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authorLeviathn <johnny@blockstream.io>2016-02-10 18:29:13 -0800
committerLeviathn <johnny@blockstream.io>2016-02-10 18:29:13 -0800
commit8d1de43f0cbc79940d870d0ba09c7d28dd812ef8 (patch)
tree5f50b7723daa0eb6fe8312e7897148d5abf66b4a /src/miner.cpp
parent2f3f4af4cc2b92b8758858d0a1c13635065eb379 (diff)
Remove internal miner
This code removes the internal miner which is only useful on Testnet. This leaves the internal miner that is useful on RegTest intact.
Diffstat (limited to 'src/miner.cpp')
-rw-r--r--src/miner.cpp203
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 203 deletions
diff --git a/src/miner.cpp b/src/miner.cpp
index c454c0279c..41f4f1cdb6 100644
--- a/src/miner.cpp
+++ b/src/miner.cpp
@@ -315,206 +315,3 @@ void IncrementExtraNonce(CBlock* pblock, const CBlockIndex* pindexPrev, unsigned
pblock->vtx[0] = txCoinbase;
pblock->hashMerkleRoot = BlockMerkleRoot(*pblock);
}
-
-//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-//
-// Internal miner
-//
-
-//
-// ScanHash scans nonces looking for a hash with at least some zero bits.
-// The nonce is usually preserved between calls, but periodically or if the
-// nonce is 0xffff0000 or above, the block is rebuilt and nNonce starts over at
-// zero.
-//
-bool static ScanHash(const CBlockHeader *pblock, uint32_t& nNonce, uint256 *phash)
-{
- // Write the first 76 bytes of the block header to a double-SHA256 state.
- CHash256 hasher;
- CDataStream ss(SER_NETWORK, PROTOCOL_VERSION);
- ss << *pblock;
- assert(ss.size() == 80);
- hasher.Write((unsigned char*)&ss[0], 76);
-
- while (true) {
- nNonce++;
-
- // Write the last 4 bytes of the block header (the nonce) to a copy of
- // the double-SHA256 state, and compute the result.
- CHash256(hasher).Write((unsigned char*)&nNonce, 4).Finalize((unsigned char*)phash);
-
- // Return the nonce if the hash has at least some zero bits,
- // caller will check if it has enough to reach the target
- if (((uint16_t*)phash)[15] == 0)
- return true;
-
- // If nothing found after trying for a while, return -1
- if ((nNonce & 0xfff) == 0)
- return false;
- }
-}
-
-static bool ProcessBlockFound(const CBlock* pblock, const CChainParams& chainparams)
-{
- LogPrintf("%s\n", pblock->ToString());
- LogPrintf("generated %s\n", FormatMoney(pblock->vtx[0].vout[0].nValue));
-
- // Found a solution
- {
- LOCK(cs_main);
- if (pblock->hashPrevBlock != chainActive.Tip()->GetBlockHash())
- return error("BitcoinMiner: generated block is stale");
- }
-
- // Inform about the new block
- GetMainSignals().BlockFound(pblock->GetHash());
-
- // Process this block the same as if we had received it from another node
- CValidationState state;
- if (!ProcessNewBlock(state, chainparams, NULL, pblock, true, NULL))
- return error("BitcoinMiner: ProcessNewBlock, block not accepted");
-
- return true;
-}
-
-void static BitcoinMiner(const CChainParams& chainparams)
-{
- LogPrintf("BitcoinMiner started\n");
- SetThreadPriority(THREAD_PRIORITY_LOWEST);
- RenameThread("bitcoin-miner");
-
- unsigned int nExtraNonce = 0;
-
- boost::shared_ptr<CReserveScript> coinbaseScript;
- GetMainSignals().ScriptForMining(coinbaseScript);
-
- try {
- // Throw an error if no script was provided. This can happen
- // due to some internal error but also if the keypool is empty.
- // In the latter case, already the pointer is NULL.
- if (!coinbaseScript || coinbaseScript->reserveScript.empty())
- throw std::runtime_error("No coinbase script available (mining requires a wallet)");
-
- while (true) {
- if (chainparams.MiningRequiresPeers()) {
- // Busy-wait for the network to come online so we don't waste time mining
- // on an obsolete chain. In regtest mode we expect to fly solo.
- do {
- bool fvNodesEmpty;
- {
- LOCK(cs_vNodes);
- fvNodesEmpty = vNodes.empty();
- }
- if (!fvNodesEmpty && !IsInitialBlockDownload())
- break;
- MilliSleep(1000);
- } while (true);
- }
-
- //
- // Create new block
- //
- unsigned int nTransactionsUpdatedLast = mempool.GetTransactionsUpdated();
- CBlockIndex* pindexPrev = chainActive.Tip();
-
- auto_ptr<CBlockTemplate> pblocktemplate(CreateNewBlock(chainparams, coinbaseScript->reserveScript));
- if (!pblocktemplate.get())
- {
- LogPrintf("Error in BitcoinMiner: Keypool ran out, please call keypoolrefill before restarting the mining thread\n");
- return;
- }
- CBlock *pblock = &pblocktemplate->block;
- IncrementExtraNonce(pblock, pindexPrev, nExtraNonce);
-
- LogPrintf("Running BitcoinMiner with %u transactions in block (%u bytes)\n", pblock->vtx.size(),
- ::GetSerializeSize(*pblock, SER_NETWORK, PROTOCOL_VERSION));
-
- //
- // Search
- //
- int64_t nStart = GetTime();
- arith_uint256 hashTarget = arith_uint256().SetCompact(pblock->nBits);
- uint256 hash;
- uint32_t nNonce = 0;
- while (true) {
- // Check if something found
- if (ScanHash(pblock, nNonce, &hash))
- {
- if (UintToArith256(hash) <= hashTarget)
- {
- // Found a solution
- pblock->nNonce = nNonce;
- assert(hash == pblock->GetHash());
-
- SetThreadPriority(THREAD_PRIORITY_NORMAL);
- LogPrintf("BitcoinMiner:\n");
- LogPrintf("proof-of-work found \n hash: %s \ntarget: %s\n", hash.GetHex(), hashTarget.GetHex());
- ProcessBlockFound(pblock, chainparams);
- SetThreadPriority(THREAD_PRIORITY_LOWEST);
- coinbaseScript->KeepScript();
-
- // In regression test mode, stop mining after a block is found.
- if (chainparams.MineBlocksOnDemand())
- throw boost::thread_interrupted();
-
- break;
- }
- }
-
- // Check for stop or if block needs to be rebuilt
- boost::this_thread::interruption_point();
- // Regtest mode doesn't require peers
- if (vNodes.empty() && chainparams.MiningRequiresPeers())
- break;
- if (nNonce >= 0xffff0000)
- break;
- if (mempool.GetTransactionsUpdated() != nTransactionsUpdatedLast && GetTime() - nStart > 60)
- break;
- if (pindexPrev != chainActive.Tip())
- break;
-
- // Update nTime every few seconds
- if (UpdateTime(pblock, chainparams.GetConsensus(), pindexPrev) < 0)
- break; // Recreate the block if the clock has run backwards,
- // so that we can use the correct time.
- if (chainparams.GetConsensus().fPowAllowMinDifficultyBlocks)
- {
- // Changing pblock->nTime can change work required on testnet:
- hashTarget.SetCompact(pblock->nBits);
- }
- }
- }
- }
- catch (const boost::thread_interrupted&)
- {
- LogPrintf("BitcoinMiner terminated\n");
- throw;
- }
- catch (const std::runtime_error &e)
- {
- LogPrintf("BitcoinMiner runtime error: %s\n", e.what());
- return;
- }
-}
-
-void GenerateBitcoins(bool fGenerate, int nThreads, const CChainParams& chainparams)
-{
- static boost::thread_group* minerThreads = NULL;
-
- if (nThreads < 0)
- nThreads = GetNumCores();
-
- if (minerThreads != NULL)
- {
- minerThreads->interrupt_all();
- delete minerThreads;
- minerThreads = NULL;
- }
-
- if (nThreads == 0 || !fGenerate)
- return;
-
- minerThreads = new boost::thread_group();
- for (int i = 0; i < nThreads; i++)
- minerThreads->create_thread(boost::bind(&BitcoinMiner, boost::cref(chainparams)));
-}