原文地址:https://blog.csdn.net/liangzhiyang/article/details/79424012
源码包路径:github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/consensus/
共识算法引擎接口的定义如下
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) // 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 }
其中最主要的是
prepare 预处理当前区块的头信息(比如 挖矿难度)(Homestead)
diff = (parent_diff + (parent_diff / 2048 * max(1 - (block_timestamp - parent_timestamp) / 10, -99)) ) + 2^(periodCount - 2)
- parent_diff :上一个区块的难度
- block_timestamp :当前块的时间戳
- parent_timestamp:上一个块的时间戳
- periodCount :区块num/100000
block_timestamp - parent_timestamp 差值小于10秒 变难
block_timestamp - parent_timestamp 差值10-20秒 不变
- block_timestamp - parent_timestamp 差值大于20秒 变容易,并且大的越多,越容易,但是又上限
- 总体上块的难度是递增的
seal 开始做挖矿的事情,“解题”直到成功或者退出
- 根据挖矿难度计算目标值
- 选取随机数nonce+区块头(不包含nonce)的hash,再做一次hash,结果小于目标值,则退出,否则循环重试
- 如果外部退出了(比如已经收到这个块了),则立马放弃当前块的打包
Finalize 做挖矿成功后最后善后的事情
- 计算矿工的奖励:区块奖励,叔块奖励,
- 但是这里没有交易费~~
verifyHeader
- 校验extra大小
- 校验区块时间戳,跟当前时间比
- 校验难度值
- 校验gaslimit上线
- 校验区块的总gasuserd小于 gaslimit
- 校验区块的gaslimit 是在合理范围
- 特殊的校验,比如dao分叉后的几个块extra里面写了特殊数据,来判断一下
VerifySeal
- 校验难度的有效性
- nonce是否小于目标值(解题成功)