Commit Graph

7 Commits

Author SHA1 Message Date
Etan Kissling
5c64a2047a Add LightClientHeader wrapper
In Altair, light client sync protocol exchanges `BeaconBlockHeader`
structures for tracking current progress. Wrapping `BeaconBlockHeader`
inside a `LightClientHeader` allows future extensions of this header,
e.g., to also track `ExecutionPayloadHeader`.

Note: This changes the JSON REST format by adding a `beacon` nesting.
For SSZ, the serialization format stays same (but overall root changes).
2023-01-05 13:36:04 +01:00
Etan Kissling
ef2a8b319d Avoid line continuation syntax 2022-12-13 12:30:14 +01:00
Etan Kissling
8bf801ecc6 Add block_to_light_client_header helper
Introduce `block_to_light_client_header` helper function to enable
future forks to override it with additional info (e.g., execution),
without having to change the general light client logic.

Likewise, update existing light client data creation flow to use
`block_to_light_client_header` and default-initialize empty fields.

Furthermore, generalize `create_update` helper to streamline test code
using `block_to_light_client_header`.

Note: In Altair spec, LC header is the same as `BeaconBlockHeader`.
however; future forks will extend it with more information.
2022-12-06 17:44:41 +01:00
Etan Kissling
ff0e525ecc Pass blocks to LC data creation functions
Future light client protocol extensions may include data from the block
in addition to data from the state, e.g., `ExecutionPayloadHeader`.
To prepare for this, also pass the block to the corresponding functions.
In practice, blocks access is easier than historic state access, meaning
there are no practical limitations due to this change.
2022-10-28 22:14:25 +02:00
Etan Kissling
af54c97a6c Consistently use compute_sync_committee_period_at_slot
A few LC functions were not yet updated to use a more concise function
for computing sync committee period for a slot. Updating to that func.
2022-10-27 21:36:55 +02:00
Etan Kissling
06d9fd8cd3 Add LightClient(Finality|Optimistic)Update
Introduces reduced `LightClientUpdate` structures to allow keeping track
of the latest `finalized_header` and `optimistic_header`. This may also
help in scheduling the next query for a full `LightClientUpdate` once
sync committee finality has been reached.
2022-07-20 13:14:58 +02:00
Etan Kissling
88206117c6 Extract full node specifics to separate doc 2022-07-15 13:37:27 +02:00