Updater contract

The protocol for the updater contract is specified as:

The updater contract maintains the light client’s internal state including a list of block headers of 𝒞1 in headerDAG. It has two publicly exposed functions. The HeaderUpdate function can be invoked by any block header relay node, providing supposedly the next block header and a proof as input. If the proof verifies against the current light client state LCS and blkH𝑟−1, the contract will do further light-client checks, and then the state will be updated accordingly. Since the caller of this function must pay a fee, DoS attacks are naturally prevented.

The GetHeader function can be called by receiver contracts to get the block header at height 𝑡. Receiver contracts can use the obtained block header to finish application-specific verification, potentially with the help of a user or some third party.