ethereum.homestead.transactionsethereum.dao_fork.transactions
Transactions are atomic units of work created externally to Ethereum and submitted to be executed. If Ethereum is viewed as a state machine, transactions are the events that move between states.
TX_BASE_COST
Base cost of a transaction in gas units. This is the minimum amount of gas required to execute a transaction.
20 | TX_BASE_COST = Uint(21000) |
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TX_DATA_COST_PER_NON_ZERO
Gas cost per non-zero byte in the transaction data.
26 | TX_DATA_COST_PER_NON_ZERO = Uint(68) |
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TX_DATA_COST_PER_ZERO
Gas cost per zero byte in the transaction data.
31 | TX_DATA_COST_PER_ZERO = Uint(4) |
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TX_CREATE_COST
Additional gas cost for creating a new contract.
36 | TX_CREATE_COST = Uint(32000) |
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Transaction
Atomic operation performed on the block chain.
42 | @slotted_freezable |
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43 | @dataclass |
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class Transaction:
nonce
49 | nonce: U256 |
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gas_price
54 | gas_price: Uint |
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gas
59 | gas: Uint |
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to
64 | to: Union[Bytes0, Address] |
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value
70 | value: U256 |
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data
75 | data: Bytes |
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v
81 | v: U256 |
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r
86 | r: U256 |
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s
91 | s: U256 |
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validate_transaction
Verifies a transaction.
The gas in a transaction gets used to pay for the intrinsic cost of operations, therefore if there is insufficient gas then it would not be possible to execute a transaction and it will be declared invalid.
Additionally, the nonce of a transaction must not equal or exceed the
limit defined in EIP-2681.
In practice, defining the limit as 2**64-1
has no impact because
sending 2**64-1
transactions is improbable. It's not strictly
impossible though, 2**64-1
transactions is the entire capacity of the
Ethereum blockchain at 2022 gas limits for a little over 22 years.
This function takes a transaction as a parameter and returns the intrinsic
gas cost of the transaction after validation. It throws an
InvalidTransaction
exception if the transaction is invalid.
def validate_transaction(tx: Transaction) -> Uint:
98 | """ |
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99 | Verifies a transaction. |
100 |
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101 | The gas in a transaction gets used to pay for the intrinsic cost of |
102 | operations, therefore if there is insufficient gas then it would not |
103 | be possible to execute a transaction and it will be declared invalid. |
104 |
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105 | Additionally, the nonce of a transaction must not equal or exceed the |
106 | limit defined in [EIP-2681]. |
107 | In practice, defining the limit as ``2**64-1`` has no impact because |
108 | sending ``2**64-1`` transactions is improbable. It's not strictly |
109 | impossible though, ``2**64-1`` transactions is the entire capacity of the |
110 | Ethereum blockchain at 2022 gas limits for a little over 22 years. |
111 |
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112 | This function takes a transaction as a parameter and returns the intrinsic |
113 | gas cost of the transaction after validation. It throws an |
114 | `InvalidTransaction` exception if the transaction is invalid. |
115 |
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116 | [EIP-2681]: https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-2681 |
117 | """ |
118 | intrinsic_gas = calculate_intrinsic_cost(tx) |
119 | if intrinsic_gas > tx.gas: |
120 | raise InvalidTransaction("Insufficient gas") |
121 | if U256(tx.nonce) >= U256(U64.MAX_VALUE): |
122 | raise InvalidTransaction("Nonce too high") |
123 | return intrinsic_gas |
calculate_intrinsic_cost
Calculates the gas that is charged before execution is started.
The intrinsic cost of the transaction is charged before execution has begun. Functions/operations in the EVM cost money to execute so this intrinsic cost is for the operations that need to be paid for as part of the transaction. Data transfer, for example, is part of this intrinsic cost. It costs ether to send data over the wire and that ether is accounted for in the intrinsic cost calculated in this function. This intrinsic cost must be calculated and paid for before execution in order for all operations to be implemented.
The intrinsic cost includes:
Base cost (
TX_BASE_COST
)Cost for data (zero and non-zero bytes)
Cost for contract creation (if applicable)
This function takes a transaction as a parameter and returns the intrinsic gas cost of the transaction.
def calculate_intrinsic_cost(tx: Transaction) -> Uint:
127 | """ |
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128 | Calculates the gas that is charged before execution is started. |
129 |
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130 | The intrinsic cost of the transaction is charged before execution has |
131 | begun. Functions/operations in the EVM cost money to execute so this |
132 | intrinsic cost is for the operations that need to be paid for as part of |
133 | the transaction. Data transfer, for example, is part of this intrinsic |
134 | cost. It costs ether to send data over the wire and that ether is |
135 | accounted for in the intrinsic cost calculated in this function. This |
136 | intrinsic cost must be calculated and paid for before execution in order |
137 | for all operations to be implemented. |
138 |
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139 | The intrinsic cost includes: |
140 | 1. Base cost (`TX_BASE_COST`) |
141 | 2. Cost for data (zero and non-zero bytes) |
142 | 3. Cost for contract creation (if applicable) |
143 |
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144 | This function takes a transaction as a parameter and returns the intrinsic |
145 | gas cost of the transaction. |
146 | """ |
147 | data_cost = Uint(0) |
148 | |
149 | for byte in tx.data: |
150 | if byte == 0: |
151 | data_cost += TX_DATA_COST_PER_ZERO |
152 | else: |
153 | data_cost += TX_DATA_COST_PER_NON_ZERO |
154 | |
155 | if tx.to == Bytes0(b""): |
156 | create_cost = TX_CREATE_COST |
157 | else: |
158 | create_cost = Uint(0) |
159 | |
160 | return TX_BASE_COST + data_cost + create_cost |
recover_sender
Extracts the sender address from a transaction.
The v, r, and s values are the three parts that make up the signature
of a transaction. In order to recover the sender of a transaction the two
components needed are the signature (v
, r
, and s
) and the
signing hash of the transaction. The sender's public key can be obtained
with these two values and therefore the sender address can be retrieved.
This function takes a transaction as a parameter and returns
the address of the sender of the transaction. It raises an
InvalidSignatureError
if the signature values (r, s, v) are invalid.
def recover_sender(tx: Transaction) -> Address:
164 | """ |
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165 | Extracts the sender address from a transaction. |
166 |
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167 | The v, r, and s values are the three parts that make up the signature |
168 | of a transaction. In order to recover the sender of a transaction the two |
169 | components needed are the signature (``v``, ``r``, and ``s``) and the |
170 | signing hash of the transaction. The sender's public key can be obtained |
171 | with these two values and therefore the sender address can be retrieved. |
172 |
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173 | This function takes a transaction as a parameter and returns |
174 | the address of the sender of the transaction. It raises an |
175 | `InvalidSignatureError` if the signature values (r, s, v) are invalid. |
176 | """ |
177 | v, r, s = tx.v, tx.r, tx.s |
178 | if v != 27 and v != 28: |
179 | raise InvalidSignatureError("bad v") |
180 | if U256(0) >= r or r >= SECP256K1N: |
181 | raise InvalidSignatureError("bad r") |
182 | if U256(0) >= s or s > SECP256K1N // U256(2): |
183 | raise InvalidSignatureError("bad s") |
184 | |
185 | public_key = secp256k1_recover(r, s, v - U256(27), signing_hash(tx)) |
186 | return Address(keccak256(public_key)[12:32]) |
signing_hash
Compute the hash of a transaction used in the signature.
The values that are used to compute the signing hash set the rules for a transaction. For example, signing over the gas sets a limit for the amount of money that is allowed to be pulled out of the sender's account.
This function takes a transaction as a parameter and returns the signing hash of the transaction.
def signing_hash(tx: Transaction) -> Hash32:
190 | """ |
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191 | Compute the hash of a transaction used in the signature. |
192 |
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193 | The values that are used to compute the signing hash set the rules for a |
194 | transaction. For example, signing over the gas sets a limit for the |
195 | amount of money that is allowed to be pulled out of the sender's account. |
196 |
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197 | This function takes a transaction as a parameter and returns the |
198 | signing hash of the transaction. |
199 | """ |
200 | return keccak256( |
201 | rlp.encode( |
202 | ( |
203 | tx.nonce, |
204 | tx.gas_price, |
205 | tx.gas, |
206 | tx.to, |
207 | tx.value, |
208 | tx.data, |
209 | ) |
210 | ) |
211 | ) |
get_transaction_hash
Compute the hash of a transaction.
This function takes a transaction as a parameter and returns the hash of the transaction.
def get_transaction_hash(tx: Transaction) -> Hash32:
215 | """ |
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216 | Compute the hash of a transaction. |
217 |
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218 | This function takes a transaction as a parameter and returns the |
219 | hash of the transaction. |
220 | """ |
221 | return keccak256(rlp.encode(tx)) |