Difficulty Tests¶

Found in \Basic Tests\difficulty*.json files. This tests are designed to just check the difficulty formula of a block.

difficulty = DIFFICULTY(currentBlockNumber, currentTimestamp, parentTimestamp, parentDifficulty)

described at [EIP2](https://github.com/ethereum/EIPs/blob/master/EIPS/eip-2.mediawiki) point 4 with homestead changes.

So basically this .json tests are just to check how this function is calculated on different function parameters (parentDifficulty, currentNumber) in it’s extremum points.

There are several test files:

difficulty.json

Normal Frontier/Homestead chain difficulty tests defined manually

difficultyFrontier.json

Same as above, but auto-generated tests

difficultyMorden.json

Tests for testnetwork difficulty. (it has different homestead transition block)

difficultyOlimpic.json

Olympic network. (no homestead)

difficultyHomestead.json

Tests for homestead difficulty (regardless of the block number)

difficultyCustomHomestead.json

Tests for homestead difficulty (regardless of the block number)

{
        "difficultyTest" : {
                "parentTimestamp" : "42",
                "parentDifficulty" : "1000000",
                "currentTimestamp" : "43",
                "currentBlockNumber" : "42",
                "currentDifficulty" : "1000488"
        }
}