Bitcoin Core 28.99.0
P2P Digital Currency
pow.h
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1// Copyright (c) 2009-2010 Satoshi Nakamoto
2// Copyright (c) 2009-2022 The Bitcoin Core developers
3// Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
4// file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
5
6#ifndef BITCOIN_POW_H
7#define BITCOIN_POW_H
8
9#include <consensus/params.h>
10
11#include <stdint.h>
12
13class CBlockHeader;
14class CBlockIndex;
15class uint256;
16class arith_uint256;
17
27std::optional<arith_uint256> DeriveTarget(unsigned int nBits, const uint256 pow_limit);
28
29unsigned int GetNextWorkRequired(const CBlockIndex* pindexLast, const CBlockHeader *pblock, const Consensus::Params&);
30unsigned int CalculateNextWorkRequired(const CBlockIndex* pindexLast, int64_t nFirstBlockTime, const Consensus::Params&);
31
33bool CheckProofOfWork(uint256 hash, unsigned int nBits, const Consensus::Params&);
34bool CheckProofOfWorkImpl(uint256 hash, unsigned int nBits, const Consensus::Params&);
35
48bool PermittedDifficultyTransition(const Consensus::Params& params, int64_t height, uint32_t old_nbits, uint32_t new_nbits);
49
50#endif // BITCOIN_POW_H
Nodes collect new transactions into a block, hash them into a hash tree, and scan through nonce value...
Definition: block.h:22
The block chain is a tree shaped structure starting with the genesis block at the root,...
Definition: chain.h:141
256-bit unsigned big integer.
256-bit opaque blob.
Definition: uint256.h:201
bool PermittedDifficultyTransition(const Consensus::Params &params, int64_t height, uint32_t old_nbits, uint32_t new_nbits)
Return false if the proof-of-work requirement specified by new_nbits at a given height is not possibl...
Definition: pow.cpp:89
std::optional< arith_uint256 > DeriveTarget(unsigned int nBits, const uint256 pow_limit)
Convert nBits value to target.
Definition: pow.cpp:146
unsigned int GetNextWorkRequired(const CBlockIndex *pindexLast, const CBlockHeader *pblock, const Consensus::Params &)
Definition: pow.cpp:14
bool CheckProofOfWork(uint256 hash, unsigned int nBits, const Consensus::Params &)
Check whether a block hash satisfies the proof-of-work requirement specified by nBits.
Definition: pow.cpp:140
bool CheckProofOfWorkImpl(uint256 hash, unsigned int nBits, const Consensus::Params &)
Definition: pow.cpp:161
unsigned int CalculateNextWorkRequired(const CBlockIndex *pindexLast, int64_t nFirstBlockTime, const Consensus::Params &)
Definition: pow.cpp:50
Parameters that influence chain consensus.
Definition: params.h:74