anubis/web/js/worker/sha256-webcrypto.ts

const encoder = new TextEncoder();

const calculateSHA256 = async (input: string) => {
  const data = encoder.encode(input);
  return await crypto.subtle.digest("SHA-256", data);
};

const toHexString = (byteArray: Uint8Array) => {
  return byteArray.reduce((str, byte) => str + byte.toString(16).padStart(2, "0"), "");
};

addEventListener("message", async ({ data: eventData }) => {
  const { data, difficulty, threads } = eventData;
  let nonce = eventData.nonce;
  const isMainThread = nonce === 0;
  let iterations = 0;

  const requiredZeroBytes = Math.floor(difficulty / 2);
  const isDifficultyOdd = difficulty % 2 !== 0;

  for (; ;) {
    const hashBuffer = await calculateSHA256(data + nonce);
    const hashArray = new Uint8Array(hashBuffer);

    let isValid = true;
    for (let i = 0; i < requiredZeroBytes; i++) {
      if (hashArray[i] !== 0) {
        isValid = false;
        break;
      }
    }

    if (isValid && isDifficultyOdd) {
      if ((hashArray[requiredZeroBytes] >> 4) !== 0) {
        isValid = false;
      }
    }

    if (isValid) {
      const finalHash = toHexString(hashArray);
      postMessage({
        hash: finalHash,
        data,
        difficulty,
        nonce,
      });
      return; // Exit worker
    }

    nonce += threads;
    iterations++;

    /* Truncate the decimal portion of the nonce. This is a bit of an evil bit
     * hack, but it works reliably enough. The core of why this works is:
     * 
     * > 13.4 % 1 !== 0
     * true
     * > 13 % 1 !== 0
     * false
     */
    if (nonce % 1 !== 0) {
      nonce = Math.trunc(nonce);
    }

    // Send a progress update from the main thread every 1024 iterations.
    if (isMainThread && (iterations & 1023) === 0) {
      postMessage(nonce);
    }
  }
});