#!/usr/bin/env bash # Demonstrate the creation and usage of UTXO snapshots. # # A server node starts up, IBDs up to a certain height, then generates a UTXO # snapshot at that point. # # The server then downloads more blocks (to create a diff from the snapshot). # # We bring a client up, load the UTXO snapshot, and we show the client sync to # the "network tip" and then start a background validation of the snapshot it # loaded. We see the background validation chainstate removed after validation # completes. # # The shellcheck rule SC2086 (quoted variables) disablements are necessary # since this rule needs to be violated in order to get bitcoind to pick up on # $EARLY_IBD_FLAGS for the script to work. export LC_ALL=C set -e BASE_HEIGHT=${1:-30000} INCREMENTAL_HEIGHT=20000 FINAL_HEIGHT=$((BASE_HEIGHT + INCREMENTAL_HEIGHT)) SERVER_DATADIR="$(pwd)/utxodemo-data-server-$BASE_HEIGHT" CLIENT_DATADIR="$(pwd)/utxodemo-data-client-$BASE_HEIGHT" UTXO_DAT_FILE="$(pwd)/utxo.$BASE_HEIGHT.dat" # Chosen to try to not interfere with any running bitcoind processes. SERVER_PORT=8633 SERVER_RPC_PORT=8632 CLIENT_PORT=8733 CLIENT_RPC_PORT=8732 SERVER_PORTS="-port=${SERVER_PORT} -rpcport=${SERVER_RPC_PORT}" CLIENT_PORTS="-port=${CLIENT_PORT} -rpcport=${CLIENT_RPC_PORT}" # Ensure the client exercises all indexes to test that snapshot use works # properly with indexes. ALL_INDEXES="-txindex -coinstatsindex -blockfilterindex=1" if ! command -v jq >/dev/null ; then echo "This script requires jq to parse JSON RPC output. Please install it." echo "(e.g. sudo apt install jq)" exit 1 fi DUMP_OUTPUT="dumptxoutset-output-$BASE_HEIGHT.json" finish() { echo echo "Killing server and client PIDs ($SERVER_PID, $CLIENT_PID) and cleaning up datadirs" echo rm -f "$UTXO_DAT_FILE" "$DUMP_OUTPUT" rm -rf "$SERVER_DATADIR" "$CLIENT_DATADIR" kill -9 "$SERVER_PID" "$CLIENT_PID" } trap finish EXIT # Need to specify these to trick client into accepting server as a peer # it can IBD from, otherwise the default values prevent IBD from the server node. EARLY_IBD_FLAGS="-maxtipage=9223372036854775207 -minimumchainwork=0x00" server_rpc() { ./src/bitcoin-cli -rpcport=$SERVER_RPC_PORT -datadir="$SERVER_DATADIR" "$@" } client_rpc() { ./src/bitcoin-cli -rpcport=$CLIENT_RPC_PORT -datadir="$CLIENT_DATADIR" "$@" } server_sleep_til_boot() { while ! server_rpc ping >/dev/null 2>&1; do sleep 0.1; done } client_sleep_til_boot() { while ! client_rpc ping >/dev/null 2>&1; do sleep 0.1; done } server_sleep_til_shutdown() { while server_rpc ping >/dev/null 2>&1; do sleep 0.1; done } mkdir -p "$SERVER_DATADIR" "$CLIENT_DATADIR" echo "Hi, welcome to the assumeutxo demo/test" echo echo "We're going to" echo echo " - start up a 'server' node, sync it via mainnet IBD to height ${BASE_HEIGHT}" echo " - create a UTXO snapshot at that height" echo " - IBD ${INCREMENTAL_HEIGHT} more blocks on top of that" echo echo "then we'll demonstrate assumeutxo by " echo echo " - starting another node (the 'client') and loading the snapshot in" echo " * first you'll have to modify the code slightly (chainparams) and recompile" echo " * don't worry, we'll make it easy" echo " - observing the client sync ${INCREMENTAL_HEIGHT} blocks on top of the snapshot from the server" echo " - observing the client validate the snapshot chain via background IBD" echo read -p "Press [enter] to continue" _ echo echo "-- Starting the demo. You might want to run the two following commands in" echo " separate terminal windows:" echo echo " watch -n0.1 tail -n 30 $SERVER_DATADIR/debug.log" echo " watch -n0.1 tail -n 30 $CLIENT_DATADIR/debug.log" echo read -p "Press [enter] to continue" _ echo echo "-- IBDing the blocks (height=$BASE_HEIGHT) required to the server node..." # shellcheck disable=SC2086 ./src/bitcoind -logthreadnames=1 $SERVER_PORTS \ -datadir="$SERVER_DATADIR" $EARLY_IBD_FLAGS -stopatheight="$BASE_HEIGHT" >/dev/null echo echo "-- Creating snapshot at ~ height $BASE_HEIGHT ($UTXO_DAT_FILE)..." server_sleep_til_shutdown # wait for stopatheight to be hit # shellcheck disable=SC2086 ./src/bitcoind -logthreadnames=1 $SERVER_PORTS \ -datadir="$SERVER_DATADIR" $EARLY_IBD_FLAGS -connect=0 -listen=0 >/dev/null & SERVER_PID="$!" server_sleep_til_boot server_rpc dumptxoutset "$UTXO_DAT_FILE" > "$DUMP_OUTPUT" cat "$DUMP_OUTPUT" kill -9 "$SERVER_PID" RPC_BASE_HEIGHT=$(jq -r .base_height < "$DUMP_OUTPUT") RPC_AU=$(jq -r .txoutset_hash < "$DUMP_OUTPUT") RPC_NCHAINTX=$(jq -r .nchaintx < "$DUMP_OUTPUT") RPC_BLOCKHASH=$(jq -r .base_hash < "$DUMP_OUTPUT") server_sleep_til_shutdown echo echo "-- Now: add the following to CMainParams::m_assumeutxo_data" echo " in src/kernel/chainparams.cpp, and recompile:" echo echo " {${RPC_BASE_HEIGHT}, AssumeutxoHash{uint256S(\"0x${RPC_AU}\")}, ${RPC_NCHAINTX}, uint256S(\"0x${RPC_BLOCKHASH}\")}," echo echo echo "-- IBDing more blocks to the server node (height=$FINAL_HEIGHT) so there is a diff between snapshot and tip..." # shellcheck disable=SC2086 ./src/bitcoind $SERVER_PORTS -logthreadnames=1 -datadir="$SERVER_DATADIR" \ $EARLY_IBD_FLAGS -stopatheight="$FINAL_HEIGHT" >/dev/null echo echo "-- Starting the server node to provide blocks to the client node..." # shellcheck disable=SC2086 ./src/bitcoind $SERVER_PORTS -logthreadnames=1 -debug=net -datadir="$SERVER_DATADIR" \ $EARLY_IBD_FLAGS -connect=0 -listen=1 >/dev/null & SERVER_PID="$!" server_sleep_til_boot echo echo "-- Okay, what you're about to see is the client starting up and activating the snapshot." echo " I'm going to display the top 14 log lines from the client on top of an RPC called" echo " getchainstates, which is like getblockchaininfo but for both the snapshot and " echo " background validation chainstates." echo echo " You're going to first see the snapshot chainstate sync to the server's tip, then" echo " the background IBD chain kicks in to validate up to the base of the snapshot." echo echo " Once validation of the snapshot is done, you should see log lines indicating" echo " that we've deleted the background validation chainstate." echo echo " Once everything completes, exit the watch command with CTRL+C." echo read -p "When you're ready for all this, hit [enter]" _ echo echo "-- Starting the client node to get headers from the server, then load the snapshot..." # shellcheck disable=SC2086 ./src/bitcoind $CLIENT_PORTS $ALL_INDEXES -logthreadnames=1 -datadir="$CLIENT_DATADIR" \ -connect=0 -addnode=127.0.0.1:$SERVER_PORT -debug=net $EARLY_IBD_FLAGS >/dev/null & CLIENT_PID="$!" client_sleep_til_boot echo echo "-- Initial state of the client:" client_rpc getchainstates echo echo "-- Loading UTXO snapshot into client. Calling RPC in a loop..." while ! client_rpc loadtxoutset "$UTXO_DAT_FILE" ; do sleep 10; done watch -n 0.3 "( tail -n 14 $CLIENT_DATADIR/debug.log ; echo ; ./src/bitcoin-cli -rpcport=$CLIENT_RPC_PORT -datadir=$CLIENT_DATADIR getchainstates) | cat" echo echo "-- Okay, now I'm going to restart the client to make sure that the snapshot chain reloads " echo " as the main chain properly..." echo echo " Press CTRL+C after you're satisfied to exit the demo" echo read -p "Press [enter] to continue" client_sleep_til_boot # shellcheck disable=SC2086 ./src/bitcoind $CLIENT_PORTS $ALL_INDEXES -logthreadnames=1 -datadir="$CLIENT_DATADIR" -connect=0 \ -addnode=127.0.0.1:$SERVER_PORT "$EARLY_IBD_FLAGS" >/dev/null & CLIENT_PID="$!" client_sleep_til_boot watch -n 0.3 "( tail -n 14 $CLIENT_DATADIR/debug.log ; echo ; ./src/bitcoin-cli -rpcport=$CLIENT_RPC_PORT -datadir=$CLIENT_DATADIR getchainstates) | cat" echo echo "-- Done!"