Method AcceptBlock

src/validation.cpp:3699–3793

Store block on disk. If dbp is non-nullptr, the file is known to already reside on disk */

/** Store block on disk. If dbp is non-nullptr, the file is known to already reside on disk */
bool CChainState::AcceptBlock(const std::shared_ptr<const CBlock>& pblock, CValidationState& state, const CChainParams& chainparams, CBlockIndex** ppindex, bool fRequested, const CDiskBlockPos* dbp, bool* fNewBlock)
{
    const CBlock& block = *pblock;

    if (fNewBlock) *fNewBlock = false;
    AssertLockHeld(cs_main);

    CBlockIndex *pindexDummy = nullptr;
    CBlockIndex *&pindex = ppindex ? *ppindex : pindexDummy;

    if (!AcceptBlockHeader(block, state, chainparams, &pindex))
        return false;

    // Try to process all requested blocks that we don't have, but only
    // process an unrequested block if it's new and has enough work to
    // advance our tip, and isn't too many blocks ahead.
    bool fAlreadyHave = pindex->nStatus & BLOCK_HAVE_DATA;

    // Compare block header timestamps and received times of the block and the
    // chaintip.  If they have the same chain height, use these diffs as a
    // tie-breaker, attempting to pick the more honestly-mined block.
    int64_t newBlockTimeDiff = std::llabs(pindex->GetReceivedTimeDiff());
    int64_t chainTipTimeDiff =
        chainActive.Tip() ? std::llabs(chainActive.Tip()->GetReceivedTimeDiff()) : 0;

    bool isSameHeight =
        chainActive.Tip() && (pindex->nChainWork == chainActive.Tip()->nChainWork);
    if (isSameHeight) {
        LogPrintf("Chain tip timestamp-to-received-time difference: hash=%s, diff=%d\n",
                  chainActive.Tip()->GetBlockHash().ToString(), chainTipTimeDiff);
        LogPrintf("New block timestamp-to-received-time difference: hash=%s, diff=%d\n",
                  pindex->GetBlockHash().ToString(), newBlockTimeDiff);
    }

    bool fHasMoreOrSameWork = (chainActive.Tip() ? pindex->nChainWork >= chainActive.Tip()->nChainWork : true);
    // Blocks that are too out-of-order needlessly limit the effectiveness of
    // pruning, because pruning will not delete block files that contain any
    // blocks which are too close in height to the tip.  Apply this test
    // regardless of whether pruning is enabled; it should generally be safe to
    // not process unrequested blocks.
    bool fTooFarAhead = (pindex->nHeight > int(chainActive.Height() + MIN_BLOCKS_TO_KEEP));

    // TODO: Decouple this function from the block download logic by removing fRequested
    // This requires some new chain data structure to efficiently look up if a
    // block is in a chain leading to a candidate for best tip, despite not
    // being such a candidate itself.

    // TODO: deal better with return value and error conditions for duplicate
    // and unrequested blocks.
    if (fAlreadyHave) return true;
    if (!fRequested) {  // If we didn't ask for it:
        if (pindex->nTx != 0) return true;    // This is a previously-processed block that was pruned
        if (!fHasMoreOrSameWork) return true; // Don't process less-work chains
        if (fTooFarAhead) return true;        // Block height is too high

        // Protect against DoS attacks from low-work chains.
        // If our tip is behind, a peer could try to send us
        // low-work blocks on a fake chain that we would never