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use ForkedHashedBeaconState in StateData (#2634) 
* use ForkedHashedBeaconState in StateData

* fix FAR_FUTURE_EPOCH -> slot overflow; almost always use assign()

* avoid stack allocation in maybeUpgradeStateToAltair()

* create and use dispatch functions for check_attester_slashing(), check_proposer_slashing(), and check_voluntary_exit()

* use getStateRoot() instead of various state.data.hbsPhase0.root

* remove withStateVars.hashedState(), which doesn't work as a design anymore

* introduce spec/datatypes/altair into beacon_chain_db

* fix inefficient codegen for getStateField(largeStateField)

* state_transition_slots() doesn't either need/use blocks or runtime presets

* combine process_slots(HBS)/state_transition_slots(HBS) which differ only in last-slot htr optimization

* getStateField(StateData, ...) was replaced by getStateField(ForkedHashedBeaconState, ...)

* fix rollback

* switch some state_transition(), process_slots, makeTestBlocks(), etc to use ForkedHashedBeaconState

* remove state_transition(phase0.HashedBeaconState)

* remove process_slots(phase0.HashedBeaconState)

* remove state_transition_block(phase0.HashedBeaconState)

* remove unused callWithBS(); separate case expression from if statement

* switch back from nested-ref-object construction to (ref Foo)(Bar())
2021-06-11 20:51:46 +03:00
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batch_validation.nim
write uncompressed validator keys to database (#2639)
2021-06-10 10:37:02 +03:00
block_processor.nim
singe validator key cache
2021-06-01 20:43:44 +03:00
consensus_manager.nim
singe validator key cache
2021-06-01 20:43:44 +03:00
eth2_processor.nim
Fix #2287
2021-06-10 11:39:53 +03:00
gossip_validation.nim
use ForkedHashedBeaconState in StateData (#2634)
2021-06-11 20:51:46 +03:00
README.md
Reorg (5/5) (#2377)
2021-03-05 14:12:00 +01:00

README.md

Gossip Processing

This folders hold a collection of modules to:

  • validate raw gossip data before
    • rebroadcasting them (potentially aggregated)
    • sending it to one of the consensus object pool

Validation

Gossip Validation is different from consensus verification in particular for blocks.

There are 2 consumers of validated consensus objects:

  • a ValidationResult.Accept output triggers rebroadcasting in libp2p
    • method validate(PubSub, message) in libp2p/protocols/pubsub/pubsub.nim in the
    • which was called by rpcHandler(GossipSub, PubSubPeer, RPCMsg)
  • a xyzValidator message enqueues the validated object in one of the processing queue in eth2_processor
    • blocksQueue: AsyncQueue[BlockEntry], (shared with request_manager and sync_manager)
    • attestationsQueue: AsyncQueue[AttestationEntry]
    • aggregatesQueue: AsyncQueue[AggregateEntry]

Those queues are then regularly processed to be made available to the consensus object pools.

Security concerns

As the first line of defense in Nimbus, modules must be able to handle burst of data that may come:

  • from malicious nodes trying to DOS us
  • from long periods of non-finality, creating lots of forks, attestations, forks