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-rw-r--r--consensus/ethash/consensus.go67
-rw-r--r--core/chain_makers.go1
2 files changed, 39 insertions, 29 deletions
diff --git a/consensus/ethash/consensus.go b/consensus/ethash/consensus.go
index fa2d740e4..01d97a470 100644
--- a/consensus/ethash/consensus.go
+++ b/consensus/ethash/consensus.go
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ func (ethash *Ethash) verifyHeader(chain consensus.ChainReader, header, parent *
// given the parent block's time and difficulty.
// TODO (karalabe): Move the chain maker into this package and make this private!
func CalcDifficulty(config *params.ChainConfig, time uint64, parent *types.Header) *big.Int {
- next := new(big.Int).Add(parent.Number, common.Big1)
+ next := new(big.Int).Add(parent.Number, big1)
switch {
case config.IsMetropolis(next):
return calcDifficultyMetropolis(time, parent)
@@ -301,33 +301,44 @@ func CalcDifficulty(config *params.ChainConfig, time uint64, parent *types.Heade
// Some weird constants to avoid constant memory allocs for them.
var (
expDiffPeriod = big.NewInt(100000)
+ big1 = big.NewInt(1)
+ big2 = big.NewInt(2)
big9 = big.NewInt(9)
big10 = big.NewInt(10)
bigMinus99 = big.NewInt(-99)
)
+// calcDifficultyMetropolis is the difficulty adjustment algorithm. It returns
+// the difficulty that a new block should have when created at time given the
+// parent block's time and difficulty. The calculation uses the Metropolis rules.
func calcDifficultyMetropolis(time uint64, parent *types.Header) *big.Int {
+ // https://github.com/ethereum/EIPs/issues/100.
+ // algorithm:
+ // diff = (parent_diff +
+ // (parent_diff / 2048 * max((2 if len(parent.uncles) else 1) - ((timestamp - parent.timestamp) // 9), -99))
+ // ) + 2^(periodCount - 2)
+
bigTime := new(big.Int).SetUint64(time)
bigParentTime := new(big.Int).Set(parent.Time)
- // adj_factor = max((2 if len(parent.uncles) else 1) - ((timestamp - parent.timestamp) // 9), -99)
- var x *big.Int
+ // holds intermediate values to make the algo easier to read & audit
+ x := new(big.Int)
+ y := new(big.Int)
+
+ // (2 if len(parent_uncles) else 1) - (block_timestamp - parent_timestamp) // 9
+ x.Sub(bigTime, bigParentTime)
+ x.Div(x, big9)
if parent.UncleHash == types.EmptyUncleHash {
- x = big.NewInt(1)
+ x.Sub(big1, x)
} else {
- x = big.NewInt(2)
+ x.Sub(big2, x)
}
- z := new(big.Int).Sub(bigTime, bigParentTime)
- z.Div(z, big9)
- x.Sub(x, z)
-
- // max(1 - (block_timestamp - parent_timestamp) // 10, -99)))
+ // max((2 if len(parent_uncles) else 1) - (block_timestamp - parent_timestamp) // 9, -99)
if x.Cmp(bigMinus99) < 0 {
x.Set(bigMinus99)
}
-
// (parent_diff + parent_diff // 2048 * max(1 - (block_timestamp - parent_timestamp) // 10, -99))
- y := new(big.Int).Div(parent.Difficulty, params.DifficultyBoundDivisor)
+ y.Div(parent.Difficulty, params.DifficultyBoundDivisor)
x.Mul(y, x)
x.Add(parent.Difficulty, x)
@@ -335,19 +346,17 @@ func calcDifficultyMetropolis(time uint64, parent *types.Header) *big.Int {
if x.Cmp(params.MinimumDifficulty) < 0 {
x.Set(params.MinimumDifficulty)
}
-
// for the exponential factor
- periodCount := new(big.Int).Add(parent.Number, common.Big1)
+ periodCount := new(big.Int).Add(parent.Number, big1)
periodCount.Div(periodCount, expDiffPeriod)
// the exponential factor, commonly referred to as "the bomb"
// diff = diff + 2^(periodCount - 2)
- if periodCount.Cmp(common.Big1) > 0 {
- y.Sub(periodCount, common.Big2)
- y.Exp(common.Big2, y, nil)
+ if periodCount.Cmp(big1) > 0 {
+ y.Sub(periodCount, big2)
+ y.Exp(big2, y, nil)
x.Add(x, y)
}
-
return x
}
@@ -368,12 +377,12 @@ func calcDifficultyHomestead(time uint64, parent *types.Header) *big.Int {
x := new(big.Int)
y := new(big.Int)
- // 1 - (block_timestamp -parent_timestamp) // 10
+ // 1 - (block_timestamp - parent_timestamp) // 10
x.Sub(bigTime, bigParentTime)
x.Div(x, big10)
- x.Sub(common.Big1, x)
+ x.Sub(big1, x)
- // max(1 - (block_timestamp - parent_timestamp) // 10, -99)))
+ // max(1 - (block_timestamp - parent_timestamp) // 10, -99)
if x.Cmp(bigMinus99) < 0 {
x.Set(bigMinus99)
}
@@ -387,14 +396,14 @@ func calcDifficultyHomestead(time uint64, parent *types.Header) *big.Int {
x.Set(params.MinimumDifficulty)
}
// for the exponential factor
- periodCount := new(big.Int).Add(parent.Number, common.Big1)
+ periodCount := new(big.Int).Add(parent.Number, big1)
periodCount.Div(periodCount, expDiffPeriod)
// the exponential factor, commonly referred to as "the bomb"
// diff = diff + 2^(periodCount - 2)
- if periodCount.Cmp(common.Big1) > 0 {
- y.Sub(periodCount, common.Big2)
- y.Exp(common.Big2, y, nil)
+ if periodCount.Cmp(big1) > 0 {
+ y.Sub(periodCount, big2)
+ y.Exp(big2, y, nil)
x.Add(x, y)
}
return x
@@ -421,12 +430,12 @@ func calcDifficultyFrontier(time uint64, parent *types.Header) *big.Int {
diff.Set(params.MinimumDifficulty)
}
- periodCount := new(big.Int).Add(parent.Number, common.Big1)
+ periodCount := new(big.Int).Add(parent.Number, big1)
periodCount.Div(periodCount, expDiffPeriod)
- if periodCount.Cmp(common.Big1) > 0 {
+ if periodCount.Cmp(big1) > 0 {
// diff = diff + 2^(periodCount - 2)
- expDiff := periodCount.Sub(periodCount, common.Big2)
- expDiff.Exp(common.Big2, expDiff, nil)
+ expDiff := periodCount.Sub(periodCount, big2)
+ expDiff.Exp(big2, expDiff, nil)
diff.Add(diff, expDiff)
diff = math.BigMax(diff, params.MinimumDifficulty)
}
diff --git a/core/chain_makers.go b/core/chain_makers.go
index 38a69d42a..976a8114d 100644
--- a/core/chain_makers.go
+++ b/core/chain_makers.go
@@ -218,6 +218,7 @@ func makeHeader(config *params.ChainConfig, parent *types.Block, state *state.St
Number: parent.Number(),
Time: new(big.Int).Sub(time, big.NewInt(10)),
Difficulty: parent.Difficulty(),
+ UncleHash: parent.UncleHash(),
}),
GasLimit: CalcGasLimit(parent),
GasUsed: new(big.Int),