Simplify hash loop code

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Pieter Wuille 2015-03-31 19:15:42 -07:00
parent 15facb4aca
commit 0df67f1f7a

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@ -365,33 +365,23 @@ void IncrementExtraNonce(CBlock* pblock, CBlockIndex* pindexPrev, unsigned int&
//
// ScanHash scans nonces looking for a hash with at least some zero bits.
// The nonce is usually preserved between calls, but periodically or if the
// nonce is 0xffff0000 or above, the block is rebuilt and nNonce starts over at
// zero.
// The nonce is usually preserved between calls, but periodically the block is
// rebuilt and nNonce starts over at zero.
//
bool static ScanHash(const CBlockHeader *pblock, uint32_t& nNonce, uint256 *phash)
bool static ScanHash(CBlockHeader *pblock, uint256 *phash)
{
// Write the first 76 bytes of the block header to a double-SHA256 state.
CHash256 hasher;
CDataStream ss(SER_NETWORK, PROTOCOL_VERSION);
ss << *pblock;
assert(ss.size() == 80);
hasher.Write((unsigned char*)&ss[0], 76);
while (true) {
nNonce++;
pblock->nNonce++;
// Write the last 4 bytes of the block header (the nonce) to a copy of
// the double-SHA256 state, and compute the result.
CHash256(hasher).Write((unsigned char*)&nNonce, 4).Finalize((unsigned char*)phash);
*phash = (CHashWriter(SER_GETHASH, 0) << *pblock).GetHash();
// Return the nonce if the hash has at least some zero bits,
// caller will check if it has enough to reach the target
if (((uint16_t*)phash)[15] == 0)
return true;
// If nothing found after trying for a while, return -1
if ((nNonce & 0xfff) == 0)
// If nothing found after trying for a while, return false.
if ((pblock->nNonce & 0xfff) == 0)
return false;
}
}
@ -478,15 +468,13 @@ void static BitcoinMiner(CWallet *pwallet)
int64_t nStart = GetTime();
arith_uint256 hashTarget = arith_uint256().SetCompact(pblock->nBits);
uint256 hash;
uint32_t nNonce = 0;
while (true) {
// Check if something found
if (ScanHash(pblock, nNonce, &hash))
if (ScanHash(pblock, &hash))
{
if (UintToArith256(hash) <= hashTarget)
{
// Found a solution
pblock->nNonce = nNonce;
assert(hash == pblock->GetHash());
SetThreadPriority(THREAD_PRIORITY_NORMAL);
@ -508,7 +496,7 @@ void static BitcoinMiner(CWallet *pwallet)
// Regtest mode doesn't require peers
if (vNodes.empty() && Params().MiningRequiresPeers())
break;
if (nNonce >= 0xffff0000)
if (pblock->nNonce >= 0xffff0000)
break;
if (mempool.GetTransactionsUpdated() != nTransactionsUpdatedLast && GetTime() - nStart > 60)
break;