Ethash.mine¶
| Source (upstream pre-purge) | Current | |
|---|---|---|
| File | consensus/ethash/sealer.go |
sealer.go |
| Symbol | Ethash.mine |
Ethash.mine |
| Ref | dde2da0ef~1 |
etc/v1.17.3-full-node |
3-way merge — purge → getc ← upstream¶
pre-purge
↗// mine is the actual proof-of-work miner that searches for a nonce starting from
// seed that results in correct final block difficulty.
func (ethash *Ethash) mine(block *types.Block, id int, seed uint64, abort chan struct{}, found chan *types.Block) {
// Extract some data from the header
var (
header = block.Header()
hash = ethash.SealHash(header).Bytes()
target = new(big.Int).Div(two256, header.Difficulty)
number = header.Number.Uint64()
dataset = ethash.dataset(number, false)
)
// Start generating random nonces until we abort or find a good one
var (
attempts = int64(0)
nonce = seed
powBuffer = new(big.Int)
)
logger := ethash.config.Log.New("miner", id)
logger.Trace("Started ethash search for new nonces", "seed", seed)
search:
for {
select {
case <-abort:
// Mining terminated, update stats and abort
logger.Trace("Ethash nonce search aborted", "attempts", nonce-seed)
ethash.hashrate.Mark(attempts)
break search
↗ default:
// We don't have to update hash rate on every nonce, so update after after 2^X nonces
attempts++
if (attempts % (1 << 15)) == 0 {
ethash.hashrate.Mark(attempts)
attempts = 0
}
// Compute the PoW value of this nonce
digest, result := hashimotoFull(dataset.dataset, hash, nonce)
if powBuffer.SetBytes(result).Cmp(target) <= 0 {
// Correct nonce found, create a new header with it
header = types.CopyHeader(header)
header.Nonce = types.EncodeNonce(nonce)
header.MixDigest = common.BytesToHash(digest)
↗ // Seal and return a block (if still needed)
select {
case found <- block.WithSeal(header):
logger.Trace("Ethash nonce found and reported", "attempts", nonce-seed, "nonce", nonce)
case <-abort:
logger.Trace("Ethash nonce found but discarded", "attempts", nonce-seed, "nonce", nonce)
}
break search
}
nonce++
}
}
// Datasets are unmapped in a finalizer. Ensure that the dataset stays live
// during sealing so it's not unmapped while being read.
runtime.KeepAlive(dataset)
}