package wire import ( "fmt" "io" "github.com/p9c/p9/pkg/chainhash" ) // MsgGetHeaders implements the Message interface and represents a bitcoin // getheaders message. It is used to request a list of block headers for blocks // starting after the last known hash in the slice of block locator hashes. The // list is returned via a headers message (MsgHeaders) and is limited by a // specific hash to stop at or the maximum number of block headers per message, // which is currently 2000. Set the HashStop field to the hash at which to stop // and use AddBlockLocatorHash to podbuild up the list of block locator hashes. The // algorithm for building the block locator hashes should be to add the hashes // in reverse order until you reach the genesis block. In order to keep the list // of locator hashes to a resonable number of entries, first add the most recent // 10 block hashes, then double the step each loop iteration to exponentially // decrease the number of hashes the further away from head and closer to the // genesis block you get. type MsgGetHeaders struct { ProtocolVersion uint32 BlockLocatorHashes []*chainhash.Hash HashStop chainhash.Hash } // AddBlockLocatorHash adds a new block locator hash to the message. func (msg *MsgGetHeaders) AddBlockLocatorHash(hash *chainhash.Hash) (e error) { if len(msg.BlockLocatorHashes)+1 > MaxBlockLocatorsPerMsg { str := fmt.Sprintf( "too many block locator hashes for message [max %v]", MaxBlockLocatorsPerMsg, ) return messageError("MsgGetHeaders.AddBlockLocatorHash", str) } msg.BlockLocatorHashes = append(msg.BlockLocatorHashes, hash) return nil } // BtcDecode decodes r using the bitcoin protocol encoding into the receiver. // This is part of the Message interface implementation. func (msg *MsgGetHeaders) BtcDecode(r io.Reader, pver uint32, enc MessageEncoding) (e error) { if e = readElement(r, &msg.ProtocolVersion); E.Chk(e) { return } // Read num block locator hashes and limit to max. var count uint64 if count, e = ReadVarInt(r, pver); E.Chk(e) { return } if count > MaxBlockLocatorsPerMsg { str := fmt.Sprintf( "too many block locator hashes for message "+ "[count %v, max %v]", count, MaxBlockLocatorsPerMsg, ) return messageError("MsgGetHeaders.BtcDecode", str) } // Create a contiguous slice of hashes to deserialize into in order to reduce // the number of allocations. locatorHashes := make([]chainhash.Hash, count) msg.BlockLocatorHashes = make([]*chainhash.Hash, 0, count) for i := uint64(0); i < count; i++ { hash := &locatorHashes[i] if e = readElement(r, hash); E.Chk(e) { return } if e = msg.AddBlockLocatorHash(hash); E.Chk(e) { } } return readElement(r, &msg.HashStop) } // BtcEncode encodes the receiver to w using the bitcoin protocol encoding. This // is part of the Message interface implementation. func (msg *MsgGetHeaders) BtcEncode(w io.Writer, pver uint32, enc MessageEncoding) (e error) { // Limit to max block locator hashes per message. count := len(msg.BlockLocatorHashes) if count > MaxBlockLocatorsPerMsg { str := fmt.Sprintf( "too many block locator hashes for message "+ "[count %v, max %v]", count, MaxBlockLocatorsPerMsg, ) return messageError("MsgGetHeaders.BtcEncode", str) } if e = writeElement(w, msg.ProtocolVersion); E.Chk(e) { return } if e = WriteVarInt(w, pver, uint64(count)); E.Chk(e) { return } for _, hash := range msg.BlockLocatorHashes { if e = writeElement(w, hash); E.Chk(e) { return } } return writeElement(w, &msg.HashStop) } // Command returns the protocol command string for the message. This is part of the Message interface implementation. func (msg *MsgGetHeaders) Command() string { return CmdGetHeaders } // MaxPayloadLength returns the maximum length the payload can be for the receiver. This is part of the Message // interface implementation. func (msg *MsgGetHeaders) MaxPayloadLength(pver uint32) uint32 { // Version 4 bytes + num block locator hashes (varInt) + max allowed block locators + hash stop. return 4 + MaxVarIntPayload + (MaxBlockLocatorsPerMsg * chainhash.HashSize) + chainhash.HashSize } // NewMsgGetHeaders returns a new bitcoin getheaders message that conforms to the Message interface. See MsgGetHeaders // for details. func NewMsgGetHeaders() *MsgGetHeaders { return &MsgGetHeaders{ BlockLocatorHashes: make( []*chainhash.Hash, 0, MaxBlockLocatorsPerMsg, ), } }