lighthouse/eth2/fork_choice/src/lib.rs
2019-03-18 18:17:37 +11:00

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//! This crate stores the various implementations of fork-choice rules that can be used for the
//! beacon blockchain.
//!
//! There are three implementations. One is the naive longest chain rule (primarily for testing
//! purposes). The other two are proposed implementations of the LMD-GHOST fork-choice rule with various forms of optimisation.
//!
//! The current implementations are:
//! - [`longest-chain`]: Simplistic longest-chain fork choice - primarily for testing, **not for
//! production**.
//! - [`slow_lmd_ghost`]: This is a simple and very inefficient implementation given in the ethereum 2.0
//! specifications (https://github.com/ethereum/eth2.0-specs/blob/v0.1/specs/core/0_beacon-chain.md#get_block_root).
//! - [`bitwise_lmd_ghost`]: This is an optimised version of bitwise LMD-GHOST as proposed
//! by Vitalik. The reference implementation can be found at: https://github.com/ethereum/research/blob/master/ghost/ghost.py
//!
//! [`longest-chain`]: struct.LongestChain.html
//! [`slow_lmd_ghost`]: struct.SlowLmdGhost.html
//! [`bitwise_lmd_ghost`]: struct.OptimisedLmdGhost.html
extern crate db;
extern crate ssz;
extern crate types;
pub mod bitwise_lmd_ghost;
pub mod longest_chain;
pub mod optimized_lmd_ghost;
pub mod slow_lmd_ghost;
use db::stores::BeaconBlockAtSlotError;
use db::DBError;
use types::{BeaconBlock, ChainSpec, Hash256};
pub use bitwise_lmd_ghost::BitwiseLMDGhost;
pub use longest_chain::LongestChain;
pub use optimized_lmd_ghost::OptimizedLMDGhost;
pub use slow_lmd_ghost::SlowLMDGhost;
/// Defines the interface for Fork Choices. Each Fork choice will define their own data structures
/// which can be built in block processing through the `add_block` and `add_attestation` functions.
/// The main fork choice algorithm is specified in `find_head
pub trait ForkChoice: Send + Sync {
/// Called when a block has been added. Allows generic block-level data structures to be
/// built for a given fork-choice.
fn add_block(
&mut self,
block: &BeaconBlock,
block_hash: &Hash256,
spec: &ChainSpec,
) -> Result<(), ForkChoiceError>;
/// Called when an attestation has been added. Allows generic attestation-level data structures to be built for a given fork choice.
// This can be generalised to a full attestation if required later.
fn add_attestation(
&mut self,
validator_index: u64,
target_block_hash: &Hash256,
spec: &ChainSpec,
) -> Result<(), ForkChoiceError>;
/// The fork-choice algorithm to find the current canonical head of the chain.
// TODO: Remove the justified_start_block parameter and make it internal
fn find_head(
&mut self,
justified_start_block: &Hash256,
spec: &ChainSpec,
) -> Result<Hash256, ForkChoiceError>;
}
/// Possible fork choice errors that can occur.
#[derive(Debug, PartialEq)]
pub enum ForkChoiceError {
MissingBeaconBlock(Hash256),
MissingBeaconState(Hash256),
IncorrectBeaconState(Hash256),
CannotFindBestChild,
ChildrenNotFound,
StorageError(String),
HeadNotFound,
}
impl From<DBError> for ForkChoiceError {
fn from(e: DBError) -> ForkChoiceError {
ForkChoiceError::StorageError(e.message)
}
}
impl From<BeaconBlockAtSlotError> for ForkChoiceError {
fn from(e: BeaconBlockAtSlotError) -> ForkChoiceError {
match e {
BeaconBlockAtSlotError::UnknownBeaconBlock(hash) => {
ForkChoiceError::MissingBeaconBlock(hash)
}
BeaconBlockAtSlotError::InvalidBeaconBlock(hash) => {
ForkChoiceError::MissingBeaconBlock(hash)
}
BeaconBlockAtSlotError::DBError(string) => ForkChoiceError::StorageError(string),
}
}
}
/// Fork choice options that are currently implemented.
#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
pub enum ForkChoiceAlgorithm {
/// Chooses the longest chain becomes the head. Not for production.
LongestChain,
/// A simple and highly inefficient implementation of LMD ghost.
SlowLMDGhost,
/// An optimised version of bitwise LMD-GHOST by Vitalik.
BitwiseLMDGhost,
/// An optimised implementation of LMD ghost.
OptimizedLMDGhost,
}