// Copyright (c) 2013 Conformal Systems LLC. // Use of this source code is governed by an ISC // license that can be found in the LICENSE file. package btcchain import ( "fmt" "github.com/conformal/btcutil" "github.com/conformal/btcwire" ) // RuleError identifies a rule violation. It is used to indicate that // processing of a block or transaction failed due to one of the many validation // rules. The caller can use type assertions to determine if a failure was // specifically due to a rule violation. type RuleError string // Error satisfies the error interface to print human-readable errors. func (e RuleError) Error() string { return string(e) } // blockExists determines whether a block with the given hash exists either in // the main chain or any side chains. func (b *BlockChain) blockExists(hash *btcwire.ShaHash) bool { // Check memory chain first (could be main chain or side chain blocks). if _, ok := b.index[*hash]; ok { return true } // Check in database (rest of main chain not in memory). return b.db.ExistsSha(hash) } // processOrphans determines if there are any orphans which depend on the passed // block hash (they are no longer orphans if true) and potentially accepts them. // It repeats the process for the newly accepted blocks (to detect further // orphans which may no longer be orphans) until there are no more. func (b *BlockChain) processOrphans(hash *btcwire.ShaHash) error { // Start with processing at least the passed hash. Leave a little room // for additional orphan blocks that need to be processed without // needing to grow the array in the common case. processHashes := make([]*btcwire.ShaHash, 0, 10) processHashes = append(processHashes, hash) for len(processHashes) > 0 { // Pop the first hash to process from the slice. processHash := processHashes[0] processHashes[0] = nil // Prevent GC leak. processHashes = processHashes[1:] // Look up all orphans that are parented by the block we just // accepted. This will typically only be one, but it could // be multiple if multiple blocks are mined and broadcast // around the same time. The one with the most proof of work // will eventually win out. An indexing for loop is // intentionally used over a range here as range does not // reevaluate the slice on each iteration nor does it adjust the // index for the modified slice. for i := 0; i < len(b.prevOrphans[*processHash]); i++ { orphan := b.prevOrphans[*processHash][i] if orphan == nil { log.Warnf("Found a nil entry at index %d in the "+ "orphan dependency list for block %v", i, processHash) continue } // Remove the orphan from the orphan pool. // It's safe to ignore the error on Sha since the hash // is already cached. orphanHash, _ := orphan.block.Sha() b.removeOrphanBlock(orphan) i-- // Potentially accept the block into the block chain. err := b.maybeAcceptBlock(orphan.block) if err != nil { return err } // Add this block to the list of blocks to process so // any orphan blocks that depend on this block are // handled too. processHashes = append(processHashes, orphanHash) } } return nil } // ProcessBlock is the main workhorse for handling insertion of new blocks into // the block chain. It includes functionality such as rejecting duplicate // blocks, ensuring blocks follow all rules, orphan handling, and insertion into // the block chain along with best chain selection and reorganization. func (b *BlockChain) ProcessBlock(block *btcutil.Block) error { blockHash, err := block.Sha() if err != nil { return err } log.Tracef("Processing block %v", blockHash) // The block must not already exist in the main chain or side chains. if b.blockExists(blockHash) { str := fmt.Sprintf("already have block %v", blockHash) return RuleError(str) } // The block must not already exist as an orphan. if _, exists := b.orphans[*blockHash]; exists { str := fmt.Sprintf("already have block (orphan) %v", blockHash) return RuleError(str) } // Perform preliminary sanity checks on the block and its transactions. err = b.checkBlockSanity(block) if err != nil { return err } // Find the latest known checkpoint and perform some additional checks // based on the checkpoint. This provides a few nice properties such as // preventing forks from blocks before the last checkpoint, rejecting // easy to mine, but otherwise bogus, blocks that could be used to eat // memory, and ensuring expected (versus claimed) proof of work // requirements since the last checkpoint are met. blockHeader := block.MsgBlock().Header checkpointBlock, err := b.findLatestKnownCheckpoint() if err != nil { return err } if checkpointBlock != nil { // Ensure the block timestamp is after the checkpoint timestamp. checkpointHeader := checkpointBlock.MsgBlock().Header checkpointTime := checkpointHeader.Timestamp if blockHeader.Timestamp.Before(checkpointTime) { str := fmt.Sprintf("block %v has timestamp %v before "+ "last checkpoint timestamp %v", blockHash, blockHeader.Timestamp, checkpointTime) return RuleError(str) } // Even though the checks prior to now have already ensured the // proof of work exceeds the claimed amount, the claimed amount // is a field in the block header which could be forged. This // check ensures the proof of work is at least the minimum // expected based on elapsed time since the last checkpoint and // maximum adjustment allowed by the retarget rules. duration := blockHeader.Timestamp.Sub(checkpointTime) requiredTarget := CompactToBig(b.calcEasiestDifficulty( checkpointHeader.Bits, duration)) currentTarget := CompactToBig(blockHeader.Bits) if currentTarget.Cmp(requiredTarget) > 0 { str := fmt.Sprintf("block target difficulty of %064x "+ "is too low when compared to the previous "+ "checkpoint", currentTarget) return RuleError(str) } } // Handle orphan blocks. prevHash := &blockHeader.PrevBlock if !prevHash.IsEqual(zeroHash) && !b.blockExists(prevHash) { // Add the orphan block to the orphan pool. log.Infof("Adding orphan block %v with parent %v", blockHash, prevHash) b.addOrphanBlock(block) // Notify the caller so it can request missing blocks. b.sendNotification(NTOrphanBlock, blockHash) return nil } // The block has passed all context independent checks and appears sane // enough to potentially accept it into the block chain. err = b.maybeAcceptBlock(block) if err != nil { return err } // Accept any orphan blocks that depend on this block (they are no // longer orphans) and repeat for those accepted blocks until there are // no more. err = b.processOrphans(blockHash) if err != nil { return err } log.Debugf("Accepted block %v", blockHash) return nil }