Nixpkgs: Add bisq

[cyplo]

Project description
It's a p2p marketplace for crypto currencies.

Metadata

• homepage URL: https://bisq.network/
• source URL: https://github.com/bisq-network/bisq
• license: AGPL 3
• platforms: linux, mac

[prusnak]

I read somewhere that @jb55 was trying to package it, is it still the case?

[jb55]

I had it running at one point but ran into issues with Tor. I should try again with a newer version...

[cyplo]

Heya, any luck with the newer version @jb55 by any chance ? :)

[jb55]

nope

[emmanuelrosa]

Good news!

Bisq now runs on NixOS :)

It was an... adventure getting it to work. Phew!

[cyplo]

Awesome work ! Do you need any help to get it to the PR stage in nixpkgs ?

[emmanuelrosa]

There are three known run-time issues that need to be worked out:

1. An upstrem library has an embeded tor binary which gets extracted within the user's $HOME. I patchelf'ed the binary, though now I'm using the tor package in Nixpkgs instead. But the problem remains that Nix is unaware of this runtime dependency. I think the best solution is to patch the upstream library and get Gradle to use it instead of upstream. I think that can be done with Gradle repo priority.
2. The JVM crashes hard when trying to set a wallet passphrase.
3. The app launches fine the first time, but subsequent runs fail with an error about being unable to read an RSA key. I think it's referring to the Tor hidden service private key.

I was going to tackle the above, until I noticed the poor liquidity. It doesn't make much sense to put in the hours and then not be able to transact.

[cyplo]

Thanks for the update @emmanuelrosa ! :)
The poor liquidity problem you mention, just to make sure - is this an issue with the market conditions themselves/number of people on the application, or there something technical to fix there that creates this problem ?

[emmanuelrosa]

It's an issue with the market conditions. I didn't get any indication that the problem was technical in nature.

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[cyplo]

I would love for this to land, I don't think it's stale, if that's okay