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 package btc
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"math/big"
+
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
+	"github.com/jmoiron/sqlx"
+	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+
+	"github.com/vulcanize/vulcanizedb/pkg/eth/datastore/postgres"
+	"github.com/vulcanize/vulcanizedb/pkg/super_node/shared"
+)
+
+// CIDRetriever satisfies the CIDRetriever interface for bitcoin
+type CIDRetriever struct {
+	db *postgres.DB
+}
+
+// NewCIDRetriever returns a pointer to a new CIDRetriever which supports the CIDRetriever interface
+func NewCIDRetriever(db *postgres.DB) *CIDRetriever {
+	return &CIDRetriever{
+		db: db,
+	}
+}
+
+// RetrieveFirstBlockNumber is used to retrieve the first block number in the db
+func (ecr *CIDRetriever) RetrieveFirstBlockNumber() (int64, error) {
+	var blockNumber int64
+	err := ecr.db.Get(&blockNumber, "SELECT block_number FROM btc.header_cids ORDER BY block_number ASC LIMIT 1")
+	return blockNumber, err
+}
+
+// RetrieveLastBlockNumber is used to retrieve the latest block number in the db
+func (ecr *CIDRetriever) RetrieveLastBlockNumber() (int64, error) {
+	var blockNumber int64
+	err := ecr.db.Get(&blockNumber, "SELECT block_number FROM btc.header_cids ORDER BY block_number DESC LIMIT 1 ")
+	return blockNumber, err
+}
+
+// Retrieve is used to retrieve all of the CIDs which conform to the passed StreamFilters
+func (ecr *CIDRetriever) Retrieve(filter shared.SubscriptionSettings, blockNumber int64) (shared.CIDsForFetching, bool, error) {
+	streamFilter, ok := filter.(*SubscriptionSettings)
+	if !ok {
+		return nil, true, fmt.Errorf("eth retriever expected filter type %T got %T", &SubscriptionSettings{}, filter)
+	}
+	log.Debug("retrieving cids")
+	tx, err := ecr.db.Beginx()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, true, err
+	}
+
+	cw := new(CIDWrapper)
+	cw.BlockNumber = big.NewInt(blockNumber)
+	// Retrieve cached header CIDs
+	if !streamFilter.HeaderFilter.Off {
+		cw.Headers, err = ecr.RetrieveHeaderCIDs(tx, blockNumber)
+		if err != nil {
+			if err := tx.Rollback(); err != nil {
+				log.Error(err)
+			}
+			log.Error("header cid retrieval error")
+			return nil, true, err
+		}
+	}
+	// Retrieve cached trx CIDs
+	if !streamFilter.TxFilter.Off {
+		cw.Transactions, err = ecr.RetrieveTxCIDs(tx, streamFilter.TxFilter, blockNumber)
+		if err != nil {
+			if err := tx.Rollback(); err != nil {
+				log.Error(err)
+			}
+			log.Error("transaction cid retrieval error")
+			return nil, true, err
+		}
+	}
+	trxIds := make([]int64, 0, len(cw.Transactions))
+	for _, tx := range cw.Transactions {
+		trxIds = append(trxIds, tx.ID)
+	}
+	return cw, empty(cw), tx.Commit()
+}
+
+func empty(cidWrapper *CIDWrapper) bool {
+	if len(cidWrapper.Transactions) > 0 || len(cidWrapper.Headers) > 0 {
+		return false
+	}
+	return true
+}
+
+// RetrieveHeaderCIDs retrieves and returns all of the header cids at the provided blockheight
+func (ecr *CIDRetriever) RetrieveHeaderCIDs(tx *sqlx.Tx, blockNumber int64) ([]HeaderModel, error) {
+	log.Debug("retrieving header cids for block ", blockNumber)
+	headers := make([]HeaderModel, 0)
+	pgStr := `SELECT * FROM btc.header_cids
+				WHERE block_number = $1`
+	return headers, tx.Select(&headers, pgStr, blockNumber)
+}
+
+// RetrieveTxCIDs retrieves and returns all of the trx cids at the provided blockheight that conform to the provided filter parameters
+// also returns the ids for the returned transaction cids
+func (ecr *CIDRetriever) RetrieveTxCIDs(tx *sqlx.Tx, txFilter TxFilter, blockNumber int64) ([]TxModel, error) {
+	log.Debug("retrieving transaction cids for block ", blockNumber)
+	args := make([]interface{}, 0, 3)
+	results := make([]TxModel, 0)
+	pgStr := `SELECT transaction_cids.id, transaction_cids.header_id,
+ 			transaction_cids.tx_hash, transaction_cids.cid,
+ 			transaction_cids.dst, transaction_cids.src, transaction_cids.index
+ 			FROM eth.transaction_cids INNER JOIN eth.header_cids ON (transaction_cids.header_id = header_cids.id)
+			WHERE header_cids.block_number = $1`
+	args = append(args, blockNumber)
+	return results, tx.Select(&results, pgStr, args...)
+}
+
+// RetrieveGapsInData is used to find the the block numbers at which we are missing data in the db
+func (ecr *CIDRetriever) RetrieveGapsInData() ([]shared.Gap, error) {
+	pgStr := `SELECT header_cids.block_number + 1 AS start, min(fr.block_number) - 1 AS stop FROM btc.header_cids
+				LEFT JOIN btc.header_cids r on btc.header_cids.block_number = r.block_number - 1
+				LEFT JOIN btc.header_cids fr on btc.header_cids.block_number < fr.block_number
+				WHERE r.block_number is NULL and fr.block_number IS NOT NULL
+				GROUP BY header_cids.block_number, r.block_number`
+	results := make([]struct {
+		Start uint64 `db:"start"`
+		Stop  uint64 `db:"stop"`
+	}, 0)
+	err := ecr.db.Select(&results, pgStr)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	gaps := make([]shared.Gap, len(results))
+	for i, res := range results {
+		gaps[i] = shared.Gap{
+			Start: res.Start,
+			Stop:  res.Stop,
+		}
+	}
+	return gaps, nil
+}
+
+// RetrieveBlockByHash returns all of the CIDs needed to compose an entire block, for a given block hash
+func (ecr *CIDRetriever) RetrieveBlockByHash(blockHash common.Hash) (HeaderModel, []TxModel, error) {
+	log.Debug("retrieving block cids for block hash ", blockHash.String())
+	tx, err := ecr.db.Beginx()
+	if err != nil {
+		return HeaderModel{}, nil, err
+	}
+	headerCID, err := ecr.RetrieveHeaderCIDByHash(tx, blockHash)
+	if err != nil {
+		if err := tx.Rollback(); err != nil {
+			log.Error(err)
+		}
+		log.Error("header cid retrieval error")
+		return HeaderModel{}, nil, err
+	}
+	txCIDs, err := ecr.RetrieveTxCIDsByHeaderID(tx, headerCID.ID)
+	if err != nil {
+		if err := tx.Rollback(); err != nil {
+			log.Error(err)
+		}
+		log.Error("tx cid retrieval error")
+		return HeaderModel{}, nil, err
+	}
+	return headerCID, txCIDs, tx.Commit()
+}
+
+// RetrieveBlockByNumber returns all of the CIDs needed to compose an entire block, for a given block number
+func (ecr *CIDRetriever) RetrieveBlockByNumber(blockNumber int64) (HeaderModel, []TxModel, error) {
+	log.Debug("retrieving block cids for block number ", blockNumber)
+	tx, err := ecr.db.Beginx()
+	if err != nil {
+		return HeaderModel{}, nil, err
+	}
+	headerCID, err := ecr.RetrieveHeaderCIDs(tx, blockNumber)
+	if err != nil {
+		if err := tx.Rollback(); err != nil {
+			log.Error(err)
+		}
+		log.Error("header cid retrieval error")
+		return HeaderModel{}, nil, err
+	}
+	if len(headerCID) < 1 {
+		return HeaderModel{}, nil, fmt.Errorf("header cid retrieval error, no header CIDs found at block %d", blockNumber)
+	}
+	txCIDs, err := ecr.RetrieveTxCIDsByHeaderID(tx, headerCID[0].ID)
+	if err != nil {
+		if err := tx.Rollback(); err != nil {
+			log.Error(err)
+		}
+		log.Error("tx cid retrieval error")
+		return HeaderModel{}, nil, err
+	}
+	return headerCID[0], txCIDs, tx.Commit()
+}
+
+// RetrieveHeaderCIDByHash returns the header for the given block hash
+func (ecr *CIDRetriever) RetrieveHeaderCIDByHash(tx *sqlx.Tx, blockHash common.Hash) (HeaderModel, error) {
+	log.Debug("retrieving header cids for block hash ", blockHash.String())
+	pgStr := `SELECT * FROM btc.header_cids
+			WHERE block_hash = $1`
+	var headerCID HeaderModel
+	return headerCID, tx.Get(&headerCID, pgStr, blockHash.String())
+}
+
+// RetrieveTxCIDsByHeaderID retrieves all tx CIDs for the given header id
+func (ecr *CIDRetriever) RetrieveTxCIDsByHeaderID(tx *sqlx.Tx, headerID int64) ([]TxModel, error) {
+	log.Debug("retrieving tx cids for block id ", headerID)
+	pgStr := `SELECT * FROM btc.transaction_cids
+			WHERE header_id = $1`
+	var txCIDs []TxModel
+	return txCIDs, tx.Select(&txCIDs, pgStr, headerID)
+}

pkg/super_node/btc/subscription_config.go

@@ -65,29 +65,35 @@ type HeaderFilter struct {
 // TxFilter contains filter settings for txs
 type TxFilter struct {
 	Off bool
+	// Top level trx filters
 	Index         int64    // allow filtering by index so that we can filter for only coinbase transactions (index 0) if we want to
-	HasWitness    bool
-	WitnessHashes []string
+	Segwit        bool     // allow filtering for segwit trxs
+	WitnessHashes []string // allow filtering for specific witness hashes
+	// TODO: trx input filters
+	// TODO: trx output filters
 }
 
 // Init is used to initialize a EthSubscription struct with env variables
 func NewEthSubscriptionConfig() (*SubscriptionSettings, error) {
 	sc := new(SubscriptionSettings)
 	// Below default to false, which means we do not backfill by default
-	sc.BackFill = viper.GetBool("superNode.ethSubscription.historicalData")
-	sc.BackFillOnly = viper.GetBool("superNode.ethSubscription.historicalDataOnly")
+	sc.BackFill = viper.GetBool("superNode.btcSubscription.historicalData")
+	sc.BackFillOnly = viper.GetBool("superNode.btcSubscription.historicalDataOnly")
 	// Below default to 0
 	// 0 start means we start at the beginning and 0 end means we continue indefinitely
-	sc.Start = big.NewInt(viper.GetInt64("superNode.ethSubscription.startingBlock"))
-	sc.End = big.NewInt(viper.GetInt64("superNode.ethSubscription.endingBlock"))
+	sc.Start = big.NewInt(viper.GetInt64("superNode.btcSubscription.startingBlock"))
+	sc.End = big.NewInt(viper.GetInt64("superNode.btcSubscription.endingBlock"))
 	// Below default to false, which means we get all headers and no uncles by default
 	sc.HeaderFilter = HeaderFilter{
-		Off: viper.GetBool("superNode.ethSubscription.off"),
+		Off: viper.GetBool("superNode.btcSubscription.headerFilter.off"),
 	}
 	// Below defaults to false and two slices of length 0
 	// Which means we get all transactions by default
 	sc.TxFilter = TxFilter{
-		Off: viper.GetBool("superNode.ethSubscription.txFilter.off"),
+		Off:           viper.GetBool("superNode.btcSubscription.txFilter.off"),
+		Index:         viper.GetInt64("superNode.btcSubscription.txFilter.index"),
+		Segwit:        viper.GetBool("superNode.btcSubscription.txFilter.segwit"),
+		WitnessHashes: viper.GetStringSlice("superNode.btcSubscription.txFilter.witnessHashes"),
 	}
 	return sc, nil
 }

pkg/super_node/btc/types.go

@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"math/big"
 
-	"github.com/vulcanize/vulcanizedb/pkg/super_node/shared"
-
 	"github.com/btcsuite/btcd/wire"
 	"github.com/btcsuite/btcutil"
 	"github.com/ipfs/go-block-format"
@@ -42,10 +40,6 @@ type IPLDPayload struct {
 	TxMetaData []TxModelWithInsAndOuts
 }
 
-func (ip IPLDPayload) Value() shared.StreamedIPLDs {
-	return ip
-}
-
 // CIDPayload is a struct to hold all the CIDs and their associated meta data for indexing in Postgres
 // Returned by IPLDPublisher
 // Passed to CIDIndexer
@@ -72,10 +66,10 @@ type IPLDWrapper struct {
 	Transactions []blocks.Block
 }
 
-// StreamPayload holds the data streamed from the super node eth service to the requesting clients
+// StreamResponse holds the data streamed from the super node eth service to the requesting clients
 // Returned by IPLDResolver and ResponseFilterer
 // Passed to client subscriptions
-type StreamPayload struct {
+type StreamResponse struct {
 	BlockNumber       *big.Int `json:"blockNumber"`
 	SerializedHeaders [][]byte `json:"headerBytes"`
 	SerializedTxs     [][]byte `json:"transactionBytes"`
@@ -84,20 +78,20 @@ type StreamPayload struct {
 	err     error
 }
 
-func (sd *StreamPayload) ensureEncoded() {
-	if sd.encoded == nil && sd.err == nil {
-		sd.encoded, sd.err = json.Marshal(sd)
+func (sr *StreamResponse) ensureEncoded() {
+	if sr.encoded == nil && sr.err == nil {
+		sr.encoded, sr.err = json.Marshal(sr)
 	}
 }
 
 // Length to implement Encoder interface for StateDiff
-func (sd *StreamPayload) Length() int {
-	sd.ensureEncoded()
-	return len(sd.encoded)
+func (sr *StreamResponse) Length() int {
+	sr.ensureEncoded()
+	return len(sr.encoded)
 }
 
 // Encode to implement Encoder interface for StateDiff
-func (sd *StreamPayload) Encode() ([]byte, error) {
-	sd.ensureEncoded()
-	return sd.encoded, sd.err
+func (sr *StreamResponse) Encode() ([]byte, error) {
+	sr.ensureEncoded()
+	return sr.encoded, sr.err
 }

pkg/super_node/constructors.go

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package super_node
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+
 	"github.com/btcsuite/btcd/chaincfg"
 
 	"github.com/btcsuite/btcd/rpcclient"

pkg/super_node/eth/filterer.go

@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ func (s *ResponseFilterer) filterTransactions(trxFilter TxFilter, response *Stre
 	trxHashes := make([]common.Hash, 0, len(payload.Block.Body().Transactions))
 	if !trxFilter.Off {
 		for i, trx := range payload.Block.Body().Transactions {
-			if checkTransactions(trxFilter.Src, trxFilter.Dst, payload.TxMetaData[i].Src, payload.TxMetaData[i].Dst) {
+			if checkTransactionAddrs(trxFilter.Src, trxFilter.Dst, payload.TxMetaData[i].Src, payload.TxMetaData[i].Dst) {
 				trxBuffer := new(bytes.Buffer)
 				if err := trx.EncodeRLP(trxBuffer); err != nil {
 					return nil, err
@@ -119,7 +119,8 @@ func (s *ResponseFilterer) filterTransactions(trxFilter TxFilter, response *Stre
 	return trxHashes, nil
 }
 
-func checkTransactions(wantedSrc, wantedDst []string, actualSrc, actualDst string) bool {
+// checkTransactionAddrs returns true if either the transaction src and dst are one of the wanted src and dst addresses
+func checkTransactionAddrs(wantedSrc, wantedDst []string, actualSrc, actualDst string) bool {
 	// If we aren't filtering for any addresses, every transaction is a go
 	if len(wantedDst) == 0 && len(wantedSrc) == 0 {
 		return true
@@ -185,21 +186,16 @@ func checkReceipts(rct *types.Receipt, wantedTopics, actualTopics [][]string, wa
 	return false
 }
 
+// filterMatch returns true if the actualTopics conform to the wantedTopics filter
 func filterMatch(wantedTopics, actualTopics [][]string) bool {
-	// actualTopics should always be length 4, members could be nil slices though
-	lenWantedTopics := len(wantedTopics)
+	// actualTopics should always be length 4, but the members can be nil slices
 	matches := 0
 	for i, actualTopicSet := range actualTopics {
-		if i < lenWantedTopics {
+		if i < len(wantedTopics) && len(wantedTopics[i]) > 0 {
 			// If we have topics in this filter slot, count as a match if one of the topics matches
-			if len(wantedTopics[i]) > 0 {
 			matches += slicesShareString(actualTopicSet, wantedTopics[i])
 		} else {
-				// Filter slot is empty, not matching any topics at this slot => counts as a match
-				matches++
-			}
-		} else {
-			// Filter slot doesn't exist, not matching any topics at this slot => count as a match
+			// Filter slot is either empty or doesn't exist => not matching any topics at this slot => counts as a match
 			matches++
 		}
 	}

pkg/super_node/eth/subscription_config.go

@@ -86,8 +86,8 @@ func NewEthSubscriptionConfig() (*SubscriptionSettings, error) {
 	sc.End = big.NewInt(viper.GetInt64("superNode.ethSubscription.endingBlock"))
 	// Below default to false, which means we get all headers and no uncles by default
 	sc.HeaderFilter = HeaderFilter{
-		Off:    viper.GetBool("superNode.ethSubscription.off"),
-		Uncles: viper.GetBool("superNode.ethSubscription.uncles"),
+		Off:    viper.GetBool("superNode.ethSubscription.headerFilter.off"),
+		Uncles: viper.GetBool("superNode.ethSubscription.headerFilter.uncles"),
 	}
 	// Below defaults to false and two slices of length 0
 	// Which means we get all transactions by default

pkg/super_node/eth/types.go

@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"math/big"
 
-	"github.com/vulcanize/vulcanizedb/pkg/super_node/shared"
-
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/types"
 	"github.com/ipfs/go-block-format"
@@ -40,10 +38,6 @@ type IPLDPayload struct {
 	StorageNodes    map[common.Hash][]TrieNode
 }
 
-func (ip IPLDPayload) Value() shared.StreamedIPLDs {
-	return ip
-}
-
 // Trie struct used to flag node as leaf or not
 type TrieNode struct {
 	Key   common.Hash
@@ -105,24 +99,20 @@ type StreamResponse struct {
 	err     error
 }
 
-func (sr StreamResponse) Value() shared.ServerResponse {
-	return sr
-}
-
-func (sd *StreamResponse) ensureEncoded() {
-	if sd.encoded == nil && sd.err == nil {
-		sd.encoded, sd.err = json.Marshal(sd)
+func (sr *StreamResponse) ensureEncoded() {
+	if sr.encoded == nil && sr.err == nil {
+		sr.encoded, sr.err = json.Marshal(sr)
 	}
 }
 
 // Length to implement Encoder interface for StateDiff
-func (sd *StreamResponse) Length() int {
-	sd.ensureEncoded()
-	return len(sd.encoded)
+func (sr *StreamResponse) Length() int {
+	sr.ensureEncoded()
+	return len(sr.encoded)
 }
 
 // Encode to implement Encoder interface for StateDiff
-func (sd *StreamResponse) Encode() ([]byte, error) {
-	sd.ensureEncoded()
-	return sd.encoded, sd.err
+func (sr *StreamResponse) Encode() ([]byte, error) {
+	sr.ensureEncoded()
+	return sr.encoded, sr.err
 }

pkg/super_node/service.go

@@ -204,12 +204,12 @@ func (sap *Service) SyncAndPublish(wg *sync.WaitGroup, screenAndServePayload cha
 				}
 				// If we have a ScreenAndServe process running, forward the iplds to it
 				select {
-				case screenAndServePayload <- ipldPayload.Value():
+				case screenAndServePayload <- ipldPayload:
 				default:
 				}
 				// Forward the payload to the publishAndIndex workers
 				select {
-				case publishAndIndexPayload <- ipldPayload.Value():
+				case publishAndIndexPayload <- ipldPayload:
 				default:
 				}
 			case err := <-sub.Err():
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ func (sap *Service) sendResponse(payload shared.StreamedIPLDs) {
 		}
 		for id, sub := range subs {
 			select {
-			case sub.PayloadChan <- SubscriptionPayload{response.Value(), ""}:
+			case sub.PayloadChan <- SubscriptionPayload{response, ""}:
 				log.Infof("sending super node payload to subscription %s", id)
 			default:
 				log.Infof("unable to send payload to subscription %s; channel has no receiver", id)
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ func (sap *Service) backFill(sub Subscription, id rpc.ID, params shared.Subscrip
 				continue
 			}
 			select {
-			case sub.PayloadChan <- SubscriptionPayload{backFillIplds.Value(), ""}:
+			case sub.PayloadChan <- SubscriptionPayload{backFillIplds, ""}:
 				log.Infof("sending super node historical data payload to subscription %s", id)
 			default:
 				log.Infof("unable to send back-fill payload to subscription %s; channel has no receiver", id)

pkg/super_node/shared/types.go

@@ -19,12 +19,8 @@ package shared
 // These types serve as very loose wrappers around a generic underlying interface{}
 type RawChainData interface{}
 
-// The concrete type underneath StreamedIPLDs can be a pointer only if the Value() method returns a copy of the values
-// stored at that memory location and not a copy of the pointer itself.
-// We want to avoid sending a pointer to publishAndIndex and screenAndServe channels; sharing memory across these processes
-type StreamedIPLDs interface {
-	Value() StreamedIPLDs
-}
+// The concrete type underneath StreamedIPLDs should not be a pointer
+type StreamedIPLDs interface{}
 
 type CIDsForIndexing interface{}
 
@@ -32,12 +28,8 @@ type CIDsForFetching interface{}
 
 type FetchedIPLDs interface{}
 
-// The concrete type underneath StreamedIPLDs can be a pointer only if the Value() method returns a copy of the values
-// stored at that memory location and not a copy of the pointer itself.
-// We want to avoid sending a pointer to subscription channels; sharing memory across all subscriptions
-type ServerResponse interface {
-	Value() ServerResponse
-}
+// The concrete type underneath StreamedIPLDs should not be a pointer
+type ServerResponse interface{}
 
 type Gap struct {
 	Start uint64