Ticket updates in receipts

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By Lin Oshitani

Introduction

After the Lima protocol update, you will notice a new Ticket updates field is added to the transaction receipt.

// ... fields omitted for clarity
Balance updates:
    KT1LPnsqkZnddGUWZWFE5GtGBFtq6bT6EB7Q ... -ꜩ0.027
    storage fees ........................... +ꜩ0.027
Ticket updates:
    Ticketer: KT1WuPpnvefGFqKMDHWHEXz7FpnTc5JfYCB7
    Content type: string
    Content: "blue"
    Account updates:
        KT1LPnsqkZnddGUWZWFE5GtGBFtq6bT6EB7Q ... +3
// ... fields omitted for clarity

In this post, we will go over what it means and why it is important for the future of Tezos.

What are tickets?

First, a quick recap on tickets.

Tickets are first-class tokens in Tezos. Contracts can mint tickets, store tickets, and transfer tickets to other contracts. Every ticket is classified by the following three elements:

  • Ticketer:
    • The address of the contract that minted this ticket.
  • Content type:
    • The type of the ticket’s content.
  • Content:
    • An arbitrary value set when the ticket was minted.

For example, a ticket minted by KT1Wu... with a content type string and content "blue" can be classified by:

Ticketer: KT1WuPpnvefGFqKMDHWHEXz7FpnTc5JfYCB7
Content type: string
Content: "blue"

You can read more about tickets in this blog post.

Why tickets matter

Two upcoming changes will increase the importance of tickets:

  • Layer 2 solutions.
  • Direct ticket ownership by implicit accounts.

Layer 2 solutions

Tezos rollups (TORU/SCORU) and sidechains (Deku) utilize tickets to transfer assets between layer 1 and layer 2. By using tickets, Tezos layer 2 solutions can bridge not only tez (by wrapping them in ctez, etc.) but also arbitrary fungible/non-fungible tokens.

If you want to learn more about this new ticket update field, please read our blogpost on Marigold website :point_right: Ticket updates in receipts

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