Function ContextualCheckBlockHeader

src/validation.cpp:3447–3489

Context-dependent validity checks. * By "context", we mean only the previous block headers, but not the UTXO * set; UTXO-related validity checks are done in ConnectBlock(). * NOTE: This function is not currently invoked by ConnectBlock(), so we * should consider upgrade issues if we change which consensus rules are * enforced in this function (eg by adding a new consensus rule). See comm

 *  Note that -reindex-chainstate skips the validation that happens here!
 */
static bool ContextualCheckBlockHeader(const CBlockHeader& block, CValidationState& state, const CChainParams& params, const CBlockIndex* pindexPrev, int64_t nAdjustedTime)
{
    assert(pindexPrev != nullptr);
    const int nHeight = pindexPrev->nHeight + 1;

    // Check proof of work
    const Consensus::Params& consensusParams = params.GetConsensus();
    if (block.nBits != GetNextWorkRequired(pindexPrev, &block, consensusParams))
        return state.DoS(100, false, REJECT_INVALID, "bad-diffbits", false, "incorrect proof of work");

    // Check against checkpoints
    if (fCheckpointsEnabled) {
        // Don't accept any forks from the main chain prior to last checkpoint.
        // GetLastCheckpoint finds the last checkpoint in MapCheckpoints that's in our
        // MapBlockIndex.
        CBlockIndex* pcheckpoint = Checkpoints::GetLastCheckpoint(params.Checkpoints());
        if (pcheckpoint && nHeight < pcheckpoint->nHeight)
            return state.DoS(100, error("%s: forked chain older than last checkpoint (height %d)", __func__, nHeight), REJECT_CHECKPOINT, "bad-fork-prior-to-checkpoint");
    }

    // Check block height for blocks after BTG fork.
    if (nHeight >= consensusParams.BTGHeight && block.nHeight != (uint32_t)nHeight)
        return state.Invalid(false, REJECT_INVALID, "bad-height", "incorrect block height");

    // Check timestamp against prev
    if (block.GetBlockTime() <= pindexPrev->GetMedianTimePast())
        return state.Invalid(false, REJECT_INVALID, "time-too-old", "block's timestamp is too early");

    // Check timestamp
    if (block.GetBlockTime() > nAdjustedTime + std::min(consensusParams.BTGMaxFutureBlockTime,
                                                        BITCOIN_MAX_FUTURE_BLOCK_TIME))
        return state.Invalid(false, REJECT_INVALID, "time-too-new", "block timestamp too far in the future");

    // Reject outdated version blocks when 95% (75% on testnet) of the network has upgraded:
    // check for version 2, 3 and 4 upgrades
    if((block.nVersion < 2 && nHeight >= consensusParams.BIP34Height) ||
       (block.nVersion < 3 && nHeight >= consensusParams.BIP66Height) ||
       (block.nVersion < 4 && nHeight >= consensusParams.BIP65Height))
            return state.Invalid(false, REJECT_OBSOLETE, strprintf("bad-version(0x%08x)", block.nVersion),
                                 strprintf("rejected nVersion=0x%08x block", block.nVersion));

    return true;
}

/** NOTE: This function is not currently invoked by ConnectBlock(), so we
 *  should consider upgrade issues if we change which consensus rules are