1 // Copyright (c) 2016 The Zcash developers
2 // Original code from: https://gist.github.com/laanwj/0e689cfa37b52bcbbb44
6 To set up a new alert system
7 ----------------------------
9 Create a new alert key pair:
10 openssl ecparam -name secp256k1 -genkey -param_enc explicit -outform PEM -out data.pem
12 Get the private key in hex:
13 openssl ec -in data.pem -outform DER | tail -c 279 | xxd -p -c 279
15 Get the public key in hex:
16 openssl ec -in data.pem -pubout -outform DER | tail -c 65 | xxd -p -c 65
18 Update the public keys found in chainparams.cpp.
21 To send an alert message
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24 Copy the private keys into alertkeys.h.
26 Modify the alert parameters, id and message found in this file.
28 Build and run with -sendalert or -printalert.
30 ./zcashd -printtoconsole -sendalert
32 One minute after starting up, the alert will be broadcast. It is then
33 flooded through the network until the nRelayUntil time, and will be
34 active until nExpiration OR the alert is cancelled.
36 If you make a mistake, send another alert with nCancel set to cancel
49 #include "clientversion.h"
50 #include "chainparams.h"
52 #include "alertkeys.h"
55 static const int64_t DAYS = 24 * 60 * 60;
57 void ThreadSendAlert()
59 if (!mapArgs.count("-sendalert") && !mapArgs.count("-printalert"))
62 MilliSleep(60*1000); // Wait a minute so we get connected
65 // Alerts are relayed around the network until nRelayUntil, flood
66 // filling to every node.
67 // After the relay time is past, new nodes are told about alerts
68 // when they connect to peers, until either nExpiration or
69 // the alert is cancelled by a newer alert.
70 // Nodes never save alerts to disk, they are in-memory-only.
73 alert.nRelayUntil = GetTime() + 15 * 60;
74 alert.nExpiration = GetTime() + 365 * 60 * 60;
75 alert.nID = 1000; // use https://github.com/zcash/zcash/wiki/specification#assigned-numbers to keep track of alert IDs
76 alert.nCancel = 0; // cancels previous messages up to this ID number
78 // These versions are protocol versions
80 alert.nMinVer = 70002;
81 alert.nMaxVer = 70002;
85 // 1000 for Misc warnings like out of disk space and clock is wrong
86 // 2000 for longer invalid proof-of-work chain
87 // Higher numbers mean higher priority
88 // 4000 or higher will put the RPC into safe mode
89 alert.nPriority = 5000;
90 alert.strComment = "";
91 alert.strStatusBar = "URGENT: Upgrade required: see https://z.cash";
92 alert.strRPCError = "URGENT: Upgrade required: see https://z.cash";
94 // Set specific client version/versions here. If setSubVer is empty, no filtering on subver is done:
95 // alert.setSubVer.insert(std::string("/MagicBean:0.7.2/"));
98 const CChainParams& chainparams = Params();
99 std::string networkID = chainparams.NetworkIDString();
100 bool fIsTestNet = networkID.compare("test") == 0;
101 std::vector<unsigned char> vchTmp(ParseHex(fIsTestNet ? pszTestNetPrivKey : pszPrivKey));
102 CPrivKey vchPrivKey(vchTmp.begin(), vchTmp.end());
104 CDataStream sMsg(SER_NETWORK, CLIENT_VERSION);
105 sMsg << *(CUnsignedAlert*)&alert;
106 alert.vchMsg = std::vector<unsigned char>(sMsg.begin(), sMsg.end());
108 if (!key.SetPrivKey(vchPrivKey, false))
110 printf("ThreadSendAlert() : key.SetPrivKey failed\n");
113 if (!key.Sign(Hash(alert.vchMsg.begin(), alert.vchMsg.end()), alert.vchSig))
115 printf("ThreadSendAlert() : key.Sign failed\n");
120 CDataStream sBuffer(SER_NETWORK, CLIENT_VERSION);
124 if (!alert2.CheckSignature(chainparams.AlertKey()))
126 printf("ThreadSendAlert() : CheckSignature failed\n");
129 assert(alert2.vchMsg == alert.vchMsg);
130 assert(alert2.vchSig == alert.vchSig);
132 printf("\nThreadSendAlert:\n");
133 printf("hash=%s\n", alert2.GetHash().ToString().c_str());
134 printf("%s\n", alert2.ToString().c_str());
135 printf("vchMsg=%s\n", HexStr(alert2.vchMsg).c_str());
136 printf("vchSig=%s\n", HexStr(alert2.vchSig).c_str());
139 if (!mapArgs.count("-sendalert"))
141 while (vNodes.size() < 1 && !ShutdownRequested())
143 if (ShutdownRequested())
147 printf("ThreadSendAlert() : Sending alert\n");
151 BOOST_FOREACH(CNode* pnode, vNodes)
153 if (alert2.RelayTo(pnode))
155 printf("ThreadSendAlert() : Sent alert to %s\n", pnode->addr.ToString().c_str());
160 printf("ThreadSendAlert() : Alert sent to %d nodes\n", nSent);