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moneromooo-monero
c3b3260ae5
New "Halfway RingCT" outputs for coinbase transactions
When RingCT is enabled, outputs from coinbase transactions
are created as a single output, and stored as RingCT output,
with a fake mask. Their amount is not hidden on the blockchain
itself, but they are then able to be used as fake inputs in
a RingCT ring. Since the output amounts are hidden, their
"dustiness" is not an obstacle anymore to mixing, and this
makes the coinbase transactions a lot smaller, as well as
helping the TXO set to grow more slowly.

Also add a new "Null" type of rct signature, which decreases
the size required when no signatures are to be stored, as
in a coinbase tx.
2016-08-28 21:30:26 +01:00
moneromooo-monero
59a66e209a
move the rct commitments to the output_amounts database
Since these are needed at the same time as the output pubkeys,
this is a whole lot faster, and takes less space. Only outputs
of 0 amount store the commitment. When reading other outputs,
a fake commitment is regenerated on the fly. This avoids having
to rewrite the database to add space for fake commitments for
existing outputs.

This code relies on two things:

- LMDB must support fixed size records per key, rather than
per database (ie, all records on key 0 are the same size, all
records for non 0 keys are same size, but records from key 0
and non 0 keys do have different sizes).

- the commitment must be directly after the rest of the data
in outkey and output_data_t.
2016-08-28 21:29:02 +01:00
moneromooo-monero
dc4aad7eb5
add rct to the protocol
It is not yet constrained to a fork, so don't use on the real network
or you'll be orphaned or rejected.
2016-08-28 21:28:37 +01:00
Howard Chu
591e421875 Cleanup and clarify
Try to rationalize the variable names, document usage.
2016-04-05 20:57:45 +01:00
warptangent
a2f518aa01 Schema update: tx_indices - yet less indirection 2016-04-05 20:54:06 +01:00
warptangent
132c666f67 Update schema for "tx_outputs" to use array containing amount output indices
This speeds up wallet refresh by directly retrieving a tx's amount output indices.

It removes the indirection and walking the amount output duplicate list
for every amount in each requested tx.

"tx_outputs" is used by:
Amount output indices are needed for wallet refresh.
Global output indices are needed for removing a tx.

Both amount output indices and global output indices are now stored in
an array of 64-bit unsigned ints:

tx_outputs[<tx_hash>] -> [ <a1_oi, a1_gi, a2_oi, a2_gi, ...> ]

Previously it was:
tx_outputs[<tx_hash>] -> duplicate list of <a1_gi, a2_gi, a3_gi, ...>

The amount output list had to be walked for every amount in order to
find each amount's output index, by comparing the amount's global output
index with each one in the duplicate list until a match was found.

See also d045dfa7ce
2016-04-05 20:30:50 +01:00
Howard Chu
8cc7a36f0b read txn/cursor stuff
Could wrap more later.
2016-02-23 20:47:15 +00:00
moneromooo-monero
8649b9f1ef
blockchain_db: pass hard fork object as a simple pointer 2016-02-08 20:56:31 +00:00
warptangent
e02577f594
Move HardFork DB update to BlockchainDB::add_block()
Ensures the database is consistent.

Also simplifes blockchain_import in that verify mode off has less to
work around.
2016-02-08 09:28:19 -08:00
warptangent
3800875406
Make HardFork object available to BlockchainDB and derived DB implementations
This will later allow the HardFork object's DB update functions to be
called when the DB transaction that persists across block add/remove is
open.
2016-02-08 09:28:17 -08:00
warptangent
fd46c96dce
BlockchainDB/LMDB: Refactor block-scope DB txn handling for add block
Move block-scope txn start and stop from BlockchainLMDB to BlockchainDB.
2016-02-08 09:28:15 -08:00
Riccardo Spagni
810a11267c
fixed copyrights with bad year references 2015-12-31 08:37:27 +02:00
warptangent
ee9d71e9f9
BlockchainDB: skip fixup check if read-only database 2015-12-26 14:30:20 -08:00
warptangent
d4c2fae2fb
BlockchainDB: Remove txs in reverse order
Data should be removed in the reverse order it was added. Not doing so
breaks assumptions and can cause problems in other DB implementations.

This matches the order of tx removal in
blockchain_storage::purge_block_data_from_blockchain.
2015-12-24 15:09:09 -08:00
moneromooo-monero
a98e976f9e
blockchain_db: fixup missing key images in early DB version
Early DB versions did not store key images for inputs if the
transaction spending them had no outputs (ie, all fee). This
is not correct, as this would allow these outputs to be double
spent. This was fixed in 533acc30ed
a few months ago, but databases having synced blocks 2021612 and
685498 with a faulty version will be missing those key images
in the spent keys database. This code checks for this, and adds
those key images if they are missing.
2015-12-06 21:55:05 +00:00
moneromooo-monero
e63b854967
blockchain_db: match tx addition semantics to original code
The original code removed key images from a tx from the blockchain
when an non to-key nor gen input was found in that tx. Additionally,
the remainder of the tx data was added to the blockchain only after
the double spend check passed.
2015-08-11 11:11:17 +01:00
moneromooo-monero
533acc30ed
blockchain_db: store key images for tx without outputs too 2015-08-09 19:26:36 +01:00
NoodleDoodleNoodleDoodleNoodleDoodleNoo
e5d2680094 ** CHANGES ARE EXPERIMENTAL (FOR TESTING ONLY)
Bockchain:
1. Optim: Multi-thread long-hash computation when encountering groups of blocks.
2. Optim: Cache verified txs and return result from cache instead of re-checking whenever possible.
3. Optim: Preload output-keys when encoutering groups of blocks. Sort by amount and global-index before bulk querying database and multi-thread when possible.
4. Optim: Disable double spend check on block verification, double spend is already detected when trying to add blocks.
5. Optim: Multi-thread signature computation whenever possible.
6. Patch: Disable locking (recursive mutex) on called functions from check_tx_inputs which causes slowdowns (only seems to happen on ubuntu/VMs??? Reason: TBD)
7. Optim: Removed looped full-tx hash computation when retrieving transactions from pool (???).
8. Optim: Cache difficulty/timestamps (735 blocks) for next-difficulty calculations so that only 2 db reads per new block is needed when a new block arrives (instead of 1470 reads).

Berkeley-DB:
1. Fix: 32-bit data errors causing wrong output global indices and failure to send blocks to peers (etc).
2. Fix: Unable to pop blocks on reorganize due to transaction errors.
3. Patch: Large number of transaction aborts when running multi-threaded bulk queries.
4. Patch: Insufficient locks error when running full sync.
5. Patch: Incorrect db stats when returning from an immediate exit from "pop block" operation.
6. Optim: Add bulk queries to get output global indices.
7. Optim: Modified output_keys table to store public_key+unlock_time+height for single transaction lookup (vs 3)
8. Optim: Used output_keys table retrieve public_keys instead of going through output_amounts->output_txs+output_indices->txs->output:public_key
9. Optim: Added thread-safe buffers used when multi-threading bulk queries.
10. Optim: Added support for nosync/write_nosync options for improved performance (*see --db-sync-mode option for details)
11. Mod: Added checkpoint thread and auto-remove-logs option.
12. *Now usable on 32-bit systems like RPI2.

LMDB:
1. Optim: Added custom comparison for 256-bit key tables (minor speed-up, TBD: get actual effect)
2. Optim: Modified output_keys table to store public_key+unlock_time+height for single transaction lookup (vs 3)
3. Optim: Used output_keys table retrieve public_keys instead of going through output_amounts->output_txs+output_indices->txs->output:public_key
4. Optim: Added support for sync/writemap options for improved performance (*see --db-sync-mode option for details)
5. Mod: Auto resize to +1GB instead of multiplier x1.5

ETC:
1. Minor optimizations for slow-hash for ARM (RPI2). Incomplete.
2. Fix: 32-bit saturation bug when computing next difficulty on large blocks.

[PENDING ISSUES]
1. Berkely db has a very slow "pop-block" operation. This is very noticeable on the RPI2 as it sometimes takes > 10 MINUTES to pop a block during reorganization.
   This does not happen very often however, most reorgs seem to take a few seconds but it possibly depends on the number of outputs present. TBD.
2. Berkeley db, possible bug "unable to allocate memory". TBD.

[NEW OPTIONS] (*Currently all enabled for testing purposes)
1. --fast-block-sync arg=[0:1] (default: 1)
	a. 0 = Compute long hash per block (may take a while depending on CPU)
	b. 1 = Skip long-hash and verify blocks based on embedded known good block hashes (faster, minimal CPU dependence)
2. --db-sync-mode arg=[[safe|fast|fastest]:[sync|async]:[nblocks_per_sync]] (default: fastest:async:1000)
	a. safe = fdatasync/fsync (or equivalent) per stored block. Very slow, but safest option to protect against power-out/crash conditions.
	b. fast/fastest = Enables asynchronous fdatasync/fsync (or equivalent). Useful for battery operated devices or STABLE systems with UPS and/or systems with battery backed write cache/solid state cache.
	Fast    - Write meta-data but defer data flush.
	Fastest - Defer meta-data and data flush.
	Sync    - Flush data after nblocks_per_sync and wait.
	Async   - Flush data after nblocks_per_sync but do not wait for the operation to finish.
3. --prep-blocks-threads arg=[n] (default: 4 or system max threads, whichever is lower)
        Max number of threads to use when computing long-hash in groups.
4. --show-time-stats arg=[0:1] (default: 1)
	Show benchmark related time stats.
5. --db-auto-remove-logs arg=[0:1] (default: 1)
	For berkeley-db only. Auto remove logs if enabled.

**Note: lmdb and berkeley-db have changes to the tables and are not compatible with official git head version.
	At the moment, you need a full resync to use this optimized version.

[PERFORMANCE COMPARISON]
**Some figures are approximations only.
Using a baseline machine of an i7-2600K+SSD+(with full pow computation):
1. The optimized lmdb/blockhain core can process blocks up to 585K for ~1.25 hours + download time, so it usually takes 2.5 hours to sync the full chain.
2. The current head with memory can process blocks up to 585K for ~4.2 hours + download time, so it usually takes 5.5 hours to sync the full chain.
3. The current head with lmdb can process blocks up to 585K for ~32 hours + download time and usually takes 36 hours to sync the full chain.

Averate procesing times (with full pow computation):
lmdb-optimized:
1. tx_ave = 2.5 ms / tx
2. block_ave = 5.87 ms / block
memory-official-repo:
1. tx_ave = 8.85 ms / tx
2. block_ave = 19.68 ms / block
lmdb-official-repo (0f4a036437)
1. tx_ave = 47.8 ms / tx
2. block_ave = 64.2 ms / block

**Note: The following data denotes processing times only (does not include p2p download time)
lmdb-optimized processing times (with full pow computation):
1. Desktop,  Quad-core / 8-threads 2600k  (8Mb) - 1.25 hours processing time (--db-sync-mode=fastest:async:1000).
2. Laptop,   Dual-core / 4-threads U4200  (3Mb) - 4.90 hours processing time (--db-sync-mode=fastest:async:1000).
3. Embedded, Quad-core / 4-threads Z3735F (2x1Mb) - 12.0 hours processing time (--db-sync-mode=fastest:async:1000).

lmdb-optimized processing times (with per-block-checkpoint)
1. Desktop,  Quad-core / 8-threads 2600k  (8Mb) - 10 minutes processing time (--db-sync-mode=fastest:async:1000).

berkeley-db optimized processing times (with full pow computation)
1. Desktop, Quad-core / 8-threads 2600k  (8Mb) - 1.8 hours processing time (--db-sync-mode=fastest:async:1000).
2. RPI2. Improved from estimated 3 months(???) into 2.5 days (*Need 2AMP supply + Clock:1Ghz + [usb+ssd] to achieve this speed) (--db-sync-mode=fastest:async:1000).

berkeley-db optimized processing times (with per-block-checkpoint)
1. RPI2. 12-15 hours (*Need 2AMP supply + Clock:1Ghz + [usb+ssd] to achieve this speed) (--db-sync-mode=fastest:async:1000).
2015-07-15 23:20:16 -07:00
moneromooo-monero
8069b3ba7f
blockchain_db: add a few const 2015-05-27 19:16:37 +01:00
Thomas Winget
7b14d4a17f
Steps toward multiple dbs available -- working
There will need to be some more refactoring for these changes to be
considered complete/correct, but for now it's working.

new daemon cli argument "--db-type", works for LMDB and BerkeleyDB.

A good deal of refactoring is also present in this commit, namely
Blockchain no longer instantiates BlockchainDB, but rather is passed a
pointer to an already-instantiated BlockchainDB on init().
2015-03-25 12:09:44 -04:00
Thomas Winget
5eab480cb1
Moved BlockchainDB into its own src/ subfolder
Ostensibly janitorial work, but should be more relevant later down the
line.  Things that depend on core cryptonote things (i.e.
    cryptonote_core) don't necessarily depend on BlockchainDB and thus
have no need to have BlockchainDB baked in with them.
2015-03-06 15:20:45 -05:00
Renamed from src/cryptonote_core/blockchain_db.cpp (Browse further)