all: simplify timestamps to uint64 (#19372)

* all: simplify timestamps to uint64

* tests: update definitions

* clef, faucet, mobile: leftover uint64 fixups

* ethash: fix tests

* graphql: update schema for timestamp

* ethash: remove unused variable

9 files changed, 28 insertions, 31 deletions

diff --git a/core/blockchain.go b/core/blockchain.go
index 0d2d71b4d..e40fc39fa 100644
--- a/core/blockchain.go
+++ b/core/blockchain.go
@@ -267,9 +267,9 @@ func (bc *BlockChain) loadLastState() error {
 	blockTd := bc.GetTd(currentBlock.Hash(), currentBlock.NumberU64())
 	fastTd := bc.GetTd(currentFastBlock.Hash(), currentFastBlock.NumberU64())
 
-	log.Info("Loaded most recent local header", "number", currentHeader.Number, "hash", currentHeader.Hash(), "td", headerTd, "age", common.PrettyAge(time.Unix(currentHeader.Time.Int64(), 0)))
-	log.Info("Loaded most recent local full block", "number", currentBlock.Number(), "hash", currentBlock.Hash(), "td", blockTd, "age", common.PrettyAge(time.Unix(currentBlock.Time().Int64(), 0)))
-	log.Info("Loaded most recent local fast block", "number", currentFastBlock.Number(), "hash", currentFastBlock.Hash(), "td", fastTd, "age", common.PrettyAge(time.Unix(currentFastBlock.Time().Int64(), 0)))
+	log.Info("Loaded most recent local header", "number", currentHeader.Number, "hash", currentHeader.Hash(), "td", headerTd, "age", common.PrettyAge(time.Unix(int64(currentHeader.Time), 0)))
+	log.Info("Loaded most recent local full block", "number", currentBlock.Number(), "hash", currentBlock.Hash(), "td", blockTd, "age", common.PrettyAge(time.Unix(int64(currentBlock.Time()), 0)))
+	log.Info("Loaded most recent local fast block", "number", currentFastBlock.Number(), "hash", currentFastBlock.Hash(), "td", fastTd, "age", common.PrettyAge(time.Unix(int64(currentFastBlock.Time()), 0)))
 
 	return nil
 }
@@ -894,7 +894,7 @@ func (bc *BlockChain) InsertReceiptChain(blockChain types.Blocks, receiptChain [
 
 	context := []interface{}{
 		"count", stats.processed, "elapsed", common.PrettyDuration(time.Since(start)),
-		"number", head.Number(), "hash", head.Hash(), "age", common.PrettyAge(time.Unix(head.Time().Int64(), 0)),
+		"number", head.Number(), "hash", head.Hash(), "age", common.PrettyAge(time.Unix(int64(head.Time()), 0)),
 		"size", common.StorageSize(bytes),
 	}
 	if stats.ignored > 0 {
@@ -1058,8 +1058,8 @@ func (bc *BlockChain) WriteBlockWithState(block *types.Block, receipts []*types.
 // accepted for future processing, and returns an error if the block is too far
 // ahead and was not added.
 func (bc *BlockChain) addFutureBlock(block *types.Block) error {
-	max := big.NewInt(time.Now().Unix() + maxTimeFutureBlocks)
-	if block.Time().Cmp(max) > 0 {
+	max := uint64(time.Now().Unix() + maxTimeFutureBlocks)
+	if block.Time() > max {
 		return fmt.Errorf("future block timestamp %v > allowed %v", block.Time(), max)
 	}
 	bc.futureBlocks.Add(block.Hash(), block)
diff --git a/core/blockchain_insert.go b/core/blockchain_insert.go
index cfa32c5aa..ff668925a 100644
--- a/core/blockchain_insert.go
+++ b/core/blockchain_insert.go
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ func (st *insertStats) report(chain []*types.Block, index int, cache common.Stor
 			"elapsed", common.PrettyDuration(elapsed), "mgasps", float64(st.usedGas) * 1000 / float64(elapsed),
 			"number", end.Number(), "hash", end.Hash(),
 		}
-		if timestamp := time.Unix(end.Time().Int64(), 0); time.Since(timestamp) > time.Minute {
+		if timestamp := time.Unix(int64(end.Time()), 0); time.Since(timestamp) > time.Minute {
 			context = append(context, []interface{}{"age", common.PrettyAge(timestamp)}...)
 		}
 		context = append(context, []interface{}{"cache", cache}...)
diff --git a/core/chain_makers.go b/core/chain_makers.go
index 0b5a3d184..d563d85ee 100644
--- a/core/chain_makers.go
+++ b/core/chain_makers.go
@@ -149,12 +149,12 @@ func (b *BlockGen) PrevBlock(index int) *types.Block {
 // associated difficulty. It's useful to test scenarios where forking is not
 // tied to chain length directly.
 func (b *BlockGen) OffsetTime(seconds int64) {
-	b.header.Time.Add(b.header.Time, big.NewInt(seconds))
-	if b.header.Time.Cmp(b.parent.Header().Time) <= 0 {
+	b.header.Time += uint64(seconds)
+	if b.header.Time <= b.parent.Header().Time {
 		panic("block time out of range")
 	}
 	chainreader := &fakeChainReader{config: b.config}
-	b.header.Difficulty = b.engine.CalcDifficulty(chainreader, b.header.Time.Uint64(), b.parent.Header())
+	b.header.Difficulty = b.engine.CalcDifficulty(chainreader, b.header.Time, b.parent.Header())
 }
 
 // GenerateChain creates a chain of n blocks. The first block's
@@ -225,20 +225,20 @@ func GenerateChain(config *params.ChainConfig, parent *types.Block, engine conse
 }
 
 func makeHeader(chain consensus.ChainReader, parent *types.Block, state *state.StateDB, engine consensus.Engine) *types.Header {
-	var time *big.Int
-	if parent.Time() == nil {
-		time = big.NewInt(10)
+	var time uint64
+	if parent.Time() == 0 {
+		time = 10
 	} else {
-		time = new(big.Int).Add(parent.Time(), big.NewInt(10)) // block time is fixed at 10 seconds
+		time = parent.Time() + 10 // block time is fixed at 10 seconds
 	}
 
 	return &types.Header{
 		Root:       state.IntermediateRoot(chain.Config().IsEIP158(parent.Number())),
 		ParentHash: parent.Hash(),
 		Coinbase:   parent.Coinbase(),
-		Difficulty: engine.CalcDifficulty(chain, time.Uint64(), &types.Header{
+		Difficulty: engine.CalcDifficulty(chain, time, &types.Header{
 			Number:     parent.Number(),
-			Time:       new(big.Int).Sub(time, big.NewInt(10)),
+			Time:       time - 10,
 			Difficulty: parent.Difficulty(),
 			UncleHash:  parent.UncleHash(),
 		}),
diff --git a/core/evm.go b/core/evm.go
index d303c40a4..b654bbd47 100644
--- a/core/evm.go
+++ b/core/evm.go
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ func NewEVMContext(msg Message, header *types.Header, chain ChainContext, author
 		Origin:      msg.From(),
 		Coinbase:    beneficiary,
 		BlockNumber: new(big.Int).Set(header.Number),
-		Time:        new(big.Int).Set(header.Time),
+		Time:        new(big.Int).SetUint64(header.Time),
 		Difficulty:  new(big.Int).Set(header.Difficulty),
 		GasLimit:    header.GasLimit,
 		GasPrice:    new(big.Int).Set(msg.GasPrice()),
diff --git a/core/genesis.go b/core/genesis.go
index cbb6eecd2..0d16c0468 100644
--- a/core/genesis.go
+++ b/core/genesis.go
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ func (g *Genesis) ToBlock(db ethdb.Database) *types.Block {
 	head := &types.Header{
 		Number:     new(big.Int).SetUint64(g.Number),
 		Nonce:      types.EncodeNonce(g.Nonce),
-		Time:       new(big.Int).SetUint64(g.Timestamp),
+		Time:       g.Timestamp,
 		ParentHash: g.ParentHash,
 		Extra:      g.ExtraData,
 		GasLimit:   g.GasLimit,
diff --git a/core/headerchain.go b/core/headerchain.go
index d2093113c..896afd9bb 100644
--- a/core/headerchain.go
+++ b/core/headerchain.go
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ func (hc *HeaderChain) InsertHeaderChain(chain []*types.Header, writeHeader WhCa
 		"count", stats.processed, "elapsed", common.PrettyDuration(time.Since(start)),
 		"number", last.Number, "hash", last.Hash(),
 	}
-	if timestamp := time.Unix(last.Time.Int64(), 0); time.Since(timestamp) > time.Minute {
+	if timestamp := time.Unix(int64(last.Time), 0); time.Since(timestamp) > time.Minute {
 		context = append(context, []interface{}{"age", common.PrettyAge(timestamp)}...)
 	}
 	if stats.ignored > 0 {
diff --git a/core/types/block.go b/core/types/block.go
index 57905d8c7..867d77db3 100644
--- a/core/types/block.go
+++ b/core/types/block.go
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ type Header struct {
 	Number      *big.Int       `json:"number"           gencodec:"required"`
 	GasLimit    uint64         `json:"gasLimit"         gencodec:"required"`
 	GasUsed     uint64         `json:"gasUsed"          gencodec:"required"`
-	Time        *big.Int       `json:"timestamp"        gencodec:"required"`
+	Time        uint64         `json:"timestamp"        gencodec:"required"`
 	Extra       []byte         `json:"extraData"        gencodec:"required"`
 	MixDigest   common.Hash    `json:"mixHash"`
 	Nonce       BlockNonce     `json:"nonce"`
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ type headerMarshaling struct {
 	Number     *hexutil.Big
 	GasLimit   hexutil.Uint64
 	GasUsed    hexutil.Uint64
-	Time       *hexutil.Big
+	Time       hexutil.Uint64
 	Extra      hexutil.Bytes
 	Hash       common.Hash `json:"hash"` // adds call to Hash() in MarshalJSON
 }
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ func (h *Header) Hash() common.Hash {
 // Size returns the approximate memory used by all internal contents. It is used
 // to approximate and limit the memory consumption of various caches.
 func (h *Header) Size() common.StorageSize {
-	return common.StorageSize(unsafe.Sizeof(*h)) + common.StorageSize(len(h.Extra)+(h.Difficulty.BitLen()+h.Number.BitLen()+h.Time.BitLen())/8)
+	return common.StorageSize(unsafe.Sizeof(*h)) + common.StorageSize(len(h.Extra)+(h.Difficulty.BitLen()+h.Number.BitLen())/8)
 }
 
 func rlpHash(x interface{}) (h common.Hash) {
@@ -221,9 +221,6 @@ func NewBlockWithHeader(header *Header) *Block {
 // modifying a header variable.
 func CopyHeader(h *Header) *Header {
 	cpy := *h
-	if cpy.Time = new(big.Int); h.Time != nil {
-		cpy.Time.Set(h.Time)
-	}
 	if cpy.Difficulty = new(big.Int); h.Difficulty != nil {
 		cpy.Difficulty.Set(h.Difficulty)
 	}
@@ -286,7 +283,7 @@ func (b *Block) Number() *big.Int     { return new(big.Int).Set(b.header.Number)
 func (b *Block) GasLimit() uint64     { return b.header.GasLimit }
 func (b *Block) GasUsed() uint64      { return b.header.GasUsed }
 func (b *Block) Difficulty() *big.Int { return new(big.Int).Set(b.header.Difficulty) }
-func (b *Block) Time() *big.Int       { return new(big.Int).Set(b.header.Time) }
+func (b *Block) Time() uint64         { return b.header.Time }
 
 func (b *Block) NumberU64() uint64        { return b.header.Number.Uint64() }
 func (b *Block) MixDigest() common.Hash   { return b.header.MixDigest }
diff --git a/core/types/block_test.go b/core/types/block_test.go
index a35fbc25b..2576f2fbc 100644
--- a/core/types/block_test.go
+++ b/core/types/block_test.go
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ func TestBlockEncoding(t *testing.T) {
 	check("Root", block.Root(), common.HexToHash("ef1552a40b7165c3cd773806b9e0c165b75356e0314bf0706f279c729f51e017"))
 	check("Hash", block.Hash(), common.HexToHash("0a5843ac1cb04865017cb35a57b50b07084e5fcee39b5acadade33149f4fff9e"))
 	check("Nonce", block.Nonce(), uint64(0xa13a5a8c8f2bb1c4))
-	check("Time", block.Time(), big.NewInt(1426516743))
+	check("Time", block.Time(), uint64(1426516743))
 	check("Size", block.Size(), common.StorageSize(len(blockEnc)))
 
 	tx1 := NewTransaction(0, common.HexToAddress("095e7baea6a6c7c4c2dfeb977efac326af552d87"), big.NewInt(10), 50000, big.NewInt(10), nil)
diff --git a/core/types/gen_header_json.go b/core/types/gen_header_json.go
index 59a1c9c43..4212b8d94 100644
--- a/core/types/gen_header_json.go
+++ b/core/types/gen_header_json.go
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ func (h Header) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
 		Number      *hexutil.Big   `json:"number"           gencodec:"required"`
 		GasLimit    hexutil.Uint64 `json:"gasLimit"         gencodec:"required"`
 		GasUsed     hexutil.Uint64 `json:"gasUsed"          gencodec:"required"`
-		Time        *hexutil.Big   `json:"timestamp"        gencodec:"required"`
+		Time        hexutil.Uint64 `json:"timestamp"        gencodec:"required"`
 		Extra       hexutil.Bytes  `json:"extraData"        gencodec:"required"`
 		MixDigest   common.Hash    `json:"mixHash"`
 		Nonce       BlockNonce     `json:"nonce"`
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ func (h Header) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
 	enc.Number = (*hexutil.Big)(h.Number)
 	enc.GasLimit = hexutil.Uint64(h.GasLimit)
 	enc.GasUsed = hexutil.Uint64(h.GasUsed)
-	enc.Time = (*hexutil.Big)(h.Time)
+	enc.Time = hexutil.Uint64(h.Time)
 	enc.Extra = h.Extra
 	enc.MixDigest = h.MixDigest
 	enc.Nonce = h.Nonce
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ func (h *Header) UnmarshalJSON(input []byte) error {
 		Number      *hexutil.Big    `json:"number"           gencodec:"required"`
 		GasLimit    *hexutil.Uint64 `json:"gasLimit"         gencodec:"required"`
 		GasUsed     *hexutil.Uint64 `json:"gasUsed"          gencodec:"required"`
-		Time        *hexutil.Big    `json:"timestamp"        gencodec:"required"`
+		Time        *hexutil.Uint64 `json:"timestamp"        gencodec:"required"`
 		Extra       *hexutil.Bytes  `json:"extraData"        gencodec:"required"`
 		MixDigest   *common.Hash    `json:"mixHash"`
 		Nonce       *BlockNonce     `json:"nonce"`
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ func (h *Header) UnmarshalJSON(input []byte) error {
 	if dec.Time == nil {
 		return errors.New("missing required field 'timestamp' for Header")
 	}
-	h.Time = (*big.Int)(dec.Time)
+	h.Time = uint64(*dec.Time)
 	if dec.Extra == nil {
 		return errors.New("missing required field 'extraData' for Header")
 	}