package sharding import ( "context" "fmt" "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/accounts/abi/bind" "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/types" "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/log" ) // subscribeBlockHeaders checks incoming block headers and determines if // we are an eligible proposer for collations. Then, it finds the pending tx's // from the running geth node and sorts them by descending order of gas price, // eliminates those that ask for too much gas, and routes them over // to the VMC to create a collation func subscribeBlockHeaders(c *Client) error { headerChan := make(chan *types.Header, 16) _, err := c.client.SubscribeNewHead(context.Background(), headerChan) if err != nil { return fmt.Errorf("unable to subscribe to incoming headers. %v", err) } log.Info("listening for new headers...") for { select { case head := <-headerChan: // Query the current state to see if we are an eligible proposer log.Info(fmt.Sprintf("received new header %v", head.Number.String())) // TODO: Only run this code on certain periods? err := watchShards(c, head) if err != nil { return fmt.Errorf("unable to watch shards. %v", err) } } } } // watchShards checks if we are an eligible proposer for collation for // the available shards in the VMC. The function calls getEligibleProposer from // the VMC and proposes a collation if conditions are met func watchShards(c *Client, head *types.Header) error { accounts := c.keystore.Accounts() if len(accounts) == 0 { return fmt.Errorf("no accounts found") } if err := c.unlockAccount(accounts[0]); err != nil { return fmt.Errorf("cannot unlock account. %v", err) } ops := bind.CallOpts{} count, err := c.vmc.VMCCaller.ShardCount(&ops) if err != nil { return fmt.Errorf("unable to fetch shard count. %v", err) } s := 0 for s < int(count.Int64()) { // Checks if we are an eligible proposer according to the VMC addr, err := c.vmc.VMCCaller.GetEligibleProposer(&ops, big.NewInt(s)) if err != nil { return fmt.Errorf("cannot fetch eligible collation proposer. %v", err) } // if the address is the coinbase addr (current node running the sharding // clint, then we propose a new collation) if addr == accounts[0].Address { err := proposeCollation() if err != nil { return fmt.Errorf("could not propose collation. %v", err) } } s++ } return nil } func proposeCollation() error { return nil }