Merge pull request #1318

4fca34d Wallet2: calculate approximate blockchain height on offline creation (Jacob Brydolf)

src/wallet/wallet2.cpp

@@ -2009,6 +2009,19 @@ crypto::secret_key wallet2::generate(const std::string& wallet_, const std::stri
   m_account_public_address = m_account.get_keys().m_account_address;
   m_watch_only = false;
 
+  if(m_refresh_from_block_height == 0 && !recover){
+    // Wallets created offline don't know blockchain height.
+    // Set blockchain height calculated from current date/time
+    // -1 month for fluctuations in block time and machine date/time setup.
+    // avg seconds per block
+    const int seconds_per_block = DIFFICULTY_TARGET_V2;
+    // ~num blocks per month
+    const uint64_t blocks_per_month = 60*60*24*30/seconds_per_block;
+    uint64_t approx_blockchain_height = get_approximate_blockchain_height();
+    if(approx_blockchain_height > 0) {
+      m_refresh_from_block_height = approx_blockchain_height - blocks_per_month;
+    }
+  }
   bool r = store_keys(m_keys_file, password, false);
   THROW_WALLET_EXCEPTION_IF(!r, error::file_save_error, m_keys_file);
 
@@ -4614,6 +4627,21 @@ uint64_t wallet2::get_daemon_blockchain_target_height(string &err)
   return resp_t.result.target_height;
 }
 
+uint64_t wallet2::get_approximate_blockchain_height() const
+{
+  if (m_testnet) return 0;
+  // time of v2 fork
+  const time_t fork_time = 1458748658;
+  // v2 fork block
+  const uint64_t fork_block = 1009827;
+  // avg seconds per block
+  const int seconds_per_block = DIFFICULTY_TARGET_V2;
+  // Calculated blockchain height
+  uint64_t approx_blockchain_height = fork_block + (time(NULL) - fork_time)/seconds_per_block;
+  LOG_PRINT_L2("Calculated blockchain height: " << approx_blockchain_height);
+  return approx_blockchain_height;
+}
+
 void wallet2::set_tx_note(const crypto::hash &txid, const std::string &note)
 {
   m_tx_notes[txid] = note;