Headers-first synchronization

Many changes:
* Do not use 'getblocks', but 'getheaders', and use it to build a headers tree.
* Blocks are fetched in parallel from all available outbound peers, using a
  limited moving window. When one peer stalls the movement of the window, it is
  disconnected.
* No more orphan blocks. At all. We only ever request a block for which we have
  verified the headers, and store it to disk immediately. This means that a
  disk-fill attack would require PoW.
* Require protocol version 31800 for every peer (released in december 2010).
* No more syncnode (we sync from everyone we can, though limited to 1 during
  initial *headers* sync).
* Introduce some extra named constants, comments and asserts.
This commit is contained in:
Pieter Wuille
2014-07-12 00:02:35 +02:00
parent 992ab87114
commit 341735eb8f
9 changed files with 375 additions and 370 deletions

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@@ -49,12 +49,29 @@ struct CDiskBlockPos
};
enum BlockStatus {
// Unused.
BLOCK_VALID_UNKNOWN = 0,
BLOCK_VALID_HEADER = 1, // parsed, version ok, hash satisfies claimed PoW, 1 <= vtx count <= max, timestamp not in future
BLOCK_VALID_TREE = 2, // parent found, difficulty matches, timestamp >= median previous, checkpoint
BLOCK_VALID_TRANSACTIONS = 3, // only first tx is coinbase, 2 <= coinbase input script length <= 100, transactions valid, no duplicate txids, sigops, size, merkle root
BLOCK_VALID_CHAIN = 4, // outputs do not overspend inputs, no double spends, coinbase output ok, immature coinbase spends, BIP30
BLOCK_VALID_SCRIPTS = 5, // scripts/signatures ok
// Parsed, version ok, hash satisfies claimed PoW, 1 <= vtx count <= max, timestamp not in future
BLOCK_VALID_HEADER = 1,
// All parent headers found, difficulty matches, timestamp >= median previous, checkpoint. Implies all parents
// are also at least TREE.
BLOCK_VALID_TREE = 2,
// Only first tx is coinbase, 2 <= coinbase input script length <= 100, transactions valid, no duplicate txids,
// sigops, size, merkle root. Implies all parents are at least TREE but not necessarily TRANSACTIONS. When all
// parent blocks also have TRANSACTIONS, CBlockIndex::nChainTx will be set.
BLOCK_VALID_TRANSACTIONS = 3,
// Outputs do not overspend inputs, no double spends, coinbase output ok, immature coinbase spends, BIP30.
// Implies all parents are also at least CHAIN.
BLOCK_VALID_CHAIN = 4,
// Scripts & signatures ok. Implies all parents are also at least SCRIPTS.
BLOCK_VALID_SCRIPTS = 5,
// All validity bits.
BLOCK_VALID_MASK = BLOCK_VALID_HEADER | BLOCK_VALID_TREE | BLOCK_VALID_TRANSACTIONS |
BLOCK_VALID_CHAIN | BLOCK_VALID_SCRIPTS,
@@ -103,7 +120,8 @@ public:
// Note: in a potential headers-first mode, this number cannot be relied upon
unsigned int nTx;
// (memory only) Number of transactions in the chain up to and including this block
// (memory only) Number of transactions in the chain up to and including this block.
// This value will be non-zero only if and only if transactions for this block and all its parents are available.
unsigned int nChainTx; // change to 64-bit type when necessary; won't happen before 2030
// Verification status of this block. See enum BlockStatus
@@ -146,7 +164,7 @@ public:
SetNull();
}
CBlockIndex(CBlockHeader& block)
CBlockIndex(const CBlockHeader& block)
{
SetNull();