// Rust Bitcoin Library // Written in 2014 by // Andrew Poelstra // // To the extent possible under law, the author(s) have dedicated all // copyright and related and neighboring rights to this software to // the public domain worldwide. This software is distributed without // any warranty. // // You should have received a copy of the CC0 Public Domain Dedication // along with this software. // If not, see . // //! # Bitcoin Blockchain //! //! This module provides the structures and functions to maintain the //! blockchain. //! //! Note to developers: do not expose any ref-counted pointers in the public //! API of this module. Internally we do unsafe mutations of them and we need //! to make sure we are holding the only references. //! use alloc::rc::Rc; use std::cell::{Ref, RefCell}; use std::io::{IoResult, IoError, OtherIoError}; use std::num::Zero; use std::kinds::marker; use blockdata::block::{Block, BlockHeader}; use blockdata::transaction::Transaction; use blockdata::constants::{DIFFCHANGE_INTERVAL, DIFFCHANGE_TIMESPAN, max_target}; use network::serialize::{Serializable, SerializeIter}; use util::BitArray; use util::uint::Uint256; use util::hash::Sha256dHash; use util::misc::prepend_err; use util::patricia_tree::PatriciaTree; type BlockTree = PatriciaTree, Uint256>; type NodePtr = Option>; /// A link in the blockchain pub struct BlockchainNode { /// The actual block pub block: Block, /// Total work from genesis to this point pub total_work: Uint256, /// Expected value of `block.header.bits` for this block; only changes every /// `blockdata::constants::DIFFCHANGE_INTERVAL;` blocks pub required_difficulty: Uint256, /// Height above genesis pub height: u32, /// Whether the transaction data is stored pub has_txdata: bool, /// Pointer to block's parent prev: RefCell, /// Pointer to block's child next: RefCell } impl BlockchainNode { /// Look up the previous link, caching the result fn prev(&self, tree: &BlockTree) -> NodePtr { let mut cache = self.prev.borrow_mut(); if cache.is_some() { return Some(cache.get_ref().clone()) } match tree.lookup(&self.block.header.prev_blockhash.as_uint256(), 256) { Some(prev) => { *cache = Some(prev.clone()); return Some(prev.clone()); } None => { return None; } } } /// Look up the next link fn next<'a>(&'a self) -> Ref<'a, NodePtr> { self.next.borrow() } /// Set the next link fn set_next(&self, next: Rc) { let mut cache = self.next.borrow_mut(); *cache = Some(next); } /// Is the node on the main chain? fn is_on_main_chain(&self, chain: &Blockchain) -> bool { if self.block.header == chain.best_tip.block.header { return true; } let mut scan = self.next().clone(); while scan.is_some() { if scan.get_ref().block.header == chain.best_tip.block.header { return true; } scan = scan.get_ref().next().clone(); } return false; } } impl Serializable for Rc { fn serialize(&self) -> Vec { let mut ret = vec![]; ret.extend(self.block.serialize().move_iter()); ret.extend(self.total_work.serialize().move_iter()); ret.extend(self.required_difficulty.serialize().move_iter()); ret.extend(self.height.serialize().move_iter()); ret.extend(self.has_txdata.serialize().move_iter()); // Don't serialize the prev pointer ret } fn deserialize>(mut iter: I) -> IoResult> { Ok(Rc::new(BlockchainNode { block: try!(prepend_err("block", Serializable::deserialize(iter.by_ref()))), total_work: try!(prepend_err("total_work", Serializable::deserialize(iter.by_ref()))), required_difficulty: try!(prepend_err("req_difficulty", Serializable::deserialize(iter.by_ref()))), height: try!(prepend_err("height", Serializable::deserialize(iter.by_ref()))), has_txdata: try!(prepend_err("has_txdata", Serializable::deserialize(iter.by_ref()))), prev: RefCell::new(None), next: RefCell::new(None) })) } // Override Serialize::hash to return the blockheader hash, since the // hash of the node itself is pretty much meaningless. fn hash(&self) -> Sha256dHash { self.block.header.hash() } } /// The blockchain pub struct Blockchain { tree: BlockTree, best_tip: Rc, best_hash: Sha256dHash, genesis_hash: Sha256dHash } impl Serializable for Blockchain { fn serialize(&self) -> Vec { let mut ret = vec![]; ret.extend(self.tree.serialize().move_iter()); ret.extend(self.best_hash.serialize().move_iter()); ret.extend(self.genesis_hash.serialize().move_iter()); ret } fn serialize_iter<'a>(&'a self) -> SerializeIter<'a> { SerializeIter { data_iter: None, sub_iter_iter: box vec![ &self.tree as &Serializable, &self.best_hash as &Serializable, &self.genesis_hash as &Serializable ].move_iter(), sub_iter: None, sub_started: false } } fn deserialize>(mut iter: I) -> IoResult { let tree: BlockTree = try!(prepend_err("tree", Serializable::deserialize(iter.by_ref()))); let best_hash: Sha256dHash = try!(prepend_err("best_hash", Serializable::deserialize(iter.by_ref()))); let genesis_hash: Sha256dHash = try!(prepend_err("genesis_hash", Serializable::deserialize(iter.by_ref()))); // Lookup best tip let best = match tree.lookup(&best_hash.as_uint256(), 256) { Some(rc) => rc.clone(), None => { return Err(IoError { kind: OtherIoError, desc: "best tip reference not found in tree", detail: Some(format!("best tip {:x} not found", best_hash)) }); } }; // Lookup genesis if tree.lookup(&genesis_hash.as_uint256(), 256).is_none() { return Err(IoError { kind: OtherIoError, desc: "genesis block not found in tree", detail: Some(format!("genesis {:x} not found", genesis_hash)) }); } // Reconnect next and prev pointers back to "genesis", the first node // with no prev pointer. let mut scan = best.clone(); let mut prev = best.prev(&tree); while prev.is_some() { prev.get_mut_ref().set_next(scan); scan = prev.get_ref().clone(); prev = prev.get_ref().prev(&tree); } // Check that "genesis" is the genesis if scan.block.header.hash() != genesis_hash { Err(IoError { kind: OtherIoError, desc: "best tip did not link back to genesis", detail: Some(format!("no path from tip {:x} to genesis {:x}", best_hash, genesis_hash)) }) } else { // Return the chain Ok(Blockchain { tree: tree, best_tip: best.clone(), best_hash: best_hash, genesis_hash: genesis_hash }) } } } struct LocatorHashIter<'tree> { index: NodePtr, tree: &'tree BlockTree, count: uint, skip: uint } impl<'tree> LocatorHashIter<'tree> { fn new<'tree>(init: Rc, tree: &'tree BlockTree) -> LocatorHashIter<'tree> { LocatorHashIter { index: Some(init), tree: tree, count: 0, skip: 1 } } } impl<'tree> Iterator for LocatorHashIter<'tree> { fn next(&mut self) -> Option { let ret = match self.index { Some(ref node) => Some(node.hash()), None => { return None; } }; // Rewind once (if we are at the genesis, this will set self.index to None) self.index = self.index.get_ref().prev(self.tree); // If we are not at the genesis, rewind `self.skip` times, or until we are. if self.index.is_some() { for _ in range(1, self.skip) { self.index = match self.index.get_ref().prev(self.tree) { Some(rc) => Some(rc), None => { break; } } } } self.count += 1; if self.count > 10 { self.skip *= 2; } ret } } /// An iterator over blocks in blockheight order pub struct BlockIter<'tree> { index: NodePtr, // Note: we don't actually touch the blockchain. But we need // to keep it borrowed to prevent it being mutated, since some // mutable blockchain methods call .mut_borrow() on the block // links, which would blow up if the iterator did a regular // borrow at the same time. marker: marker::ContravariantLifetime<'tree> } /// An iterator over blocks in reverse blockheight order. Note that this /// is essentially the same as if we'd implemented `DoubleEndedIterator` /// on `BlockIter` --- but we can't do that since if `BlockIter` is started /// off the main chain, it will not reach the best tip, so the iterator /// and its `.rev()` would be iterators over different chains! To avoid /// this suprising behaviour we simply use separate iterators. pub struct RevBlockIter<'tree> { index: NodePtr, tree: &'tree BlockTree } /// An iterator over blocks in reverse blockheight order, which yielding only /// stale blocks (ending at the point where it would've returned a block on /// the main chain). It does this by checking if the `next` pointer of the /// next-to-by-yielded block matches the currently-yielded block. If not, scan /// forward from next-to-be-yielded block. If we hit the best tip, set the /// next-to-by-yielded block to None instead. /// /// So to handle reorgs, you create a `RevStaleBlockIter` starting from the last /// known block, and play it until it runs out, rewinding every block except for /// the last one. Since the UtxoSet `rewind` function sets its `last_hash()` to /// the prevblockhash of the rewinded block (which will be on the main chain at /// the end of the iteration), you can then sync it up same as if you were doing /// a plain old fast-forward. pub struct RevStaleBlockIter<'tree> { index: NodePtr, chain: &'tree Blockchain } impl<'tree> Iterator<&'tree BlockchainNode> for BlockIter<'tree> { fn next(&mut self) -> Option<&'tree BlockchainNode> { match self.index.clone() { Some(rc) => { use core::mem::transmute; self.index = rc.next().clone(); // This transmute is just to extend the lifetime of rc.block // There is unsafety here because we need to be assured that // another copy of the rc (presumably the one in the tree) // exists and will live as long as 'tree. Some(unsafe { transmute(&*rc) } ) }, None => None } } } impl<'tree> Iterator<&'tree BlockchainNode> for RevBlockIter<'tree> { fn next(&mut self) -> Option<&'tree BlockchainNode> { match self.index.clone() { Some(rc) => { use core::mem::transmute; self.index = rc.prev(self.tree).clone(); // This transmute is just to extend the lifetime of rc.block // There is unsafety here because we need to be assured that // another copy of the rc (presumably the one in the tree) // exists and will live as long as 'tree. Some(unsafe { transmute(&*rc) } ) }, None => None } } } impl<'tree> Iterator<&'tree Block> for RevStaleBlockIter<'tree> { fn next(&mut self) -> Option<&'tree Block> { match self.index.clone() { Some(rc) => { use core::mem::transmute; let next_index = rc.prev(&self.chain.tree); // Check if the next block is going to be on the main chain if next_index.is_some() && next_index.get_ref().next().get_ref().block.header != rc.block.header && next_index.get_ref().is_on_main_chain(self.chain) { self.index = None; } else { self.index = next_index.clone(); } // This transmute is just to extend the lifetime of rc.block // There is unsafety here because we need to be assured that // another copy of the rc (presumably the one in the tree) // exists and will live as long as 'tree. Some(unsafe { transmute(&rc.block) } ) }, None => None } } } /// This function emulates the GetCompact(SetCompact(n)) in the satoshi code, /// which drops the precision to something that can be encoded precisely in /// the nBits block header field. Savour the perversity. This is in Bitcoin /// consensus code. What. The. Fuck. fn satoshi_the_precision(n: &Uint256) -> Uint256 { // Shift by B bits right then left to turn the low bits to zero let bits = 8 * ((n.bits() + 7) / 8 - 3); let mut ret = n >> bits; // Oh, did I say B was that fucked up formula? I meant sometimes also + 8. if ret.bit(23) { ret = (ret >> 8) << 8; } ret << bits } impl Blockchain { /// Constructs a new blockchain pub fn new(genesis: Block) -> Blockchain { let genhash = genesis.header.hash(); let rc_gen = Rc::new(BlockchainNode { total_work: Zero::zero(), required_difficulty: genesis.header.target(), block: genesis, height: 0, has_txdata: true, prev: RefCell::new(None), next: RefCell::new(None) }); Blockchain { tree: { let mut pat = PatriciaTree::new(); pat.insert(&genhash.as_uint256(), 256, rc_gen.clone()); pat }, best_hash: genhash, genesis_hash: genhash, best_tip: rc_gen, } } fn replace_txdata(&mut self, hash: &Uint256, txdata: Vec, has_txdata: bool) -> bool { match self.tree.lookup_mut(hash, 256) { Some(existing_block) => { unsafe { // existing_block is an Rc. Rust will not let us mutate it under // any circumstances, since if it were to be reallocated, then // all other references to it would be destroyed. However, we // just need a mutable pointer to the txdata vector; by calling // Vec::clone_from() rather than assigning, we can be assured that // no reallocation can occur, since clone_from() takes an &mut self, // which it does not own and therefore cannot move. // // To be clear: there will undoubtedly be some reallocation within // the Vec itself. We don't care about this. What we care about is // that the Vec (and more pointedly, its containing struct) does not // move, since this would invalidate the Rc that we are snookering. use std::mem::{forget, transmute}; let mutable_vec: &mut Vec = transmute(&existing_block.block.txdata); mutable_vec.clone_from(&txdata); // If mutable_vec went out of scope unhindered, it would deallocate // the Vec it points to, since Rust assumes that a mutable vector // is a unique reference (and this one is definitely not). forget(mutable_vec); // Do the same thing with the txdata flac let mutable_bool: &mut bool = transmute(&existing_block.has_txdata); *mutable_bool = has_txdata; forget(mutable_bool); } return true }, None => return false } } /// Locates a block in the chain and overwrites its txdata pub fn add_txdata(&mut self, block: Block) -> bool { self.replace_txdata(&block.header.hash().as_uint256(), block.txdata, true) } /// Locates a block in the chain and removes its txdata pub fn remove_txdata(&mut self, hash: Sha256dHash) -> bool { self.replace_txdata(&hash.as_uint256(), vec![], false) } /// Adds a block header to the chain pub fn add_header(&mut self, header: BlockHeader) -> bool { self.real_add_block(Block { header: header, txdata: vec![] }, false) } /// Adds a block to the chain pub fn add_block(&mut self, block: Block) -> bool { self.real_add_block(block, true) } fn real_add_block(&mut self, block: Block, has_txdata: bool) -> bool { // get_prev optimizes the common case where we are extending the best tip fn get_prev<'a>(chain: &'a Blockchain, hash: Sha256dHash) -> Option<&'a Rc> { if hash == chain.best_hash { return Some(&chain.best_tip); } chain.tree.lookup(&hash.as_uint256(), 256) } // Check for multiple inserts (bitcoind from c9a09183 to 3c85d2ec doesn't // handle locator hashes properly and may return blocks multiple times, // and this may also happen in case of a reorg. if self.tree.lookup(&block.header.hash().as_uint256(), 256).is_some() { println!("Warning: tried to add block {} twice!", block.header.hash()); return true; } // Construct node, if possible let rc_block = match get_prev(self, block.header.prev_blockhash) { Some(prev) => { let difficulty = // Compute required difficulty if this is a diffchange block if (prev.height + 1) % DIFFCHANGE_INTERVAL == 0 { // Scan back DIFFCHANGE_INTERVAL blocks let mut scan = prev.clone(); for _ in range(0, DIFFCHANGE_INTERVAL - 1) { scan = scan.prev(&self.tree).unwrap(); } // Get clamped timespan between first and last blocks let timespan = match prev.block.header.time - scan.block.header.time { n if n < DIFFCHANGE_TIMESPAN / 4 => DIFFCHANGE_TIMESPAN / 4, n if n > DIFFCHANGE_TIMESPAN * 4 => DIFFCHANGE_TIMESPAN * 4, n => n }; // Compute new target let mut target = prev.block.header.target(); target = target.mul_u32(timespan); target = target / FromPrimitive::from_u64(DIFFCHANGE_TIMESPAN as u64).unwrap(); // Clamp below MAX_TARGET (difficulty 1) let max = max_target(); if target > max { target = max }; // Compactify (make expressible in the 8+24 nBits float format satoshi_the_precision(&target) } else { // Otherwise just use the last block's difficulty prev.required_difficulty }; // Create node let ret = Rc::new(BlockchainNode { total_work: block.header.work().add(&prev.total_work), block: block, required_difficulty: difficulty, height: prev.height + 1, has_txdata: has_txdata, prev: RefCell::new(Some(prev.clone())), next: RefCell::new(None) }); prev.set_next(ret.clone()); ret }, None => { println!("TODO: couldn't add block"); return false; } }; // spv validate the block if !rc_block.block.header.spv_validate(&rc_block.required_difficulty) { return false; } // Insert the new block self.tree.insert(&rc_block.block.header.hash().as_uint256(), 256, rc_block.clone()); // Replace the best tip if necessary if rc_block.total_work > self.best_tip.total_work { self.set_best_tip(rc_block); } return true; } /// Sets the best tip (not public) fn set_best_tip(&mut self, tip: Rc) { let old_best = self.best_tip.clone(); // Set best self.best_hash = tip.hash(); self.best_tip = tip; // Fix next links let mut scan = self.best_tip.clone(); let mut prev = self.best_tip.prev(&self.tree); // Scan backward loop { // If we hit the old best, there is no need to reorg if scan.block.header == old_best.block.header { break; } // If we hit the genesis, stop if prev.is_none() { println!("Warning: reorg past the genesis. This is a bug."); break; } // If we hit something pointing along the wrong chain, this is // a branch point at which we are reorg'ing if prev.get_ref().next().is_none() || prev.get_ref().next().get_ref().block.header != scan.block.header { prev.get_mut_ref().set_next(scan); } scan = prev.clone().unwrap(); prev = prev.unwrap().prev(&self.tree); } } /// Returns the best tip pub fn best_tip<'a>(&'a self) -> &'a Block { &self.best_tip.block } /// Returns the best tip's blockhash pub fn best_tip_hash(&self) -> Sha256dHash { self.best_hash } /// Returns an array of locator hashes used in `getheaders` messages pub fn locator_hashes(&self) -> Vec { LocatorHashIter::new(self.best_tip.clone(), &self.tree).collect() } /// An iterator over all blocks in the chain starting from `start_hash` pub fn iter<'a>(&'a self, start_hash: Sha256dHash) -> BlockIter<'a> { BlockIter { index: self.tree.lookup(&start_hash.as_uint256(), 256).map(|rc| rc.clone()), marker: marker::ContravariantLifetime::<'a> } } /// An iterator over all blocks in reverse order to the genesis, starting with `start_hash` pub fn rev_iter<'a>(&'a self, start_hash: Sha256dHash) -> RevBlockIter<'a> { RevBlockIter { index: self.tree.lookup(&start_hash.as_uint256(), 256).map(|rc| rc.clone()), tree: &self.tree } } /// An iterator over all blocks -not- in the best chain, in reverse order, starting from `start_hash` pub fn rev_stale_iter<'a>(&'a self, start_hash: Sha256dHash) -> RevStaleBlockIter<'a> { let mut start = self.tree.lookup(&start_hash.as_uint256(), 256).map(|rc| rc.clone()); // If we are already on the main chain, we have a dead iterator if start.is_some() && start.get_ref().is_on_main_chain(self) { start = None; } // Return iterator RevStaleBlockIter { index: start, chain: self } } } #[cfg(test)] mod tests { use std::prelude::*; use std::io::IoResult; use blockdata::blockchain::Blockchain; use blockdata::constants::genesis_block; use network::serialize::Serializable; #[test] fn blockchain_serialize_test() { let empty_chain = Blockchain::new(genesis_block()); assert_eq!(empty_chain.best_tip.hash().serialize(), genesis_block().header.hash().serialize()); let serial = empty_chain.serialize(); assert_eq!(serial, empty_chain.serialize_iter().collect()); let deserial: IoResult = Serializable::deserialize(serial.iter().map(|n| *n)); assert!(deserial.is_ok()); let read_chain = deserial.unwrap(); assert_eq!(read_chain.best_tip.hash().serialize(), genesis_block().header.hash().serialize()); } }