nuke/web/js/proof-of-work.mjs
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Debug tool for benchmarking proof-of-work algorithms (#155)
* cmd/anubis: add a debug option for benchmarking hashrate

Having the ability to benchmark different proof-of-work implementations
is useful for extending Anubis. This adds a flag `--debug-benchmark-js`
(and its associated environment variable `DEBUG_BENCHMARK_JS`) for
serving a tool to do so.

Internally, a there is a new policy action, "DEBUG_BENCHMARK", which
serves the benchmarking tool instead of a challenge. The flag then
replaces all bot rules with a special rule matching every request
to that action. The benchmark page makes heavy use of inline styles,
because currently all global styles are shared across all pages. This
could be fixed, but I wanted to avoid major changes to the templates.

* web/js: add signal for aborting an active proof-of-work algorithm

Both proof-of-work algorithms now take an optional `AbortSignal`, which
immediately terminates all workers and returns `false` if aborted before
the challenge is complete.

* web/js: add algorithm comparison to the benchmark page

"Compare:" is added to the benchmark page for testing the relative
performance between two algorithms. Since benchmark runs generally have
high variance, it may take a while for the averages to converge on a
stable difference.

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Signed-off-by: Xe Iaso <me@xeiaso.net>
Co-authored-by: Xe Iaso <me@xeiaso.net>
2025-03-29 23:38:12 -04:00

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export default function process(
data,
difficulty = 5,
signal = null,
progressCallback = null,
threads = (navigator.hardwareConcurrency || 1),
) {
console.debug("fast algo");
return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
let webWorkerURL = URL.createObjectURL(new Blob([
'(', processTask(), ')()'
], { type: 'application/javascript' }));
const workers = [];
const terminate = () => {
workers.forEach((w) => w.terminate());
if (signal != null) {
// clean up listener to avoid memory leak
signal.removeEventListener("abort", terminate);
if (signal.aborted) {
console.log("PoW aborted");
reject(false);
}
}
};
if (signal != null) {
signal.addEventListener("abort", terminate, { once: true });
}
for (let i = 0; i < threads; i++) {
let worker = new Worker(webWorkerURL);
worker.onmessage = (event) => {
if (typeof event.data === "number") {
progressCallback?.(event.data);
} else {
terminate();
resolve(event.data);
}
};
worker.onerror = (event) => {
terminate();
reject(event);
};
worker.postMessage({
data,
difficulty,
nonce: i,
threads,
});
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;
let threads = event.data.threads;
const threadId = nonce;
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;
}
const oldNonce = nonce;
nonce += threads;
// send a progess update every 1024 iterations. since each thread checks
// separate values, one simple way to do this is by bit masking the
// nonce for multiples of 1024. unfortunately, if the number of threads
// is not prime, only some of the threads will be sending the status
// update and they will get behind the others. this is slightly more
// complicated but ensures an even distribution between threads.
if (
nonce > oldNonce | 1023 && // we've wrapped past 1024
(nonce >> 10) % threads === threadId // and it's our turn
) {
postMessage(nonce);
}
}
postMessage({
hash,
data,
difficulty,
nonce,
});
});
}.toString();
}