consensus, core, ethstats: use engine specific block beneficiary (#14318)

* consensus, core, ethstats: use engine specific block beneficiary

* core, eth, les, miner: use explicit beneficiary during mining
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Péter Szilágyi
2017-04-12 16:38:31 +03:00
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18 changed files with 76 additions and 26 deletions

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@ -49,6 +49,11 @@ type ChainReader interface {
// Engine is an algorithm agnostic consensus engine.
type Engine interface {
// Author retrieves the Ethereum address of the account that minted the given
// block, which may be different from the header's coinbase if a consensus
// engine is based on signatures.
Author(header *types.Header) (common.Address, error)
// VerifyHeader checks whether a header conforms to the consensus rules of a
// given engine. Verifying the seal may be done optionally here, or explicitly
// via the VerifySeal method.