Weak subjectivity start from genesis (#1675)

## Issue Addressed
Solution 2 proposed here: https://github.com/sigp/lighthouse/issues/1435#issuecomment-692317639

## Proposed Changes
- Adds an optional `--wss-checkpoint` flag that takes a string `root:epoch`
- Verify that the given checkpoint exists in the chain, or that the the chain syncs through this checkpoint. If not, shutdown and prompt the user to purge state before restarting.

## Additional Info


Co-authored-by: Paul Hauner <paul@paulhauner.com>
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realbigsean
2020-10-01 01:41:58 +00:00
parent fcf8419c90
commit 9d2d6239cd
16 changed files with 584 additions and 19 deletions

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@@ -207,6 +207,13 @@ pub enum BlockError<T: EthSpec> {
/// We were unable to process this block due to an internal error. It's unclear if the block is
/// valid.
BeaconChainError(BeaconChainError),
/// There was an error whilst verifying weak subjectivity. This block conflicts with the
/// configured weak subjectivity checkpoint and was not imported.
///
/// ## Peer scoring
///
/// The block is invalid and the peer is faulty.
WeakSubjectivityConflict,
}
impl<T: EthSpec> std::fmt::Display for BlockError<T> {