add monotonic transition to kovan (#5587) (#5630)

ethcore/res/ethereum/kovan.json

@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@
           ]
         },
         "validateScoreTransition": 1000000,
-        "eip155Transition": 1000000
+        "eip155Transition": 1000000,
+        "validateStepTransition": 1500000
       }
     }
   },

ethcore/src/engines/authority_round.rs

@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ pub struct AuthorityRoundParams {
 	pub validate_score_transition: u64,
 	/// Number of first block where EIP-155 rules are validated.
 	pub eip155_transition: u64,
+	/// Monotonic step validation transition block.
+	pub validate_step_transition: u64,
 }
 
 impl From<ethjson::spec::AuthorityRoundParams> for AuthorityRoundParams {
@@ -71,6 +73,7 @@ impl From<ethjson::spec::AuthorityRoundParams> for AuthorityRoundParams {
 			start_step: p.start_step.map(Into::into),
 			validate_score_transition: p.validate_score_transition.map_or(0, Into::into),
 			eip155_transition: p.eip155_transition.map_or(0, Into::into),
+			validate_step_transition: p.validate_step_transition.map_or(0, Into::into),
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -94,6 +97,7 @@ pub struct AuthorityRound {
 	calibrate_step: bool,
 	validate_score_transition: u64,
 	eip155_transition: u64,
+	validate_step_transition: u64,
 }
 
 fn header_step(header: &Header) -> Result<usize, ::rlp::DecoderError> {
@@ -136,6 +140,7 @@ impl AuthorityRound {
 				calibrate_step: our_params.start_step.is_none(),
 				validate_score_transition: our_params.validate_score_transition,
 				eip155_transition: our_params.eip155_transition,
+				validate_step_transition: our_params.validate_step_transition,
 			});
 		// Do not initialize timeouts for tests.
 		if should_timeout {
@@ -343,9 +348,10 @@ impl Engine for AuthorityRound {
 
 		// Check if parent is from a previous step.
 		let parent_step = header_step(parent)?;
-		if step == parent_step {
-			trace!(target: "engine", "Multiple blocks proposed for step {}.", step);
-			self.validators.report_malicious(header.author());
+		if step == parent_step
+			|| (header.number() >= self.validate_step_transition && step <= parent_step) {
+			trace!(target: "engine", "Multiple blocks proposed for step {}.", parent_step);
+			self.validators.report_malicious(header.author(), header.number(), Default::default());
 			Err(EngineError::DoubleVote(header.author().clone()))?;
 		}
 

json/src/spec/authority_round.rs

@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ pub struct AuthorityRoundParams {
 	/// See main AuthorityRoundParams docs.
 	#[serde(rename="eip155Transition")]
 	pub eip155_transition: Option<Uint>,
+	/// Block from which monotonic steps start.
+	#[serde(rename="validateStepTransition")]
+	pub validate_step_transition: Option<Uint>,
 }
 
 /// Authority engine deserialization.
@@ -71,7 +74,8 @@ mod tests {
 				},
 				"blockReward": "0x50",
 				"startStep" : 24,
-				"eip155Transition": "0x42"
+				"eip155Transition": "0x42",
+				"validateStepTransition": 150
 			}
 		}"#;