//creates a weighted list and randomly selects and id from it
public int selectLeader()
{
distributions d = new distributions(1);
int theChosenOne = 0;
bool leaderFound = false;
createWeightedList();
broadcastStakes();
//debugging option for easy leader selection
//theChosenOne = d.getUniformBetween(0, weightedPeer_IDs.Count);
//Console.WriteLine("##### RAND " + theChosenOne + " " + weightedPeer_IDs.Count);
int j = 0;
//for reals algo leader select
while (j < 100 && !leaderFound)
{
//Console.WriteLine(j);
foreach (KeyValuePair <int, peer_obj> kvp in peersResource)
{
//start broadcasting leader requests
if (kvp.Value.current_stake > j)
{
if (kvp.Value.leaderRequest(peersResource, weightedPeer_IDs))
{
//leader is chosen
theChosenOne = kvp.Key;
leaderFound = true;
}
}
}
j++;
//Console.WriteLine(j);
}
datar.totIT += j;
epochIT += j;
if (!leaderFound)
{
theChosenOne = selectLeader();
}
//Console.WriteLine("Epoch: " + epoch + " Leader was found after : " + j + " iterations");
return(theChosenOne);
}