CliqueDifficultyValidationRule.java

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package org.hyperledger.besu.consensus.clique.headervalidationrules;

import org.hyperledger.besu.consensus.clique.CliqueDifficultyCalculator;
import org.hyperledger.besu.consensus.clique.CliqueHelpers;
import org.hyperledger.besu.datatypes.Address;
import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.ProtocolContext;
import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.core.BlockHeader;
import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.mainnet.AttachedBlockHeaderValidationRule;

import java.math.BigInteger;

import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;

/** The Clique difficulty validation rule. */
public class CliqueDifficultyValidationRule implements AttachedBlockHeaderValidationRule {

  private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(CliqueDifficultyValidationRule.class);

  @Override
  public boolean validate(
      final BlockHeader header, final BlockHeader parent, final ProtocolContext protocolContext) {
    final Address actualBlockCreator = CliqueHelpers.getProposerOfBlock(header);

    final CliqueDifficultyCalculator diffCalculator =
        new CliqueDifficultyCalculator(actualBlockCreator);
    final BigInteger expectedDifficulty = diffCalculator.nextDifficulty(0, parent, protocolContext);

    final BigInteger actualDifficulty = header.getDifficulty().toBigInteger();

    if (!expectedDifficulty.equals(actualDifficulty)) {
      LOG.info(
          "Invalid block header: difficulty {} does not equal expected difficulty {}",
          actualDifficulty,
          expectedDifficulty);
      return false;
    }

    return true;
  }

  @Override
  public boolean includeInLightValidation() {
    return false;
  }
}