// Copyright (c) 2013-2014 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" ) // 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. // The fastAdd argument modifies the behavior of the function by avoiding the // somewhat expensive operation: BIP34 validation, it also passes the argument // down to connectBestChain() func (b *BlockChain) maybeAcceptBlock(block *btcutil.Block, fastAdd bool) 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 { log.Errorf("getPrevNodeFromBlock: %v", err) return err } // The height of this block is one more than the referenced previous // block. blockHeight := int64(0) if prevNode != nil { blockHeight = prevNode.height + 1 } block.SetHeight(blockHeight) blockHeader := &block.MsgBlock().Header if !fastAdd { // Ensure the difficulty specified in the block header matches // the calculated difficulty based on the previous block and // difficulty retarget rules. expectedDifficulty, err := b.calcNextRequiredDifficulty(prevNode, block.MsgBlock().Header.Timestamp) 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 { log.Errorf("calcPastMedianTime: %v", err) 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 _, tx := range block.Transactions() { if !IsFinalizedTransaction(tx, blockHeight, blockHeader.Timestamp) { str := fmt.Sprintf("block contains "+ "unfinalized transaction %v", tx.Sha()) 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) } // Find the previous checkpoint and prevent blocks which fork the main // chain before it. This prevents storage of new, otherwise valid, // blocks which build off of old blocks that are likely at a much easier // difficulty and therefore could be used to waste cache and disk space. checkpointBlock, err := b.findPreviousCheckpoint() if err != nil { return err } if checkpointBlock != nil && blockHeight < checkpointBlock.Height() { str := fmt.Sprintf("block at height %d forks the main chain "+ "before the previous checkpoint at height %d", blockHeight, checkpointBlock.Height()) return RuleError(str) } if !fastAdd { // Reject version 1 blocks once a majority of the network has // upgraded. This is part of BIP0034. if blockHeader.Version == 1 { if b.isMajorityVersion(2, prevNode, b.netParams.BlockV1RejectNumRequired, b.netParams.BlockV1RejectNumToCheck) { 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. This is // part of BIP0034. if blockHeader.Version >= serializedHeightVersion { if b.isMajorityVersion(serializedHeightVersion, prevNode, b.netParams.CoinbaseBlockHeightNumRequired, b.netParams.CoinbaseBlockHeightNumToCheck) { expectedHeight := int64(0) if prevNode != nil { expectedHeight = prevNode.height + 1 } coinbaseTx := block.Transactions()[0] err := checkSerializedHeight(coinbaseTx, expectedHeight) if err != nil { return err } } } } // Prune block nodes which are no longer needed before creating // a new node. err = b.pruneBlockNodes() 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(blockHeader, blockHash, blockHeight) 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, fastAdd) 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 }