CalculatedDifficultyValidationRule.java

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package org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.mainnet.headervalidationrules;

import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.ProtocolContext;
import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.core.BlockHeader;
import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.mainnet.AttachedBlockHeaderValidationRule;
import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.mainnet.DifficultyCalculator;

import java.math.BigInteger;

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

public class CalculatedDifficultyValidationRule implements AttachedBlockHeaderValidationRule {
  private static final Logger LOG =
      LoggerFactory.getLogger(CalculatedDifficultyValidationRule.class);
  private final DifficultyCalculator difficultyCalculator;

  public CalculatedDifficultyValidationRule(final DifficultyCalculator difficultyCalculator) {
    this.difficultyCalculator = difficultyCalculator;
  }

  @Override
  public boolean validate(
      final BlockHeader header, final BlockHeader parent, final ProtocolContext context) {

    final BigInteger actualDifficulty = new BigInteger(1, header.getDifficulty().toArray());
    final BigInteger expectedDifficulty =
        difficultyCalculator.nextDifficulty(header.getTimestamp(), parent, context);

    if (actualDifficulty.compareTo(expectedDifficulty) != 0) {
      LOG.info(
          "Invalid block header: difficulty {} does not equal expected difficulty {}",
          actualDifficulty,
          expectedDifficulty);
      return false;
    }

    return true;
  }
}