various fixes for our miner.

lib/bcoin.js

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ bcoin.wallet = require('./bcoin/wallet');
 bcoin.peer = require('./bcoin/peer');
 bcoin.pool = require('./bcoin/pool');
 bcoin.hd = require('./bcoin/hd');
+bcoin.miner = require('./bcoin/miner');
 
 bcoin.protocol.network.set(process.env.BCOIN_NETWORK || 'main');
 

lib/bcoin/chain.js

@@ -110,15 +110,20 @@ Chain.prototype._init = function _init() {
   var self = this;
   var s;
 
-  if (!this.storage)
+  this.loading = true;
+
+  if (!this.storage) {
+    utils.nextTick(function() {
+      self.loading = false;
+      self.emit('load');
+    });
     return;
+  }
 
   utils.nextTick(function() {
     self.emit('debug', 'Chain is loading.');
   });
 
-  this.loading = true;
-
   s = this.storage.createReadStream({
     start: this.prefix,
     end: this.prefix + 'z'
@@ -681,7 +686,7 @@ Chain.prototype._compact = function _compact(keep) {
   var entries = this._filter(this.index.entries);
 
   if (!keep)
-    keep = 1000;
+    keep = network.powDiffInterval + 10;
 
   // Keep only last 1000 consequent blocks, dilate others at:
   // 7 day range for blocks before 2013

lib/bcoin/miner.js

@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ var bn = require('bn.js');
 var inherits = require('inherits');
 var EventEmitter = require('events').EventEmitter;
 
+var crypto = require('crypto');
+
 /**
  * Miner
  */
@@ -30,8 +32,8 @@ function Miner(options) {
   this.address = this.options.address;
   this.msg = this.options.msg || 'mined by bcoin';
 
-  this.chain = options.chain || bcoin.chain.global;
   this.pool = options.pool || bcoin.pool.global;
+  this.chain = options.chain || this.pool.chain || bcoin.chain.global;
 
   this.running = false;
   this.timeout = null;
@@ -40,7 +42,9 @@ function Miner(options) {
   this.fee = new bn(0);
   this.last = this.chain.getTip();
   this.block = null;
-  this.rate = 0;
+  this._begin = utils.now();
+
+  this._init();
 }
 
 inherits(Miner, EventEmitter);
@@ -61,15 +65,23 @@ Miner.prototype._init = function _init() {
   // });
 
   this.on('block', function(block) {
-    self.emit('debug',
+    self.chain.emit('debug',
       'Found block: %d (%s)',
-      self.last.height + 1,
+      block.height,
       block.hash('hex'));
+    // Emit the block hex as a failsafe (in case we can't send it)
+    self.chain.emit('debug', 'Block: %s', utils.toHex(block.render()));
     self.pool.sendBlock(block);
   });
 
   this.on('status', function(stat) {
-    self.emit('debug', 'Hashes per second: %s', stat.hashrate);
+    self.chain.emit('debug',
+      'hashrate=%dkhs hashes=%d target=%d height=%d best=%s',
+      stat.hashrate / 1000 | 0,
+      stat.hashes,
+      stat.target,
+      stat.height,
+      stat.best);
   });
 };
 
@@ -154,7 +166,7 @@ Miner.prototype.addTX = function addTX(tx) {
   // Add the tx to our block
   this.block.txs.push(tx);
 
-  // Calulcate our new reward fee
+  // Calculate our new reward fee
   if (full)
     this.fee.iadd(tx.getFee());
 
@@ -202,7 +214,7 @@ Miner.prototype.createBlock = function createBlock(tx) {
       : this.last.hash,
     merkleRoot: utils.toHex(constants.zeroHash.slice()),
     ts: ts,
-    bits: utils.toCompact(target),
+    bits: target,
     nonce: 0
   };
 
@@ -212,20 +224,21 @@ Miner.prototype.createBlock = function createBlock(tx) {
 
   block.txs.push(coinbase);
 
+  block.target = utils.fromCompact(target);
+  block.extraNonce = new bn(0);
+
   // Update coinbase since our coinbase was added.
   this.updateCoinbase(block);
 
   // Create our merkle root.
   this.updateMerkle(block);
 
-  block.target = target;
-  block.extraNonce = new bn(0);
-
   return block;
 };
 
 Miner.prototype.updateCoinbase = function updateCoinbase(block) {
   var coinbase = block.coinbase;
+  var reward = bcoin.block.reward(this.last.height + 1);
 
   assert(coinbase);
 
@@ -233,7 +246,7 @@ Miner.prototype.updateCoinbase = function updateCoinbase(block) {
     block = this.block;
 
   coinbase.inputs[0].script[1] = block.extraNonce.toArray();
-  coinbase.outputs[0].value = bcoin.block.reward(this.last.height + 1).add(fee);
+  coinbase.outputs[0].value = reward.add(this.fee);
 };
 
 Miner.prototype.updateMerkle = function updateMerkle(block) {
@@ -277,19 +290,62 @@ Miner.prototype.iterate = function iterate() {
   }, 10);
 };
 
+Miner.prototype.__defineGetter__('hashes', function() {
+  return this.block.extraNonce.muln(0xffffffff).addn(this.block.nonce);
+});
+
+Miner.prototype.__defineGetter__('rate', function() {
+  if (!this.block.nonce)
+    return 0;
+  // Calculate our terrible hashrate
+  return (this.block.nonce / (utils.now() - this._begin)) * 2 | 0;
+});
+
+Miner.prototype.sendStatus = function sendStatus() {
+  this.emit('status', {
+    block: this.block,
+    target: this.block.bits,
+    hashes: this.hashes.toString(10),
+    hashrate: this.rate,
+    height: this.last.height + 1,
+    best: utils.revHex(this.last.hash)
+  });
+};
+
 Miner.prototype.findNonce = function findNonce() {
-  var begin = utils.now();
+  var data = new Buffer(this.block.render());
+  var now;
+
+  this._begin = utils.now();
 
   // The heart and soul of the miner: match the target.
   while (this.block.nonce <= 0xffffffff) {
-    if (utils.testTarget(this.block.target, this.block.hash()))
+    // Hash and test against the next target
+    if (utils.testTarget(this.block.target, dsha256(data)))
       return true;
 
+    // Increment the nonce to get a different hash
     this.block.nonce++;
+    utils.writeU32(data, this.block.nonce, 76);
+
+    // Send progress report every so often
+    if (this.block.nonce % 100000 === 0)
+      this.sendStatus();
   }
 
-  // Calculate our terrible hashrate
-  this.rate = (0xffffffff / (utils.now() - begin)) * 2;
+  // Send progress report
+  this.sendStatus();
+
+  // If we took more a second or more (likely),
+  // skip incrementing the extra nonce and just
+  // update the timestamp. This improves
+  // performance because we do not have to
+  // recalculate the merkle root.
+  now = utils.now();
+  if (now > this.block.ts) {
+    this.block.ts = now;
+    return false;
+  }
 
   // Overflow the nonce and increment the extraNonce.
   this.block.nonce = 0;
@@ -301,17 +357,21 @@ Miner.prototype.findNonce = function findNonce() {
   // We changed the coinbase, need to update merkleRoot.
   this.updateMerkle();
 
-  // Send progress report
-  this.emit('status', {
-    block: this.block,
-    target: this.block.target,
-    hashes: this.block.extraNonce.mul(0xffffffff).toString(10),
-    hashrate: this.rate
-  });
-
   return false;
 };
 
+/**
+ * Utils
+ */
+
+function sha256(data, enc) {
+  return crypto.createHash('sha256').update(data).digest();
+}
+
+function dsha256(data, enc) {
+  return Array.prototype.slice.call(sha256(sha256(data, enc)));
+}
+
 /**
  * Expose
  */

lib/bcoin/pool.js

@@ -149,13 +149,13 @@ function Pool(options) {
 
   Pool.global = this;
 
-  if (!this.chain.loading) {
-    this._init();
-  } else {
-    this.chain.once('load', function() {
-      self._init();
-    });
-  }
+  this.loading = true;
+
+  this.chain.once('load', function() {
+    self.loading = false;
+    self.emit('load');
+    self._init();
+  });
 }
 
 inherits(Pool, EventEmitter);