prysm-pulse/beacon-chain/forkchoice/protoarray/proposer_boost.go

package protoarray

import (
	"context"
	"time"

	"github.com/pkg/errors"
	types "github.com/prysmaticlabs/eth2-types"
	"github.com/prysmaticlabs/prysm/config/params"
	"github.com/prysmaticlabs/prysm/time/slots"
)

// BoostProposerRoot sets the block root which should be boosted during
// the LMD fork choice algorithm calculations. This is meant to reward timely,
// proposed blocks which occur before a cutoff interval set to
// SECONDS_PER_SLOT // INTERVALS_PER_SLOT.
//
//  time_into_slot = (store.time - store.genesis_time) % SECONDS_PER_SLOT
//  is_before_attesting_interval = time_into_slot < SECONDS_PER_SLOT // INTERVALS_PER_SLOT
//  if get_current_slot(store) == block.slot and is_before_attesting_interval:
//      store.proposer_boost_root = hash_tree_root(block)
func (f *ForkChoice) BoostProposerRoot(_ context.Context, blockSlot types.Slot, blockRoot [32]byte, genesisTime time.Time) error {
	secondsPerSlot := params.BeaconConfig().SecondsPerSlot
	timeIntoSlot := uint64(time.Since(genesisTime).Seconds()) % secondsPerSlot
	isBeforeAttestingInterval := timeIntoSlot < secondsPerSlot/params.BeaconConfig().IntervalsPerSlot
	currentSlot := slots.SinceGenesis(genesisTime)

	// Only update the boosted proposer root to the incoming block root
	// if the block is for the current, clock-based slot and the block was timely.
	if currentSlot == blockSlot && isBeforeAttestingInterval {
		f.store.proposerBoostLock.Lock()
		f.store.proposerBoostRoot = blockRoot
		f.store.proposerBoostLock.Unlock()
	}
	return nil
}

// ResetBoostedProposerRoot sets the value of the proposer boosted root to zeros.
func (f *ForkChoice) ResetBoostedProposerRoot(_ context.Context) error {
	f.store.proposerBoostLock.Lock()
	f.store.proposerBoostRoot = [32]byte{}
	f.store.proposerBoostLock.Unlock()
	return nil
}

// Given a list of validator balances, we compute the proposer boost score
// that should be given to a proposer based on their committee weight, derived from
// the total active balances, the size of a committee, and a boost score constant.
// IMPORTANT: The caller MUST pass in a list of validator balances where balances > 0 refer to active
// validators while balances == 0 are for inactive validators.
func computeProposerBoostScore(validatorBalances []uint64) (score uint64, err error) {
	totalActiveBalance := uint64(0)
	numActive := uint64(0)
	for _, balance := range validatorBalances {
		// We only consider balances > 0. The input slice should be constructed
		// as balance > 0 for all active validators and 0 for inactive ones.
		if balance == 0 {
			continue
		}
		totalActiveBalance += balance
		numActive += 1
	}
	if numActive == 0 {
		// Should never happen.
		err = errors.New("no active validators")
		return
	}
	avgBalance := totalActiveBalance / numActive
	committeeSize := numActive / uint64(params.BeaconConfig().SlotsPerEpoch)
	committeeWeight := committeeSize * avgBalance
	score = (committeeWeight * params.BeaconConfig().ProposerScoreBoost) / 100
	return
}