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henridf 04302081b4
Add blob sidecar gossip validation (#4785) 
* Add blob gossip validation

* lint

* Add test for getBlobSidecarTopic

* Fix closure variable capture issue

* Update beacon_chain/nimbus_beacon_node.nim

Co-authored-by: tersec <tersec@users.noreply.github.com>

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Co-authored-by: tersec <tersec@users.noreply.github.com>
2023-04-04 15:12:34 +00:00
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batch_validation.nim
refactor batch validation not to require genesis_validators_root each time (#4640)
2023-02-20 09:26:22 +01:00
block_processor.nim
Add nim-kzg4844 and use it in validate_blobs (#4732)
2023-03-23 09:47:04 +00:00
eth2_processor.nim
Add blob sidecar gossip validation (#4785)
2023-04-04 15:12:34 +00:00
gossip_validation.nim
Add blob sidecar gossip validation (#4785)
2023-04-04 15:12:34 +00:00
light_client_processor.nim
bump light client spec references to v1.3.0-rc.3 (#4719)
2023-03-11 01:11:51 +00:00
optimistic_processor.nim
remove Nim 1.2-compatible push raises and update copyright notice years (#4528)
2023-01-20 14:14:37 +00:00
README.md
automated consensus spec URL updating from v1.3.0-rc.4 to rc.5 (#4756)
2023-03-21 00:42:22 +00:00

README.md

Gossip Processing

This folder holds a collection of modules to:

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

Validation

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

There are multiple consumers of validated consensus objects:

  • a ValidationResult.Accept output triggers rebroadcasting in libp2p
    • We jump into method validate(PubSub, Message) in libp2p/protocols/pubsub/pubsub.nim
    • which was called by rpcHandler(GossipSub, PubSubPeer, RPCMsg)
  • a blockValidator message enqueues the validated object to the processing queue in block_processor
    • blockQueue: AsyncQueue[BlockEntry] (shared with request_manager and sync_manager)
    • This queue is then regularly processed to be made available to the consensus object pools.
  • a xyzValidator message adds the validated object to a pool in eth2_processor
    • Attestations (unaggregated and aggregated) get collected into batches.
    • Once a threshold is exceeded or after a timeout, they get validated together using BatchCrypto.

Security concerns

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

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