feat(web): rewrite frontend worker handling

This completely rewrites how the proof of work challenge works based on
feedback from browser engine developers and starts the process of making
the proof of work function easier to change out.

- Import @aws-crypto/sha256-js to use in Firefox as its implementation
  of WebCrypto doesn't jump directly from highly optimized browser
  internals to JIT-ed JavaScript like Chrome's seems to.
- Move the worker code to `web/js/worker/*` with each worker named after
  the hashing method and hash method implementation it uses.
- Update bench.mjs to import algorithms the new way.
- Delete video.mjs, it was part of a legacy experiment that I never had
  time to finish.
- Update LibreJS comment to add info about the use of
  @aws-crypto/sha256-js.
- Also update my email to my @techaro.lol address.

Signed-off-by: Xe Iaso <me@xeiaso.net>
This commit is contained in:
Xe Iaso
2025-08-01 21:20:10 +00:00
parent b499aaab68
commit 8f4f521312
11 changed files with 309 additions and 167 deletions

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import { Sha256 } from '@aws-crypto/sha256-js';
const calculateSHA256 = (text) => {
const hash = new Sha256();
hash.update(text);
return hash.digest();
};
function uint8ArrayToHexString(arr) {
return Array.from(arr)
.map((c) => c.toString(16).padStart(2, "0"))
.join("");
}
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++;
// Send a progress update from the main thread every 1024 iterations.
if (isMainThread && (iterations & 1023) === 0) {
postMessage(nonce);
}
}
});

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const encoder = new TextEncoder();
const calculateSHA256 = async (input) => {
const data = encoder.encode(input);
return await crypto.subtle.digest("SHA-256", data);
};
const toHexString = (byteArray) => {
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++;
// Send a progress update from the main thread every 1024 iterations.
if (isMainThread && (iterations & 1023) === 0) {
postMessage(nonce);
}
}
});