grin/core/src/pow/mod.rs

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//! The proof of work needs to strike a balance between fast header
//! verification to avoid DoS attacks and difficulty for block verifiers to
//! build new blocks. In addition, mining new blocks should also be as
//! difficult on high end custom-made hardware (ASICs) as on commodity hardware
//! or smartphones. For this reason we use Cuckoo Cycle (see the cuckoo
//! module for more information).
//!
//! Note that this miner implementation is here mostly for tests and
//! reference. It's not optimized for speed.

mod siphash;
pub mod cuckoo;

use time;

use consensus::EASINESS;
use consensus::MINIMUM_DIFFICULTY;
use core::BlockHeader;
use core::hash::Hashed;
use core::target::Difficulty;
use pow::cuckoo::{Cuckoo, Miner, Error};

/// Validates the proof of work of a given header, and that the proof of work
/// satisfies the requirements of the header.
pub fn verify_size(bh: &BlockHeader, cuckoo_sz: u32) -> bool {
	// make sure the pow hash shows a difficulty at least as large as the target
	// difficulty
	if bh.difficulty > bh.pow.to_difficulty() {
		return false;
	}
	Cuckoo::new(&bh.hash()[..], cuckoo_sz).verify(bh.pow, EASINESS as u64)
}

/// Uses the much easier Cuckoo20 (mostly for
/// tests).
pub fn pow20(bh: &mut BlockHeader, diff: Difficulty) -> Result<(), Error> {
	pow_size(bh, diff, 20)
}

/// Runs a naive single-threaded proof of work computation over the provided
/// block, until the required difficulty target is reached. May take a
/// while for a low target...
pub fn pow_size(bh: &mut BlockHeader, diff: Difficulty, sizeshift: u32) -> Result<(), Error> {
	let start_nonce = bh.nonce;

	// try to find a cuckoo cycle on that header hash
	loop {
		// can be trivially optimized by avoiding re-serialization every time but this
		// is not meant as a fast miner implementation
		let pow_hash = bh.hash();

		// if we found a cycle (not guaranteed) and the proof hash is higher that the
		// diff, we're all good
		if let Ok(proof) = Miner::new(&pow_hash[..], EASINESS, sizeshift).mine() {
			if proof.to_difficulty() >= diff {
				bh.pow = proof;
				return Ok(());
			}
		}

		// otherwise increment the nonce
		bh.nonce += 1;

		// and if we're back where we started, update the time (changes the hash as
		// well)
		if bh.nonce == start_nonce {
			bh.timestamp = time::at_utc(time::Timespec { sec: 0, nsec: 0 });
		}
	}
}

#[cfg(test)]
mod test {
	use super::*;
	use core::target::Difficulty;
	use genesis;

	#[test]
	fn genesis_pow() {
		let mut b = genesis::genesis();
		b.header.nonce = 310;
		pow_size(&mut b.header, Difficulty::from_num(MINIMUM_DIFFICULTY), 12).unwrap();
		assert!(b.header.nonce != 310);
		assert!(b.header.pow.to_difficulty() >= Difficulty::from_num(MINIMUM_DIFFICULTY));
		assert!(verify_size(&b.header, 12));
	}
}