def mine_till_submit(txns):
while True:
chain = miner.load_blockchain()
b = Block(timestamp=datetime.datetime.now(),
transactions=txns,
previous_hash=chain.head.hash_block())
miner.mine_till_found(b)
try:
resp = get_route('add', data=str(b))
if resp['success']:
print("Block added!")
if miner.load_blockchain().head.hash_block() == b.hash_block():
print("Success!")
return
else:
print("Got beaten")
else:
print "Couldn't add block:", resp['message']
except Exception as e:
print(e)
def run_miner():
"""Run the main miner loop.
"""
global blockchain
global public
global private
new_reward = REWARD
while True:
# Load transaction queue and blockchain from server.
new = []
blockchain = Blockchain()
blockchain.add_block(
Block(
timestamp=datetime.datetime.now(),
transactions=[],
previous_hash=get_genisis().hash_block(),
nonce=12834
),
cheat=True
)
server = load_blockchain()
txns = load_transactions()
# Is this _the_ new block?
# or did the server swoop us :(
new_chain = load_blockchain()
num_blocks = 1333 + server.head.height
for i in range (num_blocks):
reward = Transaction(
id = gen_uuid(),
owner = "mined",
receiver = public,
coins = REWARD,
signature = None
)
reward.signature = sign(reward.comp(), private)
txns = [reward]
b = Block(
timestamp = datetime.datetime.now(),
transactions = txns,
previous_hash = blockchain.head.hash_block()
)
blockchain.add_block(b, cheat=True)
# Let's mine this block.
reward = Transaction(
id = gen_uuid(),
owner = "mined",
receiver = public,
coins = REWARD,
signature = None
)
reward.signature = sign(reward.comp(), private)
txns = [reward]
# Construct a new block.
b = Block(
timestamp = datetime.datetime.now(),
transactions = txns,
previous_hash = b.hash_block()
)
print(blockchain.head.height)
mine_till_found(b)
# WE MINED THIS BLOCK YAY.
# AND WE WIN.
resp = get_route('add', data=str(b))
if resp['success']:
print "Block added!"
delete_queue(txns)
else:
print "Couldn't add block:", resp['message']
