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use crate::;
use SimpleObject;
use ;
/// The specs of the virtual server and the specs required by each node
/// and are used to configure the network specs.
/// Variables that are used to derive the specs of the network from the server specs.
/// Parameters related to the automatic management of an account resource buffer.
/// # Virtual Server Service
///
/// This service defines a "virtual server" that represents the subset of a real server that
/// a node operator dedicates to running their network node. A user then interacts with one
/// or more virtual servers that are peered together to form a network. The network has
/// effective specifications that are derived from (and necessarily lower than) the virtual
/// server specs. The difference in specs comes from various overhead costs incurred by the
/// management of the network.
///
/// Example diagram:
///
/// .------------------------. .------------------------. .------------------------.
/// | Actual Server 1 | | Actual Server 2 | | Actual Server 3 |
/// | | | | | |
/// | 100 Gbps network | | 50 Gbps network | | 100 Gbps network |
/// | 2 TB disk | | 1 TB disk | | 300 GB disk |
/// | | | | | |
/// | .--------------------. | | .--------------------. | | .--------------------. |
/// | | Virtual Server 1 | | | | Virtual Server 2 | | | | Virtual Server 3 | |
/// | | 10 Gbps network | | | | 10 Gbps network | | | | 10 Gbps network | |
/// | | 100 GB disk | | | | 100 GB disk | | | | 100 GB disk | |
/// | '---------+----------' | | '---------+----------' | | '---------+----------' |
/// '-----------|------------' '-----------|------------' '-----------|------------'
/// | | |
/// | V |
/// | .--------------------------------------. |
/// | | Network | |
/// +------->| .--------------------------------. |<------+
/// | | 1 Gbps | |
/// | | 50 GB replicated storage | |
/// | | 50 GB node-local storage | |
/// | '-------------------------------' |
/// '-------------------^------------------'
/// |
/// v
/// .-----------.
/// | User |
/// '-----------'
///
/// This service also manages monitoring all of the network's resource consumption, and exposes
/// an interface that can be used to tune a billing system for rate-limiting per-account resource
/// consumption. Users can send system tokens into a "reserve" that can be subsequently redeemed for
/// resource consumption.
///
/// As physical resources (CPU, disk space, network bandwidth, etc.) are consumed, the
/// real-time price of the resource is billed to the user's reserved balance. Reserved system
/// tokens do not equate to any specific resource amounts, since it's dependent upon the spot
/// price of the consumed resource at the time of consumption.
///
/// Note that this service is unopinionated about how the user gets the system tokens with
/// which to pay for the resources. This allows for networks wherein users' system token
/// balances are distributed manually by a custodian, as well as networks wherein the system
/// token is distributed by other means (e.g. proof of work, proof of stake, etc.).
///
/// To use:
/// 1 - Call `init`: Initialize the service. This will derive the network specs using the
/// default server specs.
/// 2 - Call `init_billing`: Initializes the billing system. To call this, the system token
/// must have already been set in the `Tokens` service. The specified `fee_receiver` will
/// receive all of the system token fees paid for resources by users.
/// 3 - Call `enable_billing`: When ready, calling this action enables the
/// billing system. The caller must have already filled their resource buffer because
/// this action is itself billed.
///
/// > Note: typically, step 1 should be called at system boot, and therefore the network should
/// > always at least have some server specs and derived network specs.
///
/// After each of the above steps, the billing service will be enabled, and users will be
/// required to buy resources to transact with the network. Use the other actions in this
/// service to manage server specs, network variables, and billing parameters, as needed.
///
/// ## Curve under-collateralization
///
/// Capacity limited resources are managed via a constant-product curve that reports the quantity
/// of reserve tokens required to be held as collateral for the current utilization levels of the
/// resource.
///
/// This service attempts to balance the required collateral as reported by the state of the curve
/// with the actual collateral as measured by the relay subaccount token balance. The curve for a
/// capacity-limited resource can be undercollateralized in certain well-defined scenarios (e.g.
/// consumption before billing is enabled).
///
/// An undercollateralized curve recollateralizes as users free bytes: a free sells bytes
/// back to the relay, reducing the required reserve. The user's refund is still paid (if
/// collateral allows), but the fee portion is retained in the curve rather than paid out.
/// The fee receiver is paid only once the curve is fully collateralized.
///
/// Example disk recollateralization flow diagram (simplified for clarity) for a transaction that
/// frees bytes:
///
/// ```text
/// Example values:
/// Total collateral: $15
/// Required reserve: $100
///
/// .---------------.
/// ( free bytes ) Total free: $20
/// '-------+-------' Required reserve: $80
/// |
/// v
/// +--------------------------+
/// | Split gross-refund into | Refund: $10
/// | refund + fee | Fee: $10
/// +----+----------------+----+
/// | |
/// | v
/// | +-------------------------------+
/// | | Calculate final refund: | Final refund:
/// | | min(refund, collateral) | min(10, 15) = $10
/// | +-----+-------------+-----------+
/// | | |
/// | | v
/// | | +---------------------------+
/// | | | Send final refund to user |
/// | | +---------------------------+
/// v v
/// +----------------------------------------------------+
/// | Calculate final fee: | Final fee:
/// | Final fee can only come from collateral left over | min(fee, max(collateral - final refund - required reserve, 0))
/// | after the refund and the curve's required reserve. | min(10, max(15 - 10 - 80, 0)) = $0
/// +-----------------+----------------------------------+
/// |
/// v
/// +--------------------------------+
/// | Send final fee to fee receiver |
/// +--------------------------------+
/// ```