Elichai Turkel 273c271771
Remove hash reversal (#1270)
* Remove hash reversing

* Move toBig to pow.go

* Update some tests
2020-12-23 12:42:37 +02:00

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package pow
import (
"math/big"
"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain/consensus/model/externalapi"
"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain/consensus/utils/consensushashing"
"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain/consensus/utils/hashes"
"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain/consensus/utils/serialization"
"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/util"
"github.com/pkg/errors"
)
// CheckProofOfWorkWithTarget check's if the block has a valid PoW according to the provided target
// it does not check if the difficulty itself is valid or less than the maximum for the appropriate network
func CheckProofOfWorkWithTarget(header *externalapi.DomainBlockHeader, target *big.Int) bool {
// The block pow must be less than the claimed target
powNum := calcPowValue(header)
// The block hash must be less or equal than the claimed target.
return powNum.Cmp(target) <= 0
}
// CheckProofOfWorkByBits check's if the block has a valid PoW according to its Bits field
// it does not check if the difficulty itself is valid or less than the maximum for the appropriate network
func CheckProofOfWorkByBits(header *externalapi.DomainBlockHeader) bool {
return CheckProofOfWorkWithTarget(header, util.CompactToBig(header.Bits))
}
func calcPowValue(header *externalapi.DomainBlockHeader) *big.Int {
// Zero out the time and nonce.
timestamp, nonce := header.TimeInMilliseconds, header.Nonce
header.TimeInMilliseconds, header.Nonce = 0, 0
prePowHash := consensushashing.HeaderHash(header)
header.TimeInMilliseconds, header.Nonce = timestamp, nonce
// PRE_POW_HASH || TIME || 32 zero byte padding || NONCE
writer := hashes.NewPoWHashWriter()
writer.InfallibleWrite(prePowHash[:])
err := serialization.WriteElement(writer, timestamp)
if err != nil {
panic(errors.Wrap(err, "this should never happen. Hash digest should never return an error"))
}
zeroes := [32]byte{}
writer.InfallibleWrite(zeroes[:])
err = serialization.WriteElement(writer, nonce)
if err != nil {
panic(errors.Wrap(err, "this should never happen. Hash digest should never return an error"))
}
return toBig(writer.Finalize())
}
// ToBig converts a externalapi.DomainHash into a big.Int treated as a little endian string.
func toBig(hash *externalapi.DomainHash) *big.Int {
// We treat the Hash as little-endian for PoW purposes, but the big package wants the bytes in big-endian, so reverse them.
buf := hash.Clone()
blen := len(buf)
for i := 0; i < blen/2; i++ {
buf[i], buf[blen-1-i] = buf[blen-1-i], buf[i]
}
return new(big.Int).SetBytes(buf[:])
}