blockchain-poc/proof.go

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1.2 KiB
Go

package main
import (
"bytes"
"crypto/sha256"
"fmt"
"math/big"
)
const proofTargetBits = 16
type ProofOfWork struct {
block *Block
target *big.Int
}
func NewProofOfWork(b *Block) *ProofOfWork {
target := big.NewInt(1)
target.Lsh(target, uint(256-proofTargetBits))
pow := &ProofOfWork{b, target}
return pow
}
func (pow *ProofOfWork) prepareData(nonce int) []byte {
data := bytes.Join(
[][]byte{
pow.block.PrevBlockHash,
pow.block.HashTransactions(),
IntToHex(pow.block.Timestamp),
IntToHex(int64(proofTargetBits)),
IntToHex(int64(nonce)),
},
[]byte{},
)
return data
}
func (pow *ProofOfWork) Run() (int, []byte) {
var hashInt big.Int
var hash [32]byte
nonce := 0
fmt.Printf("Mining a new block")
for nonce < maxNonce {
data := pow.prepareData(nonce)
hash = sha256.Sum256(data)
fmt.Printf("\r%x", hash)
hashInt.SetBytes(hash[:])
if hashInt.Cmp(pow.target) == -1 {
break
} else {
nonce++
}
}
fmt.Print("\n\n")
return nonce, hash[:]
}
func (pow *ProofOfWork) Validate() bool {
var hashInt big.Int
data := pow.prepareData(pow.block.Nonce)
hash := sha256.Sum256(data)
hashInt.SetBytes(hash[:])
isValid := hashInt.Cmp(pow.target) == -1
return isValid
}