plugeth/consensus/consensus.go
gary rong 5f8888e116 accounts, consensus, core, eth: make chain maker consensus agnostic (#15497)
* accounts, consensus, core, eth: make chain maker consensus agnostic

* consensus, core: move CalcDifficulty to Engine interface

* consensus: add docs for calcDifficulty function

* consensus, core: minor comment fixups
2017-12-22 14:37:50 +02:00

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// Copyright 2017 The go-ethereum Authors
// This file is part of the go-ethereum library.
//
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//
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// along with the go-ethereum library. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
// Package consensus implements different Ethereum consensus engines.
package consensus
import (
"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/state"
"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/types"
"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/params"
"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/rpc"
"math/big"
)
// ChainReader defines a small collection of methods needed to access the local
// blockchain during header and/or uncle verification.
type ChainReader interface {
// Config retrieves the blockchain's chain configuration.
Config() *params.ChainConfig
// CurrentHeader retrieves the current header from the local chain.
CurrentHeader() *types.Header
// GetHeader retrieves a block header from the database by hash and number.
GetHeader(hash common.Hash, number uint64) *types.Header
// GetHeaderByNumber retrieves a block header from the database by number.
GetHeaderByNumber(number uint64) *types.Header
// GetHeaderByHash retrieves a block header from the database by its hash.
GetHeaderByHash(hash common.Hash) *types.Header
// GetBlock retrieves a block from the database by hash and number.
GetBlock(hash common.Hash, number uint64) *types.Block
}
// 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.
VerifyHeader(chain ChainReader, header *types.Header, seal bool) error
// VerifyHeaders is similar to VerifyHeader, but verifies a batch of headers
// concurrently. The method returns a quit channel to abort the operations and
// a results channel to retrieve the async verifications (the order is that of
// the input slice).
VerifyHeaders(chain ChainReader, headers []*types.Header, seals []bool) (chan<- struct{}, <-chan error)
// VerifyUncles verifies that the given block's uncles conform to the consensus
// rules of a given engine.
VerifyUncles(chain ChainReader, block *types.Block) error
// VerifySeal checks whether the crypto seal on a header is valid according to
// the consensus rules of the given engine.
VerifySeal(chain ChainReader, header *types.Header) error
// Prepare initializes the consensus fields of a block header according to the
// rules of a particular engine. The changes are executed inline.
Prepare(chain ChainReader, header *types.Header) error
// Finalize runs any post-transaction state modifications (e.g. block rewards)
// and assembles the final block.
// Note: The block header and state database might be updated to reflect any
// consensus rules that happen at finalization (e.g. block rewards).
Finalize(chain ChainReader, header *types.Header, state *state.StateDB, txs []*types.Transaction,
uncles []*types.Header, receipts []*types.Receipt) (*types.Block, error)
// Seal generates a new block for the given input block with the local miner's
// seal place on top.
Seal(chain ChainReader, block *types.Block, stop <-chan struct{}) (*types.Block, error)
// CalcDifficulty is the difficulty adjustment algorithm. It returns the difficulty
// that a new block should have.
CalcDifficulty(chain ChainReader, time uint64, parent *types.Header) *big.Int
// APIs returns the RPC APIs this consensus engine provides.
APIs(chain ChainReader) []rpc.API
}
// PoW is a consensus engine based on proof-of-work.
type PoW interface {
Engine
// Hashrate returns the current mining hashrate of a PoW consensus engine.
Hashrate() float64
}