(**************************************************************************) (* *) (* Copyright (c) 2014 - 2018. *) (* Dynamic Ledger Solutions, Inc. *) (* *) (* All rights reserved. No warranty, explicit or implicit, provided. *) (* *) (**************************************************************************) type t = private raw (** A type for sparse block locator (/à la/ Bitcoin) *) and raw = Block_header.t * Block_hash.t list (** Non private version of Block_store_locator.t for coercions *) val raw: t -> raw val pp: Format.formatter -> t -> unit val pp_short: Format.formatter -> t -> unit val encoding: t Data_encoding.t val bounded_encoding: ?max_header_size:int -> ?max_length:int -> unit -> t Data_encoding.t type seed = { sender_id: P2p_peer.Id.t ; receiver_id: P2p_peer.Id.t } (** Argument to the seed used to randomize the locator. *) val estimated_length: seed -> t -> int (** [estimated_length seed locator] estimate the length of the chain represented by [locator] using [seed]. *) val compute: predecessor: (Block_hash.t -> int -> Block_hash.t option Lwt.t) -> genesis:Block_hash.t -> Block_hash.t -> Block_header.t -> seed -> size:int -> t Lwt.t (** [compute block seed max_length] compute the sparse block locator using [seed] to compute random jumps for the [block]. The locator contains at most [max_length] elements. *) type step = { block: Block_hash.t ; predecessor: Block_hash.t ; step: int ; strict_step: bool ; } (** A 'step' in a locator is a couple of consecutive hashes in the locator, and the expected difference of level between the two blocks (or an upper bounds when [strict_step = false]). *) val pp_step: Format.formatter -> step -> unit val to_steps: seed -> t -> step list (** Build all the 'steps' composing the locator using a given seed, starting with the oldest one (typically the predecessor of the first step will be `genesis`). All steps contains [strict_step = true], except the oldest one. *) type validity = | Unknown | Known_valid | Known_invalid val unknown_prefix: is_known:(Block_hash.t -> validity Lwt.t) -> t -> (Block_hash.t * t) option Lwt.t (** [unknown_prefix validity locator] keeps only the unknown part of the locator up to the first valid block. If there is no known valid block or there is a known invalid one, None is returned. *)