From 00a83c5606127c0cf6a3849a058cba5846f05bea Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ak <alok@harmony.one>
Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2019 14:37:55 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] basic skeleton of beaconchain consensus

---
 beacon/beacon.go | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 beacon/beacon.go

diff --git a/beacon/beacon.go b/beacon/beacon.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3a6b2fa7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/beacon/beacon.go
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+package beacon
+
+import (
+	"github.com/harmony-one/harmony/consensus"
+	"github.com/harmony-one/harmony/node"
+)
+
+//References
+// https://medium.com/prysmatic-labs/ethereum-2-0-development-update-20-prysmatic-labs-e42724a2ba44
+//
+const (
+	NumShards              = 10
+	BeaconChainShardNum    = 0
+	DepositContractAddress = 1234567 //Currently a regular address, later to be replaced by a smart contract address.
+	MinDepositAmount	= 10 //Minimum Threshold for depositing
+)
+
+type BeaconchainConsensus struct {
+	beaconconsensus *consensus.consensus //beaconchain consensus piggybacks on
+	waiting_nodes *node.Node[]
+	active_nodes *node.Node[]
+}
+
+
+func (bc *BeaconchainConsensus) UpdateWaitingNodes() {
+	//Interacts with blockchain/smartcontract to add new nodes
+}