3.7.8.0-Mandatory

Fixed:
 - Move context sensitive DPoR block checks to ConnectBlock, #912 (@tomasbrod).
 - Check incoming blocks for malformed DPoR signature, #912.
 - Corect tally height on init, #917 (@denravonska).
 - Prevent staking of a block with a failed signature, #948 (@Foggyx420).
 - Fix UI and RPC slowdown regression, #961 (@denravonska).
 - Fix Debian lint errors, #886, #885, #884, #883 (@caraka).
 - Fix fork issue due to research age calculation inconsistencies, #939
   (@denravonska).
 - Fix crashes when tallying, #934 (@denravonska).
 - Revert reorganize of the chain trust becomes less than what it was, #957
   (@tomasbrod).
 - Fix sync issues with incorrectly accepted v8 beacons, #979 (@tomasbrod).

Changed:
  - Double check PoS kernel, #958 (@tomasbrod).
  - Don't tally until V9 to speed up syncing, #943 (@denravonska).
  - Double check proof of stake kernel, #958 (@tomasbrod).

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -4,7 +4,27 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/)
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
-## [3.7.7.0]
+## [3.7.8.0] 2018-03-01, mandatory
+### Fixed
+ - Move context sensitive DPoR block checks to ConnectBlock, #912 (@tomasbrod).
+ - Check incoming blocks for malformed DPoR signature, #912.
+ - Corect tally height on init, #917 (@denravonska).
+ - Prevent staking of a block with a failed signature, #948 (@Foggyx420).
+ - Fix UI and RPC slowdown regression, #961 (@denravonska).
+ - Fix Debian lint errors, #886, #885, #884, #883 (@caraka).
+ - Fix fork issue due to research age calculation inconsistencies, #939
+   (@denravonska).
+ - Fix crashes when tallying, #934 (@denravonska).
+ - Revert reorganize of the chain trust becomes less than what it was, #957
+   (@tomasbrod).
+ - Fix sync issues with incorrectly accepted v8 beacons, #979 (@tomasbrod).
+
+ ### Changed
+  - Double check PoS kernel, #958 (@tomasbrod).
+  - Don't tally until V9 to speed up syncing, #943 (@denravonska).
+  - Double check proof of stake kernel, #958 (@tomasbrod).
+
+## [3.7.7.0] 2018-02-02
 ### Fixed
  - Beacon validation are now done when accepting blocks, not when receiving,
    #899 (@denravonska).

gridcoinresearch.pro

@@ -260,7 +260,8 @@ HEADERS += src/qt/bitcoingui.h \
     src/boinc.h \
     src/qt/diagnosticsdialog.h \
     src/backup.h \
-    src/appcache.h
+    src/appcache.h \
+    src/tally.h
 
 
 SOURCES += src/qt/bitcoin.cpp src/qt/bitcoingui.cpp \
@@ -340,7 +341,8 @@ SOURCES += src/qt/bitcoin.cpp src/qt/bitcoingui.cpp \
     src/boinc.cpp \
     src/allocators.cpp \
     src/backup.cpp \
-    src/appcache.cpp
+    src/appcache.cpp \
+    src/tally.cpp
 
 ##
 #RC_FILE  = qaxserver.rc

src/Makefile.include.objs

@@ -39,4 +39,5 @@ OBJS= \
     obj/boinc.o \
     obj/allocators.o \
     obj/backup.o \
-    obj/appcache.o
+    obj/appcache.o \
+    obj/tally.o

src/beacon.cpp

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #include "key.h"
 #include "main.h"
 
-extern std::string SignBlockWithCPID(std::string sCPID, std::string sBlockHash);
+bool SignBlockWithCPID(const std::string& sCPID, const std::string& sBlockHash, std::string& sSignature, std::string& sError, bool bAdvertising = false);
 extern bool VerifyCPIDSignature(std::string sCPID, std::string sBlockHash, std::string sSignature);
 std::string RetrieveBeaconValueWithMaxAge(const std::string& cpid, int64_t iMaxSeconds);
 int64_t GetRSAWeightByCPIDWithRA(std::string cpid);
@@ -29,8 +29,16 @@ bool GenerateBeaconKeys(const std::string &cpid, std::string &sOutPubKey, std::s
     if (!sOutPrivKey.empty() && !sOutPubKey.empty())
     {
         uint256 hashBlock = GetRandHash();
-        std::string sSignature = SignBlockWithCPID(cpid,hashBlock.GetHex());
-        bool fResult = VerifyCPIDSignature(cpid, hashBlock.GetHex(), sSignature);
+        std::string sSignature;
+        std::string sError;
+        bool fResult;
+        fResult = SignBlockWithCPID(cpid, hashBlock.GetHex(), sSignature, sError, true);
+        if (!fResult)
+        {
+            printf("GenerateNewKeyPair::Failed to sign block with cpid -> %s\n", sError.c_str());
+            return false;
+        }
+        fResult = VerifyCPIDSignature(cpid, hashBlock.GetHex(), sSignature);
         if (fResult)
         {
             printf("\r\nGenerateNewKeyPair::Current keypair is valid.\r\n");

src/clientversion.h

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 // These need to be macros, as version.cpp's and bitcoin-qt.rc's voodoo requires it
 #define CLIENT_VERSION_MAJOR       3
 #define CLIENT_VERSION_MINOR       7
-#define CLIENT_VERSION_REVISION    7
+#define CLIENT_VERSION_REVISION    8
 #define CLIENT_VERSION_BUILD       0
 
 // Converts the parameter X to a string after macro replacement on X has been performed.

src/init.cpp

@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 #include "init.h"
 #include "util.h"
 #include "ui_interface.h"
+#include "tally.h"
+
 #include <boost/filesystem.hpp>
 #include <boost/filesystem/fstream.hpp>
 #include <boost/filesystem/convenience.hpp>
@@ -23,8 +25,7 @@
 bool LoadAdminMessages(bool bFullTableScan,std::string& out_errors);
 
 StructCPID GetStructCPID();
-void BusyWaitForTally_retired();
-void TallyNetworkAverages_v9();
+void TallyResearchAverages(CBlockIndex* index);
 extern void ThreadAppInit2(void* parg);
 
 void LoadCPIDs();
@@ -1013,13 +1014,13 @@ bool AppInit2(ThreadHandlerPtr threads)
     uiInterface.InitMessage(_("Loading Network Averages..."));
     if (fDebug3) printf("Loading network averages");
 
-    TallyNetworkAverages_v9();
+    CBlockIndex* tallyHeight = FindTallyTrigger(pindexBest);
+    if(tallyHeight)
+        TallyResearchAverages(tallyHeight);
 
     if (!threads->createThread(StartNode, NULL, "Start Thread"))
         InitError(_("Error: could not start node"));
 
-    BusyWaitForTally_retired();
-
     if (fServer)
         threads->createThread(ThreadRPCServer, NULL, "RPC Server Thread");