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| -rw-r--r-- | consensus/consensus.go | 5 |
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diff --git a/consensus/consensus.go b/consensus/consensus.go index c199e627f..8cbd32c88 100644 --- a/consensus/consensus.go +++ b/consensus/consensus.go @@ -49,6 +49,11 @@ type ChainReader interface { // Engine is an algorithm agnostic consensus engine. type Engine interface { + // Author retrieves the Ethereum address of the account that minted the given + // block, which may be different from the header's coinbase if a consensus + // engine is based on signatures. + Author(header *types.Header) (common.Address, error) + // VerifyHeader checks whether a header conforms to the consensus rules of a // given engine. Verifying the seal may be done optionally here, or explicitly // via the VerifySeal method. |