@ethereumjs/ethash

@ethereumjs/ethash

Ethash implementation in TypeScript.

Note: this README reflects the state of the library from v1.0.0 onwards. See README from the standalone repository for an introduction on the last preceding release.

INSTALL

npm install @ethereumjs/ethash

USAGE

PoW Validation

import { Ethash } from '@ethereumjs/ethash'
import { Block } from '@ethereumjs/block'
import { MemoryLevel } from 'memory-level'

const cacheDB = level()

const ethash = new Ethash(cacheDB)
const validblockRlp =
  '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'

const validBlock = Block.fromRLPSerializedBlock(Buffer.from(validblockRlp, 'hex'))

const result = await ethash.verifyPOW(validBlock)
console.log(result) // => true

PoW Ethash CPU Miner

There is a simple CPU miner included within Ethash package which can be used for testing purposes.

See the following example on how to use the new Miner class:

import { Block } from '@ethereumjs/block'
import { Ethash } from '@ethereumjs/ethash'
import { Common } from '@ethereumjs/common'
import { BN } from 'ethereumjs-util'
import { MemoryLevel } from 'memory-level'

const cacheDB = new MemoryLevel()
const block = Block.fromBlockData({
  header: {
    difficulty: BigInt(100),
    number: BigInt(1),
  },
})

const e = new Ethash(cacheDB)
const miner = e.getMiner(block.header)
const solution = await miner.iterate(-1) // iterate until solution is found

API

Docs

Generated TypeDoc API Documentation

BigInt Support

Starting with v2 the usage of BN.js for big numbers has been removed from the library and replaced with the usage of the native JS BigInt data type (introduced in ES2020).

Please note that number-related API signatures have changed along with this version update and the minimal build target has been updated to ES2020.

LICENSE

MPL-2.0