Payments hold amount
of digital assets of the same brand in transit. Payments can be deposited
in purses, split into multiple payments, combined, and claimed (getting an
exclusive payment). Payments are linear, meaning that either a payment has
the same amount of digital assets it started with, or it is used up
entirely. It is impossible to partially use a payment.
Payments are often received from other actors and therefore should not be
trusted themselves. To get the amount of digital assets in a payment, use
the trusted issuer: issuer.getAmountOf(payment),
Payments can be converted to Purses by getting a trusted issuer and calling
issuer.makeEmptyPurse() to create a purse, then
purse.deposit(payment).
Payments hold amount of digital assets of the same brand in transit. Payments can be deposited in purses, split into multiple payments, combined, and claimed (getting an exclusive payment). Payments are linear, meaning that either a payment has the same amount of digital assets it started with, or it is used up entirely. It is impossible to partially use a payment.
Payments are often received from other actors and therefore should not be trusted themselves. To get the amount of digital assets in a payment, use the trusted issuer: issuer.getAmountOf(payment),
Payments can be converted to Purses by getting a trusted issuer and calling
issuer.makeEmptyPurse()to create a purse, thenpurse.deposit(payment).