path: root/consensus/misc/forks.go

// Copyright 2017 The go-ethereum Authors
// This file is part of the go-ethereum library.
//
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// (at your option) any later version.
//
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// GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
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package misc

import (
    "fmt"

    "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
    "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/types"
    "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/params"
)

// VerifyForkHashes verifies that blocks conforming to network hard-forks do have
// the correct hashes, to avoid clients going off on different chains. This is an
// optional feature.
func VerifyForkHashes(config *params.ChainConfig, header *types.Header, uncle bool) error {
    // We don't care about uncles
    if uncle {
        return nil
    }
    // If the homestead reprice hash is set, validate it
    if config.EIP150Block != nil && config.EIP150Block.Cmp(header.Number) == 0 {
        if config.EIP150Hash != (common.Hash{}) && config.EIP150Hash != header.Hash() {
            return fmt.Errorf("homestead gas reprice fork: have 0x%x, want 0x%x", header.Hash(), config.EIP150Hash)
        }
    }
    // All ok, return
    return nil
}