Merge #7507: Remove internal miner

8d1de43 Remove internal miner (Leviathn)
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Wladimir J. van der Laan
2016-03-14 11:35:11 +01:00
7 changed files with 0 additions and 288 deletions

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@@ -315,206 +315,3 @@ void IncrementExtraNonce(CBlock* pblock, const CBlockIndex* pindexPrev, unsigned
pblock->vtx[0] = txCoinbase;
pblock->hashMerkleRoot = BlockMerkleRoot(*pblock);
}
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//
// Internal miner
//
//
// ScanHash scans nonces looking for a hash with at least some zero bits.
// The nonce is usually preserved between calls, but periodically or if the
// nonce is 0xffff0000 or above, the block is rebuilt and nNonce starts over at
// zero.
//
bool static ScanHash(const CBlockHeader *pblock, uint32_t& nNonce, uint256 *phash)
{
// Write the first 76 bytes of the block header to a double-SHA256 state.
CHash256 hasher;
CDataStream ss(SER_NETWORK, PROTOCOL_VERSION);
ss << *pblock;
assert(ss.size() == 80);
hasher.Write((unsigned char*)&ss[0], 76);
while (true) {
nNonce++;
// Write the last 4 bytes of the block header (the nonce) to a copy of
// the double-SHA256 state, and compute the result.
CHash256(hasher).Write((unsigned char*)&nNonce, 4).Finalize((unsigned char*)phash);
// Return the nonce if the hash has at least some zero bits,
// caller will check if it has enough to reach the target
if (((uint16_t*)phash)[15] == 0)
return true;
// If nothing found after trying for a while, return -1
if ((nNonce & 0xfff) == 0)
return false;
}
}
static bool ProcessBlockFound(const CBlock* pblock, const CChainParams& chainparams)
{
LogPrintf("%s\n", pblock->ToString());
LogPrintf("generated %s\n", FormatMoney(pblock->vtx[0].vout[0].nValue));
// Found a solution
{
LOCK(cs_main);
if (pblock->hashPrevBlock != chainActive.Tip()->GetBlockHash())
return error("BitcoinMiner: generated block is stale");
}
// Inform about the new block
GetMainSignals().BlockFound(pblock->GetHash());
// Process this block the same as if we had received it from another node
CValidationState state;
if (!ProcessNewBlock(state, chainparams, NULL, pblock, true, NULL))
return error("BitcoinMiner: ProcessNewBlock, block not accepted");
return true;
}
void static BitcoinMiner(const CChainParams& chainparams)
{
LogPrintf("BitcoinMiner started\n");
SetThreadPriority(THREAD_PRIORITY_LOWEST);
RenameThread("bitcoin-miner");
unsigned int nExtraNonce = 0;
boost::shared_ptr<CReserveScript> coinbaseScript;
GetMainSignals().ScriptForMining(coinbaseScript);
try {
// Throw an error if no script was provided. This can happen
// due to some internal error but also if the keypool is empty.
// In the latter case, already the pointer is NULL.
if (!coinbaseScript || coinbaseScript->reserveScript.empty())
throw std::runtime_error("No coinbase script available (mining requires a wallet)");
while (true) {
if (chainparams.MiningRequiresPeers()) {
// Busy-wait for the network to come online so we don't waste time mining
// on an obsolete chain. In regtest mode we expect to fly solo.
do {
bool fvNodesEmpty;
{
LOCK(cs_vNodes);
fvNodesEmpty = vNodes.empty();
}
if (!fvNodesEmpty && !IsInitialBlockDownload())
break;
MilliSleep(1000);
} while (true);
}
//
// Create new block
//
unsigned int nTransactionsUpdatedLast = mempool.GetTransactionsUpdated();
CBlockIndex* pindexPrev = chainActive.Tip();
auto_ptr<CBlockTemplate> pblocktemplate(CreateNewBlock(chainparams, coinbaseScript->reserveScript));
if (!pblocktemplate.get())
{
LogPrintf("Error in BitcoinMiner: Keypool ran out, please call keypoolrefill before restarting the mining thread\n");
return;
}
CBlock *pblock = &pblocktemplate->block;
IncrementExtraNonce(pblock, pindexPrev, nExtraNonce);
LogPrintf("Running BitcoinMiner with %u transactions in block (%u bytes)\n", pblock->vtx.size(),
::GetSerializeSize(*pblock, SER_NETWORK, PROTOCOL_VERSION));
//
// Search
//
int64_t nStart = GetTime();
arith_uint256 hashTarget = arith_uint256().SetCompact(pblock->nBits);
uint256 hash;
uint32_t nNonce = 0;
while (true) {
// Check if something found
if (ScanHash(pblock, nNonce, &hash))
{
if (UintToArith256(hash) <= hashTarget)
{
// Found a solution
pblock->nNonce = nNonce;
assert(hash == pblock->GetHash());
SetThreadPriority(THREAD_PRIORITY_NORMAL);
LogPrintf("BitcoinMiner:\n");
LogPrintf("proof-of-work found \n hash: %s \ntarget: %s\n", hash.GetHex(), hashTarget.GetHex());
ProcessBlockFound(pblock, chainparams);
SetThreadPriority(THREAD_PRIORITY_LOWEST);
coinbaseScript->KeepScript();
// In regression test mode, stop mining after a block is found.
if (chainparams.MineBlocksOnDemand())
throw boost::thread_interrupted();
break;
}
}
// Check for stop or if block needs to be rebuilt
boost::this_thread::interruption_point();
// Regtest mode doesn't require peers
if (vNodes.empty() && chainparams.MiningRequiresPeers())
break;
if (nNonce >= 0xffff0000)
break;
if (mempool.GetTransactionsUpdated() != nTransactionsUpdatedLast && GetTime() - nStart > 60)
break;
if (pindexPrev != chainActive.Tip())
break;
// Update nTime every few seconds
if (UpdateTime(pblock, chainparams.GetConsensus(), pindexPrev) < 0)
break; // Recreate the block if the clock has run backwards,
// so that we can use the correct time.
if (chainparams.GetConsensus().fPowAllowMinDifficultyBlocks)
{
// Changing pblock->nTime can change work required on testnet:
hashTarget.SetCompact(pblock->nBits);
}
}
}
}
catch (const boost::thread_interrupted&)
{
LogPrintf("BitcoinMiner terminated\n");
throw;
}
catch (const std::runtime_error &e)
{
LogPrintf("BitcoinMiner runtime error: %s\n", e.what());
return;
}
}
void GenerateBitcoins(bool fGenerate, int nThreads, const CChainParams& chainparams)
{
static boost::thread_group* minerThreads = NULL;
if (nThreads < 0)
nThreads = GetNumCores();
if (minerThreads != NULL)
{
minerThreads->interrupt_all();
delete minerThreads;
minerThreads = NULL;
}
if (nThreads == 0 || !fGenerate)
return;
minerThreads = new boost::thread_group();
for (int i = 0; i < nThreads; i++)
minerThreads->create_thread(boost::bind(&BitcoinMiner, boost::cref(chainparams)));
}