concensus.go sealer.go源码

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.