API call GET /addresses/online reports online accounts,
including both addresses relating to the proxy-forge public key.
New PeerChainTipData class to replace the broken "peer data lock"
that was supposed to make sure peer's last height/blockSig/timestamp
were all in sync. Now peer's chain tip data is a single object
reference that can be replaced in one go.
Removed pointless API calls /blocks/time and /blocks/{generatingbalance}.
Various changes, mostly in Block class, to do with switching to BlockTimingByHeight
from old min/max block time.
New block 'weight' based on number of online accounts
and 'distance' of perturbed generator public key from 'ideal' public key
(for that particular block's height).
New sub-chain 'weight' based on accumulating block weights,
currently by shifting previous accumulator left by 8 bits then
adding next block's weight.
More validation of BlockChain config. Helpful for debugging, probably
not very useful to end-users.
BlockGenerator now uses unified Peer predicates from Controller, like:
Controller.hasMisbehaved, Controller.hasNoRecentBlock, etc.
Controller now keeps a list of chain-tip signatures that are for inferior
chains, so it doesn't try to synchronize with peers with inferior chains.
(This list is wiped when node's blockchain changes/block is generated).
Controller now asks Gui to display error box if it can't parse Settings.
Controller.potentiallySynchronize() does more filtering of potential peers
before calling actuallySynchronize(). (Mostly moved from Synchronizer,
so now we expect actuallySynchronize() to do something rather than bail
out because it doesn't like the peer after all).
If synchronization discovers that peer has an inferior chain,
then Controller notifies that peer of our superior chain, to help keep
the network in sync.
Renamed OnlineAccount to OnlineAccountData, as it is in package org.qora.data
after all...
Synchronizer reworked to request block summaries so it can judge which chain
is better, and hence whether to sync with peer or abort.
Slight optimization of Peer.readChannel() to exit earlier if no more network
messages can be extracted from buffer.
More tests.
Improved documentation and logging.
Block data now includes number of online accounts, as encoded online account indexes can't be
validated by ConciseSet it seems.
Corresponding changes to repository, transformer, block validation, data object, block summaries...
Block timestamps are now calculated using parent block data and generator's public key,
instead of old qora1 generating balance code.
Generators are valid to forge if they have forging flag enabled. This will probably change
to an account-level check in the near future.
Added trimming of old online accounts signatures from blocks.
Tidied up SysTray/BlockGenerator generation enabled/possible flag.
Although we perform online accounts tasks (currently) every 10 seconds,
only broadcast our online accounts every 60 seconds.
In Controller.main(), if args are present then use first as a filename to
settings JSON file (overriding the default filename).
Still to do: change Block/BlockChain/Synchronizer to prefer blocks with more online accounts,
failing that use generator nearest 'ideal', etc.
Safety commit in case of data loss!
Lots of changes to do with "online accounts", including:
* networking
+ GET_ONLINE_ACCOUNTS * ONLINE_ACCOUNTS messages & handling
+ Changes to serialization of block data to include online accounts info
* block-related
+ Adding online accounts info when generating blocks
+ Validating online accounts info in block data
+ Repository changes to store online accounts info
* Controller
+ Managing in-memory cache of online accounts
+ Updating/broadcasting our online accounts
* BlockChain config
Added "account levels", so new code/changes required in the usual places, like:
* transaction data object
* repository
* transaction transformer
* transaction processing
New NTP class now runs as a simplistic NTP client, repeatedly polling
several NTP servers and maintaining a more accurate time independent
of operating system.
Several occurrences of System.currentTimeMillis() replaced with NTP.getTime()
particularly where block/transaction/networking is involved.
GET /admin/info now includes "currentTimestamp" as reported from NTP.
Added support for block timestamps determined by generator, instead of
supplied by clock. (BlockChain.newBlockTimestampHeight - not yet activated).
Incorrect timestamps will produce a TIMESTAMP_INCORRECT Block.ValidationResult.
Block.calcMinimumTimestamp repurposed as Block.calcTimestamp for above.
Block timestamps are now allowed to be max 2000ms in the future,
was previously max 500ms.
Block generation prohibited until initial NTP sync.
Instead of deleting INVALID unconfirmed transactions in BlockGenerator,
Controller now deletes EXPIRED unconfirmed transactions every so often.
This also fixes persistent expired unconfirmed transactions on nodes
that do not generate blocks, as BlockGenerator.deleteInvalidTransactions()
was never reached.
Abbreviated block sigs added to log entries declaring a new block is generated
in BlockGenerator.
Controller checks for NTP sync much faster during start-up and SysTray's
tooltip text starts as "Synchronizing clock" until NTP sync occurs.
After NTP sync, Controller logs NTP offset every so often (currently every 5 mins).
When considering synchronizing, Controller skips peers that have the same block sig
as last time when synchronization resulted in no action, e.g. INFERIOR_CHAIN,
NOTHING_TO_DO and also OK. OK is included as another sync attempt would result in
NOTHING_TO_DO.
Previously this skipping check only happened after prior INFERIOR_CHAIN.
During inbound peer handshaking, if we receive a peer ID that matches an existing inbound
peer then send peer ID of all zeros, then close connection.
Remote end should detect this and cleanly close connection instead of waiting for handshake timeout.
Randomly generated peer IDs have lowest bit set to avoid all zeros.
Might need further work.
Networking doesn't connect, or accept, until NTP has synced.
Transaction validation can fail with CLOCK_NOT_SYNCED if NTP not synced.
Refactored duplicate code into Transaction.setInitialApprovalStatus().
This is make sure transactions HAVE a group-approval status
in Synchronizer before Block.isValid is called.
This wasn't a problem for new, unconfirmed, individual transactions
arriving over the wire due to Transaction.importAsUnconfirmed()
doing the right thing.
Also added a groupApprovalTimestamp to BlockChain feature-triggers
to support legacy chains.
Tested by syncing mainnet from scratch.
