rtset

rtset aka "Roughtime Set" is a package whose purpose is to provide time synchronization utilities for the new generation of consensus algorithm that allows proposers to send along their time in a vote and if the other proposers find that the time is within their bounds, they'll accept the vote otherwise reject it. Previously the consensus algorithm relied on taking the median of all the times proposed, but that's susceptible to a Byzantine attack or control whereby a malicious 1/3 of the network could skew time.

It uses Google's originated RoughTime NTP secured service, but run by CloudFlare. timeset gives proposers the option of having their time periodically set which means that there is a source of truth for everyone who opts in.

Integrating into your code

Inside your main.go file, please add the following code

package main

import (
	"context"
	"os"
	"os/signal"
	"time"

	"github.com/orijtech/rtset"
)

func main() {
	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
	defer cancel()

	const PERIOD_TO_SYNC = 10*time.Minute
	tsc, err := rtset.NewClient(ctx, rtset.WithSyncPeriod(PERIOD_TO_SYNC))
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
	defer tsc.Stop()

	go tsc.Run(ctx)

	ch := make(chan os.Signal, 1)
	signal.Notify(ch, os.Interrupt)

	<-ch
}