eip1559.go

// Copyright 2021 The go-ethereum Authors
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package misc

import (
	"fmt"
	"math/big"

	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common/math"
	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/types"
	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/params"
)

// VerifyEip1559Header verifies some header attributes which were changed in EIP-1559,
// - gas limit check
// - basefee check
func VerifyEip1559Header(config *params.ChainConfig, parent, header *types.Header) error {
	// Verify that the gas limit remains within allowed bounds
	parentGasLimit := parent.GasLimit
	if !config.IsLondon(parent.Number) {
		parentGasLimit = parent.GasLimit * params.ElasticityMultiplier
	}
	if err := VerifyGaslimit(parentGasLimit, header.GasLimit); err != nil {
		return err
	}
	// Verify the header is not malformed
	if header.BaseFee == nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("header is missing baseFee")
	}
	// Verify the baseFee is correct based on the parent header.
	expectedBaseFee := CalcBaseFee(config, parent)
	if header.BaseFee.Cmp(expectedBaseFee) != 0 {
		return fmt.Errorf("invalid baseFee: have %s, want %s, parentBaseFee %s, parentGasUsed %d",
			expectedBaseFee, header.BaseFee, parent.BaseFee, parent.GasUsed)
	}
	return nil
}

// CalcBaseFee calculates the basefee of the header.
func CalcBaseFee(config *params.ChainConfig, parent *types.Header) *big.Int {
	// If the current block is the first EIP-1559 block, return the InitialBaseFee.
	if !config.IsLondon(parent.Number) {
		return new(big.Int).SetUint64(params.InitialBaseFee)
	}

	var (
		parentGasTarget          = parent.GasLimit / params.ElasticityMultiplier
		parentGasTargetBig       = new(big.Int).SetUint64(parentGasTarget)
		baseFeeChangeDenominator = new(big.Int).SetUint64(params.BaseFeeChangeDenominator)
	)
	// If the parent gasUsed is the same as the target, the baseFee remains unchanged.
	if parent.GasUsed == parentGasTarget {
		return new(big.Int).Set(parent.BaseFee)
	}
	if parent.GasUsed > parentGasTarget {
		// If the parent block used more gas than its target, the baseFee should increase.
		gasUsedDelta := new(big.Int).SetUint64(parent.GasUsed - parentGasTarget)
		x := new(big.Int).Mul(parent.BaseFee, gasUsedDelta)
		y := x.Div(x, parentGasTargetBig)
		baseFeeDelta := math.BigMax(
			x.Div(y, baseFeeChangeDenominator),
			common.Big1,
		)

		return x.Add(parent.BaseFee, baseFeeDelta)
	} else {
		// Otherwise if the parent block used less gas than its target, the baseFee should decrease.
		gasUsedDelta := new(big.Int).SetUint64(parentGasTarget - parent.GasUsed)
		x := new(big.Int).Mul(parent.BaseFee, gasUsedDelta)
		y := x.Div(x, parentGasTargetBig)
		baseFeeDelta := x.Div(y, baseFeeChangeDenominator)

		return math.BigMax(
			x.Sub(parent.BaseFee, baseFeeDelta),
			common.Big0,
		)
	}
}