// Copyright 2017 The go-ethereum Authors // This file is part of the go-ethereum library. // // The go-ethereum library is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify // it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by // the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or // (at your option) any later version. // // The go-ethereum library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, // but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of // MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the // GNU Lesser General Public License for more details. // // You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License // along with the go-ethereum library. If not, see . // Package ethash implements the ethash proof-of-work consensus engine. package ethash import ( "time" "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/consensus" "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/types" "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/rpc" ) // Ethash is a consensus engine based on proof-of-work implementing the ethash // algorithm. type Ethash struct { fakeFail *uint64 // Block number which fails PoW check even in fake mode fakeDelay *time.Duration // Time delay to sleep for before returning from verify fakeFull bool // Accepts everything as valid } // NewFaker creates an ethash consensus engine with a fake PoW scheme that accepts // all blocks' seal as valid, though they still have to conform to the Ethereum // consensus rules. func NewFaker() *Ethash { return new(Ethash) } // NewFakeFailer creates a ethash consensus engine with a fake PoW scheme that // accepts all blocks as valid apart from the single one specified, though they // still have to conform to the Ethereum consensus rules. func NewFakeFailer(fail uint64) *Ethash { return &Ethash{ fakeFail: &fail, } } // NewFakeDelayer creates a ethash consensus engine with a fake PoW scheme that // accepts all blocks as valid, but delays verifications by some time, though // they still have to conform to the Ethereum consensus rules. func NewFakeDelayer(delay time.Duration) *Ethash { return &Ethash{ fakeDelay: &delay, } } // NewFullFaker creates an ethash consensus engine with a full fake scheme that // accepts all blocks as valid, without checking any consensus rules whatsoever. func NewFullFaker() *Ethash { return &Ethash{ fakeFull: true, } } // Close closes the exit channel to notify all backend threads exiting. func (ethash *Ethash) Close() error { return nil } // APIs implements consensus.Engine, returning no APIs as ethash is an empty // shell in the post-merge world. func (ethash *Ethash) APIs(chain consensus.ChainHeaderReader) []rpc.API { return []rpc.API{} } // Seal generates a new sealing request for the given input block and pushes // the result into the given channel. For the ethash engine, this method will // just panic as sealing is not supported anymore. func (ethash *Ethash) Seal(chain consensus.ChainHeaderReader, block *types.Block, results chan<- *types.Block, stop <-chan struct{}) error { panic("ethash (pow) sealing not supported any more") }