Topic: Regarding Auroracoin TW exploit (Fix included) (Read 27274 times)

// Bitcoin used 10-minute blocks; this uses six minute blocks.
static const int64_t nTargetSpacing = 6 * 60;  // seconds per block, nominal. 
static const int64_t nFastInterval = nTargetSpacing * 0.95; // seconds per block desired when behind schedule
static const int64_t nSlowInterval = nTargetSpacing * 1.05; // seconds per block desired when ahead of schedule
static const int64_t nTimeZero = 1400000000; // nominal date at which this blockchain starts, since unix epoch


void avgRecentTimestamps(const CBlockIndex* pindexLast, int64_t *avgOf5, int64_t *avgOf7, int64_t *avgOf9, int64_t *avgOf17)
{
  int blockoffset = 0;
  int64_t oldblocktime;
  int64_t blocktime;

  *avgOf5 = *avgOf7 = *avgOf9 = *avgOf17 = 0;
  if (pindexLast)
    blocktime = pindexLast->GetBlockTime();
  else blocktime = 0;

  for (blockoffset = 0; blockoffset < 18; blockoffset++)
  {
    oldblocktime = blocktime;
    if (pindexLast)
    {
      pindexLast = pindexLast->pprev;
      blocktime = pindexLast->GetBlockTime();
    }
    else
    { // genesis block or previous
      blocktime -= nTargetSpacing;
    }
    // for each block, add interval.
    if (blockoffset <= 5) *avgOf5 += (oldblocktime - blocktime);
    if (blockoffset <= 7) *avgOf7 += (oldblocktime - blocktime);
    if (blockoffset <= 9) *avgOf9 += (oldblocktime - blocktime);
    *avgOf17 += (oldblocktime - blocktime);    
  }
  // now we have the sums of the block intervals. Division gets us the averages. 
  *avgOf5 /= 5;
  *avgOf7 /= 7;
  *avgOf9 /= 9;
  *avgOf17 /= 17;
}



// This is a novel getnextwork algorithm.  It responds quickly to huge changes in hashing power, is immune to time warp
// attacks, and regulates the block rate to keep the block height close to the block height expected given the nominal
// block interval and the elapsed time.  How close the correspondence between block height and wall clock time is
// depends on how stable the hashing power has been.

unsigned int GetNextWorkRequired(const CBlockIndex* pindexLast, const CBlockHeader *pblock)
{
    int64_t avgOf5;
    int64_t avgOf9;
    int64_t avgOf7;
    int64_t avgOf17;
    int64_t toofast;
    int64_t tooslow;
    int64_t difficultyfactor = 10000;
    int64_t now;
    int64_t BlockHeightTime;
    int64_t nIntervalDesired;

    unsigned int nProofOfWorkLimit = Params().ProofOfWorkLimit().GetCompact();

    if (pindexLast == NULL)
        // Genesis Block
        return nProofOfWorkLimit;

    
    if (TestNet())
    {
        // Special difficulty rule for testnet: If the new block's timestamp is more than 2* 10 minutes then allow
        // mining of a min-difficulty block.
        if (pblock->nTime > pindexLast->nTime + nTargetSpacing*2)
           return nProofOfWorkLimit;
        else
        {
            // Return the last non-special-min-difficulty-rules-block
           const CBlockIndex* pindex = pindexLast;
           while (pindex->pprev && pindex->nHeight % nInterval != 0 && pindex->nBits == nProofOfWorkLimit)
               pindex = pindex->pprev;
           return pindex->nBits;
        }
    }

    // Regulate block times so as to remain synchronized in the long run with the actual time.  The first step is to
    // calculate what interval we want to use as our regulatory goal.  It depends on how far ahead of (or behind)
    // schedule we are.  If we're more than a day ahead or behind, we use the maximum (nSlowInterval) or minimum
    // (nFastInterval) values; otherwise we calculate a weighted average somewhere in between them.  The closer we are
    // to being exactly on schedule the closer our selected interval will be to our nominal interval (nTargetSpacing).

    now = pindexLast->GetBlockTime();
    BlockHeightTime = nTimeZero + pindexLast->nHeight * nTargetSpacing;
    
    if (now < BlockHeightTime + 86400 && now > BlockHeightTime )  // ahead of schedule by less than a day. 
      nIntervalDesired = ((86400 - (now - BlockHeightTime)) * nTargetSpacing +  
			 (now - BlockHeightTime) * nFastInterval) / 86400;
    else if (now + 86400 > BlockHeightTime && now < BlockHeightTime)  // behind schedule by less than a day. 
      nIntervalDesired = ((86400 - (BlockHeightTime - now)) * nTargetSpacing + 
			 (BlockHeightTime - now) * nSlowInterval) / 86400;
    else if (now < BlockHeightTime) nIntervalDesired = nSlowInterval; // ahead by more than a day.
    else  nIntervalDesired = nFastInterval; // behind by more than a day. 
    
    // find out what average intervals over last 5, 7, 9, and 17 blocks have been. 
    avgRecentTimestamps(pindexLast, &avgOf5, &avgOf7, &avgOf9, &avgOf17);    



    // check for emergency adjustments. These are to bring the diff up or down FAST when a burst miner or multipool
    // jumps on or off.  Once they kick in they can adjust difficulty by a factor of nine or ten every ten blocks, and
    // they can kick in very rapidly after massive hash power jumps on or off.  The emergency speed-up adjustment uses
    // shorter intervals for quicker reaction times measured in blocks - which when it's needed will be longer in
    // minutes.

    toofast = (nIntervalDesired * 3) / 4;
    tooslow = (nIntervalDesired * 4) / 3;    

    if (avgOf7 < toofast && avgOf9 < toofast && avgOf17 < toofast)
    {  //emergency adjustment, slow down
      difficultyfactor *= 5;
      difficultyfactor /= 4;
    }
    else if (avgOf5 > tooslow && avgOf7 > tooslow && avgOf9 > tooslow)
    {  //emergency adjustment, speed up
      difficultyfactor *= 4;
      difficultyfactor /= 5;
    }

    // If no emergency adjustment, check for normal adjustment. 
    else if ((avgOf7 > nIntervalDesired && avgOf9 > nIntervalDesired && avgOf17 > nIntervalDesired) ||
	     (avgOf7 < nIntervalDesired && avgOf9 < nIntervalDesired && avgOf17 < nIntervalDesired))
    { // 3 averages too high or 3 too low.  Doesn't matter which. This will be executed occasionally on the basis of
      // random variation, even if the settings are perfect. It regulates one-fifth of the way to the calculated point.
      difficultyfactor *= (5 * nIntervalDesired);
      difficultyfactor /= (avgOf17 + (4 * nIntervalDesired));
    }

    // limit to doubling or halving.... though I'm pretty sure there are no realistic conditions where this will make a
    // difference.
    if (difficultyfactor > 20000) difficultyfactor = 20000;
    if (difficultyfactor < 5000) difficultyfactor = 5000;

    uint256 bnNew;
    uint256 bnOld;

    bnOld.SetCompact(pindexLast->nBits);

    if (difficultyfactor == 10000) // no adjustment
      return(bnOld.GetCompact());

    bnNew = bnOld * 10000; 
    bnNew /= difficultyfactor;

    if (bnNew > Params().ProofOfWorkLimit())
      bnNew = Params().ProofOfWorkLimit();

    LogPrintf("GetNextWorkRequired RETARGET\n");
    LogPrintf("Actual time %d, Scheduled time for this block height = %d\n", now, BlockHeightTime );
    LogPrintf("Nominal block interval = %d, regulating on interval %d to get back to schedule.\n", 
	      nTargetSpacing, nIntervalDesired );
    LogPrintf("Avg intervals of last 5/9/17 blocks = %d / %d / %d.\n", nTargetSpacing, avgOf5, avgOf9, avgOf17);
    LogPrintf("Difficulty Before Adjustment: %08x  %s\n", pindexLast->nBits, bnOld.ToString());
    LogPrintf("Difficulty After Adjustment:  %08x  %s\n", bnNew.GetCompact(), bnNew.ToString());

    return bnNew.GetCompact();
}