enhanced blacklisting on miner side

bt_automata/utils/config.py

@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ def add_args(cls, parser):
             "--blacklist.force_validator_permit",
             action="store_true",
             help="If set, we will force incoming requests to have a permit.",
-            default=False,
+            default=True,
         )
 
         parser.add_argument(

neurons/miner.py

@@ -140,16 +140,22 @@ async def blacklist(
         Otherwise, allow the request to be processed further.
         """
         # TODO(developer): Define how miners should blacklist requests.
-        if synapse.dendrite.hotkey not in self.metagraph.hotkeys:
-            # Ignore requests from unrecognized entities.
+        uid = self.metagraph.hotkeys.index( synapse.dendrite.hotkey)
+        if not self.config.blacklist.allow_non_registered and synapse.dendrite.hotkey not in self.metagraph.hotkeys:
+            # Ignore requests from un-registered entities.
             bt.logging.trace(
-                f"Blacklisting unrecognized hotkey {synapse.dendrite.hotkey}"
+                f"Blacklisting un-registered hotkey {synapse.dendrite.hotkey}"
             )
             return True, "Unrecognized hotkey"
-
-        bt.logging.trace(
-            f"Not Blacklisting recognized hotkey {synapse.dendrite.hotkey}"
-        )
+
+        if self.config.blacklist.force_validator_permit:
+            # If the config is set to force validator permit, then we should only allow requests from validators.
+            if not self.metagraph.validator_permit[uid]:
+                bt.logging.warning(
+                    f"Blacklisting a request from non-validator hotkey {synapse.dendrite.hotkey}"
+                )
+                return True, "Non-validator hotkey"
+
         return False, "Hotkey recognized!"
 
     async def priority(self, synapse: bt_automata.protocol.CAsynapse) -> float:

tests/test.py

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import cellpylib as cpl
+import pprint
+
+cellular_automaton = cpl.init_simple(50)
+
+cellular_automaton = cpl.evolve(cellular_automaton, timesteps=50, memoize=True,
+                                apply_rule=lambda n, c, t: cpl.nks_rule(n, 110))
+
+#cpl.plot(cellular_automaton)
+
+# Define the characters for visualization
+char_1 = "\033[92m#\033[0m"  # Green color for 1's
+char_0 = "."  # No color for 0's
+
+# Convert the binary array to a string representation
+visualization = "\n".join("".join(char_1 if cell == 1 else char_0 for cell in row) for row in cellular_automaton)
+
+# Print the visualization with smooth margins
+#pprint.pprint(visualization, width=30)
+print(f"echo -e '{visualization}'")