/**
* Processes a received block and tries to add it to the chain. If there's something wrong with
* the block an exception is thrown. If the block is OK but cannot be connected to the chain at
* this time, returns false. If the block can be connected to the chain, returns true. Accessing
* block's transactions in another thread while this method runs may result in undefined behavior.
*/
public boolean add(Block block) throws VerificationException, PrunedException {
try {
return add(block, true, null, null);
} catch (BlockStoreException e) {
// TODO: Figure out a better way to propagate this exception to the user.
throw new RuntimeException(e);
} catch (VerificationException e) {
try {
notSettingChainHead();
} catch (BlockStoreException e1) {
throw new RuntimeException(e1);
}
throw new VerificationException(
"Could not verify block " + block.getHashAsString() + "\n" + block.toString(), e);
}
}
// expensiveChecks enables checks that require looking at blocks further back in the chain
// than the previous one when connecting (eg median timestamp check)
// It could be exposed, but for now we just set it to shouldVerifyTransactions()
private void connectBlock(
final Block block,
StoredBlock storedPrev,
boolean expensiveChecks,
@Nullable final List<Sha256Hash> filteredTxHashList,
@Nullable final Map<Sha256Hash, Transaction> filteredTxn)
throws BlockStoreException, VerificationException, PrunedException {
checkState(lock.isHeldByCurrentThread());
boolean filtered = filteredTxHashList != null && filteredTxn != null;
// Check that we aren't connecting a block that fails a checkpoint check
if (!params.passesCheckpoint(storedPrev.getHeight() + 1, block.getHash()))
throw new VerificationException(
"Block failed checkpoint lockin at " + (storedPrev.getHeight() + 1));
if (shouldVerifyTransactions()) {
checkNotNull(block.transactions);
for (Transaction tx : block.transactions)
if (!tx.isFinal(storedPrev.getHeight() + 1, block.getTimeSeconds()))
throw new VerificationException("Block contains non-final transaction");
}
StoredBlock head = getChainHead();
if (storedPrev.equals(head)) {
if (filtered && filteredTxn.size() > 0) {
log.debug(
"Block {} connects to top of best chain with {} transaction(s) of which we were sent {}",
block.getHashAsString(),
filteredTxHashList.size(),
filteredTxn.size());
for (Sha256Hash hash : filteredTxHashList) log.debug(" matched tx {}", hash);
}
if (expensiveChecks
&& block.getTimeSeconds() <= getMedianTimestampOfRecentBlocks(head, blockStore))
throw new VerificationException("Block's timestamp is too early");
// This block connects to the best known block, it is a normal continuation of the system.
TransactionOutputChanges txOutChanges = null;
if (shouldVerifyTransactions())
txOutChanges = connectTransactions(storedPrev.getHeight() + 1, block);
StoredBlock newStoredBlock =
addToBlockStore(
storedPrev, block.transactions == null ? block : block.cloneAsHeader(), txOutChanges);
setChainHead(newStoredBlock);
log.debug("Chain is now {} blocks high, running listeners", newStoredBlock.getHeight());
informListenersForNewBlock(
block, NewBlockType.BEST_CHAIN, filteredTxHashList, filteredTxn, newStoredBlock);
} else {
// This block connects to somewhere other than the top of the best known chain. We treat these
// differently.
//
// Note that we send the transactions to the wallet FIRST, even if we're about to re-organize
// this block
// to become the new best chain head. This simplifies handling of the re-org in the Wallet
// class.
StoredBlock newBlock = storedPrev.build(block);
boolean haveNewBestChain = newBlock.moreWorkThan(head);
if (haveNewBestChain) {
log.info("Block is causing a re-organize");
} else {
StoredBlock splitPoint = findSplit(newBlock, head, blockStore);
if (splitPoint != null && splitPoint.equals(newBlock)) {
// newStoredBlock is a part of the same chain, there's no fork. This happens when we
// receive a block
// that we already saw and linked into the chain previously, which isn't the chain head.
// Re-processing it is confusing for the wallet so just skip.
log.warn(
"Saw duplicated block in main chain at height {}: {}",
newBlock.getHeight(),
newBlock.getHeader().getHash());
return;
}
if (splitPoint == null) {
// This should absolutely never happen
// (lets not write the full block to disk to keep any bugs which allow this to happen
// from writing unreasonable amounts of data to disk)
throw new VerificationException("Block forks the chain but splitPoint is null");
} else {
// We aren't actually spending any transactions (yet) because we are on a fork
addToBlockStore(storedPrev, block);
int splitPointHeight = splitPoint.getHeight();
String splitPointHash = splitPoint.getHeader().getHashAsString();
log.info(
"Block forks the chain at height {}/block {}, but it did not cause a reorganize:\n{}",
splitPointHeight,
splitPointHash,
newBlock.getHeader().getHashAsString());
}
}
// We may not have any transactions if we received only a header, which can happen during fast
// catchup.
// If we do, send them to the wallet but state that they are on a side chain so it knows not
// to try and
// spend them until they become activated.
if (block.transactions != null || filtered) {
informListenersForNewBlock(
block, NewBlockType.SIDE_CHAIN, filteredTxHashList, filteredTxn, newBlock);
}
if (haveNewBestChain) handleNewBestChain(storedPrev, newBlock, block, expensiveChecks);
}
}
// filteredTxHashList contains all transactions, filteredTxn just a subset
private boolean add(
Block block,
boolean tryConnecting,
@Nullable List<Sha256Hash> filteredTxHashList,
@Nullable Map<Sha256Hash, Transaction> filteredTxn)
throws BlockStoreException, VerificationException, PrunedException {
// TODO: Use read/write locks to ensure that during chain download properties are still low
// latency.
lock.lock();
try {
// Quick check for duplicates to avoid an expensive check further down (in findSplit). This
// can happen a lot
// when connecting orphan transactions due to the dumb brute force algorithm we use.
if (block.equals(getChainHead().getHeader())) {
return true;
}
if (tryConnecting && orphanBlocks.containsKey(block.getHash())) {
return false;
}
// If we want to verify transactions (ie we are running with full blocks), verify that block
// has transactions
if (shouldVerifyTransactions() && block.transactions == null)
throw new VerificationException("Got a block header while running in full-block mode");
// Check for already-seen block, but only for full pruned mode, where the DB is
// more likely able to handle these queries quickly.
if (shouldVerifyTransactions() && blockStore.get(block.getHash()) != null) {
return true;
}
// Does this block contain any transactions we might care about? Check this up front before
// verifying the
// blocks validity so we can skip the merkle root verification if the contents aren't
// interesting. This saves
// a lot of time for big blocks.
boolean contentsImportant = shouldVerifyTransactions();
if (block.transactions != null) {
contentsImportant = contentsImportant || containsRelevantTransactions(block);
}
// Prove the block is internally valid: hash is lower than target, etc. This only checks the
// block contents
// if there is a tx sending or receiving coins using an address in one of our wallets. And
// those transactions
// are only lightly verified: presence in a valid connecting block is taken as proof of
// validity. See the
// article here for more details: http://code.google.com/p/bitcoinj/wiki/SecurityModel
try {
block.verifyHeader();
if (contentsImportant) block.verifyTransactions();
} catch (VerificationException e) {
log.error("Failed to verify block: ", e);
log.error(block.getHashAsString());
throw e;
}
// Try linking it to a place in the currently known blocks.
StoredBlock storedPrev = getStoredBlockInCurrentScope(block.getPrevBlockHash());
if (storedPrev == null) {
// We can't find the previous block. Probably we are still in the process of downloading the
// chain and a
// block was solved whilst we were doing it. We put it to one side and try to connect it
// later when we
// have more blocks.
checkState(tryConnecting, "bug in tryConnectingOrphans");
log.warn(
"Block does not connect: {} prev {}",
block.getHashAsString(),
block.getPrevBlockHash());
orphanBlocks.put(block.getHash(), new OrphanBlock(block, filteredTxHashList, filteredTxn));
return false;
} else {
checkState(lock.isHeldByCurrentThread());
// It connects to somewhere on the chain. Not necessarily the top of the best known chain.
params.checkDifficultyTransitions(storedPrev, block, blockStore);
connectBlock(
block, storedPrev, shouldVerifyTransactions(), filteredTxHashList, filteredTxn);
}
if (tryConnecting) tryConnectingOrphans();
return true;
} finally {
lock.unlock();
}
}