Algorand Specifications

Each account can create applications, each named by a globally-unique 64-bit unsigned integer (the application ID).

Applications are associated with a set of application parameters, which can be encoded as a msgpack struct:

• A mutable stateful “Approval” program (ApprovalProgram), whose result determines whether an ApplicationCall transaction referring to this application ID is to be allowed. This program executes for all ApplicationCall transactions referring to this application ID except for those whose OnCompletion == ClearState, in which case the ClearStateProgram is executed instead. This program may modify the local or global state associated with this application. This field is encoded with msgpack field approv.
  • For AVM Version 3 or lower, the program’s cost as determined by the Stateful Check function MUST NOT exceed Appc,maxAppc,max.
  • For AVM Version 4 or higher programs, the program’s cost during execution MUST NOT exceed Appc,maxAppc,max.
• A mutable stateful “Clear State” program (ClearStateProgram), executed when an opted-in user forcibly removes the local application state associated with this application from their account data. This happens when an ApplicationCall transaction referring to this application ID is executed with OnCompletion == ClearState. This program, when executed, is not permitted to cause the transaction to fail. This program may modify the local or global state associated with this application. This field is encoded with msgpack field clearp.
  • For AVM Version 3 or lower, the program’s cost as determined by the Stateful Check function MUST NOT exceed Appc,maxAppc,max.
  • For AVM Version 4 or higher programs, the program’s cost during execution MUST NOT exceed Appc,maxAppc,max.
• An immutable “global state schema” (GlobalStateSchema), which sets a limit on the size of the global Key/Value Store that may be associated with this application (see State Schemas). This field is encoded with msgpack field gsch.
  • The maximum number of values that this schema may permit is AppGS,maxAppGS,max.
• An immutable “local state schema” (LocalStateSchema), which sets a limit on the size of a Key/Value Store that this application will allocate in the account data of an account that has opted in (see “State Schemas”). This field is encoded with msgpack field lsch.
  • The maximum number of values that this schema may permit is AppLS,maxAppLS,max.
• An immutable “extra pages” value (ExtraProgramPages), which limits the total size of the application programs. The sum of the lengths of ApprovalProgram and ClearStateProgram may not exceed Appprog,t,max×(1+ExtraProgramPages)Appprog,t,max×(1+ExtraProgramPages) bytes. This field is encoded with msgpack field epp and may not exceed Apppage,maxApppage,max. This ExtraProgramPages field is taken into account on application update as well.
• An “application version” (Version) value that begins at 00 when an Application is created or when the protocol version including this field goes into effect whichever is later. This field is encoded with msgpack field v.
• The “global state” (GlobalState) associated with this application, stored as a Key/Value Store. This field is encoded with msgpack field gs.

Each application created increases the minimum balance requirement of the creator by Appcreate,bmin×(1+ExtraProgramPages)Appcreate,bmin×(1+ExtraProgramPages) μALGO, plus the GlobalStateSchema minimum balance contribution.

Each application opted in to increases the minimum balance requirements of the opting-in account by Appoptin,bminAppoptin,bmin μALGO plus the LocalStateSchema minimum balance contribution.

A Key/Value Store, or KV, is an associative array mapping keys of type byte-array to values of type byte-array or 64-bit unsigned integer.

The values in a KV are either:

• Bytes, representing a byte-array,
• Uint, representing an unsigned 64-bit integer value.

The maximum length of a key in a KV is Appk,maxAppk,max bytes.

A state schema represents limits on the number of each value type that may appear in a Key/Value Store.

State schemas control the maximum size of global and local state KVs.

A state schema is composed of two fields:

• NumUint represents the maximum number of integer values that may appear in some KV.
• NumByteSlice represents the maximum number of byte-array values that may appear in some KV.

When an account opts in to an application or creates an application, the minimum balance requirements for that account increases. The minimum balance requirement is decreased equivalently when an account closes out or deletes an app.

When opting in to an application, there is a base minimum balance increase of Appoptin,bminAppoptin,bmin μALGO. There is an additional minimum balance increase, in μALGO, based on the LocalStateSchema for that application, described by the following formula:

(Apps,bmin+Appu,bmin)×NumUint+(Apps,bmin+Appb,bmin)×NumByteSlice(Apps,bmin+Appu,bmin)×NumUint+(Apps,bmin+Appb,bmin)×NumByteSlice

When creating an application, there is a base minimum balance increase of Appcreate,bminAppcreate,bmin μALGO. There is an additional minimum balance increase of Appcreate,bmin×ExtraProgramPagesAppcreate,bmin×ExtraProgramPages μALGO. Finally, there is an additional minimum balance increase, in μALGO, based on the GlobalStateSchema for that application, described by the following formula:

(Apps,bmin+Appu,bmin)×NumUint+(Apps,bmin+Appb,bmin)×NumByteSlice(Apps,bmin+Appu,bmin)×NumUint+(Apps,bmin+Appb,bmin)×NumByteSlice

The Box store is an associative array mapping keys of type: (uint64 x []byte) to values of type []byte.

• The key is a pair in which the first value corresponds to an Application ID, and the second is a box name, 11 to Appk,maxAppk,max bytes in length. Unlike Global/Local State keys, an empty array is not a valid Box name. However, empty Box names may appear in transactions to increase the I/O budget or allow creation of Boxes whose Application ID is not known at transaction group construction time (see below).

• The value is a byte-array of length not greater than BoxmaxBoxmax.

When an application executes an opcode that creates, resizes, or destroys a box, the minimum balance of the associated application account (whose address is the hash of the application ID) is modified.

When a box with name nn and size ss is created, the minimum balance requirement is raised by Boxflat,bmin+Boxbyte,bmin×(len(n)+s)Boxflat,bmin+Boxbyte,bmin×(len(n)+s). The same amount is decremented from the minimum balance when the box is destroyed.