from .. import hashers import config, onionrproofs, logger import onionrexceptions def verify_POW(blockContent): ''' Verifies the proof of work associated with a block ''' retData = False dataLen = len(blockContent) try: blockContent = blockContent.encode() except AttributeError: pass blockHash = hashers.sha3_hash(blockContent) try: blockHash = blockHash.decode() # bytes on some versions for some reason except AttributeError: pass difficulty = onionrproofs.getDifficultyForNewBlock(blockContent) if difficulty < int(config.get('general.minimum_block_pow')): difficulty = int(config.get('general.minimum_block_pow')) mainHash = '0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000'#nacl.hash.blake2b(nacl.utils.random()).decode() puzzle = mainHash[:difficulty] if blockHash[:difficulty] == puzzle: # logger.debug('Validated block pow') retData = True else: logger.debug(f"Invalid token, bad proof for {blockHash} {puzzle}") raise onionrexceptions.InvalidProof('Proof for %s needs to be %s' % (blockHash, puzzle)) return retData