lbrycrd/src/pow.cpp
2015-04-22 03:53:25 -07:00

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// Copyright (c) 2009-2010 Satoshi Nakamoto
// Copyright (c) 2009-2014 The Bitcoin Core developers
// Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
// file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
#include "pow.h"
#include "arith_uint256.h"
#include "chain.h"
#include "primitives/block.h"
#include "uint256.h"
#include "util.h"
unsigned int GetNextWorkRequired(const CBlockIndex* pindexLast, const CBlockHeader *pblock, const Consensus::Params& params)
{
unsigned int nProofOfWorkLimit = UintToArith256(params.powLimit).GetCompact();
// Genesis block
if (pindexLast == NULL)
return nProofOfWorkLimit;
// Only change once per difficulty adjustment interval
if ((pindexLast->nHeight+1) % params.DifficultyAdjustmentInterval() != 0)
{
if (params.fPowAllowMinDifficultyBlocks)
{
// Special difficulty rule for testnet:
// If the new block's timestamp is more than 2* 10 minutes
// then allow mining of a min-difficulty block.
if (pblock->GetBlockTime() > pindexLast->GetBlockTime() + params.nPowTargetSpacing*2)
return nProofOfWorkLimit;
else
{
// Return the last non-special-min-difficulty-rules-block
const CBlockIndex* pindex = pindexLast;
while (pindex->pprev && pindex->nHeight % params.DifficultyAdjustmentInterval() != 0 && pindex->nBits == nProofOfWorkLimit)
pindex = pindex->pprev;
return pindex->nBits;
}
}
return pindexLast->nBits;
}
// Go back by what we want to be 14 days worth of blocks
int nHeightFirst = pindexLast->nHeight - (params.DifficultyAdjustmentInterval()-1);
assert(nHeightFirst >= 0);
const CBlockIndex* pindexFirst = pindexLast->GetAncestor(nHeightFirst);
assert(pindexFirst);
return CalculateNextWorkRequired(pindexLast, pindexFirst->GetBlockTime(), params);
}
unsigned int CalculateNextWorkRequired(const CBlockIndex* pindexLast, int64_t nFirstBlockTime, const Consensus::Params& params)
{
// Limit adjustment step
int64_t nActualTimespan = pindexLast->GetBlockTime() - nFirstBlockTime;
LogPrintf(" nActualTimespan = %d before bounds\n", nActualTimespan);
if (nActualTimespan < params.nPowTargetTimespan/4)
nActualTimespan = params.nPowTargetTimespan/4;
if (nActualTimespan > params.nPowTargetTimespan*4)
nActualTimespan = params.nPowTargetTimespan*4;
// Retarget
const arith_uint256 bnPowLimit = UintToArith256(params.powLimit);
arith_uint256 bnNew;
arith_uint256 bnOld;
bnNew.SetCompact(pindexLast->nBits);
bnOld = bnNew;
bnNew *= nActualTimespan;
bnNew /= params.nPowTargetTimespan;
if (bnNew > bnPowLimit)
bnNew = bnPowLimit;
/// debug print
LogPrintf("GetNextWorkRequired RETARGET\n");
LogPrintf("params.nPowTargetTimespan = %d nActualTimespan = %d\n", params.nPowTargetTimespan, nActualTimespan);
LogPrintf("Before: %08x %s\n", pindexLast->nBits, bnOld.ToString());
LogPrintf("After: %08x %s\n", bnNew.GetCompact(), bnNew.ToString());
return bnNew.GetCompact();
}
bool CheckProofOfWork(uint256 hash, unsigned int nBits, const Consensus::Params& params)
{
bool fNegative;
bool fOverflow;
arith_uint256 bnTarget;
bnTarget.SetCompact(nBits, &fNegative, &fOverflow);
// Check range
if (fNegative || bnTarget == 0 || fOverflow || bnTarget > UintToArith256(params.powLimit))
return error("CheckProofOfWork(): nBits below minimum work");
// Check proof of work matches claimed amount
if (UintToArith256(hash) > bnTarget)
return error("CheckProofOfWork(): hash doesn't match nBits");
return true;
}
arith_uint256 GetBlockProof(const CBlockIndex& block)
{
arith_uint256 bnTarget;
bool fNegative;
bool fOverflow;
bnTarget.SetCompact(block.nBits, &fNegative, &fOverflow);
if (fNegative || fOverflow || bnTarget == 0)
return 0;
// We need to compute 2**256 / (bnTarget+1), but we can't represent 2**256
// as it's too large for a arith_uint256. However, as 2**256 is at least as large
// as bnTarget+1, it is equal to ((2**256 - bnTarget - 1) / (bnTarget+1)) + 1,
// or ~bnTarget / (nTarget+1) + 1.
return (~bnTarget / (bnTarget + 1)) + 1;
}
int64_t GetBlockProofEquivalentTime(const CBlockIndex& to, const CBlockIndex& from, const CBlockIndex& tip, const Consensus::Params& params)
{
arith_uint256 r;
int sign = 1;
if (to.nChainWork > from.nChainWork) {
r = to.nChainWork - from.nChainWork;
} else {
r = from.nChainWork - to.nChainWork;
sign = -1;
}
r = r * arith_uint256(params.nPowTargetSpacing) / GetBlockProof(tip);
if (r.bits() > 63) {
return sign * std::numeric_limits<int64_t>::max();
}
return sign * r.GetLow64();
}