psf-memo/specs/feature-backlog.md

# psf-memo — Feature Backlog

**Status**: DRAFT — refreshed 2026-09-03.
**Owner**: specifier.
**Last updated**: 2026-09-03

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## Goal

Make `psf-memo` feature-equivalent to [memo.cash](https://memo.cash), a Bitcoin
Cash (BCH) social network built on `OP_RETURN` transactions. Every social action
is a BCH transaction carrying a Memo protocol payload (`0x6d` + action byte)
that is broadcast from the client to the chain and later indexed by
`psf-memo-indexer` into `psf-memo-db`.

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## Current direction

Core functionality is implemented and shipped. For the foreseeable future the
focus is **front-end improvements** to `psf-memo-client` (the React SPA).

- All previously listed roadmap features (P0–P6) have been removed from this
  backlog.
- New work should target the client: UI/UX polish, accessibility, performance,
  responsiveness, state handling, error surfacing, and any other front-end
  improvements.
- A single user-facing feature may still touch more than one component; call
  out all affected components in the task description and in the handoff.

## Recently completed

- **Thread query performance (2026-09-15):** `GET /posts/:txid/thread` now does
  work proportional to the thread instead of the whole database. Like counts are
  computed only for the thread's txids via `countLikesForTxids` (the global
  `buildLikeCountMap` was removed), and child lookups prefix-scan `postChildren`
  per parent through a new `PostQuery.listChildTxids` seam instead of walking the
  whole store once per node. Spec:
  `psf-memo-db/specs/thread-query-performance.feature`. Merged to `master` at
  `c8ceb82`.
- **Account avatar display (2026-09-05):** the `/account` page now renders the
  avatar image when an avatar URL is set, instead of only showing the URL as
  text. A pure `AvatarImage` component (`src/components/account/avatar-image.js`,
  plain `React.createElement` so the browser build and the Node acceptance
  adapter share it) renders the `<img>`; the `AccountPage` service exposes
  `getDisplayAvatarUrl` / `hasAvatarImage` / `getAvatarImageUrl` as the testable
  seam. When no avatar URL is set, the page shows "No avatar URL set".
  Client-only rendering feature. Spec:
  `psf-memo-client/specs/account-avatar-display.feature`. Merged to `master` at
  `5afaa64`.
- **Mute feed filtering (2026-09-04):** muting a profile now hides that profile's
  content from the viewer's recent feed, topic feed, search results, and
  notifications. The psf-memo-db API filters server-side given the viewer's
  address (passed by the client as a `viewer` query param); filtering is not
  optimistic — a mute takes effect once the mute tx is indexed, and unmuting
  restores content once indexed. Shared `loadMutedAddrs`/`isMutedPost` helper in
  `psf-memo-db/src/adapters/lib/muted-posts.js` deduplicates the per-adapter
  lookup. Spec: `psf-memo-client/specs/mute-feed-filtering.feature`. Merged to
  `master` at `3992395`.
- **Binary hash160 broadcast payloads (2026-09-04):** client follow/unfollow
  and mute/unmute now broadcast the target's raw 20-byte hash160 as the
  OP_RETURN payload, built as a browser-safe `Uint8Array` from the `hexToBytes`
  helper instead of Node's `Buffer` global (which crashed in a real browser
  with `Buffer is not defined`). Follow/mute/unfollow/unmute were consolidated
  onto a shared `MemoStateAction` base. Spec:
  `psf-memo-client/specs/binary-payload-broadcast.feature`. Merged to `master`
  at `984e691`.
- **Page size 50 (2026-09-04):** every paginated page in the client now requests 50
  items per page instead of 100 to cut payload size and improve page load times.
  Covers the recent feed, following feed, topic feed, notifications, search,
  profile, and recent profiles pages. Pagination Previous/Next controls were also
  added to the search, profile, and recent-profiles pages (which previously had
  none), and the paginated page controllers were refactored onto a shared
  `PaginatedPage` base plus `RecentProfilesPage`. Spec:
  `psf-memo-client/specs/page-size.feature`. Merged to `master` at `cfe6711`.
- **YouTube embed (2026-09-04):** posts whose text contains a YouTube link
  (`youtube.com/watch?v=…` or `youtu.be/…`) render an embedded player instead
  of the raw URL; surrounding text is preserved; non-embeddable URLs stay plain
  text. Client-only rendering feature. Spec:
  `psf-memo-client/specs/youtube-embed.feature`. Merged to `master` at `b63019c`.
- **Feed query performance (2026-09-05):** `GET /posts/recent` no longer does
  two full scans per request. Reply counts are computed per returned post
  (`countRepliesForTxids`) instead of a global `buildReplyCountMap()` scan, and
  the `total`/`hasMore` computation is a capped scan of the last
  `TOTAL_SCAN_CAP` (10) top-level posts instead of walking the whole
  `postHeights` index. `list-recent-posts.js` now uses
  `scanRecentPostTxidsAndCount()` which returns the page txids plus a capped
  total in one bounded scan. Spec:
  `psf-memo-db/specs/feed-query-performance.feature`. Merged to `master` at
  `2bcc965`.

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## Research notes

- **Protocol reference**: `https://memo.sv/protocol` (Wayback Machine snapshot
  2025-12-15). It lists action bytes, payload shapes, and byte limits. The page
  is on the BSV fork (`memo.sv`) but the action codes match the BCH
  `memo.cash` implementation.
- **memo.cash access**: the live site is behind Cloudflare. Direct `curl` and
  headless Firefox login attempts from this environment were blocked, so the
  roadmap was derived from the protocol spec plus an audit of the existing
  mono-repo code.

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## Architecture constraints

- **Identity/auth**: the auto-generated HD wallet (12-word mnemonic) persisted
  in browser Local Storage by the existing React app is the Memo identity.
- **Write path**: broadcasting is done via `minimal-slp-wallet.sendOpReturn()`.
  - Correct public API: `await wallet.sendOpReturn(message, prefix, bchOutput)`.
  - `prefix = '6d02'` posts a memo; other action bytes replace `02`.
  - Binary payloads (txid 32 bytes, address hash 20 bytes, topic/poll text)
    must be encoded correctly.
- **Read path**: `psf-memo-db` REST API (`/posts/*`, `/profile/*`, `/level/*`).
  API changes are in scope for specs.
- **Indexer path**: `psf-memo-indexer` scans blocks and mempool for Memo
  `OP_RETURN` outputs and writes structured records to `psf-memo-db`.
- The write path (broadcast), indexer path, and read path (DB) are
  asynchronous: a broadcasted action becomes visible only after confirmation +
  indexing.

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## Memo protocol action codes

Reference: https://memo.sv/protocol (Wayback snapshot 2025-12-15)

| Action byte | Meaning | Payload |
|-------------|---------|---------|
| `0x6d01` | Set name | `name` (≤ 217 bytes) |
| `0x6d02` | Post memo | `message` (≤ 217 bytes) |
| `0x6d03` | Reply to memo | `txhash` (32 bytes) + `message` (≤ 184 bytes) |
| `0x6d04` | Like / tip memo | `txhash` (32 bytes) |
| `0x6d05` | Set profile text | `message` (≤ 217 bytes) |
| `0x6d06` | Follow user | `address` (20 bytes) |
| `0x6d07` | Unfollow user | `address` (20 bytes) |
| `0x6d0a` | Set profile picture | `url` (≤ 217 bytes) |
| `0x6d0b` | Repost memo | `txhash` (32 bytes) + `message` (≤ 184 bytes) — *planned* |
| `0x6d0c` | Post topic message | `topic_name` + `message` (combined ≤ 214 bytes) |
| `0x6d0d` | Topic follow | `topic_name` |
| `0x6d0e` | Topic unfollow | `topic_name` |
| `0x6d10` | Create poll | `poll_type` (1) + `option_count` (1) + `question` (≤ 209 bytes) |
| `0x6d13` | Add poll option | `poll_txhash` (32) + `option` (≤ 184 bytes) |
| `0x6d14` | Poll vote | `poll_txhash` (32) + `comment` (≤ 184 bytes) |
| `0x6d16` | Mute user | `address` (20 bytes) |
| `0x6d17` | Unmute user | `address` (20 bytes) |
| `0x6d24` | Send money | `address` (20) + `message` (≤ 194 bytes) |
| `0x6d30` | Sell tokens | MIP-0009 token exchange |
| `0x6d31` | Token buy offer | MIP-0009 token exchange |
| `0x6d32` | Attach token sale signature | MIP-0009 token exchange |
| `0x6d35` | Pin token post | MIP-0009 token exchange — *planned* |

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## Component legend

| Code | Component | Typical changes |
|------|-----------|-----------------|
| C | `psf-memo-client` | React components, services, pages, unit/acceptance tests |
| I | `psf-memo-indexer` | Memo action handler, parser support, filter logic |
| D | `psf-memo-db` | LevelDB store, REST route, query adapter, tests |

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## Next up: TBD

Current direction is front-end improvements to `psf-memo-client` (UI/UX polish,
accessibility, performance, responsiveness, state handling, error surfacing).

## Notes for future cycles

- Broadcast result (txid) is returned immediately; the action appears in the
  feed only after block confirmation + indexing. Specs must reflect this async
  visibility.
- Mutations/specs are Gherkin feature files under per-component `specs/` in
  the format defined by github.com/unclebob/Acceptance-Pipeline-Specification.
- Root `specs/` contains this backlog and cross-component architecture notes.