#!/usr/bin/env python3 # Copyright (c) 2019-2021 The Bitcoin Core developers # Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying # file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php. """Test that we reject low difficulty headers to prevent our block tree from filling up with useless bloat""" from test_framework.test_framework import BitcoinTestFramework NODE1_BLOCKS_REQUIRED = 15 NODE2_BLOCKS_REQUIRED = 2047 class RejectLowDifficultyHeadersTest(BitcoinTestFramework): def set_test_params(self): self.setup_clean_chain = True self.num_nodes = 3 # Node0 has no required chainwork; node1 requires 15 blocks on top of the genesis block; node2 requires 2047 self.extra_args = [["-minimumchainwork=0x0"], ["-minimumchainwork=0x1f"], ["-minimumchainwork=0x1000"]] def setup_network(self): self.setup_nodes() self.connect_nodes(0, 1) self.connect_nodes(0, 2) self.sync_all() def test_chains_sync_when_long_enough(self): self.log.info("Generate blocks on the node with no required chainwork, and verify nodes 1 and 2 have no new headers in their headers tree") with self.nodes[1].assert_debug_log(expected_msgs=["[net] Ignoring low-work chain (height=14)"]), self.nodes[2].assert_debug_log(expected_msgs=["[net] Ignoring low-work chain (height=14)"]): self.generate(self.nodes[0], NODE1_BLOCKS_REQUIRED-1, sync_fun=self.no_op) for node in self.nodes[1:]: chaintips = node.getchaintips() assert(len(chaintips) == 1) assert { 'height': 0, 'hash': '0f9188f13cb7b2c71f2a335e3a4fc328bf5beb436012afca590b1a11466e2206', 'branchlen': 0, 'status': 'active', } in chaintips self.log.info("Generate more blocks to satisfy node1's minchainwork requirement, and verify node2 still has no new headers in headers tree") with self.nodes[2].assert_debug_log(expected_msgs=["[net] Ignoring low-work chain (height=15)"]): self.generate(self.nodes[0], NODE1_BLOCKS_REQUIRED - self.nodes[0].getblockcount(), sync_fun=self.no_op) self.sync_blocks(self.nodes[0:2]) assert { 'height': 0, 'hash': '0f9188f13cb7b2c71f2a335e3a4fc328bf5beb436012afca590b1a11466e2206', 'branchlen': 0, 'status': 'active', } in self.nodes[2].getchaintips() assert(len(self.nodes[2].getchaintips()) == 1) self.log.info("Generate long chain for node0/node1") self.generate(self.nodes[0], NODE2_BLOCKS_REQUIRED-self.nodes[0].getblockcount(), sync_fun=self.no_op) self.log.info("Verify that node2 will sync the chain when it gets long enough") self.sync_blocks() def run_test(self): self.test_chains_sync_when_long_enough() if __name__ == '__main__': RejectLowDifficultyHeadersTest().main()