kaspad/domain/blockdag/difficulty.go
stasatdaglabs 8a4ece1101
[NOD-1223] Reorganize project (#868)
* [NOD-1223] Move all network stuff into a new network package.

* [NOD-1223] Delete the unused package testutil.

* [NOD-1223] Move infrastructure stuff into a new instrastructure package.

* [NOD-1223] Move domain stuff into a new domain package.
2020-08-13 17:27:25 +03:00

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// Copyright (c) 2013-2017 The btcsuite developers
// Use of this source code is governed by an ISC
// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
package blockdag
import (
"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/util/bigintpool"
"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/util/mstime"
"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/util"
)
// requiredDifficulty calculates the required difficulty for a
// block given its bluest parent.
func (dag *BlockDAG) requiredDifficulty(bluestParent *blockNode, newBlockTime mstime.Time) uint32 {
// Genesis block.
if dag.Params.DisableDifficultyAdjustment || bluestParent == nil || bluestParent.blueScore < dag.difficultyAdjustmentWindowSize+1 {
return dag.powMaxBits
}
// Fetch window of dag.difficultyAdjustmentWindowSize + 1 so we can have dag.difficultyAdjustmentWindowSize block intervals
timestampsWindow := blueBlockWindow(bluestParent, dag.difficultyAdjustmentWindowSize+1)
windowMinTimestamp, windowMaxTimeStamp := timestampsWindow.minMaxTimestamps()
// Remove the last block from the window so to calculate the average target of dag.difficultyAdjustmentWindowSize blocks
targetsWindow := timestampsWindow[:dag.difficultyAdjustmentWindowSize]
// Calculate new target difficulty as:
// averageWindowTarget * (windowMinTimestamp / (targetTimePerBlock * windowSize))
// The result uses integer division which means it will be slightly
// rounded down.
newTarget := bigintpool.Acquire(0)
defer bigintpool.Release(newTarget)
windowTimeStampDifference := bigintpool.Acquire(windowMaxTimeStamp - windowMinTimestamp)
defer bigintpool.Release(windowTimeStampDifference)
targetTimePerBlock := bigintpool.Acquire(dag.Params.TargetTimePerBlock.Milliseconds())
defer bigintpool.Release(targetTimePerBlock)
difficultyAdjustmentWindowSize := bigintpool.Acquire(int64(dag.difficultyAdjustmentWindowSize))
defer bigintpool.Release(difficultyAdjustmentWindowSize)
targetsWindow.averageTarget(newTarget)
newTarget.
Mul(newTarget, windowTimeStampDifference).
Div(newTarget, targetTimePerBlock).
Div(newTarget, difficultyAdjustmentWindowSize)
if newTarget.Cmp(dag.Params.PowMax) > 0 {
return dag.powMaxBits
}
newTargetBits := util.BigToCompact(newTarget)
return newTargetBits
}
// NextRequiredDifficulty calculates the required difficulty for a block that will
// be built on top of the current tips.
//
// This function is safe for concurrent access.
func (dag *BlockDAG) NextRequiredDifficulty(timestamp mstime.Time) uint32 {
difficulty := dag.requiredDifficulty(dag.virtual.parents.bluest(), timestamp)
return difficulty
}