//! The `event` crate provides the foundational data structures for Proof-of-History /// A Proof-of-History is an ordered log of events in time. Each entry contains three /// pieces of data. The 'num_hashes' field is the number of hashes performed since the previous /// entry. The 'end_hash' field is the result of hashing 'end_hash' from the previous entry /// 'num_hashes' times. The 'data' field is an optional foreign key (a hash) pointing to some /// arbitrary data that a client is looking to associate with the entry. /// /// If you divide 'num_hashes' by the amount of time it takes to generate a new hash, you /// get a duration estimate since the last event. Since processing power increases /// over time, one should expect the duration 'num_hashes' represents to decrease proportionally. /// Though processing power varies across nodes, the network gives priority to the /// fastest processor. Duration should therefore be estimated by assuming that the hash /// was generated by the fastest processor at the time the entry was logged. pub struct Event { pub num_hashes: u64, pub end_hash: u64, pub data: EventData, } /// When 'data' is Tick, the event represents a simple clock tick, and exists for the /// sole purpose of improving the performance of event log verification. A tick can /// be generated in 'num_hashes' hashes and verified in 'num_hashes' hashes. By logging /// a hash alongside the tick, each tick and be verified in parallel using the 'end_hash' /// of the preceding tick to seed its hashing. pub enum EventData { Tick, UserDataKey(u64), } impl Event { /// Creates an Event from the number of hashes 'num_hashes' since the previous event /// and that resulting 'end_hash'. pub fn new_tick(num_hashes: u64, end_hash: u64) -> Self { let data = EventData::Tick; Event { num_hashes, end_hash, data, } } /// Verifies self.end_hash is the result of hashing a 'start_hash' 'self.num_hashes' times. pub fn verify(self: &Self, start_hash: u64) -> bool { self.end_hash == next_tick(start_hash, self.num_hashes).end_hash } } /// Creates the next Tick Event 'num_hashes' after 'start_hash'. pub fn next_tick(start_hash: u64, num_hashes: u64) -> Event { use std::collections::hash_map::DefaultHasher; use std::hash::{Hash, Hasher}; let mut end_hash = start_hash; let mut hasher = DefaultHasher::new(); for _ in 0..num_hashes { end_hash.hash(&mut hasher); end_hash = hasher.finish(); } Event::new_tick(num_hashes, end_hash) } /// Verifies the hashes and counts of a slice of events are all consistent. pub fn verify_slice(events: &[Event], start_hash: u64) -> bool { use rayon::prelude::*; let genesis = [Event::new_tick(0, start_hash)]; let event_pairs = genesis.par_iter().chain(events).zip(events); event_pairs.all(|(x0, x1)| x1.verify(x0.end_hash)) } /// Verifies the hashes and events serially. Exists only for reference. pub fn verify_slice_seq(events: &[Event], start_hash: u64) -> bool { let genesis = [Event::new_tick(0, start_hash)]; let mut event_pairs = genesis.iter().chain(events).zip(events); event_pairs.all(|(x0, x1)| x1.verify(x0.end_hash)) } /// Create a vector of Ticks of length 'len' from 'start_hash' hash and 'num_hashes'. pub fn create_ticks(start_hash: u64, num_hashes: u64, len: usize) -> Vec { use itertools::unfold; let mut events = unfold(start_hash, |state| { let event = next_tick(*state, num_hashes); *state = event.end_hash; return Some(event); }); events.by_ref().take(len).collect() } #[cfg(test)] mod tests { use super::*; #[test] fn test_event_verify() { assert!(Event::new_tick(0, 0).verify(0)); // base case assert!(!Event::new_tick(0, 0).verify(1)); // base case, bad assert!(next_tick(0, 1).verify(0)); // inductive step assert!(!next_tick(0, 1).verify(1)); // inductive step, bad } #[test] fn test_next_tick() { assert_eq!(next_tick(0, 1).num_hashes, 1) } fn verify_slice_generic(verify_slice: fn(&[Event], u64) -> bool) { assert!(verify_slice(&vec![], 0)); // base case assert!(verify_slice(&vec![Event::new_tick(0, 0)], 0)); // singleton case 1 assert!(!verify_slice(&vec![Event::new_tick(0, 0)], 1)); // singleton case 2, bad assert!(verify_slice(&create_ticks(0, 0, 2), 0)); // inductive step let mut bad_ticks = create_ticks(0, 0, 2); bad_ticks[1].end_hash = 1; assert!(!verify_slice(&bad_ticks, 0)); // inductive step, bad } #[test] fn test_verify_slice() { verify_slice_generic(verify_slice); } #[test] fn test_verify_slice_seq() { verify_slice_generic(verify_slice_seq); } } #[cfg(all(feature = "unstable", test))] mod bench { extern crate test; use self::test::Bencher; use event; #[bench] fn event_bench(bencher: &mut Bencher) { let start_hash = 0; let events = event::create_ticks(start_hash, 100_000, 8); bencher.iter(|| { assert!(event::verify_slice_seq(&events, start_hash)); }); } }