Software interface for smart contracts

A non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium storing one or more instructions executable by a computer system to perform operations comprising:

• retrieving one or more smart contract definitions from the blockchain network, the one or more smart contract definitions including a plurality of contract functions from a plurality of smart contracts stored in a blockchain maintained by a blockchain network;
• generating a smart contract interface representing the one or more smart contract definitions, the smart contract interface including a plurality of interface functions corresponding to the plurality of contract functions, the smart contract interface configured to allow developer software applications to call each of the contract functions by calling a corresponding interface function;
• receiving a local call to a particular interface function from a developer software application, the local call including call parameters corresponding to parameters of a particular contract function corresponding to the particular interface function;
• in response to the receiving the local call to the particular interface function, (i) retrieving, from the local call, the call parameters, (ii) converting, using a software library, the call parameters to smart contract parameters for communicating with the corresponding smart contract on the blockchain network, and (iii) generating a smart contract call to the particular contract function, the smart contract call including the smart contract parameters;
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• transmitting the smart contract call to the blockchain network.

A computer-implemented system, comprising:

• one or more computers;
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• one or more computer memory devices interoperably coupled with the one or more computers and having tangible, non-transitory, machine-readable media storing one or more instructions that, when executed by the one or more computers, perform one or more operations comprising:
• retrieving one or more smart contract definitions from the blockchain network, the one or more smart contract definitions including a plurality of contract functions from a plurality of smart contracts stored in a blockchain maintained by a blockchain network,
• generating a smart contract interface representing the one or more smart contract definitions, the smart contract interface including a plurality of interface functions corresponding to the plurality of contract functions, the smart contract interface configured to allow developer software applications to call each of the contract functions by calling a corresponding interface function,
• receiving a local call to a particular interface function from a developer software application, the local call including call parameters corresponding to parameters of a particular contract function corresponding to the particular interface function,
• in response to the receiving the local call to the particular interface function, (i) retrieving, from the local call, the call parameters, (ii) converting, using a software library, the call parameters to smart contract parameters for communicating with the corresponding smart contract on the blockchain network, and (iii) generating a smart contract call to the particular contract function, the smart contract call including the smart contract parameters, and
• transmitting the smart contract call to the blockchain network.