Merge pull request #4377

654871d replace ComputeMinWork with CheckMinWork (jtimon)
b343c1a Move CBlockIndex::GetBlockWork() to pow::GetProofIncrement(nBits) (jtimon)
c2c02f3 Move UpdateTime to pow (jtimon)

src/pow.cpp

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include "chainparams.h"
 #include "core.h"
 #include "main.h"
+#include "timedata.h"
 #include "uint256.h"
 #include "util.h"
 
@@ -94,27 +95,58 @@ bool CheckProofOfWork(uint256 hash, unsigned int nBits)
 }
 
 //
-// minimum amount of work that could possibly be required nTime after
-// minimum work required was nBase
+// true if nBits is greater than the minimum amount of work that could
+// possibly be required deltaTime after minimum work required was nBase
 //
-unsigned int ComputeMinWork(unsigned int nBase, int64_t nTime)
+bool CheckMinWork(unsigned int nBits, unsigned int nBase, int64_t deltaTime)
 {
+    bool fOverflow = false;
+    uint256 bnNewBlock;
+    bnNewBlock.SetCompact(nBits, NULL, &fOverflow);
+    if (fOverflow)
+        return false;
+
     const uint256 &bnLimit = Params().ProofOfWorkLimit();
     // Testnet has min-difficulty blocks
     // after Params().TargetSpacing()*2 time between blocks:
-    if (Params().AllowMinDifficultyBlocks() && nTime > Params().TargetSpacing()*2)
-        return bnLimit.GetCompact();
+    if (Params().AllowMinDifficultyBlocks() && deltaTime > Params().TargetSpacing()*2)
+        return bnNewBlock <= bnLimit;
 
     uint256 bnResult;
     bnResult.SetCompact(nBase);
-    while (nTime > 0 && bnResult < bnLimit)
+    while (deltaTime > 0 && bnResult < bnLimit)
     {
         // Maximum 400% adjustment...
         bnResult *= 4;
         // ... in best-case exactly 4-times-normal target time
-        nTime -= Params().TargetTimespan()*4;
+        deltaTime -= Params().TargetTimespan()*4;
     }
     if (bnResult > bnLimit)
         bnResult = bnLimit;
-    return bnResult.GetCompact();
+
+    return bnNewBlock <= bnResult;
+}
+
+void UpdateTime(CBlockHeader* pblock, const CBlockIndex* pindexPrev)
+{
+    pblock->nTime = std::max(pindexPrev->GetMedianTimePast()+1, GetAdjustedTime());
+
+    // Updating time can change work required on testnet:
+    if (Params().AllowMinDifficultyBlocks())
+        pblock->nBits = GetNextWorkRequired(pindexPrev, pblock);
+}
+
+uint256 GetProofIncrement(unsigned int nBits)
+{
+    uint256 bnTarget;
+    bool fNegative;
+    bool fOverflow;
+    bnTarget.SetCompact(nBits, &fNegative, &fOverflow);
+    if (fNegative || fOverflow || bnTarget == 0)
+        return 0;
+    // We need to compute 2**256 / (bnTarget+1), but we can't represent 2**256
+    // as it's too large for a uint256. However, as 2**256 is at least as large
+    // as bnTarget+1, it is equal to ((2**256 - bnTarget - 1) / (bnTarget+1)) + 1,
+    // or ~bnTarget / (nTarget+1) + 1.
+    return (~bnTarget / (bnTarget + 1)) + 1;
 }