BlockSync #

Name: Block Sync
Protocol ID: /fil/sync/blk/0.0.1

The blocksync protocol is a small protocol that allows Filecoin nodes to request ranges of blocks from each other. It is a simple request/response protocol.

The request requests a chain of a given length by the hash of its highest block. The Options allow the requester to specify whether or not blocks and messages are to be included.

The response contains the requested chain in reverse iteration order. Each item in the Chain array contains the blocks for that tipset if the Blocks option bit in the request was set, and if the Messages bit was set, the messages across all blocks in that tipset. The MsgIncludes array contains one array of integers for each block in the Blocks array. Each of the arrays in MsgIncludes contains a list of indexes of messages from the Messages array that are in each Block in the blocks array.

type BlockSyncRequest struct {
    ## The TipSet being synced from
	start [&Block]
    ## How many tipsets to sync
	requestLength UInt
    ## Query options
    options Options
}

type Options enum {
    # Include only blocks
    | Blocks 1
    # Include only messages
    | Messages 2
    # Include messages and blocks
    | BlocksAndMessages 3
}

type BlockSyncResponse struct {
	chain [TipSetBundle]
	status Status
}

type TipSetBundle struct {
  blocks [Blocks]

  blsMsgs [Message]
  blsMsgIncludes [[Uint]]

  secpMsgs [SignedMessage]
  secpMsgIncludes [[UInt]]
}

type Status enum {
    ## All is well.
    | Success 0
    ## Sent back fewer blocks than requested.
    | PartialResponse 101
    ## Request.Start not found.
    | BlockNotFound 201
    ## Requester is making too many requests.
    | GoAway 202
    ## Internal error occured.
    | InternalError 203
    ## Request was bad
    | BadRequest 204
}

Example #

The TipSetBundle

Blocks: [b0, b1]
secpMsgs: [mA, mB, mC, mD]
secpMsgIncludes: [[0, 1, 3], [1, 2, 0]]

corresponds to:

Block 'b0': [mA, mB, mD]
Block 'b1': [mB, mC, mA]