nimbus-eth2/beacon_chain/networking
Etan Kissling d028baea2a
introduce `ForkedBlobSidecar` for EIP-7688 Electra period before PeerDAS
On `ELECTRA_FORK_EPOCH`, PeerDAS is not yet activated, hence the current
mechanism based on `BlobSidecar` is still in use. With EIP-7688, the
generalized indices of `BeaconBlockBody` get reindexed, changing the
length of the inclusion proof within the `BlobSidecar`. Because network
Req/Resp operations allow responses across fork boundaries, this creates
the need for a `ForkedBlobSidecar` in that layer, same as already done
for `ForkedSignedBeaconBock` for similar reasons.

Note: This PR is only needed if PeerDAS is adopted _after_ EIP-7688.
If PeerDAS is adopted _before_ EIP-7688, a similar PR may be needed for
forked columns. Coincidental `Forked` jank can only be fully avoided if
both features activate at the same epoch, actual changes to blobs aside.
Delaying EIP-7688 for sole purpose of epoch alignemnt is not worth it.
2024-07-25 18:54:38 +02:00
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README.md
eth2_agents.nim fix some UnusedImport warnings (#6448) 2024-07-25 08:49:26 +00:00
eth2_discovery.nim Replace deprecated ENR functions (#6419) 2024-07-12 17:18:24 +02:00
eth2_network.nim introduce `ForkedBlobSidecar` for EIP-7688 Electra period before PeerDAS 2024-07-25 18:54:38 +02:00
eth2_protocol_dsl.nim simplify eth2_network error handling (#5765) 2024-01-19 21:05:52 +00:00
libp2p_json_serialization.nim verify `genesis_time` more strictly (fixes #1667) (#5694) 2024-01-06 15:26:56 +01:00
network_metadata.nim bump sepolia for new bootnodes (#6421) 2024-07-11 07:13:37 +02:00
network_metadata_downloads.nim add missing `std/` prefix to more imports (#5696) 2024-01-06 07:18:28 +01:00
network_metadata_gnosis.S Revert "Revert "correctly align genesis size (#5244)" (#5253)" (#5254) 2023-08-04 20:49:12 +00:00
network_metadata_mainnet.S bump sepolia for new bootnodes (#6421) 2024-07-11 07:13:37 +02:00
peer_pool.nim rank peers by their score instead of their memory address (#6149) 2024-04-10 14:09:37 +02:00
peer_protocol.nim BN: User agent recognition and error codes decoding. (#6414) 2024-07-15 16:53:41 +02:00
peer_scores.nim add branch discovery module for supporting chain stall situation (#6125) 2024-03-24 08:41:47 +00:00
topic_params.nim verify `genesis_time` more strictly (fixes #1667) (#5694) 2024-01-06 15:26:56 +01:00

README.md

Networking

This folders hold a collection of modules to:

  • configure the Eth2 P2P network
  • discover, connect, and maintain quality Eth2 peers

Data received is handed other to the ../gossip_processing modules for validation.

Security concerns

  • Collusion: part of the peer selection must be kept random. This avoids peers bringing all their friends and colluding against a beacon node.
  • Denial-of-service: The beacon node must provide ways 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