work on improving block sync

onionr/communicator2.py

@@ -180,6 +180,7 @@ class OnionrCommunicatorDaemon:
                             if not i in existingBlocks:
                                 # if block does not exist on disk and is not already in block queue
                                 if i not in self.blockQueue and not self._core._blacklist.inBlacklist(i):
+                                    # TODO ensure block starts with minimum difficulty before adding to queue
                                     self.blockQueue.append(i) # add blocks to download queue
         self.decrementThreadCount('lookupBlocks')
         return

onionr/onionrcrypto.py

@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ if sys.version_info[0] == 3 and sys.version_info[1] < 6:
     from dependencies import secrets
 elif sys.version_info[0] == 3 and sys.version_info[1] >= 6:
     import secrets
+import config
+config.reload()
 
 class OnionrCrypto:
     def __init__(self, coreInstance):

onionr/onionrproofs.py

@@ -20,6 +20,29 @@
 
 import nacl.encoding, nacl.hash, nacl.utils, time, math, threading, binascii, logger, sys, base64, json
 import core, config
+config.reload()
+
+def getHashDifficulty(h):
+    '''
+        Return the amount of leading zeroes in a hex hash string (h)
+    '''
+    difficulty = 0
+    assert type(h) is str
+    for character in h:
+        if character == '0':
+            difficulty += 1
+    return difficulty
+
+def hashMeetsDifficulty(h):
+    '''
+        Return bool for a hash string to see if it meets pow difficulty defined in config
+    '''
+    hashDifficulty = getHashDifficulty(h)
+    expected = int(config.get('minimum_block_pow'))
+    if hashDifficulty >= expected:
+        return True
+    else:
+        return False
 
 class DataPOW:
     def __init__(self, data, forceDifficulty=0, threadCount = 5):

onionr/static-data/default_config.json

@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
     "general" : {
         "dev_mode": true,
         "display_header" : true,
-        "minimum_block_pow": 5,
+        "minimum_block_pow": 6,
+        "minimum_send_pow": 6,
 
         "direct_connect" : {
             "respond" : true,