/// <exception cref="ProtocolException"/>
protected override void Parse()
{
_version = ReadUint32();
_prevBlockHash = ReadHash();
_merkleRoot = ReadHash();
_time = ReadUint32();
_difficultyTarget = ReadUint32();
_nonce = ReadUint32();
_hash = new Sha256Hash(Utils.ReverseBytes(Utils.DoubleDigest(Bytes, 0, Cursor)));
if (Cursor == Bytes.Length)
{
// This message is just a header, it has no transactions.
return;
}
var numTransactions = (int)ReadVarInt();
Transactions = new List <Transaction>(numTransactions);
for (var i = 0; i < numTransactions; i++)
{
var tx = new Transaction(Params, Bytes, Cursor);
Transactions.Add(tx);
Cursor += tx.MessageSize;
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Special case constructor, used for the genesis node, cloneAsHeader and unit tests.
/// </summary>
internal Block(NetworkParameters networkParams)
: base(networkParams)
{
// Set up a few basic things. We are not complete after this though.
_version = 1;
_difficultyTarget = 0x1d07fff8;
_time = (uint)UnixTime.ToUnixTime(DateTime.UtcNow);
_prevBlockHash = Sha256Hash.ZeroHash;
}
/// <summary>
/// Adds a transaction to this block.
/// </summary>
internal void AddTransaction(Transaction t)
{
if (Transactions == null)
{
Transactions = new List <Transaction>();
}
Transactions.Add(t);
// Force a recalculation next time the values are needed.
_merkleRoot = null;
_hash = null;
}
/// <exception cref="IOException"/>
private void BlockChainDownload(Sha256Hash toHash)
{
// This may run in ANY thread.
// The block chain download process is a bit complicated. Basically, we start with zero or more blocks in a
// chain that we have from a previous session. We want to catch up to the head of the chain BUT we don't know
// where that chain is up to or even if the top block we have is even still in the chain - we
// might have got ourselves onto a fork that was later resolved by the network.
//
// To solve this, we send the peer a block locator which is just a list of block hashes. It contains the
// blocks we know about, but not all of them, just enough of them so the peer can figure out if we did end up
// on a fork and if so, what the earliest still valid block we know about is likely to be.
//
// Once it has decided which blocks we need, it will send us an inv with up to 500 block messages. We may
// have some of them already if we already have a block chain and just need to catch up. Once we request the
// last block, if there are still more to come it sends us an "inv" containing only the hash of the head
// block.
//
// That causes us to download the head block but then we find (in processBlock) that we can't connect
// it to the chain yet because we don't have the intermediate blocks. So we rerun this function building a
// new block locator describing where we're up to.
//
// The getblocks with the new locator gets us another inv with another bunch of blocks. We download them once
// again. This time when the peer sends us an inv with the head block, we already have it so we won't download
// it again - but we recognize this case as special and call back into blockChainDownload to continue the
// process.
//
// So this is a complicated process but it has the advantage that we can download a chain of enormous length
// in a relatively stateless manner and with constant/bounded memory usage.
Log.InfoFormat("blockChainDownload({0})", toHash);
// TODO: Block locators should be abstracted out rather than special cased here.
var blockLocator = new LinkedList <Sha256Hash>();
// We don't do the exponential thinning here, so if we get onto a fork of the chain we will end up
// re-downloading the whole thing again.
blockLocator.AddLast(_params.GenesisBlock.Hash);
var topBlock = _blockChain.ChainHead.Header;
if (!topBlock.Equals(_params.GenesisBlock))
{
blockLocator.AddFirst(topBlock.Hash);
}
var message = new GetBlocksMessage(_params, blockLocator.ToList(), toHash);
_conn.WriteMessage(message);
}
/// <summary>
/// Asks the connected peer for the block of the given hash, and returns a Future representing the answer.
/// If you want the block right away and don't mind waiting for it, just call .get() on the result. Your thread
/// will block until the peer answers. You can also use the Future object to wait with a timeout, or just check
/// whether it's done later.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="blockHash">Hash of the block you were requesting.</param>
/// <exception cref="IOException"/>
public IAsyncResult BeginGetBlock(Sha256Hash blockHash, AsyncCallback callback, object state)
{
var getdata = new GetDataMessage(_params);
var inventoryItem = new InventoryItem(InventoryItem.ItemType.Block, blockHash);
getdata.AddItem(inventoryItem);
var future = new GetDataFuture <Block>(inventoryItem, callback, state);
// Add to the list of things we're waiting for. It's important this come before the network send to avoid
// race conditions.
lock (_pendingGetBlockFutures)
{
_pendingGetBlockFutures.Add(future);
}
_conn.WriteMessage(getdata);
return(future);
}
/// <exception cref="IOException"/>
private void BlockChainDownload(Sha256Hash toHash)
{
// This may run in ANY thread.
// The block chain download process is a bit complicated. Basically, we start with zero or more blocks in a
// chain that we have from a previous session. We want to catch up to the head of the chain BUT we don't know
// where that chain is up to or even if the top block we have is even still in the chain - we
// might have got ourselves onto a fork that was later resolved by the network.
//
// To solve this, we send the peer a block locator which is just a list of block hashes. It contains the
// blocks we know about, but not all of them, just enough of them so the peer can figure out if we did end up
// on a fork and if so, what the earliest still valid block we know about is likely to be.
//
// Once it has decided which blocks we need, it will send us an inv with up to 500 block messages. We may
// have some of them already if we already have a block chain and just need to catch up. Once we request the
// last block, if there are still more to come it sends us an "inv" containing only the hash of the head
// block.
//
// That causes us to download the head block but then we find (in processBlock) that we can't connect
// it to the chain yet because we don't have the intermediate blocks. So we rerun this function building a
// new block locator describing where we're up to.
//
// The getblocks with the new locator gets us another inv with another bunch of blocks. We download them once
// again. This time when the peer sends us an inv with the head block, we already have it so we won't download
// it again - but we recognize this case as special and call back into blockChainDownload to continue the
// process.
//
// So this is a complicated process but it has the advantage that we can download a chain of enormous length
// in a relatively stateless manner and with constant/bounded memory usage.
Log.InfoFormat("blockChainDownload({0})", toHash);
// TODO: Block locators should be abstracted out rather than special cased here.
var blockLocator = new LinkedList<Sha256Hash>();
// We don't do the exponential thinning here, so if we get onto a fork of the chain we will end up
// re-downloading the whole thing again.
blockLocator.AddLast(_params.GenesisBlock.Hash);
var topBlock = _blockChain.ChainHead.Header;
if (!topBlock.Equals(_params.GenesisBlock))
blockLocator.AddFirst(topBlock.Hash);
var message = new GetBlocksMessage(_params, blockLocator.ToList(), toHash);
_conn.WriteMessage(message);
}
/// <summary>
/// Asks the connected peer for the block of the given hash, and returns a Future representing the answer.
/// If you want the block right away and don't mind waiting for it, just call .get() on the result. Your thread
/// will block until the peer answers. You can also use the Future object to wait with a timeout, or just check
/// whether it's done later.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="blockHash">Hash of the block you were requesting.</param>
/// <exception cref="IOException"/>
public IAsyncResult BeginGetBlock(Sha256Hash blockHash, AsyncCallback callback, object state)
{
var getdata = new GetDataMessage(_params);
var inventoryItem = new InventoryItem(InventoryItem.ItemType.Block, blockHash);
getdata.AddItem(inventoryItem);
var future = new GetDataFuture<Block>(inventoryItem, callback, state);
// Add to the list of things we're waiting for. It's important this come before the network send to avoid
// race conditions.
lock (_pendingGetBlockFutures)
{
_pendingGetBlockFutures.Add(future);
}
_conn.WriteMessage(getdata);
return future;
}
public GetBlocksMessage(NetworkParameters networkParams, IList<Sha256Hash> locator, Sha256Hash stopHash)
: base(networkParams)
{
_locator = locator;
_stopHash = stopHash;
}
/// <exception cref="ProtocolException"/>
protected override void Parse()
{
_version = ReadUint32();
_prevBlockHash = ReadHash();
_merkleRoot = ReadHash();
_time = ReadUint32();
_difficultyTarget = ReadUint32();
_nonce = ReadUint32();
_hash = new Sha256Hash(Utils.ReverseBytes(Utils.DoubleDigest(Bytes, 0, Cursor)));
if (Cursor == Bytes.Length)
{
// This message is just a header, it has no transactions.
return;
}
var numTransactions = (int) ReadVarInt();
Transactions = new List<Transaction>(numTransactions);
for (var i = 0; i < numTransactions; i++)
{
var tx = new Transaction(Params, Bytes, Cursor);
Transactions.Add(tx);
Cursor += tx.MessageSize;
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Adds a transaction to this block.
/// </summary>
internal void AddTransaction(Transaction t)
{
if (Transactions == null)
{
Transactions = new List<Transaction>();
}
Transactions.Add(t);
// Force a recalculation next time the values are needed.
_merkleRoot = null;
_hash = null;
}
/// <summary>
/// Special case constructor, used for the genesis node, cloneAsHeader and unit tests.
/// </summary>
internal Block(NetworkParameters networkParams)
: base(networkParams)
{
// Set up a few basic things. We are not complete after this though.
_version = 1;
_difficultyTarget = 0x1d07fff8;
_time = (uint) UnixTime.ToUnixTime(DateTime.UtcNow);
_prevBlockHash = Sha256Hash.ZeroHash;
}
public GetBlocksMessage(NetworkParameters networkParams, IList <Sha256Hash> locator, Sha256Hash stopHash)
: base(networkParams)
{
_locator = locator;
_stopHash = stopHash;
}
