nimbus-eth2/beacon_chain/consensus_object_pools
Etan Kissling 94ba0a9bd1
consider block availability when initializing LC data collector (#5860)
When using checkpoint sync, the initial block is missing in the DB.
Update the LC data collector initialization to account for that,
avoiding a spurious error message when it is incorrectly accessed:

```
ERR 2024-02-07 11:21:55.416+01:00 Block failed to load unexpectedly          topics="chaindag_lc" bid=d30517a7:8257504 tail=8257504
```

Also fixes a regression from #5691 that resulted in similar messages
while importing the first few blocks after checkpoint sync.

Thanks to @arnetheduck for reporting this.
2024-02-07 18:03:19 +00:00
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vanity_logs verify `genesis_time` more strictly (fixes #1667) (#5694) 2024-01-06 15:26:56 +01:00
README.md rename `exit_pool` > `validator_change_pool` (#5679) 2023-12-23 06:55:47 +01:00
attestation_pool.nim automated consensus spec URL updating to v1.4.0-beta.6 (#5804) 2024-01-20 11:19:47 +00:00
blob_quarantine.nim implement blob_sidecar Beacon API streaming (#5728) 2024-01-13 11:52:13 +02:00
block_clearance.nim update some deprecated stew/results to results imports (#5743) 2024-01-16 22:37:14 +00:00
block_dag.nim verify `genesis_time` more strictly (fixes #1667) (#5694) 2024-01-06 15:26:56 +01:00
block_pools_types.nim verify `genesis_time` more strictly (fixes #1667) (#5694) 2024-01-06 15:26:56 +01:00
block_pools_types_light_client.nim track latest `LightClientUpdate` only once fork choice selects it (#5691) 2024-01-03 23:36:05 +01:00
block_quarantine.nim avoid marking blocks as unviable if `blobless` quarantine is full (#5858) 2024-02-07 13:38:20 +00:00
blockchain_dag.nim automated consensus spec URL updating to v1.4.0-beta.6 (#5804) 2024-01-20 11:19:47 +00:00
blockchain_dag_light_client.nim consider block availability when initializing LC data collector (#5860) 2024-02-07 18:03:19 +00:00
common_tools.nim Fix VC not always be able to obtain feeRecipient value. (#5781) 2024-01-19 14:36:04 +00:00
consensus_manager.nim raises for gossip (#5808) 2024-01-22 17:34:54 +01:00
light_client_pool.nim verify `genesis_time` more strictly (fixes #1667) (#5694) 2024-01-06 15:26:56 +01:00
spec_cache.nim automated consensus spec URL updating to v1.4.0-beta.6 (#5804) 2024-01-20 11:19:47 +00:00
sync_committee_msg_pool.nim automated consensus spec URL updating to v1.4.0-beta.6 (#5804) 2024-01-20 11:19:47 +00:00
validator_change_pool.nim verify `genesis_time` more strictly (fixes #1667) (#5694) 2024-01-06 15:26:56 +01:00

README.md

Consensus object pools

This folder holds the various consensus object pools needed for a blockchain client.

Object in those pools have passed the "gossip validation" filter according to specs:

After "gossip validation" the consensus objects can be rebroadcasted as they are optimistically good, however for internal processing further verification is needed. For blocks, this means verifying state transition and all contained cryptographic signatures (instead of just the proposer signature). For other consensus objects, it is possible that gossip validation is a superset of consensus verification (TODO).

The pools presenet in this folder are:

  • block_pools:
    • block_quarantine: for seemingly valid blocks that are on a fork unknown to us.
    • block_clearance: to verify (state_transition + cryptography) candidate blocks.
    • blockchain_dag: an in-memory direct-acyclic graph of fully validated and verified blockchain candidates with the tail being the last finalized epoch. A block in the DAG MUST be in the fork choice and a block in the fork choice MUST be in the DAG (except for orphans following finalization). On finalization non-empty epoch blocks are stored in the beacon_chain_db.
  • attestation_pool: Handles the attestation received from gossip and collect them for fork choice.
  • validator_change_pool: Handle voluntary exits and forced exits (attester slashings and proposer slashings)