Add getblocksubsidy RPC command to return block reward taking into account mining slow start
This PR adds a new RPC command to return the block reward as defined by function `GetBlockSubsidy`.
Usage:
`zcash-cli getblocksubsidy blockheight
`
The basis for this PR is that some users have been unaware of the mining slow start and they subsequently sought help to clarify if they were mining blocks correctly or if there was a bug in the reward schedule.
Flush to disk more consistently by accounting memory usage of serials/anchors in cache.
Closes#626.
It's important that this at least *approximates* the memory usage, so that we flush the cache to disk as expected. It's okay that we overestimate. The serials are stored in keys in the `boost::unordered_map`, so we can simply use that map's `DynamicMemoryUsage`. The anchors are another story.
Only compare the first n/(k+1) bits when sorting
We only need to sort based on the bits we are colliding. In earlier solver rounds, this speeds up the comparison considerably (calling `memcmp()` on 3 bytes instead of 12 in the first round for the current parameters).
Randomise the nonce in the block header
The top and bottom 16 bits of the nonce are left clear for local use as thread
flags and counters. This does not leak any more local information about the
miner than is currently exposed.
The cleared bits should not be considered a consensus rule, as miners are free
to set all bits of the nonce however they wish.
Closes#1033
The top and bottom 16 bits of the nonce are left clear for local use as thread
flags and counters. This does not leak any more local information about the
miner than is currently exposed.
The cleared bits should not be considered a consensus rule, as miners are free
to set all bits of the nonce however they wish.
Closes#1033
Zcash address encoding
We need to encode Zcash addresses so they aren't as large and unweildy. We're using Base58Check just like upstream does, and to ensure the first character is "z" in our addresses we must use two bytes for the version string. Two bytes gives us an extra character for free, so this PR targets the beginning of addresses to have "zc".
```
$ ./src/zcash-cli zcrawkeygen
{
"zcaddress" : "tnvaj4ZbZG83tj4RwZcFeLgJoSt8nw1ZvSCG8EMyowAsXTQgJPat77Y43BVdVCrwrbLy7GG9msJDYdn5hmreHmkXAkX17hb",
"zcsecretkey" : "SKzkxCRWvscKnroSFyhCqhY332KcDMH4LLNdK2TsSvbmr3CGAB8B",
"zcviewingkey" : "10aa74046f31cbe5eaa8965d1e104853234c3d6c6e45f9c497ca3a025d159755"
}
```
This PR also encodes the spending keys with a prefix that targets "SK". The spec needs to be updated with these changes.
Testnet addresses will start with "tn".
Closes#572
