import { type UnsignedEvent, type Event, getEventHash } from 'nostr-tools' // eslint-disable-next-line no-restricted-globals const ctx: Worker = self as any; // Respond to message from parent thread ctx.addEventListener('message', (event) => { console.log("Received message in worker:", event.data); const { unsigned, difficulty, nonceStart, nonceStep } = event.data; const result = minePow(unsigned, difficulty, nonceStart, nonceStep); console.log("Mining result:", result); // Post the mined event back to the main thread ctx.postMessage(result); }); ctx.onerror = function(e) { console.error("Worker error:", e); }; /** Get POW difficulty from a Nostr hex ID. */ export function getPow(hex: string): number { let count = 0 for (let i = 0; i < hex.length; i++) { const nibble = parseInt(hex[i], 16) if (nibble === 0) { count += 4 } else { count += Math.clz32(nibble) - 28 break } } return count } /** * Mine an event with the desired POW. This function mutates the event. * Note that this operation is synchronous and should be run in a worker context to avoid blocking the main thread. * * Adapted from Snort: https://git.v0l.io/Kieran/snort/src/commit/4df6c19248184218c4c03728d61e94dae5f2d90c/packages/system/src/pow-util.ts#L14-L36 */ export function minePow(unsigned: UnsignedEvent, difficulty: number, nonceStart: number, nonceStep: number): { found: boolean, event?: Omit } { let nonce = nonceStart; let bestPoW = 0; const event = unsigned as Omit const tag = ['nonce', nonce.toString(), difficulty.toString()] event.tags.push(tag); // We use a while loop that might run indefinitely until a solution is found. // Consider adding a breaking condition if you want to limit the number of nonces each worker checks. while (true) { tag[1] = (nonce).toString(); event.id = getEventHash(event); let leadingZeroes = getPow(event.id); if (leadingZeroes > bestPoW) { bestPoW = leadingZeroes; } if (leadingZeroes >= difficulty) { return { found: true, event: event }; } nonce += nonceStep; if (nonce % (nonceStep * 10000) === 0) { ctx.postMessage({ status: 'progress', currentNonce: nonce, bestPoW}); } } return { found: false }; } export default ctx;