// Copyright (c) 2013-2016 The btcsuite developers // Use of this source code is governed by an ISC // license that can be found in the LICENSE file. package main import ( "fmt" "os" "path/filepath" "github.com/btcsuite/btcd/blockchain" "github.com/btcsuite/btcd/chaincfg" "github.com/btcsuite/btcd/chaincfg/chainhash" "github.com/btcsuite/btcd/database" ) const blockDbNamePrefix = "blocks" var ( cfg *config ) // loadBlockDB opens the block database and returns a handle to it. func loadBlockDB() (database.DB, error) { // The database name is based on the database type. dbName := blockDbNamePrefix + "_" + cfg.DbType dbPath := filepath.Join(cfg.DataDir, dbName) fmt.Printf("Loading block database from '%s'\n", dbPath) db, err := database.Open(cfg.DbType, dbPath, activeNetParams.Net) if err != nil { return nil, err } return db, nil } // findCandidates searches the chain backwards for checkpoint candidates and // returns a slice of found candidates, if any. It also stops searching for // candidates at the last checkpoint that is already hard coded into btcchain // since there is no point in finding candidates before already existing // checkpoints. func findCandidates(chain *blockchain.BlockChain, latestHash *chainhash.Hash) ([]*chaincfg.Checkpoint, error) { // Start with the latest block of the main chain. block, err := chain.BlockByHash(latestHash) if err != nil { return nil, err } // Get the latest known checkpoint. latestCheckpoint := chain.LatestCheckpoint() if latestCheckpoint == nil { // Set the latest checkpoint to the genesis block if there isn't // already one. latestCheckpoint = &chaincfg.Checkpoint{ Hash: activeNetParams.GenesisHash, Height: 0, } } // The latest known block must be at least the last known checkpoint // plus required checkpoint confirmations. checkpointConfirmations := int32(blockchain.CheckpointConfirmations) requiredHeight := latestCheckpoint.Height + checkpointConfirmations if block.Height() < requiredHeight { return nil, fmt.Errorf("the block database is only at height "+ "%d which is less than the latest checkpoint height "+ "of %d plus required confirmations of %d", block.Height(), latestCheckpoint.Height, checkpointConfirmations) } // For the first checkpoint, the required height is any block after the // genesis block, so long as the chain has at least the required number // of confirmations (which is enforced above). if len(activeNetParams.Checkpoints) == 0 { requiredHeight = 1 } // Indeterminate progress setup. numBlocksToTest := block.Height() - requiredHeight progressInterval := (numBlocksToTest / 100) + 1 // min 1 fmt.Print("Searching for candidates") defer fmt.Println() // Loop backwards through the chain to find checkpoint candidates. candidates := make([]*chaincfg.Checkpoint, 0, cfg.NumCandidates) numTested := int32(0) for len(candidates) < cfg.NumCandidates && block.Height() > requiredHeight { // Display progress. if numTested%progressInterval == 0 { fmt.Print(".") } // Determine if this block is a checkpoint candidate. isCandidate, err := chain.IsCheckpointCandidate(block) if err != nil { return nil, err } // All checks passed, so this node seems like a reasonable // checkpoint candidate. if isCandidate { checkpoint := chaincfg.Checkpoint{ Height: block.Height(), Hash: block.Hash(), } candidates = append(candidates, &checkpoint) } prevHash := &block.MsgBlock().Header.PrevBlock block, err = chain.BlockByHash(prevHash) if err != nil { return nil, err } numTested++ } return candidates, nil } // showCandidate display a checkpoint candidate using and output format // determined by the configuration parameters. The Go syntax output // uses the format the btcchain code expects for checkpoints added to the list. func showCandidate(candidateNum int, checkpoint *chaincfg.Checkpoint) { if cfg.UseGoOutput { fmt.Printf("Candidate %d -- {%d, newShaHashFromStr(\"%v\")},\n", candidateNum, checkpoint.Height, checkpoint.Hash) return } fmt.Printf("Candidate %d -- Height: %d, Hash: %v\n", candidateNum, checkpoint.Height, checkpoint.Hash) } func main() { // Load configuration and parse command line. tcfg, _, err := loadConfig() if err != nil { return } cfg = tcfg // Load the block database. db, err := loadBlockDB() if err != nil { fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "failed to load database:", err) return } defer db.Close() // Setup chain. Ignore notifications since they aren't needed for this // util. chain, err := blockchain.New(&blockchain.Config{ DB: db, ChainParams: activeNetParams, TimeSource: blockchain.NewMedianTime(), }) if err != nil { fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "failed to initialize chain: %v\n", err) return } // Get the latest block hash and height from the database and report // status. best := chain.BestSnapshot() fmt.Printf("Block database loaded with block height %d\n", best.Height) // Find checkpoint candidates. candidates, err := findCandidates(chain, &best.Hash) if err != nil { fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "Unable to identify candidates:", err) return } // No candidates. if len(candidates) == 0 { fmt.Println("No candidates found.") return } // Show the candidates. for i, checkpoint := range candidates { showCandidate(i+1, checkpoint) } }