101 lines
3.5 KiB
Go
101 lines
3.5 KiB
Go
// Copyright (c) 2014 Conformal Systems LLC.
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// Use of this source code is governed by an ISC
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// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
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package btcchain_test
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import (
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"fmt"
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"math/big"
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"github.com/btcsuite/btcchain"
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"github.com/btcsuite/btcdb"
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_ "github.com/btcsuite/btcdb/memdb"
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"github.com/btcsuite/btcnet"
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"github.com/btcsuite/btcutil"
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)
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// This example demonstrates how to create a new chain instance and use
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// ProcessBlock to attempt to attempt add a block to the chain. As the package
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// overview documentation describes, this includes all of the Bitcoin consensus
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// rules. This example intentionally attempts to insert a duplicate genesis
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// block to illustrate how an invalid block is handled.
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func ExampleBlockChain_ProcessBlock() {
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// Create a new database to store the accepted blocks into. Typically
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// this would be opening an existing database and would not use memdb
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// which is a memory-only database backend, but we create a new db
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// here so this is a complete working example.
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db, err := btcdb.CreateDB("memdb")
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if err != nil {
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fmt.Printf("Failed to create database: %v\n", err)
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return
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}
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defer db.Close()
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// Insert the main network genesis block. This is part of the initial
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// database setup. Like above, this typically would not be needed when
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// opening an existing database.
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genesisBlock := btcutil.NewBlock(btcnet.MainNetParams.GenesisBlock)
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_, err = db.InsertBlock(genesisBlock)
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if err != nil {
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fmt.Printf("Failed to insert genesis block: %v\n", err)
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return
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}
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// Create a new BlockChain instance using the underlying database for
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// the main bitcoin network and ignore notifications.
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chain := btcchain.New(db, &btcnet.MainNetParams, nil)
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// Create a new median time source that is required by the upcoming
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// call to ProcessBlock. Ordinarily this would also add time values
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// obtained from other peers on the network so the local time is
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// adjusted to be in agreement with other peers.
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timeSource := btcchain.NewMedianTime()
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// Process a block. For this example, we are going to intentionally
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// cause an error by trying to process the genesis block which already
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// exists.
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isOrphan, err := chain.ProcessBlock(genesisBlock, timeSource, btcchain.BFNone)
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if err != nil {
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fmt.Printf("Failed to process block: %v\n", err)
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return
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}
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fmt.Printf("Block accepted. Is it an orphan?: %v", isOrphan)
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// Output:
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// Failed to process block: already have block 000000000019d6689c085ae165831e934ff763ae46a2a6c172b3f1b60a8ce26f
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}
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// This example demonstrates how to convert the compact "bits" in a block header
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// which represent the target difficulty to a big integer and display it using
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// the typical hex notation.
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func ExampleCompactToBig() {
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// Convert the bits from block 300000 in the main block chain.
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bits := uint32(419465580)
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targetDifficulty := btcchain.CompactToBig(bits)
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// Display it in hex.
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fmt.Printf("%064x\n", targetDifficulty.Bytes())
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// Output:
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// 0000000000000000896c00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
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}
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// This example demonstrates how to convert a target difficulty into the compact
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// "bits" in a block header which represent that target difficulty .
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func ExampleBigToCompact() {
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// Convert the target difficulty from block 300000 in the main block
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// chain to compact form.
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t := "0000000000000000896c00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000"
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targetDifficulty, success := new(big.Int).SetString(t, 16)
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if !success {
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fmt.Println("invalid target difficulty")
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return
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}
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bits := btcchain.BigToCompact(targetDifficulty)
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fmt.Println(bits)
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// Output:
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// 419465580
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}
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