Adds storage bisect script

src/tools/storage-bisect.ts

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+import yargs from "yargs";
+import { ApiPromise } from '@polkadot/api';
+import { getApiFor, NETWORK_YARGS_OPTIONS } from "../utils/networks.ts";
+
+
+const argv = yargs(process.argv.slice(2))
+    .usage("Usage: $0")
+    .version("1.0.0")
+    .options({
+        ...NETWORK_YARGS_OPTIONS,
+        start: {
+            type: "number",
+            description: "Block number to start",
+            default: 0
+        },
+        end: {
+            type: "number",
+            description: "Block number to end",
+            default: 10000000
+        },
+        key: {
+            type: "string",
+            description: "Storage key to look for",
+            required: true
+        },
+    }).argv;
+
+async function dichotomicSearch(
+    api: ApiPromise,
+    startBlock: number,
+    endBlock: number,
+    storageKey: string,
+): Promise<number | null> {
+    let left = startBlock;
+    let right = endBlock;
+
+    // Get the value of the storage key at a specific block
+    async function getStorageValueAtBlock(blockNumber: number): Promise<any> {
+        const blockHash = await api.rpc.chain.getBlockHash(blockNumber);
+        const storageValue = (await api.rpc.state.getStorage(storageKey, blockHash.toString())) as any;
+        console.log(`[${blockNumber}: ${blockHash.toString()}] value: ${storageValue.toHex()} `);
+        return storageValue.toHex();
+    }
+
+    const initialValue = await getStorageValueAtBlock(startBlock);
+    console.log(`Initial value: ${initialValue}`);
+    console.log(`Starting dichotomic search from block ${startBlock} to ${endBlock}`);
+
+    // Perform binary search
+    while (left <= right) {
+        const mid = Math.floor((left + right) / 2);
+        const midValue = await getStorageValueAtBlock(mid);
+
+        if (midValue !== initialValue) {
+            // If the value changed, narrow the search range to the left
+            right = mid - 1;
+        } else {
+            // If the value is the same, narrow the search range to the right
+            left = mid + 1;
+        }
+    }
+
+    // Check if the change was found
+    if (left <= endBlock) {
+        return left;
+    }
+
+    return null; // No change found within the range
+}
+
+async function main() {
+    const api = await getApiFor(argv);
+
+    const startBlock = argv.start;
+    const endBlock = Math.min(argv.end, (await api.rpc.chain.getHeader()).number.toNumber());
+    const storageKey = argv.key
+
+    console.log("===============================================")
+    console.log("Warning, this will only work if a single change of value happened during the range")
+    console.log("===============================================")
+
+    const result = await dichotomicSearch(api, startBlock, endBlock, storageKey);
+
+    if (result !== null) {
+        console.log(`Change detected at block: ${result}`);
+    } else {
+        console.log('No change detected in the specified range.');
+    }
+
+    await api.disconnect();
+}
+
+main().catch(console.error);