// https://dev.to/ratmd/simple-proof-of-work-in-javascript-3kgm export function process(data, difficulty = 5, threads = navigator.hardwareConcurrency) { return new Promise((resolve, reject) => { let webWorkerURL = URL.createObjectURL(new Blob([ '(', processTask(), ')()' ], { type: 'application/javascript' })); const workers = []; for (let i = 0; i < threads; i++) { let worker = new Worker(webWorkerURL); worker.onmessage = (event) => { workers.forEach(worker => worker.terminate()); worker.terminate(); resolve(event.data); }; worker.onerror = (event) => { worker.terminate(); reject(); }; worker.postMessage({ data, difficulty, nonce: 1000000 * i, }); workers.push(worker); } URL.revokeObjectURL(webWorkerURL); }); } function processTask() { return function () { const sha256 = (text) => { const encoded = new TextEncoder().encode(text); return crypto.subtle.digest("SHA-256", encoded.buffer); }; function uint8ArrayToHexString(arr) { return Array.from(arr) .map((c) => c.toString(16).padStart(2, "0")) .join(""); } addEventListener('message', async (event) => { let data = event.data.data; let difficulty = event.data.difficulty; let hash; let nonce = event.data.nonce || 0; while (true) { const currentHash = await sha256(data + nonce++); const thisHash = new Uint8Array(currentHash); let valid = true; for (let j = 0; j < difficulty; j++) { const byteIndex = Math.floor(j / 2); // which byte we are looking at const nibbleIndex = j % 2; // which nibble in the byte we are looking at (0 is high, 1 is low) let nibble = (thisHash[byteIndex] >> (nibbleIndex === 0 ? 4 : 0)) & 0x0F; // Get the nibble if (nibble !== 0) { valid = false; break; } } if (valid) { hash = uint8ArrayToHexString(thisHash); console.log(hash); break; } } nonce -= 1; // last nonce was post-incremented postMessage({ hash, data, difficulty, nonce, }); }); }.toString(); }