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Diffstat (limited to 'consensus/consensus.go')
| -rw-r--r-- | consensus/consensus.go | 9 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/consensus/consensus.go b/consensus/consensus.go index 27799f13c..12ede7ff4 100644 --- a/consensus/consensus.go +++ b/consensus/consensus.go @@ -86,9 +86,12 @@ type Engine interface { Finalize(chain ChainReader, header *types.Header, state *state.StateDB, txs []*types.Transaction, uncles []*types.Header, receipts []*types.Receipt) (*types.Block, error) - // Seal generates a new block for the given input block with the local miner's - // seal place on top. - Seal(chain ChainReader, block *types.Block, stop <-chan struct{}) (*types.Block, error) + // Seal generates a new sealing request for the given input block and pushes + // the result into the given channel. + // + // Note, the method returns immediately and will send the result async. More + // than one result may also be returned depending on the consensus algorothm. + Seal(chain ChainReader, block *types.Block, results chan<- *types.Block, stop <-chan struct{}) error // SealHash returns the hash of a block prior to it being sealed. SealHash(header *types.Header) common.Hash |