#!/usr/bin/env python # Simulate a maximal block attack on the Monero network # This uses the scheme proposed by ArticMine # Written by Sarang Nother # Copyright (c) 2019 The Monero Project from __future__ import print_function import sys import math MEDIAN_WINDOW_SMALL = 100 # number of recent blocks for median computation MEDIAN_WINDOW_BIG = 5000 MULTIPLIER_BIG = 50.0 MEDIAN_THRESHOLD = 300*1000 # initial value for median (scaled kB -> B) lcg_seed = 0 embw = MEDIAN_THRESHOLD ltembw = MEDIAN_THRESHOLD weights = [MEDIAN_THRESHOLD]*MEDIAN_WINDOW_SMALL # weights of recent blocks (B), with index -1 most recent lt_weights = [MEDIAN_THRESHOLD]*MEDIAN_WINDOW_BIG # long-term weights # Compute the median of a list def get_median(vec): #temp = vec temp = sorted(vec) if len(temp) % 2 == 1: return temp[len(temp)/2] else: return int((temp[len(temp)/2]+temp[len(temp)/2-1])/2) def LCG(): global lcg_seed lcg_seed = (lcg_seed * 0x100000001b3 + 0xcbf29ce484222325) & 0xffffffff return lcg_seed def run(t, blocks): global embw global ltembw weights = [MEDIAN_THRESHOLD]*MEDIAN_WINDOW_SMALL # weights of recent blocks (B), with index -1 most recent lt_weights = [MEDIAN_THRESHOLD]*MEDIAN_WINDOW_BIG # long-term weights for block in range(blocks): # determine the long-term effective weight ltmedian = get_median(lt_weights[-MEDIAN_WINDOW_BIG:]) ltembw = max(MEDIAN_THRESHOLD,ltmedian) # determine the effective weight stmedian = get_median(weights[-MEDIAN_WINDOW_SMALL:]) embw = min(max(MEDIAN_THRESHOLD,stmedian),int(MULTIPLIER_BIG*ltembw)) # drop the lowest values weights = weights[1:] lt_weights = lt_weights[1:] # add a block of max weight if t == 0: max_weight = 2 * embw elif t == 1: r = LCG() max_weight = int(90 + r % 500000 + 250000 + math.sin(block / 200.) * 350000) if max_weight < 90: max_weight = 90 elif t == 2: max_weight = 90 else: sys.exit(1) weights.append(max_weight) lt_weights.append(min(max_weight,int(ltembw + int(ltembw * 2 / 5)))) #print "H %u, r %u, BW %u, EMBW %u, LTBW %u, LTEMBW %u, ltmedian %u" % (block, r, max_weight, embw, lt_weights[-1], ltembw, ltmedian) print("H %u, BW %u, EMBW %u, LTBW %u" % (block, max_weight, embw, lt_weights[-1])) run(0, 2 * MEDIAN_WINDOW_BIG) run(1, 9 * MEDIAN_WINDOW_BIG) run(2, 1 * MEDIAN_WINDOW_BIG)