npm package: @nifty-oss/limestone
Description: JavaScript client for the Limestone program
Latest version: 0.1.0

# <img height="50" alt="limestone" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/53b09445-dba6-43c4-9bdf-f4df9ab677a3"/>

A JavaScript client library for Limestone [program](https://github.com/nifty-oss/limestone).

Limestone enables the creation short-lived program derived address (PDA) signers. These signers are used to create accounts which can be "safely" closed since the same account address signer cannot be recreated after a time period &mdash; `time` in this case measured in terms of slots.

This feature is useful to avoid reusing an account for something completely different, which can create problems for applications and off-chain services that store any information about the account. Therefore, accounts can be closed, avoiding bloating account state and returning all rent funds &mdash; this enables the use of accounts to represent "ephemeral" concepts (e.g., receipts, tickets) without incurring unnecessary costs.

## Getting Started

Install this library using the package manager of your choice:

```bash
npm install @nifty-oss/limestone
```

The library contains a builder for the `CreateAccount` instruction of `limestone` program:
```typescript
import getCreateAccountInstructionAsync from '@nifty-oss/limestone';

const slot = await client.rpc.getSlot().send();

const createAccountIx = await getCreateAccountInstructionAsync({
  from: payer,
  slot,
  lamports: 500_000_000n,
  space: 200,
  owner: address('AssetGtQBTSgm5s91d1RAQod5JmaZiJDxqsgtqrZud73'),
});
```

The arguments required to create an account are as follows:

* `from` (signer):
  It is the funding account.

* `to`:
  It is the account to be created (must be a PDA of `[base, slot]` derived from
  program_id). The instruction builder sets the value for this account when it is
  not directly provided.

* `base` (signer, optional):
  Optional signer for the account derivation (it default to `from` if omitted).

* `slot`:
  The slot number for the derivation (the slot needs to be within the valid range,
  i.e., not older than `current slot - TTL`).

* `lamports`:
  The lamports to be transferred to the new account (must be at least the amount
  needed for the account to be rent-exempt).

* `space`:
  The data size for the new account.

* `owner`:
  Program that will own the new account.

> This library uses the new Solana [JavaScript SDK Technology Preview](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@solana/web3.js/v/2.0.0-preview.4). There is also a version of the [library](clients/legacy/README.md) using the [Umi framework](https://github.com/metaplex-foundation/umi).

## License

Copyright (c) 2024 nifty-oss maintainers

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

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