// Copyright (c) 2014-2016 The btcsuite developers // Use of this source code is governed by an ISC // license that can be found in the LICENSE file. package main import ( "encoding/hex" "fmt" "math/big" "time" "github.com/daglabs/btcd/blockdag" "github.com/daglabs/btcd/dagconfig" "github.com/daglabs/btcd/util" "github.com/daglabs/btcd/util/daghash" "github.com/daglabs/btcd/wire" ) // solveGenesisBlock attempts to find some combination of a nonce and // current timestamp which makes the passed block hash to a value less than the // target difficulty. func solveGenesisBlock(block *wire.MsgBlock, powBits uint32, netName string) { // Create some convenience variables. header := &block.Header targetDifficulty := util.CompactToBig(header.Bits) header.Bits = powBits // Search through the entire nonce range for a solution while // periodically checking for early quit and stale block // conditions along with updates to the speed monitor. maxNonce := ^uint64(0) // 2^64 - 1 for { header.Timestamp = time.Unix(time.Now().Unix(), 0) for i := uint64(0); i <= maxNonce; i++ { // Update the nonce and hash the block header. Each // hash is actually a double sha256 (two hashes), so // increment the number of hashes completed for each // attempt accordingly. header.Nonce = i hash := header.BlockHash() // The block is solved when the new block hash is less // than the target difficulty. Yay! if daghash.HashToBig(hash).Cmp(targetDifficulty) <= 0 { fmt.Printf("\n\nGenesis block of %s is solved:\n", netName) fmt.Printf("timestamp: 0x%x\n", header.Timestamp.Unix()) fmt.Printf("bits (difficulty): 0x%x\n", header.Bits) fmt.Printf("nonce: 0x%x\n", header.Nonce) fmt.Printf("hash: %v\n\n\n", hex.EncodeToString(hash[:])) return } } } } func validateGenesisBlock(genesisBlock *wire.MsgBlock, netName string) bool { block := util.NewBlock(genesisBlock) hashMerkleTree := blockdag.BuildHashMerkleTreeStore(block.Transactions()) calculatedHashMerkleRoot := hashMerkleTree.Root() header := genesisBlock.Header if !header.HashMerkleRoot.IsEqual(calculatedHashMerkleRoot) { fmt.Printf("%s: genesis block hash merkle root is invalid - block "+ "header indicates %s, but calculated value is %s\n\n", netName, hex.EncodeToString(header.HashMerkleRoot[:]), hex.EncodeToString(calculatedHashMerkleRoot[:])) return false } return true } func validateAndSolve(genesisBlock *wire.MsgBlock, powBits uint32, netName string) { // Validate merkle root if validateGenesisBlock(genesisBlock, netName) { // Solve genesis block solveGenesisBlock(genesisBlock, powBits, netName) } } // main func main() { bigOne := big.NewInt(1) validateAndSolve(dagconfig.MainNetParams.GenesisBlock, util.BigToCompact(new(big.Int).Sub(new(big.Int).Lsh(bigOne, 255), bigOne)), "MainNet") validateAndSolve(dagconfig.DevNetParams.GenesisBlock, util.BigToCompact(new(big.Int).Sub(new(big.Int).Lsh(bigOne, 239), bigOne)), "DevNet") }