[Ethereum] use of HDWalletProvider in Truffle config

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The sample code here for deploying to Ropsten used HDWalletProvider and a mnemonic in the config, but I am not sure I understand its purpose. Is this just telling it the account that will become the contract owner when you deploy?

var HDWalletProvider = require("truffle-hdwallet-provider");

// 12-word mnemonic
var mnemonic = process.env.NMEMONIC;

module.exports = {
  networks: {
    development: {
      host: "127.0.0.1",
      port: 8545,
      network_id: "*" // Match any network id
    },
    ropsten: {
      provider: new HDWalletProvider(mnemonic, "https://ropsten.infura.io/"),
      network_id: 3 // official id of the ropsten network
    }
  }
};

Best Answer

The Truffle HDWallet provider is a convenient and easy to configure network connection to ethereum through infura.io (or any other compatible provider).

For example the HDWallet provider add some features required by Truffle that are not available with infura like event filtering and transaction signing.

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