Refactored mining into utils and exposed it to ethereal. Partly fixes #43

1 files changed, 31 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/utils/cmd.go b/utils/cmd.go
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index 000000000..a99fd9eed
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+++ b/utils/cmd.go
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+package utils
+
+import (
+	"encoding/hex"
+	"github.com/ethereum/eth-go"
+	"github.com/ethereum/eth-go/ethchain"
+	"github.com/ethereum/eth-go/ethminer"
+	_ "github.com/ethereum/eth-go/ethrpc"
+	"github.com/ethereum/eth-go/ethutil"
+	"log"
+)
+
+func DoMining(ethereum *eth.Ethereum) {
+	// Set Mining status
+	ethereum.Mining = true
+
+	log.Println("Miner started")
+
+	// Fake block mining. It broadcasts a new block every 5 seconds
+	go func() {
+		data, _ := ethutil.Config.Db.Get([]byte("KeyRing"))
+		keyRing := ethutil.NewValueFromBytes(data)
+		addr := keyRing.Get(0).Bytes()
+
+		pair, _ := ethchain.NewKeyPairFromSec(ethutil.FromHex(hex.EncodeToString(addr)))
+
+		miner := ethminer.NewDefaultMiner(pair.Address(), ethereum)
+		miner.Start()
+
+	}()
+}