Using zCash through BitcoinJ

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Using zCash with BitcoinJ seems a reasonable advance for me since I need to monitor various currencies for an academic project. Currently, I run a full node with zCash along with BitcoinJ for Bitcoin and Litecoin using network params from the Dogecoin developers.

Out of the circumstance that zCash uses a lot of Bitcoin's Codebase, I think this might be compatible, but unfortunately, I'm unable to get it to work alone.

Here's my approach to ZcashMainNetParams:-

public class ZcashMainNetParams extends AbstractZcashMainNetParams { public static final int MAINNET_MAJORITY_WINDOW = 1000; public static final int MAINNET_MAJORITY_REJECT_BLOCK_OUTDATED = 950; public static final int MAINNET_MAJORITY_ENFORCE_BLOCK_UPGRADE = 750; public ZcashMainNetParams() { super(); interval = INTERVAL; targetTimespan = TARGET_TIMESPAN; maxTarget = Utils.decodeCompactBits(0x1d00ffffL); dumpedPrivateKeyHeader = 128; addressHeader = 0; p2shHeader = 5; acceptableAddressCodes = new int[] { addressHeader, p2shHeader }; port = 8233; packetMagic = 0xf9beb4d9 /* netmagic same as BTC ??? */; bip32HeaderPub = 0x0488B21E; //The 4 byte header that serializes in base58 to "xpub". bip32HeaderPriv = 0x0488ADE4; //The 4 byte header that serializes in base58 to "xprv" majorityEnforceBlockUpgrade = MAINNET_MAJORITY_ENFORCE_BLOCK_UPGRADE; majorityRejectBlockOutdated = MAINNET_MAJORITY_REJECT_BLOCK_OUTDATED; majorityWindow = MAINNET_MAJORITY_WINDOW; genesisBlock = createGenesis(this); id = ID_MAINNET; subsidyDecreaseBlockCount = 210000; spendableCoinbaseDepth = 100; String genesisHash = genesisBlock.getHashAsString(); checkState(genesisHash.equals("00040fe8ec8471911baa1db1266ea15dd06b4a8a5c453883c000b031973dce08"), genesisHash); /* updated */ // 

This contains (at a minimum) the blocks which are not BIP30 compliant. BIP30 changed how duplicate // transactions are handled. Duplicated transactions could occur in the case where a coinbase had the same // extraNonce and the same outputs but appeared at different heights and greatly complicated re-org handling. // Having these here simplifies block connection logic considerably. checkpoints.put(2500,

Sha256Hash.wrap("00000006dc968f600be11a86cbfbf7feb61c7577f45caced2e82b6d261d19744")) /* updated */; checkpoints.put(15000, Sha256Hash.wrap("00000000b6bc56656812a5b8dcad69d6ad4446dec23b5ec456c18641fb5381ba")) /* updated */; checkpoints.put(67500, Sha256Hash.wrap("000000006b366d2c1649a6ebb4787ac2b39c422f451880bc922e3a6fbd723616")) /* updated */; dnsSeeds = new String[] { "dnsseed.z.cash", // Zcash "dnsseed.str4d.xyz", // @str4d "dnsseed.znodes.org" // @bitcartel }; } private static AltcoinBlock createGenesis(NetworkParameters params) { AltcoinBlock genesisBlock = new AltcoinBlock(params, 4L); Transaction t = new Transaction(params); try { byte[] bytes = Hex.decode ("04678afdb0fe5548271967f1a67130b7105cd6a828e03909a67962e0ea1f61deb649f6bc3f4cef38c4f35504e51ec112de5c384df7ba0b8d578a4c702b6bf11d5f"); t.addInput(new TransactionInput(params, t, bytes)); ByteArrayOutputStream scriptPubKeyBytes = new ByteArrayOutputStream(); Script.writeBytes(scriptPubKeyBytes, Hex.decode ("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")); scriptPubKeyBytes.write(ScriptOpCodes.OP_CHECKSIG); t.addOutput(new TransactionOutput(params, t, COIN.multiply(50), scriptPubKeyBytes.toByteArray())); } catch (Exception e) { // Cannot happen. throw new RuntimeException(e); } genesisBlock.addTransaction(t); genesisBlock.setTime(1477641360L); genesisBlock.setDifficultyTarget(504365040L); genesisBlock.setNonce(0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001257L); return genesisBlock; } private static ZcashMainNetParams instance; public static synchronized ZcashMainNetParams get() { if (instance == null) { instance = new ZcashMainNetParams(); } return instance; } @Override public String getPaymentProtocolId() { return PAYMENT_PROTOCOL_ID_MAINNET; } }


The abstract class is also re-used from the dogecoin developers:

public abstract class AbstractZcashMainNetParams extends NetworkParameters { /** * Scheme part for Bitcoin URIs. */ public static final String BITCOIN_SCHEME = "zcash"; public static final int REWARD_HALVING_INTERVAL = 210000; private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(AbstractZcashMainNetParams.class); public AbstractZcashMainNetParams() { super(); } /** * Checks if we are at a reward halving point. * @param height The height of the previous stored block * @return If this is a reward halving point */ public final boolean isRewardHalvingPoint(final int height) { return ((height + 1) % REWARD_HALVING_INTERVAL) == 0; } /** * Checks if we are at a difficulty transition point. * @param height The height of the previous stored block * @return If this is a difficulty transition point */ public final boolean isDifficultyTransitionPoint(final int height) { return ((height + 1) % this.getInterval()) == 0; } @Override public void checkDifficultyTransitions(final StoredBlock storedPrev, final Block nextBlock, final BlockStore blockStore) throws VerificationException, BlockStoreException { final Block prev = storedPrev.getHeader(); // Is this supposed to be a difficulty transition point? if (!isDifficultyTransitionPoint(storedPrev.getHeight())) { // No ... so check the difficulty didn't actually change. if (nextBlock.getDifficultyTarget() != prev.getDifficultyTarget()) throw new VerificationException("Unexpected change in difficulty at height " + storedPrev.getHeight() + ": " + Long.toHexString(nextBlock.getDifficultyTarget()) + " vs " + Long.toHexString(prev.getDifficultyTarget())); return; } // We need to find a block far back in the chain. It's OK that this is expensive because it only occurs every // two weeks after the initial block chain download. final Stopwatch watch = Stopwatch.createStarted(); Sha256Hash hash = prev.getHash(); StoredBlock cursor = null; final int interval = this.getInterval(); for (int i = 0; i < interval; i++) { cursor = blockStore.get(hash); if (cursor == null) { // This should never happen. If it does, it means we are following an incorrect or busted chain. throw new VerificationException( "Difficulty transition point but we did not find a way back to the last transition point. Not found: " + hash); } hash = cursor.getHeader().getPrevBlockHash(); } checkState(cursor != null && isDifficultyTransitionPoint(cursor.getHeight() - 1), "Didn't arrive at a transition point."); watch.stop(); if (watch.elapsed(TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS) > 50) log.info("Difficulty transition traversal took {}", watch); Block blockIntervalAgo = cursor.getHeader(); int timespan = (int) (prev.getTimeSeconds() - blockIntervalAgo.getTimeSeconds()); // Limit the adjustment step. final int targetTimespan = this.getTargetTimespan(); if (timespan < targetTimespan / 4) timespan = targetTimespan / 4; if (timespan > targetTimespan * 4) timespan = targetTimespan * 4; BigInteger newTarget = Utils.decodeCompactBits(prev.getDifficultyTarget()); newTarget = newTarget.multiply(BigInteger.valueOf(timespan)); newTarget = newTarget.divide(BigInteger.valueOf(targetTimespan)); if (newTarget.compareTo(this.getMaxTarget()) > 0) { log.info("Difficulty hit proof of work limit: {}", newTarget.toString(16)); newTarget = this.getMaxTarget(); } int accuracyBytes = (int) (nextBlock.getDifficultyTarget() >>> 24) - 3; long receivedTargetCompact = nextBlock.getDifficultyTarget(); // The calculated difficulty is to a higher precision than received, so reduce here. BigInteger mask = BigInteger.valueOf(0xFFFFFFL).shiftLeft(accuracyBytes * 8); newTarget = newTarget.and(mask); long newTargetCompact = Utils.encodeCompactBits(newTarget); if (newTargetCompact != receivedTargetCompact) throw new VerificationException("Network provided difficulty bits do not match what was calculated: " + Long.toHexString(newTargetCompact) + " vs " + Long.toHexString(receivedTargetCompact)); } @Override public Coin getMaxMoney() { return MAX_MONEY; } @Override public Coin getMinNonDustOutput() { return Transaction.MIN_NONDUST_OUTPUT; } @Override public MonetaryFormat getMonetaryFormat() { return new MonetaryFormat(); } @Override public int getProtocolVersionNum(final ProtocolVersion version) { return version.getBitcoinProtocolVersion(); } @Override public BitcoinSerializer getSerializer(boolean parseRetain) { return new BitcoinSerializer(this, parseRetain); } @Override public String getUriScheme() { return BITCOIN_SCHEME; } @Override public boolean hasMaxMoney() { return true; } }


My Problem here is basically the generation of the genesis block. I'm unable to forge it with the right hash. I believe it has to do with the transaction I try to understand in the chainparams.cpp of zCash. However my genesis block has the hash of e88b11fd3581e170f86db9c574f65c0ada3216e126011ac968869f1b64ea4c4a instead of the required 00040fe8ec8471911baa1db1266ea15dd06b4a8a5c453883c000b031973dce08

Thanks for any kind of help, even including a reasonable conclusion that this is not possible.

Apr 6, 2022 in Blockchain by Soham
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1 answer to this question.

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Your code isn't accounting for the format of the Zcash block header, which is different to both Bitcoin and most altcoins. You need to add the hashReserved and nSolution fields, and make nNonce 256 bits instead of 32.

answered Apr 12, 2022 by Rahul
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