// 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" ) // maybeAcceptBlock potentially accepts a block into the memory block chain. // It performs several validation checks which depend on its position within // the block chain before adding it. The block is expected to have already gone // through ProcessBlock before calling this function with it. func (b *BlockChain) maybeAcceptBlock(block *btcutil.Block) error { // Get a block node for the block previous to this one. Will be nil // if this is the genesis block. prevNode, err := b.getPrevNodeFromBlock(block) if err != nil { return err } // The height of this block one more than the referenced previous block. blockHeight := int64(0) if prevNode != nil { blockHeight = prevNode.height + 1 } // Ensure the difficulty specified in the block header matches the // calculated difficulty based on the previous block and difficulty // retarget rules. blockHeader := block.MsgBlock().Header expectedDifficulty, err := b.calcNextRequiredDifficulty(prevNode, block) if err != nil { return err } blockDifficulty := blockHeader.Bits if blockDifficulty != expectedDifficulty { str := "block difficulty of %d is not the expected value of %d" str = fmt.Sprintf(str, blockDifficulty, expectedDifficulty) return RuleError(str) } // Ensure the timestamp for the block header is after the median time of // the last several blocks (medianTimeBlocks). medianTime, err := b.calcPastMedianTime(prevNode) if err != nil { return err } if !blockHeader.Timestamp.After(medianTime) { str := "block timestamp of %v is not after expected %v" str = fmt.Sprintf(str, blockHeader.Timestamp, medianTime) return RuleError(str) } // Ensure all transactions in the block are finalized. for i, tx := range block.MsgBlock().Transactions { if !isFinalizedTransaction(tx, blockHeight, blockHeader.Timestamp) { // Use the TxSha function from the block rather // than the transaction itself since the block version // is cached. Also, it's safe to ignore the error here // since the only reason TxSha can fail is if the index // is out of range which is impossible here. txSha, _ := block.TxSha(i) str := fmt.Sprintf("block contains unfinalized "+ "transaction %v", txSha) return RuleError(str) } } // Ensure chain matches up to predetermined checkpoints. // It's safe to ignore the error on Sha since it's already cached. blockHash, _ := block.Sha() if !b.verifyCheckpoint(blockHeight, blockHash) { // TODO(davec): This should probably be a distinct error type // (maybe CheckpointError). Since this error shouldn't happen // unless the peer is connected to a rogue network serving up an // alternate chain, the caller would likely need to react by // disconnecting peers and rolling back the chain to the last // known good point. str := fmt.Sprintf("block at height %d does not match "+ "checkpoint hash", blockHeight) return RuleError(str) } // Reject version 1 blocks once a majority of the network has upgraded. // Rules: // 95% (950 / 1000) for main network // 75% (75 / 100) for the test network // This is part of BIP_0034. if blockHeader.Version == 1 { minRequired := uint64(950) numToCheck := uint64(1000) if b.btcnet == btcwire.TestNet3 || b.btcnet == btcwire.TestNet { minRequired = 75 numToCheck = 100 } if b.isMajorityVersion(2, prevNode, minRequired, numToCheck) { str := "new blocks with version %d are no longer valid" str = fmt.Sprintf(str, blockHeader.Version) return RuleError(str) } } // Ensure coinbase starts with serialized block heights for blocks // whose version is the serializedHeightVersion or newer once a majority // of the network has upgraded. // Rules: // 75% (750 / 1000) for main network // 51% (51 / 100) for the test network // This is part of BIP_0034. if blockHeader.Version >= serializedHeightVersion { minRequired := uint64(750) numToCheck := uint64(1000) if b.btcnet == btcwire.TestNet3 || b.btcnet == btcwire.TestNet { minRequired = 51 numToCheck = 100 } if b.isMajorityVersion(serializedHeightVersion, prevNode, minRequired, numToCheck) { expectedHeight := int64(0) if prevNode != nil { expectedHeight = prevNode.height + 1 } coinbaseTx := block.MsgBlock().Transactions[0] err := checkSerializedHeight(coinbaseTx, expectedHeight) if err != nil { return err } } } // Create a new block node for the block and add it to the in-memory // block chain (could be either a side chain or the main chain). newNode := newBlockNode(block) if prevNode != nil { newNode.parent = prevNode newNode.height = blockHeight newNode.workSum.Add(prevNode.workSum, newNode.workSum) } // Connect the passed block to the chain while respecting proper chain // selection according to the chain with the most proof of work. This // also handles validation of the transaction scripts. err = b.connectBestChain(newNode, block) if err != nil { return err } // Notify the caller that the new block was accepted into the block // chain. The caller would typically want to react by relaying the // inventory to other peers. b.sendNotification(NTBlockAccepted, block) return nil }