// Package blockchain defines the life-cycle and status of the beacon chain // as well as the Ethereum Serenity beacon chain fork-choice rule based on // Casper Proof of Stake finality. package blockchain import ( "context" "errors" "fmt" "time" "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common" gethTypes "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/types" b "github.com/prysmaticlabs/prysm/beacon-chain/core/blocks" "github.com/prysmaticlabs/prysm/beacon-chain/core/state" "github.com/prysmaticlabs/prysm/beacon-chain/db" "github.com/prysmaticlabs/prysm/beacon-chain/powchain" pb "github.com/prysmaticlabs/prysm/proto/beacon/p2p/v1" "github.com/prysmaticlabs/prysm/shared/event" "github.com/prysmaticlabs/prysm/shared/hashutil" "github.com/prysmaticlabs/prysm/shared/params" "github.com/sirupsen/logrus" ) var log = logrus.WithField("prefix", "blockchain") // ChainService represents a service that handles the internal // logic of managing the full PoS beacon chain. type ChainService struct { ctx context.Context cancel context.CancelFunc beaconDB *db.BeaconDB web3Service *powchain.Web3Service incomingBlockFeed *event.Feed incomingBlockChan chan *pb.BeaconBlock genesisTimeChan chan time.Time canonicalBlockFeed *event.Feed canonicalStateFeed *event.Feed genesisTime time.Time enablePOWChain bool } // Config options for the service. type Config struct { BeaconBlockBuf int IncomingBlockBuf int Web3Service *powchain.Web3Service BeaconDB *db.BeaconDB DevMode bool EnablePOWChain bool } // NewChainService instantiates a new service instance that will // be registered into a running beacon node. func NewChainService(ctx context.Context, cfg *Config) (*ChainService, error) { ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(ctx) return &ChainService{ ctx: ctx, cancel: cancel, beaconDB: cfg.BeaconDB, web3Service: cfg.Web3Service, incomingBlockChan: make(chan *pb.BeaconBlock, cfg.IncomingBlockBuf), genesisTimeChan: make(chan time.Time), incomingBlockFeed: new(event.Feed), canonicalBlockFeed: new(event.Feed), canonicalStateFeed: new(event.Feed), enablePOWChain: cfg.EnablePOWChain, }, nil } // Start a blockchain service's main event loop. func (c *ChainService) Start() { beaconState, err := c.beaconDB.State() if err != nil { log.Fatalf("Could not fetch beacon state: %v", err) } // If the chain has already been initialized, simply start the block processing routine. if beaconState != nil { log.Info("Beacon chain data already exists, starting service") c.genesisTime = time.Unix(int64(beaconState.GenesisTime), 0) go c.blockProcessing() } else { log.Info("Waiting for ChainStart log from the Validator Deposit Contract to start the beacon chain...") if c.web3Service == nil { log.Fatal("Not configured web3Service for POW chain") return // return need for TestStartUninitializedChainWithoutConfigPOWChain } subChainStart := c.web3Service.ChainStartFeed().Subscribe(c.genesisTimeChan) go func() { genesisTime := <-c.genesisTimeChan initialDeposits := c.web3Service.ChainStartDeposits() if err := c.initializeBeaconChain(genesisTime, initialDeposits); err != nil { log.Fatalf("Could not initialize beacon chain: %v", err) } go c.blockProcessing() subChainStart.Unsubscribe() }() } } // initializes the state and genesis block of the beacon chain to persistent storage // based on a genesis timestamp value obtained from the ChainStart event emitted // by the ETH1.0 Deposit Contract and the POWChain service of the node. func (c *ChainService) initializeBeaconChain(genesisTime time.Time, deposits []*pb.Deposit) error { log.Info("ChainStart time reached, starting the beacon chain!") c.genesisTime = genesisTime unixTime := uint64(genesisTime.Unix()) if err := c.beaconDB.InitializeState(unixTime, deposits); err != nil { return fmt.Errorf("could not initialize beacon state to disk: %v", err) } beaconState, err := c.beaconDB.State() if err != nil { return fmt.Errorf("could not attempt fetch beacon state: %v", err) } // TODO(#1389): Replace by state tree hashing algorithm to determine root instead of a hash. hash, err := state.Hash(beaconState) if err != nil { return fmt.Errorf("could not hash beacon state: %v", err) } if err := c.beaconDB.SaveBlock(b.NewGenesisBlock(hash[:])); err != nil { return fmt.Errorf("could not save genesis block to disk: %v", err) } return nil } // Stop the blockchain service's main event loop and associated goroutines. func (c *ChainService) Stop() error { defer c.cancel() log.Info("Stopping service") return nil } // Status always returns nil. // TODO(1202): Add service health checks. func (c *ChainService) Status() error { return nil } // IncomingBlockFeed returns a feed that any service can send incoming p2p blocks into. // The chain service will subscribe to this feed in order to process incoming blocks. func (c *ChainService) IncomingBlockFeed() *event.Feed { return c.incomingBlockFeed } // CanonicalBlockFeed returns a channel that is written to // whenever a new block is determined to be canonical in the chain. func (c *ChainService) CanonicalBlockFeed() *event.Feed { return c.canonicalBlockFeed } // CanonicalStateFeed returns a feed that is written to // whenever a new state is determined to be canonical in the chain. func (c *ChainService) CanonicalStateFeed() *event.Feed { return c.canonicalStateFeed } // doesPoWBlockExist checks if the referenced PoW block exists. func (c *ChainService) doesPoWBlockExist(hash [32]byte) bool { powBlock, err := c.web3Service.Client().BlockByHash(c.ctx, hash) if err != nil { log.Debugf("fetching PoW block corresponding to mainchain reference failed: %v", err) return false } return powBlock != nil } // blockProcessing subscribes to incoming blocks, processes them if possible, and then applies // the fork-choice rule to update the beacon chain's head. func (c *ChainService) blockProcessing() { subBlock := c.incomingBlockFeed.Subscribe(c.incomingBlockChan) defer subBlock.Unsubscribe() for { select { case <-c.ctx.Done(): log.Debug("Chain service context closed, exiting goroutine") return // Listen for a newly received incoming block from the feed. Blocks // can be received either from the sync service, the RPC service, // or via p2p. case block := <-c.incomingBlockChan: beaconState, err := c.beaconDB.State() if err != nil { log.Errorf("Unable to retrieve beacon state %v", err) continue } if block.Slot > beaconState.Slot { computedState, err := c.ReceiveBlock(block, beaconState) if err != nil { log.Errorf("Could not process received block: %v", err) continue } if err := c.ApplyForkChoiceRule(block, computedState); err != nil { log.Errorf("Could not update chain head: %v", err) continue } } } } } // ApplyForkChoiceRule determines the current beacon chain head using LMD GHOST as a block-vote // weighted function to select a canonical head in Ethereum Serenity. func (c *ChainService) ApplyForkChoiceRule(block *pb.BeaconBlock, computedState *pb.BeaconState) error { h, err := hashutil.HashBeaconBlock(block) if err != nil { return fmt.Errorf("could not hash incoming block: %v", err) } // TODO(#1307): Use LMD GHOST as the fork-choice rule for Ethereum Serenity. // TODO(#674): Handle chain reorgs. if err := c.beaconDB.UpdateChainHead(block, computedState); err != nil { return fmt.Errorf("failed to update chain: %v", err) } log.WithField("blockHash", fmt.Sprintf("0x%x", h)).Info("Chain head block and state updated") // We fire events that notify listeners of a new block in // the case of a state transition. This is useful for the beacon node's gRPC // server to stream these events to beacon clients. // When the transition is a cycle transition, we stream the state containing the new validator // assignments to clients. if block.Slot%params.BeaconConfig().EpochLength == 0 { c.canonicalStateFeed.Send(computedState) } c.canonicalBlockFeed.Send(block) return nil } // ReceiveBlock is a function that defines the operations that are preformed on // any block that is received from p2p layer or rpc. It checks the block to see // if it passes the pre-processing conditions, if it does then the per slot // state transition function is carried out on the block. // spec: // def process_block(block): // if not block_pre_processing_conditions(block): // return nil, error // // # process skipped slots // // while (state.slot < block.slot - 1): // state = slot_state_transition(state, block=None) // // # process slot with block // state = slot_state_transition(state, block) // // # check state root // if block.state_root == hash(state): // return state, error // else: // return nil, error # or throw or whatever // func (c *ChainService) ReceiveBlock(block *pb.BeaconBlock, beaconState *pb.BeaconState) (*pb.BeaconState, error) { blockHash, err := hashutil.HashBeaconBlock(block) if err != nil { return nil, fmt.Errorf("could not hash incoming block: %v", err) } if block.Slot == 0 { return nil, errors.New("cannot process a genesis block: received block with slot 0") } // Save blocks with higher slot numbers in cache. if err := c.isBlockReadyForProcessing(block, beaconState); err != nil { return nil, fmt.Errorf("block with hash %#x is not ready for processing: %v", blockHash, err) } prevBlock, err := c.beaconDB.ChainHead() if err != nil { return nil, fmt.Errorf("could not retrieve chain head %v", err) } // TODO(#716): Replace with tree-hashing algorithm. blockRoot, err := hashutil.HashBeaconBlock(prevBlock) if err != nil { return nil, fmt.Errorf("could not hash block %v", err) } log.WithField("slotNumber", block.Slot).Info("Executing state transition") // Check for skipped slots and update the corresponding proposers // randao layer. for beaconState.Slot < block.Slot-1 { beaconState, err = state.ExecuteStateTransition( beaconState, nil, blockRoot, true, /* no sig verify */ ) if err != nil { return nil, fmt.Errorf("could not execute state transition %v", err) } } beaconState, err = state.ExecuteStateTransition( beaconState, block, blockRoot, true, /* no sig verify */ ) if err != nil { return nil, fmt.Errorf("could not execute state transition %v", err) } // TODO(#1074): Verify block.state_root == hash_tree_root(state) // if there exists a block for the slot being processed. if err := c.beaconDB.SaveBlock(block); err != nil { return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to save block: %v", err) } // Remove pending deposits from the deposit queue. for _, dep := range block.Body.Deposits { c.beaconDB.RemovePendingDeposit(c.ctx, dep) } log.WithField("hash", fmt.Sprintf("%#x", blockHash)).Debug("Processed beacon block") return beaconState, nil } func (c *ChainService) isBlockReadyForProcessing(block *pb.BeaconBlock, beaconState *pb.BeaconState) error { var powBlockFetcher func(ctx context.Context, hash common.Hash) (*gethTypes.Block, error) if c.enablePOWChain { powBlockFetcher = c.web3Service.Client().BlockByHash } if err := b.IsValidBlock(c.ctx, beaconState, block, c.enablePOWChain, c.beaconDB.HasBlock, powBlockFetcher, c.genesisTime); err != nil { return fmt.Errorf("block does not fulfill pre-processing conditions %v", err) } return nil }