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-import
-  std/[random, math],
-  chronicles,
-  chronos,
-  libp2pdht/dht,
-  libp2pdht/discv5/crypto as dhtcrypto,
-  libp2pdht/discv5/protocol as discv5_protocol,
-  tests/dht/test_helper
-
-logScope:
-  topics = "DAS emulator"
-
-proc bootstrapNodes(
-    nodecount: int,
-    bootnodes: seq[SignedPeerRecord],
-    rng = newRng(),
-    delay: int = 0
-  ) : Future[seq[(discv5_protocol.Protocol, PrivateKey)]] {.async.} =
-
-  debug "---- STARTING BOOSTRAPS ---"
-  for i in 0..<nodecount:
-    try:
-      let privKey = PrivateKey.example(rng)
-      let node = initDiscoveryNode(rng, privKey, localAddress(20302 + i), bootnodes)
-      await node.start()
-      result.add((node, privKey))
-      if delay > 0:
-        await sleepAsync(chronos.milliseconds(delay))
-    except TransportOsError as e:
-      echo "skipping node ",i ,":", e.msg
-
-  #await allFutures(result.mapIt(it.bootstrap())) # this waits for bootstrap based on bootENode, which includes bonding with all its ping pongs
-
-proc bootstrapNetwork(
-    nodecount: int,
-    rng = newRng(),
-    delay: int = 0
-  ) : Future[seq[(discv5_protocol.Protocol, PrivateKey)]] {.async.} =
-
-  let
-    bootNodeKey = PrivateKey.fromHex(
-      "a2b50376a79b1a8c8a3296485572bdfbf54708bb46d3c25d73d2723aaaf6a617")
-      .expect("Valid private key hex")
-    bootNodeAddr = localAddress(20301)
-    bootNode = initDiscoveryNode(rng, bootNodeKey, bootNodeAddr, @[]) # just a shortcut for new and open
-
-  #waitFor bootNode.bootstrap()  # immediate, since no bootnodes are defined above
-
-  var res = await bootstrapNodes(nodecount - 1,
-                           @[bootnode.localNode.record],
-                           rng,
-                           delay)
-  res.insert((bootNode, bootNodeKey), 0)
-  return res
-
-proc toNodeId(data: openArray[byte]): NodeId =
-  readUintBE[256](keccak256.digest(data).data)
-
-proc segmentData(s: int, segmentsize: int) : seq[byte] =
-  result = newSeq[byte](segmentsize)
-  var
-    r = s
-    i = 0
-  while r > 0:
-    assert(i<segmentsize)
-    result[i] = byte(r mod 256)
-    r = r div 256
-    i+=1
-
-proc sample(s: Slice[int], len: int): seq[int] =
-    # random sample without replacement
-    # TODO: not the best for small len
-  assert s.a <= s.b
-  var all = s.b - s.a + 1
-  var count = len
-  if len >= all div 10: # add better algo selector
-    var generated = newSeq[bool](all) # Initialized to false.
-    while count != 0:
-      let n = rand(s)
-      if not generated[n - s.a]:
-        generated[n - s.a] = true
-        result.add n
-        dec count
-  else:
-    while count != 0:
-      let n = rand(s)
-      if not (n in result):
-        result.add n
-        dec count
-
-
-when isMainModule:
-  proc main() {.async.} =
-    let
-      nodecount = 100
-      delay_pernode = 10 # in millisec
-      delay_init = 15*1000 # in millisec
-      blocksize = 256
-      segmentsize = 2
-      samplesize = 3
-      upload_timeout = 5.seconds
-      sampling_timeout = 5.seconds
-    assert(log2(blocksize.float).ceil.int <= segmentsize * 8 )
-    assert(samplesize <= blocksize)
-
-    var
-      segmentIDs = newSeq[NodeId](blocksize)
-
-    # start network
-    let
-      rng = newRng()
-      nodes = await bootstrapNetwork(nodecount=nodecount, delay=delay_pernode)
-
-    # wait for network to settle
-    await sleepAsync(chronos.milliseconds(delay_init))
-
-    # generate block and push data
-    info "starting upload to DHT"
-    let startTime = Moment.now()
-    var futs = newSeq[Future[seq[Node]]]()
-    for s in 0 ..< blocksize:
-      let
-        segment = segmentData(s, segmentsize)
-        key = toNodeId(segment)
-
-      segmentIDs[s] = key
-
-      futs.add(nodes[0][0].addValue(key, segment))
-
-    let pass = await allFutures(futs).withTimeout(upload_timeout)
-    info "uploaded to DHT", by = 0, pass, time = Moment.now() - startTime
-
-    # sample
-    proc startSamplingDA(n: discv5_protocol.Protocol): seq[Future[DiscResult[seq[byte]]]] =
-      ## Generate random sample and start the sampling process
-      var futs = newSeq[Future[DiscResult[seq[byte]]]]()
-
-      let sample = sample(0 ..< blocksize, samplesize)
-      debug "starting sampling", by = n, sample
-      for s in sample:
-        let fut = n.getValue(segmentIDs[s])
-        futs.add(fut)
-      return futs
-
-    proc sampleDA(n: discv5_protocol.Protocol): Future[(bool, int, Duration)] {.async.} =
-      ## Sample and return detailed results of sampling
-      let startTime = Moment.now()
-      var futs = startSamplingDA(n)
-
-      # test is passed if all segments are retrieved in time
-      let pass = await allFutures(futs).withTimeout(sampling_timeout)
-      var passcount: int
-      for f in futs:
-        if f.finished():
-          passcount += 1
-
-      let time = Moment.now() - startTime
-      info "sample", by = n.localNode, pass, cnt = passcount, time
-      return (pass, passcount, time)
-
-    # all nodes start sampling in parallel
-    var samplings = newSeq[Future[(bool, int, Duration)]]()
-    for n in 1 ..< nodecount:
-      samplings.add(sampleDA(nodes[n][0]))
-    await allFutures(samplings)
-
-    # print statistics
-    var
-      passed = 0
-    for f in samplings:
-      if f.finished():
-        let (pass, passcount, time) = await f
-        passed += pass.int
-        debug "sampleStats", pass, cnt = passcount, time
-      else:
-        error "This should not happen!"
-    info "sampleStats", passed, total = samplings.len, ratio = passed/samplings.len
-
-  waitfor main()
-
-# proc teardownAll() =
-#     for (n, _) in nodes: # if last test is enabled, we need nodes[1..^1] here
-#       await n.closeWait()
-
-