eth2.0-specs/specs/phase1/shard-fork-choice.md

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Ethereum 2.0 Phase 1 -- Beacon Chain + Shard Chain Fork Choice

Notice: This document is a work-in-progress for researchers and implementers.

Table of contents

Introduction

This document is the shard chain fork choice spec for part of Ethereum 2.0 Phase 1. It assumes the beacon chain fork choice spec.

Fork choice

Helpers

ShardStore

@dataclass
class ShardStore:
    shard: Shard
    signed_blocks: Dict[Root, SignedShardBlock] = field(default_factory=dict)
    block_states: Dict[Root, ShardState] = field(default_factory=dict)

get_forkchoice_shard_store

def get_forkchoice_shard_store(anchor_state: BeaconState, shard: Shard) -> ShardStore:
    return ShardStore(
        shard=shard,
        signed_blocks={
            anchor_state.shard_states[shard].latest_block_root: SignedShardBlock(
                message=ShardBlock(slot=anchor_state.slot, shard=shard)
            )
        },
        block_states={anchor_state.shard_states[shard].latest_block_root: anchor_state.copy().shard_states[shard]},
    )

get_shard_latest_attesting_balance

def get_shard_latest_attesting_balance(store: Store, shard_store: ShardStore, root: Root) -> Gwei:
    state = store.checkpoint_states[store.justified_checkpoint]
    active_indices = get_active_validator_indices(state, get_current_epoch(state))
    return Gwei(sum(
        state.validators[i].effective_balance for i in active_indices
        if (
            i in store.latest_messages
            # TODO: check the latest message logic: currently, validator's previous vote of another shard
            # would be ignored once their newer vote is accepted. Check if it makes sense.
            and store.latest_messages[i].shard == shard_store.shard
            and get_shard_ancestor(
                store, shard_store, store.latest_messages[i].shard_root, shard_store.signed_blocks[root].message.slot
            ) == root
        )
    ))

get_shard_head

def get_shard_head(store: Store, shard_store: ShardStore) -> Root:
    # Execute the LMD-GHOST fork choice
    beacon_head_root = get_head(store)
    shard_head_state = store.block_states[beacon_head_root].shard_states[shard_store.shard]
    shard_head_root = shard_head_state.latest_block_root
    shard_blocks = {
        root: signed_shard_block.message for root, signed_shard_block in shard_store.signed_blocks.items()
        if signed_shard_block.message.slot > shard_head_state.slot
    }
    while True:
        # Find the valid child block roots
        children = [
            root for root, shard_block in shard_blocks.items()
            if shard_block.shard_parent_root == shard_head_root
        ]
        if len(children) == 0:
            return shard_head_root
        # Sort by latest attesting balance with ties broken lexicographically
        shard_head_root = max(
            children, key=lambda root: (get_shard_latest_attesting_balance(store, shard_store, root), root)
        )

get_shard_ancestor

def get_shard_ancestor(store: Store, shard_store: ShardStore, root: Root, slot: Slot) -> Root:
    block = shard_store.signed_blocks[root].message
    if block.slot > slot:
        return get_shard_ancestor(store, shard_store, block.shard_parent_root, slot)
    elif block.slot == slot:
        return root
    else:
        # root is older than queried slot, thus a skip slot. Return most recent root prior to slot
        return root

get_pending_shard_blocks

def get_pending_shard_blocks(store: Store, shard_store: ShardStore) -> Sequence[SignedShardBlock]:
    """
    Return the canonical shard block branch that has not yet been crosslinked.
    """
    shard = shard_store.shard

    beacon_head_root = get_head(store)
    beacon_head_state = store.block_states[beacon_head_root]
    latest_shard_block_root = beacon_head_state.shard_states[shard].latest_block_root

    shard_head_root = get_shard_head(store, shard_store)
    root = shard_head_root
    signed_shard_blocks = []
    while root != latest_shard_block_root:
        signed_shard_block = shard_store.signed_blocks[root]
        signed_shard_blocks.append(signed_shard_block)
        root = signed_shard_block.message.shard_parent_root

    signed_shard_blocks.reverse()
    return signed_shard_blocks

Handlers

on_shard_block

def on_shard_block(store: Store, shard_store: ShardStore, signed_shard_block: SignedShardBlock) -> None:
    shard_block = signed_shard_block.message
    shard = shard_store.shard

    # Check shard
    # TODO: check it in networking spec
    assert shard_block.shard == shard

    # Check shard parent exists
    assert shard_block.shard_parent_root in shard_store.block_states
    shard_parent_state = shard_store.block_states[shard_block.shard_parent_root]

    # Check beacon parent exists
    assert shard_block.beacon_parent_root in store.block_states
    beacon_parent_state = store.block_states[shard_block.beacon_parent_root]

    # Check that block is later than the finalized shard state slot (optimization to reduce calls to get_ancestor)
    finalized_beacon_state = store.block_states[store.finalized_checkpoint.root]
    finalized_shard_state = finalized_beacon_state.shard_states[shard]
    assert shard_block.slot > finalized_shard_state.slot

    # Check block is a descendant of the finalized block at the checkpoint finalized slot
    finalized_slot = compute_start_slot_at_epoch(store.finalized_checkpoint.epoch)
    assert (
        get_ancestor(store, shard_block.beacon_parent_root, finalized_slot) == store.finalized_checkpoint.root
    )

    # Check the block is valid and compute the post-state
    shard_state = shard_parent_state.copy()
    shard_state_transition(
        shard_state, signed_shard_block,
        validate=True, beacon_parent_state=beacon_parent_state)

    # Add new block to the store
    # Note: storing `SignedShardBlock` format for computing `ShardTransition.proposer_signature_aggregate` 
    shard_store.signed_blocks[hash_tree_root(shard_block)] = signed_shard_block

    # Add new state for this block to the store
    shard_store.block_states[hash_tree_root(shard_block)] = shard_state