# Phase 1 miscellaneous beacon chain changes ## Table of contents - [Phase 1 miscellaneous beacon chain changes](#phase-1-miscellaneous-beacon-chain-changes) - [Table of contents](#table-of-contents) - [Configuration](#configuration) - [Containers](#containers) - [`CompactCommittee`](#compactcommittee) - [`ShardReceiptDelta`](#shardreceiptdelta) - [`ShardReceiptProof`](#shardreceiptproof) - [Helper functions](#helper-functions) - [`pack_compact_validator`](#pack_compact_validator) - [`unpack_compact_validator`](#unpack_compact_validator) - [`committee_to_compact_committee`](#committee_to_compact_committee) - [`verify_merkle_proof`](#verify_merkle_proof) - [`compute_historical_state_generalized_index`](#compute_historical_state_generalized_index) - [`get_generalized_index_of_crosslink_header`](#get_generalized_index_of_crosslink_header) - [`process_shard_receipt_proof`](#process_shard_receipt_proof) - [Changes](#changes) - [Phase 0 container updates](#phase-0-container-updates) - [`BeaconState`](#beaconstate) - [`BeaconBlockBody`](#beaconblockbody) - [Persistent committees](#persistent-committees) - [Shard receipt processing](#shard-receipt-processing) ## Configuration | Name | Value | Unit | Duration | - | - | - | - | | `MAX_SHARD_RECEIPT_PROOFS` | `2**0` (= 1) | - | - | | `PERIOD_COMMITTEE_ROOT_LENGTH` | `2**8` (= 256) | periods | ~9 months | | `MINOR_REWARD_QUOTIENT` | `2**8` (=256) | - | - | | `REWARD_COEFFICIENT_BASE` | **TBD** | - | - | ## Containers #### `CompactCommittee` ```python class CompactCommittee(Container): pubkeys: List[BLSPubkey, MAX_VALIDATORS_PER_COMMITTEE] compact_validators: List[uint64, MAX_VALIDATORS_PER_COMMITTEE] ``` #### `ShardReceiptDelta` ```python class ShardReceiptDelta(Container): index: ValidatorIndex reward_coefficient: uint64 block_fee: Gwei ``` #### `ShardReceiptProof` ```python class ShardReceiptProof(Container): shard: Shard proof: List[Hash, PLACEHOLDER] receipt: List[ShardReceiptDelta, PLACEHOLDER] ``` ## Helper functions #### `pack_compact_validator` ```python def pack_compact_validator(index: int, slashed: bool, balance_in_increments: int) -> int: """ Creates a compact validator object representing index, slashed status, and compressed balance. Takes as input balance-in-increments (// EFFECTIVE_BALANCE_INCREMENT) to preserve symmetry with the unpacking function. """ return (index << 16) + (slashed << 15) + balance_in_increments ``` #### `unpack_compact_validator` ```python def unpack_compact_validator(compact_validator: int) -> Tuple[int, bool, int]: """ Returns validator index, slashed, balance // EFFECTIVE_BALANCE_INCREMENT """ return compact_validator >> 16, bool((compact_validator >> 15) % 2), compact_validator & (2**15 - 1) ``` #### `committee_to_compact_committee` ```python def committee_to_compact_committee(state: BeaconState, committee: Sequence[ValidatorIndex]) -> CompactCommittee: """ Given a state and a list of validator indices, outputs the CompactCommittee representing them. """ validators = [state.validators[i] for i in committee] compact_validators = [ pack_compact_validator(i, v.slashed, v.effective_balance // EFFECTIVE_BALANCE_INCREMENT) for i, v in zip(committee, validators) ] pubkeys = [v.pubkey for v in validators] return CompactCommittee(pubkeys=pubkeys, compact_validators=compact_validators) ``` #### `verify_merkle_proof` ```python def verify_merkle_proof(leaf: Hash, proof: Sequence[Hash], index: GeneralizedIndex, root: Hash) -> bool: assert len(proof) == get_generalized_index_length(index) for i, h in enumerate(proof): if get_generalized_index_bit(index, i): leaf = hash(h + leaf) else: leaf = hash(leaf + h) return leaf == root ``` #### `compute_historical_state_generalized_index` ```python def compute_historical_state_generalized_index(earlier: ShardSlot, later: ShardSlot) -> GeneralizedIndex: """ Computes the generalized index of the state root of slot `earlier` based on the state root of slot `later`. Relies on the `history_accumulator` in the `ShardState`, where `history_accumulator[i]` maintains the most recent 2**i'th slot state. Works by tracing a `log(later-earlier)` step path from `later` to `earlier` through intermediate blocks at the next available multiples of descending powers of two. """ o = GeneralizedIndex(1) for i in range(HISTORY_ACCUMULATOR_DEPTH - 1, -1, -1): if (later - 1) & 2**i > (earlier - 1) & 2**i: later = later - ((later - 1) % 2**i) - 1 gindex = GeneralizedIndex(get_generalized_index(ShardState, ['history_accumulator', i])) o = concat_generalized_indices(o, gindex) return o ``` #### `get_generalized_index_of_crosslink_header` ```python def get_generalized_index_of_crosslink_header(index: int) -> GeneralizedIndex: """ Gets the generalized index for the root of the index'th header in a crosslink. """ MAX_CROSSLINK_SIZE = ( MAX_SHARD_BLOCK_SIZE * SHARD_SLOTS_PER_EPOCH * MAX_EPOCHS_PER_CROSSLINK ) assert MAX_CROSSLINK_SIZE == get_previous_power_of_two(MAX_CROSSLINK_SIZE) return GeneralizedIndex(MAX_CROSSLINK_SIZE // SHARD_HEADER_SIZE + index) ``` #### `process_shard_receipt_proof` ```python def process_shard_receipt_proof(state: BeaconState, receipt_proof: ShardReceiptProof) -> None: """ Processes a ShardReceipt object. """ receipt_slot = ( state.next_shard_receipt_period[receipt_proof.shard] * SHARD_SLOTS_PER_EPOCH * EPOCHS_PER_SHARD_PERIOD ) first_slot_in_last_crosslink = state.current_crosslinks[receipt_proof.shard].start_epoch * SHARD_SLOTS_PER_EPOCH gindex = concat_generalized_indices( get_generalized_index_of_crosslink_header(0), GeneralizedIndex(get_generalized_index(ShardBlockHeader, 'state_root')), compute_historical_state_generalized_index(receipt_slot, first_slot_in_last_crosslink), GeneralizedIndex(get_generalized_index(ShardState, 'receipt_root')) ) assert verify_merkle_proof( leaf=hash_tree_root(receipt_proof.receipt), proof=receipt_proof.proof, index=gindex, root=state.current_crosslinks[receipt_proof.shard].data_root ) for delta in receipt_proof.receipt: if get_current_epoch(state) < state.validators[delta.index].withdrawable_epoch: increase_amount = ( state.validators[delta.index].effective_balance * delta.reward_coefficient // REWARD_COEFFICIENT_BASE ) increase_balance(state, delta.index, increase_amount) decrease_balance(state, delta.index, delta.block_fee) state.next_shard_receipt_period[receipt_proof.shard] += 1 proposer_index = get_beacon_proposer_index(state) increase_balance(state, proposer_index, Gwei(get_base_reward(state, proposer_index) // MINOR_REWARD_QUOTIENT)) ``` ## Changes ### Phase 0 container updates Add the following fields to the end of the specified container objects. #### `BeaconState` ```python class BeaconState(Container): # Period committees period_committee_roots: Vector[Hash, PERIOD_COMMITTEE_ROOT_LENGTH] next_shard_receipt_period: Vector[uint64, SHARD_COUNT] ``` `period_committee_roots` values are initialized to `Bytes32()` (empty bytes value). `next_shard_receipt_period` values are initialized to `compute_epoch_at_slot(PHASE_1_FORK_SLOT) // EPOCHS_PER_SHARD_PERIOD`. #### `BeaconBlockBody` ```python class BeaconBlockBody(Container): shard_receipt_proofs: List[ShardReceiptProof, MAX_SHARD_RECEIPT_PROOFS] ``` `shard_receipt_proofs` is initialized to `[]`. ### Persistent committees Run `update_period_committee` immediately before `process_final_updates`: ```python # begin insert @update_period_committee update_period_committee(state) # end insert @update_period_committee def update_period_committee(state: BeaconState) -> None: """ Updates period committee roots at boundary blocks. """ if (get_current_epoch(state) + 1) % EPOCHS_PER_SHARD_PERIOD != 0: return period = (get_current_epoch(state) + 1) // EPOCHS_PER_SHARD_PERIOD committees = Vector[CompactCommittee, SHARD_COUNT]([ committee_to_compact_committee( state, get_period_committee(state, Shard(shard), Epoch(get_current_epoch(state) + 1)), ) for shard in range(SHARD_COUNT) ]) state.period_committee_roots[period % PERIOD_COMMITTEE_ROOT_LENGTH] = hash_tree_root(committees) ``` ### Shard receipt processing Run `process_shard_receipt_proof` on each `ShardReceiptProof` during block processing. ```python # begin insert @process_shard_receipt_proofs (body.shard_receipt_proofs, process_shard_receipt_proof), # end insert @process_shard_receipt_proofs ```