Bonding/Unbonding

[faboweb]

I as a user
want to bond/unbond atoms off a selected validator
so that I can participate in securing the network.

AC:

• user can bond atoms to a validator
• user can unbond atoms off a validator

[nylira]

I'll help get the design portion of this running again (tomorrow).

[faboweb]

@nylira @jolesbi: Is the design part of unbonding done? What is the flow for unbdonding.

I see that this is somehow included in the bonding process.
To clarify:
The expected process is: Candidates you have bond with are in your 'shoppingCart'. Clicking on the 'checkmark' at the candidates page will bring you to the PageBond where you see the bonded candidates (+ candidates you have selected). Then you can assign Atoms to all the candidates as you whish.

[mappum]

What is the flow for unbdonding.

IMO it should be like this:

1. The user bonds some atoms like you described
2. Now, in their Delegates menu, we show their current bonds (even if they restarted the app, since we can fetch the data from gaia). Validators currently bonded to can't be deselected.
3. If they go through to the PageBond again, they can now edit their bond allocation, and if any currently bonded validators are decreased then they are unbonded (along with text explaining the funds are going into the unbonding period).

(BTW I started working on this in #257)

[nylira]

Matt has the right process. PageBond is where can you bond and unbond. Setting a delegate's atoms to zero currently results in a UI error*, but you can click the delete button to unbond from them.

* it's debatable whether it should be an error, but I'm thinking that the user may have made an error in their bond settings if they attempt to submit the form with a delegate in their cart set to 0 atoms

[jbibla]

this sounds good to me. my only objection is to the checkmark in the top bar. i'd much prefer if this was a primary button above the table. even this could use some work — i think people will be afraid to click the button if they don't know what will happen next. i would be. "MAYBE ALL MY ATOMS WILL BE SENT TO THESE PEOPLE" they'll say... maybe the button could say "Next". not sure about this.

the screen has two purposes which can be confusing. it's about consuming information about validators / candidates AND bonding / delegating. we separate this out for balances and send... we might consider a separation for delegation as well.

[nylira]

The checkmark is a placeholder. I think it needs a label and perhaps an accent color to show its importance -- I think it's in a good location though, because it'll scroll with the screen. Helpful in the case we have 100+ delegates.

We do have two pages for viewing validators and delegates. Validators is at the bottom of the menu. They should be streamlined to have the visual look though.