* [NOD-56] Created devnet
* [NOD-56] Fixed tests
* [NOD-56] Fixed go vet errors
* [NOD-56] Added TestSolveGenesisBlock function
* [NOD-56] Created command line tool for solving genesis blocks
* [DEV-376] Changed any instance of %v in format strings with a more specific format token
* [DEV-376] Fixed some more wrong formatting strings + removed redundant
cast
* [DEV-376] Added fmt.Sprintf where it was missing
* [DEV-376] use %s for util.Amount, to invoke .String()
* [DEV-376] Some more fixes in format strings
* [DEV-376] fixed mruinvmap_test to expect the correct behaviour
* [DEV-134] Implement Continuous Integration
Squashed commit:
[5e41d830] Dev 223 fix txindex (#100)
* [DEV-201] In handleGetBlockDAGInfo calculate difficulty by the tip with the lowest bits
* [DEV-202] Move VirtualBlock.GetUTXOEntry to BlockDAG
* [DEV-203] Move VirtualBlock.SelectedTip() to BlockDAG
* [DEV-203] Move VirtualBlock.SelectedTip() to BlockDAG
* [DEV-204] Unexport VirtualBlock() and add CalcMedianTime method for DAG
* [DEV-204] add explanation about difficulty in CurrentBits() comment
* [DEV-204] unexport VirtualBlock type
* [DEV-223] make applyUTXOChanges return pastUTXOResults
* [DEV-223] add bluestxdata for current block as well
* [DEV-223] re-design tx index
* [DEV-223] edit txindex comments
* [DEV-223] rename BluesTxData -> AcceptedTxData, and return from applyUTXOChanges only transactions that got accepted
* [DEV-223] add unit test for txindex
* [DEV-223] fix comments and unite blueTransaction and AcceptedTxData to one type
* [DEV-223] use bucket cursor for dbFetchFirstTxRegion
* [DEV-223] use the same cursor instance for dbFetchFirstTxRegion
* [DEV-223] write in dbFetchFirstTxRegion's comment that it returns the first block region
* [DEV-223] rename type BlueBlockTransaction to TxWithBlockHash
* [DEV-223] add named returned value for applyUTXOChanges
[4c95e293] [DEV-134] Made golint ignore the vendor directory.
[21736dbc] [DEV-134] Renamed ExampleBlockChain_ProcessBlock to ExampleBlockDAG_ProcessBlock to satisfy go vet.
[beea6486] [DEV-134] Removed pushing the built docker to a remove repository. That's unnecessary at this stage.
[bee911ed] [DEV-134] Made all precompilation checks run on everything instead of only the root dir.
[585f92ae] [DEV-134] Added "github.com/pkg/errors" to dep.
[5f02f570] [DEV-134] -vendor-only is written with only one hyphen.
[3eee7f95] [DEV-134] go vet instead of go tool vet.
[0c2d4343] [DEV-134] Split all the pre-compile checks to separate lines to be able to tell which of them is failing.
[780519c8] [DEV-134] Ran gofmt on everything.
[8247146b] Dev 223 fix txindex (#100)
* [DEV-201] In handleGetBlockDAGInfo calculate difficulty by the tip with the lowest bits
* [DEV-202] Move VirtualBlock.GetUTXOEntry to BlockDAG
* [DEV-203] Move VirtualBlock.SelectedTip() to BlockDAG
* [DEV-203] Move VirtualBlock.SelectedTip() to BlockDAG
* [DEV-204] Unexport VirtualBlock() and add CalcMedianTime method for DAG
* [DEV-204] add explanation about difficulty in CurrentBits() comment
* [DEV-204] unexport VirtualBlock type
* [DEV-223] make applyUTXOChanges return pastUTXOResults
* [DEV-223] add bluestxdata for current block as well
* [DEV-223] re-design tx index
* [DEV-223] edit txindex comments
* [DEV-223] rename BluesTxData -> AcceptedTxData, and return from applyUTXOChanges only transactions that got accepted
* [DEV-223] add unit test for txindex
* [DEV-223] fix comments and unite blueTransaction and AcceptedTxData to one type
* [DEV-223] use bucket cursor for dbFetchFirstTxRegion
* [DEV-223] use the same cursor instance for dbFetchFirstTxRegion
* [DEV-223] write in dbFetchFirstTxRegion's comment that it returns the first block region
* [DEV-223] rename type BlueBlockTransaction to TxWithBlockHash
* [DEV-223] add named returned value for applyUTXOChanges
[bff68aa3] [DEV-134] Gave executable permission to deploy.sh
[638a99d9] [DEV-134] Added jenkinsfile and deploy script.
* [DEV-134] Added a robust testing script.
* [DEV-134] Fixed a bash-ism.
* [DEV-134] Disabled testing with coverage for now.
* [DEV-134] Disabled golint and removed removing debug symbols.
* [DEV-134] Disabled aligncheck.
* [DEV-134] Disabled structcheck and varcheck.
* [DEV-134] Added "don't inline functions" to compiler flags for testing.
* [DEV-134] Made build fail if gofmt prints out anything.
* [DEV-134] Fixed misleading comment.
* [DEV-134] Added comments to test.sh.
* [DEV-134] Renamed tm to measure_runtime and removed do_ prefixes from functions.
* [DEV-134] Fixed gofmt line in build script.
* [DEV-134] Fixed gofmt some more.
* [DEV-134] Fixed gofmt not actually failing due to logical or.
* [DEV-169] add to BlockDAG TipHashes() and HighestTipHash() and remove Tiphashes() and SelectedTipHash from VirtualBlock
* [DEV-169] move highest node logic to separate method of blockset
* [DEV-75] Removed fetchEntryByHash, which was no longer used.
* [DEV-75] Removed a few functions in manager.go that weren't used by anything.
* [DEV-75] checkConnectBlock will soon not accept a utxoViewpoint, so removed the call to view.Tip() so that it could be deleted.
* [DEV-75] Got rid of tips in UtxoViewpoint.
* [DEV-75] Added the full UTXO set to the virtual block.
* [DEV-75] Implemented UTXO-wrangling when adding a new block.
* [DEV-75] Added isCoinbase to utxoEntry creation.
* [DEV-75] Added blockHeight to utxoEntry creation.
* Implemented fetching the fullUTXOSet from the database.
* [DEV-75] Simplified DAGState because almost all of the state in it was unnecessary. Also got rid of dbDAGState.
* [DEV-75] Made the process around adding a new block, UTXO-wise, much safer.
* [DEV-75] Implemented melding the virtual UTXO diff to the database.
* [DEV-75] Fixed utxoSet loading from the wrong bucket.
* [DEV-75] Began pruning utxoviewpoint.go. Replaced FetchUtxoEntry with a fullUTXOSet-based GetUTXOEntry.
* [DEV-75] Removed fetchUtxos.
* [DEV-75] Moved GetUTXOEntry into the virtual block.
* [DEV-75] Updated IndexManager to not use utxoViewpoints.
* [DEV-75] Fixed some bad login in restoreUTXO involving nodeDiffs.
* [DEV-75] Got rid of the UTXO spend journal, which wasn't used anywhere.
* [DEV-75] Moved some STXO-related validation logic out of connectToDAG and into checkConnectBlock.
* [DEV-75] Renamed UtxoXxx to UTXOXxx. Removed a bunch of methods that were no longer used by anything.
* [DEV-75] Another Utxo -> UTXO rename.
* [DEV-75] Removed IsModified from UTXOView, which was not used anywhere.
* [DEV-75] Renamed nodeDiff to provisionalNode. Added a bunch of comments.
* [DEV-75] Removed the test for genesis in pastUTXO, since it can never happen.
* [DEV-75] Wrote tests for errors in pastUTXO.
* [DEV-75] Wrote tests for errors in restoreUTXO.
* [DEV-75] Improved testErrorThroughPatching.
* [DEV-75] Wrote tests for errors in verifyAndBuildUTXO.
* [DEV-75] Used TipHashes instead of tips().hashes(), fixed comments in a few places, and brought back an error return that I erroneously removed.
* [DEV-75] Removed UTXO set logs.
* [DEV-75] Recreated add/remove/contains functions for utxoCollection.
* [DEV-75] Changed newUTXOEntry to use an object initializer.
* [DEV-75] Changed the UTXO bucket version to 1.
* Added a comment that clarifies that the index is not initialized before initDAGState is called.
* [DEV-75] Renamed GetVirtualBlock to VirtualBlock.
* [DEV-75] Removed superfluous variables.
* [DEV-75] Combined connectBlockToParents with updateParentsDiffs.
* [DEV-75] Removed another superfluous variable.
* [DEV-75] In pastUTXO, first fetch transactions from the database and only then add them.
* [DEV-75] Reworded the comment for commit().
* [DEV-75] Made all the connectUTXO subfunctions not BlockDAG methods.
* [DEV-75] Updated the comment for connectUTXO.
* [DEV-75] Updated the comment explaining why we're creating provisionalNodes.
* [DEV-75] Removed a couple of unnecessary calls to toProvisionalNode.
* [DEV-75] Renamed connectUTXO to applyUTXOChanges.
* [DEV-75] Replaced allProvisionalNodes with provisionalNodeSet, an object that holds provisionalNodes for this particular call to applyUTXOChanges.
* [DEV-75] Changed createProvisionalNode to accept a boolean "withParents" instead of relying on the caller to supply the node's parents or an empty set.
* [DEV-75] Made most applyUTXOChanges subfunctions be methods on provisionalNode.
* [DEV-75] Fixed a couple of bad comments.
* [DEV-75] Added descriptive error messages to callers of applyUTXOChanges.
* [DEV-75] Fixed weird English.
* [DEV-75] Replaced DAGState with a slice of DAG tip hashes.
* [DEV-75] In createProvisionalNode, changed withParents to withRelatives to avoid certain kinds of attacks.
* [DEV-75] Renamed createdProvisionalNode to newProvisionalNode.
* [DEV-75] Added precalculating the amount of transactions inside a new block's blue set.
* [DEV-75] Pruned unnecessary variable.
* [DEV-97] Moved github.com/daglabs/btcutil into github.com/daglabs/btcd/btcutil.
* [DEV-97] Updated Gopkg.toml to no longer refer to btcutil.
* [DEV-97] Renamed btcutil to util.
* [DEV-36] Fixed import.go.
* [DEV-65] Renamed BestState to State and GetSnapshot to GetCurrentState.
* [DEV-65] Implemented State and SelectedTip, updated dagState (the serializable version of State), and updated State creations.
* [DEV-65] Fixed references to GetCurrentState and fixed tests.
* [DEV-40] Created a new method AreEquals for comparing hash slices. Updated mining package to work with primitive DAG.
* [DEV-65] Renamed State to DAGState, corrected comments, created a new thread-safe method setDAGState, fixed broken references I missed.
* [DEV-65] Converted dagState (the object) to dbDAGState, and made it serialize/deserialize into/out of JSON.
* [DEV-65] Renamed Txns to Txs and fixed a couple of comments.
* [DEV-65] Renamed some more "Txns" and removed some dead code.
* [DEV-36] Fixed findcheckpoint.go.
* [DEV-36] Fixed indentation.
* [DEV-36] Fixed weird phrasing.
* [DEV-36] Fixed some more weird phrasing.
* [DEV-36] Removed haveBlocks variable from the function HaveBlocks.
* [DEV-65] Renamed BestState to State and GetSnapshot to GetCurrentState.
* [DEV-65] Implemented State and SelectedTip, updated dagState (the serializable version of State), and updated State creations.
* [DEV-65] Fixed references to GetCurrentState and fixed tests.
* [DEV-65] Renamed State to DAGState, corrected comments, created a new thread-safe method setDAGState, fixed broken references I missed.
* [DEV-65] Converted dagState (the object) to dbDAGState, and made it serialize/deserialize into/out of JSON.
* [DEV-65] Renamed Txns to Txs and fixed a couple of comments.
* [DEV-65] Renamed some more "Txns" and removed some dead code.
This modifies the blockNode and BestState structs in the blockchain
package to store hashes directly instead of pointers to them and updates
callers to deal with the API change in the exported BestState struct.
In general, the preferred approach for hashes moving forward is to store
hash values in complex data structures, particularly those that will be
used for cache entries, and accept pointers to hashes in arguments to
functions.
Some of the reasoning behind making this change is:
- It is generally preferred to avoid storing pointers to data in cache
objects since doing so can easily lead to storing interior pointers
into other structs that then can't be GC'd
- Keeping the hash values directly in the block node provides better
cache locality
This is mostly a backport of some of the same modifications made in
Decred along with a few additional things cleaned up. In particular,
this updates the code to make use of the new chainhash package.
Also, since this required API changes anyways and the hash algorithm is
no longer tied specifically to SHA, all other functions throughout the
code base which had "Sha" in their name have been changed to Hash so
they are not incorrectly implying the hash algorithm.
The following is an overview of the changes:
- Remove the wire.ShaHash type
- Update all references to wire.ShaHash to the new chainhash.Hash type
- Rename the following functions and update all references:
- wire.BlockHeader.BlockSha -> BlockHash
- wire.MsgBlock.BlockSha -> BlockHash
- wire.MsgBlock.TxShas -> TxHashes
- wire.MsgTx.TxSha -> TxHash
- blockchain.ShaHashToBig -> HashToBig
- peer.ShaFunc -> peer.HashFunc
- Rename all variables that included sha in their name to include hash
instead
- Update for function name changes in other dependent packages such as
btcutil
- Update copyright dates on all modified files
- Update glide.lock file to use the required version of btcutil
This commit is the first stage of several that are planned to convert
the blockchain package into a concurrent safe package that will
ultimately allow support for multi-peer download and concurrent chain
processing. The goal is to update btcd proper after each step so it can
take advantage of the enhancements as they are developed.
In addition to the aforementioned benefit, this staged approach has been
chosen since it is absolutely critical to maintain consensus.
Separating the changes into several stages makes it easier for reviewers
to logically follow what is happening and therefore helps prevent
consensus bugs. Naturally there are significant automated tests to help
prevent consensus issues as well.
The main focus of this stage is to convert the blockchain package to use
the new database interface and implement the chain-related functionality
which it no longer handles. It also aims to improve efficiency in
various areas by making use of the new database and chain capabilities.
The following is an overview of the chain changes:
- Update to use the new database interface
- Add chain-related functionality that the old database used to handle
- Main chain structure and state
- Transaction spend tracking
- Implement a new pruned unspent transaction output (utxo) set
- Provides efficient direct access to the unspent transaction outputs
- Uses a domain specific compression algorithm that understands the
standard transaction scripts in order to significantly compress them
- Removes reliance on the transaction index and paves the way toward
eventually enabling block pruning
- Modify the New function to accept a Config struct instead of
inidividual parameters
- Replace the old TxStore type with a new UtxoViewpoint type that makes
use of the new pruned utxo set
- Convert code to treat the new UtxoViewpoint as a rolling view that is
used between connects and disconnects to improve efficiency
- Make best chain state always set when the chain instance is created
- Remove now unnecessary logic for dealing with unset best state
- Make all exported functions concurrent safe
- Currently using a single chain state lock as it provides a straight
forward and easy to review path forward however this can be improved
with more fine grained locking
- Optimize various cases where full blocks were being loaded when only
the header is needed to help reduce the I/O load
- Add the ability for callers to get a snapshot of the current best
chain stats in a concurrent safe fashion
- Does not block callers while new blocks are being processed
- Make error messages that reference transaction outputs consistently
use <transaction hash>:<output index>
- Introduce a new AssertError type an convert internal consistency
checks to use it
- Update tests and examples to reflect the changes
- Add a full suite of tests to ensure correct functionality of the new
code
The following is an overview of the btcd changes:
- Update to use the new database and chain interfaces
- Temporarily remove all code related to the transaction index
- Temporarily remove all code related to the address index
- Convert all code that uses transaction stores to use the new utxo
view
- Rework several calls that required the block manager for safe
concurrency to use the chain package directly now that it is
concurrent safe
- Change all calls to obtain the best hash to use the new best state
snapshot capability from the chain package
- Remove workaround for limits on fetching height ranges since the new
database interface no longer imposes them
- Correct the gettxout RPC handler to return the best chain hash as
opposed the hash the txout was found in
- Optimize various RPC handlers:
- Change several of the RPC handlers to use the new chain snapshot
capability to avoid needlessly loading data
- Update several handlers to use new functionality to avoid accessing
the block manager so they are able to return the data without
blocking when the server is busy processing blocks
- Update non-verbose getblock to avoid deserialization and
serialization overhead
- Update getblockheader to request the block height directly from
chain and only load the header
- Update getdifficulty to use the new cached data from chain
- Update getmininginfo to use the new cached data from chain
- Update non-verbose getrawtransaction to avoid deserialization and
serialization overhead
- Update gettxout to use the new utxo store versus loading
full transactions using the transaction index
The following is an overview of the utility changes:
- Update addblock to use the new database and chain interfaces
- Update findcheckpoint to use the new database and chain interfaces
- Remove the dropafter utility which is no longer supported
NOTE: The transaction index and address index will be reimplemented in
another commit.
This updates the findcheckpoint utility to work when there are not
already any checkpoints. This doesn't really matter for Bitcoin at the
current time, but if a new testnet is created it will not have any
checkpoints to start with and this change also means the utility can
work for alts.
While here, switch a couple of error prints to ensure they contain a
final newline.
Introduce an ECDSA signature verification into btcd in order to
mitigate a certain DoS attack and as a performance optimization.
The benefits of SigCache are two fold. Firstly, usage of SigCache
mitigates a DoS attack wherein an attacker causes a victim's client to
hang due to worst-case behavior triggered while processing attacker
crafted invalid transactions. A detailed description of the mitigated
DoS attack can be found here: https://bitslog.wordpress.com/2013/01/23/fixed-bitcoin-vulnerability-explanation-why-the-signature-cache-is-a-dos-protection/
Secondly, usage of the SigCache introduces a signature verification
optimization which speeds up the validation of transactions within a
block, if they've already been seen and verified within the mempool.
The server itself manages the sigCache instance. The blockManager and
txMempool respectively now receive pointers to the created sigCache
instance. All read (sig triplet existence) operations on the sigCache
will not block unless a separate goroutine is adding an entry (writing)
to the sigCache. GetBlockTemplate generation now also utilizes the
sigCache in order to avoid unnecessarily double checking signatures
when generating a template after previously accepting a txn to the
mempool. Consequently, the CPU miner now also employs the same
optimization.
The maximum number of entries for the sigCache has been introduced as a
config parameter in order to allow users to configure the amount of
memory consumed by this new additional caching.
This commit converts all block height references to int32 instead of
int64. The current target block production rate is 10 mins per block
which means it will take roughly 40,800 years to reach the maximum
height an int32 affords. Even if the target rate were lowered to one
block per minute, it would still take roughly another 4,080 years to
reach the maximum.
In the mean time, there is no reason to use a larger type which results
in higher memory and disk space usage. However, for now, in order to
avoid having to reserialize a bunch of database information, the heights
are still serialized to the database as 8-byte uint64s.
This is being mainly being done in preparation for further upcoming
infrastructure changes which will use the smaller and more efficient
4-byte serialization in the database as well.
