def fork_analysis(list_of_miners):
chain_versions = []
for entity in list_of_miners:
temp_path = "temporary/" + entity.address + "_local_chain.json"
chain = modification.read_file(temp_path)
h = hashlib.sha256()
h.update(str(chain).encode(encoding='UTF-8'))
hashed_chain = h.hexdigest()
if hashed_chain in chain_versions:
pass
else:
chain_versions.append(hashed_chain)
output.fork_analysis(len(chain_versions))
modification.write_file(
'temporary/forking_log.json',
{"Number of times a fork appeared": len(chain_versions) - 1})
def initiate_miners():
the_miners_list = []
if blockchainPlacement == 1:
for i in range(NumOfFogNodes):
the_miners_list.append(
miner.Miner(i + 1, trans_delay, gossip_activated))
if blockchainPlacement == 2:
for i in range(NumOfMiners):
the_miners_list.append(
miner.Miner(i + 1, trans_delay, gossip_activated))
for entity in the_miners_list:
modification.write_file(
"temporary/" + entity.address + "_local_chain.json", {})
miner_wallets_log_py = modification.read_file(
"temporary/miner_wallets_log.json")
miner_wallets_log_py[str(
entity.address)] = data['miners_initial_wallet_value']
modification.rewrite_file("temporary/miner_wallets_log.json",
miner_wallets_log_py)
connect_miners(the_miners_list)
output.miners_are_up()
return the_miners_list
def prepare_necessary_files():
if num_of_consensus in [2, 5]:
modification.write_file('temporary/miners_stake_amounts.json', {})
if num_of_consensus == 6:
pass