在eth/concensus.go中主要是验证区块头,调整挖矿难度的算法,以及验证挖到的区块是否正确等等功能。还有前期准备,计算奖励等
// VerifySeal implements consensus.Engine, checking whether the given block satisfies
// the PoW difficulty requirements.
func (ethash *Ethash) VerifySeal(chain consensus.ChainReader, header *types.Header) error {
// If we're running a fake PoW, accept any seal as valid
if ethash.config.PowMode == ModeFake || ethash.config.PowMode == ModeFullFake {
time.Sleep(ethash.fakeDelay)
if ethash.fakeFail == header.Number.Uint64() {
return errInvalidPoW
}
return nil
}
// If we're running a shared PoW, delegate verification to it
if ethash.shared != nil {
return ethash.shared.VerifySeal(chain, header)
}
// Sanity check that the block number is below the lookup table size (60M blocks)
number := header.Number.Uint64()
if number/epochLength >= uint64(len(cacheSizes)) {
// Go < 1.7 cannot calculate new cache/dataset sizes (no fast prime check)
return errNonceOutOfRange
}
// Ensure that we have a valid difficulty for the block
if header.Difficulty.Sign() <= 0 {
return errInvalidDifficulty
}
// Recompute the digest and PoW value and verify against the header
cache := ethash.cache(number)
size := datasetSize(number)
if ethash.config.PowMode == ModeTest {
size = 32 * 1024
}
digest, result := hashimotoLight(size, cache, header.HashNoNonce().Bytes(), header.Nonce.Uint64())
if !bytes.Equal(header.MixDigest[:], digest) {
return errInvalidMixDigest
}
target := new(big.Int).Div(maxUint256, header.Difficulty)
if new(big.Int).SetBytes(result).Cmp(target) > 0 {
return errInvalidPoW
}
return nil
}
在sealer.go中主要是mine和seal两个函数。
// Seal implements consensus.Engine, attempting to find a nonce that satisfies
// the block's difficulty requirements.
mine is the actual proof-of-work miner that searches for a nonce starting from
// seed that results in correct final block difficulty.