798a589aff wallet: extract PubKey from P2PK script with Solver (Sebastian Falbesoner)
Pull request description:
The function `ExtractPubKey()` checks if a given script matches the P2PK pattern
(`<PubKey> OP_CHECKSIG`), extracts the PubKey and additionally checks if it is
cryptographically valid (full validation with ECC library via `CPubKey::IsFullyValid()`).
Currently this is done manually in the following order:
1. check if first script OP is data push with valid PubKey length (first part of pattern match), extract PubKey
2. create `CPubKey` object with extracted PubKey
3. fully validate public key
4. check if last script OP is `OP_CHECKSIG` (second part of pattern match)
Using Solver, the pattern matching and PubKey extraction can be done via a
single step, leading to the following simplified order with shorter code:
1. check if given script matches P2PK pattern with Solver (also contains valid PubKey length check), extracts Pubkey
2. create `CPubKey` object with extracted Pubkey
3. fully validate public key
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achow101:
Code Review ACK 798a589aff
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fa0b910486 [doc] chain: Declare BLOCK_VALID_HEADER reserved (MarcoFalke)
Pull request description:
`BLOCK_VALID_HEADER` was never used and the comment is confusing to me in several ways:
* It claims "version ok". However, without the previous header, it is not possible to check the validity of the version since the height needs to be known (c.f. BIP 90)
* It claims "hash satisfies claimed PoW". While it is possible to check against the claimed PoW, it is not possible without the previous header to check that the claimed PoW is itself valid.
* It claims "1 <= vtx count <= max". However, with the header alone and current consensus rules, the number of transactions is unknown.
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c53667764e qt: Remove obsolete QModelIndex::child() (Hennadii Stepanov)
Pull request description:
The `QModelIndex::child()` member function is [obsolete](https://doc.qt.io/qt-5.12/qmodelindex-obsolete.html) since Qt 5.12.
This PR removes it, does not change behavior and keeps compatibility with [Qt 5.5.1](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/15393).
Here is an excerpt from the master build log:
```
qt/receivecoinsdialog.cpp: In member function ‘void ReceiveCoinsDialog::copyColumnToClipboard(int)’:
qt/receivecoinsdialog.cpp:264:111: warning: ‘QModelIndex QModelIndex::child(int, int) const’ is deprecated: Use QAbstractItemModel::index [-Wdeprecated-declarations]
GUIUtil::setClipboard(model->getRecentRequestsTableModel()->data(firstIndex.child(firstIndex.row(), column), Qt::EditRole).toString());
^
In file included from /home/hebasto/Qt/5.13.0/gcc_64/include/QtWidgets/qabstractitemview.h:45:0,
from /home/hebasto/Qt/5.13.0/gcc_64/include/QtWidgets/qheaderview.h:44,
from /home/hebasto/Qt/5.13.0/gcc_64/include/QtWidgets/QHeaderView:1,
from ./qt/guiutil.h:12,
from ./qt/receivecoinsdialog.h:8,
from qt/receivecoinsdialog.cpp:7:
/home/hebasto/Qt/5.13.0/gcc_64/include/QtCore/qabstractitemmodel.h:457:20: note: declared here
inline QModelIndex QModelIndex::child(int arow, int acolumn) const
^~~~~~~~~~~
```
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Code review ACK c53667764e
promag:
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jonasschnelli:
utACK c53667764e
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d48c1e837a Add window final block height to getchaintxstats (Jonathan "Duke" Leto)
Pull request description:
This patch is motivated by the desire to make the output of `getchaintxstats` more useful and optimized for applications to consume and render the data.
Firstly, this data is already available to the RPC, no additional work is done. Currently additional RPC calls will be needed to look up the height of the final block in the window or the block height that began the window.
By adding the block height of the final block in the window, the JSON is "self-contained" and applications can calculate the exact block height range of the window with no additional RPC requests.
For example, a web application which wants to render historical information for `getchaintxstats` RPC on various window sizes might call the RPC with various window lengths, once per day, and store the JSON results somewhere. Because the final block height of each dataset is included, it's no extra work to determine the exact block window range of each JSON response.
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0912134039 qt: Remove QSignalMapper from TransactionView (Hennadii Stepanov)
9e0c1d676c qt: Remove QSignalMapper from RPCConsole (Hennadii Stepanov)
Pull request description:
The [`QSignalMapper`](https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qsignalmapper.html) class has been [deprecated](https://doc-snapshots.qt.io/qt5-5.10/obsoleteclasses.html) since Qt 5.10.
This PR replaces it by lambdas and does not change behavior.
ACKs for top commit:
jonasschnelli:
utACK 0912134039
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d75e704ac0 Add log output during initial header sync (Jonas Schnelli)
Pull request description:
The non debug log output is completely quiet during the header sync. I see two main reasons to add infos about the state of the initial header sync...
* users may think the node did fail to start sync
* it's a little complicate to check if your getting throttled during header sync (repeatedly calling `getchaintips` or similar)
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practicalswift:
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laanwj:
Tested ACK d75e704ac0
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c6dd32da69 qt: Replace obsolete functions of QDesktopWidget (Hennadii Stepanov)
1260ecd812 qt: Add TextWidth() wrapper (Hennadii Stepanov)
Pull request description:
The following functions are obsolete in Qt 5.13:
- [`QFontMetrics::width()`](https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qfontmetrics-obsolete.html#width)
- [`QDesktopWidget::availableGeometry()`](https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qdesktopwidget-obsolete.html#availableGeometry)
- [`QDesktopWidget::screenGeometry()`](https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qdesktopwidget-obsolete.html#screenGeometry)
This PR replaces them and does not change behavior.
Here are some excerpts from the master build log:
```
qt/bitcoingui.cpp: In constructor ‘BitcoinGUI::BitcoinGUI(interfaces::Node&, const PlatformStyle*, const NetworkStyle*, QWidget*)’:
qt/bitcoingui.cpp:84:57: warning: ‘const QRect QDesktopWidget::availableGeometry(int) const’ is deprecated: Use QGuiApplication::screens() [-Wdeprecated-declarations]
move(QApplication::desktop()->availableGeometry().center() - frameGeometry().center());
^
In file included from /home/hebasto/Qt/5.13.0/gcc_64/include/QtWidgets/QDesktopWidget:1:0,
from qt/bitcoingui.cpp:43:
/home/hebasto/Qt/5.13.0/gcc_64/include/QtWidgets/qdesktopwidget.h:88:67: note: declared here
QT_DEPRECATED_X("Use QGuiApplication::screens()") const QRect availableGeometry(int screen = -1) const;
^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
```
```
qt/bitcoingui.cpp:1410:74: warning: ‘int QFontMetrics::width(const QString&, int) const’ is deprecated: Use QFontMetrics::horizontalAdvance [-Wdeprecated-declarations]
max_width = qMax(max_width, fm.width(BitcoinUnits::longName(unit)));
^
In file included from /home/hebasto/Qt/5.13.0/gcc_64/include/QtWidgets/qwidget.h:50:0,
from /home/hebasto/Qt/5.13.0/gcc_64/include/QtWidgets/qdialog.h:44,
from /home/hebasto/Qt/5.13.0/gcc_64/include/QtWidgets/QDialog:1,
from ./qt/optionsdialog.h:8,
from ./qt/bitcoingui.h:12,
from qt/bitcoingui.cpp:5:
/home/hebasto/Qt/5.13.0/gcc_64/include/QtGui/qfontmetrics.h:108:9: note: declared here
int width(const QString &, int len = -1) const;
^~~~~
```
```
qt/splashscreen.cpp: In constructor ‘SplashScreen::SplashScreen(interfaces::Node&, Qt::WindowFlags, const NetworkStyle*)’:
qt/splashscreen.cpp:127:50: warning: ‘const QRect QDesktopWidget::screenGeometry(int) const’ is deprecated: Use QGuiApplication::screens() [-Wdeprecated-declarations]
move(QApplication::desktop()->screenGeometry().center() - r.center());
^
In file included from /home/hebasto/Qt/5.13.0/gcc_64/include/QtWidgets/QDesktopWidget:1:0,
from qt/splashscreen.cpp:24:
/home/hebasto/Qt/5.13.0/gcc_64/include/QtWidgets/qdesktopwidget.h:79:67: note: declared here
QT_DEPRECATED_X("Use QGuiApplication::screens()") const QRect screenGeometry(int screen = -1) const;
^~~~~~~~~~~~~~
```
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The function ExtractPubKey() checks if a given script matches the P2PK pattern
(<PubKey> OP_CHECKSIG), extracts the PubKey and additionally checks if it is
cryptographically valid (full validation with ECC library via .IsFullyValid()).
Currently this is done manually in the following order:
1) check if first script OP is data push with valid PubKey length
(first part of pattern match), extract PubKey
2) create CPubKey object with extracted PubKey
3) fully validate public key
4) check if last script OP is OP_CHECKSIG
(second part of pattern match)
Using Solver, the pattern matching and PubKey extraction can be done via a
single step, leading to the following simplified order with shorter code:
1) check if given script matches P2PK pattern with Solver
(also contains valid PubKey length check), extracts Pubkey
2) create CPubKey object with extracted Pubkey
3) fully validate public key
d53d591230 Added the bench_bitcoin project to the list automatically produced by the msvc-autogen python script. (Aaron Clauson)
Pull request description:
As discussed in #16747.
The msbuild bench_bitcoin project is currently missing a number of classes. Rather than add them manually this PR adds bench_bitcoin to the list of project files that are auto generated from the main make files.
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fanquake:
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41d484d5c8 doc: Delete stale URL in test README (Michael Folkson)
Pull request description:
The resource on the Boost unit test framework previously linked to in src/test/README.md was a stale URL.
Instead of deleting it, I've replaced it with an alternative resource on the framework on [boost.org](https://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_45_0/libs/test/doc/html/utf/tutorials.html).
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promag:
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hebasto:
ACK 41d484d5c8, the removed link is really obsolete.
fanquake:
ACK 41d484d5c8 - Thanks.
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fa27372e65 ci: Move CCACHE_DIR and test_runner tmp dir into ./ci/scratch/ (MarcoFalke)
fa60583d23 ci: Pass down $MAKEJOBS to test_runner.py (MarcoFalke)
Pull request description:
Some changes to the ci system:
* Pass down MAKEJOBS to the test_runner, instead of falling back to the default of 4. Passing it down avoids OOM on weak machines and allows better use of resources on beefy machines.
* Move CCACHE_DIR to ./ci/scratch/ subfolder: `ccache` is executed with root permissions inside the docker, so the cache files are created with root as owner. So it might be wise to not put them in the $HOME of the host
* Use the scratch dir as prefix for the test runner, as opposed to `/tmp/`, which is often a ramdisk and thus leads to OOM on the host when either a lot of tests are run in parallel or when a lot of tests fail and the datadirs are not cleaned.
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f3b57f4a1c Unrecommend making config file owned by bitcoin (setpill)
870d4152df Set ProtectHome in systemd service file (setpill)
639a416e37 Chgrp config dir to bitcoin in systemd service (setpill)
aded0528f0 Improve clarity of systemd service file comments (setpill)
Pull request description:
Rationale: ran into a bug with the systemd service file, fixed it locally and figured I might as well contribute my fix.
Also fixed some unrelated confusing phrasing in the comments of the same file, after discussion in IRC.
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ryanofsky:
utACK f3b57f4a1c. Only change since last review is removing ConfigurationDirectoryMode churn in early commits
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1373fa7e3d doc: add default bitcoin.conf locations (Chuf)
Pull request description:
Added default bitcoin.conf data directories and paths
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ryanofsky:
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fanquake:
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9452802480 doc: Tidy up shadowing section (João Barbosa)
Pull request description:
Removes the example because it violates the code format.
ACKs for top commit:
MarcoFalke:
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ryanofsky:
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fanquake:
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aff1c9c884 Adds an option to msbuild common configuration to ignore linker warning 4221. This warning is for object files that do not include any symbols. The warning is harmless and occurs due to some classes that are *nix only having no source to compile for an msvc build. (Aaron Clauson)
Pull request description:
Adds an option to msbuild common configuration to ignore linker warning 4221. This warning is for object files that do not include any symbols. The warning is harmless and occurs due to some classes that are *nix only having no source to compile for an msvc build.
ACKs for top commit:
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hebasto:
ACK aff1c9c884, I have reviewed the code, it looks OK and I agree it can be merged.
fanquake:
ACK aff1c9c884
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e4f4ea47eb lint: Catch use of [] or {} as default parameter values in Python functions (practicalswift)
25dd867150 Avoid using mutable default parameter values (practicalswift)
Pull request description:
Avoid common Python default parameter gotcha when mutable `dict`/`list`:s are used as default parameter values.
Examples of this gotcha caught during review:
* https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/16673#discussion_r317415261
* https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/14565#discussion_r241942304
Perhaps surprisingly this is how mutable list and dictionary default parameter values behave in Python:
```
>>> def f(i, j=[], k={}):
... j.append(i)
... k[i] = True
... return j, k
...
>>> f(1)
([1], {1: True})
>>> f(1)
([1, 1], {1: True})
>>> f(2)
([1, 1, 2], {1: True, 2: True})
```
In contrast to:
```
>>> def f(i, j=None, k=None):
... if j is None:
... j = []
... if k is None:
... k = {}
... j.append(i)
... k[i] = True
... return j, k
...
>>> f(1)
([1], {1: True})
>>> f(1)
([1], {1: True})
>>> f(2)
([2], {2: True})
```
The latter is typically the intended behaviour.
This PR fixes two instances of this and adds a check guarding against this gotcha going forward :-)
ACKs for top commit:
Sjors:
Oh Python... ACK e4f4ea47eb. Testing tip: swap the two commits.
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403e372407 qa: Relax so that the subscriber is ready before publishing zmq messages (João Barbosa)
Pull request description:
Prevents the syndrome "slow joiner" - see http://zguide.zeromq.org/py:all#sockets-and-patterns - by relaxing before publishing messages.
ACKs for top commit:
MarcoFalke:
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8a3b2eb175 move-only: move coins statistics utils out of RPC (James O'Beirne)
Pull request description:
This is part of the [assumeutxo project](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/projects/11):
Parent PR: #15606
Issue: #15605
Specification: https://github.com/jamesob/assumeutxo-docs/tree/master/proposal
---
In the short-term, this move-only commit will help with fuzzing (https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/15606#issuecomment-524482297). Later, these procedures will be used to compute statistics (particularly a content hash) for UTXO sets coming in from snapshots.
Most easily reviewed with `git ... --color-moved=dimmed_zebra`. A nice follow-up would be adding unittests, which I'll do if nobody else gets around to it.
ACKs for top commit:
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These procedures will later be used in the ChainstateManager to compute
statistics (particularly a content hash) for UTXO sets coming in from
snapshots.
eb2d64b9e0 doc: Add spacing to command in translation_process.md (Chuf)
Pull request description:
Add spacing to the command used for updating `bitcoin_locale.qrc` entries. This makes it slightly easier to copy output into the relevant Makefile.
ACKs for top commit:
fanquake:
Tested ACK - eb2d64b9e0 - thanks.
Tree-SHA512: 079180962062994a3127ba05f7bb27a4145cb6a50354076864bf546dbbd80802ba9f10c943c43b6b3544d7225b646b7a8f1e38e0f148902c1813426b6f5036c3
a64dbeffe4 doc: Update labels in CONTRIBUTING.md (Hennadii Stepanov)
Pull request description:
This PR:
- adds `build` label
- makes labels lowercase (in accordance to current customs in this repo); also a lowercase label improves readability of PR title itself, e.g.,
```
doc: Update labels in CONTRIBUTING.md
```
reads better than
```
Doc: Update labels in CONTRIBUTING.md
```
- improves label names readability
- splits long labels (as suggested by **jonatack**)
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fanquake:
ACK a64dbeffe4
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92528c260e Support serialization of std::vector<bool> (Pieter Wuille)
Pull request description:
This adds support for serialization of `std::vector<bool>`, as a prerequisite of #16702.
ACKs for top commit:
MarcoFalke:
ACK 92528c260e (only looked at the diff on GitHub)
practicalswift:
ACK 92528c260e -- diff looks correct
jamesob:
ACK 92528c260e
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66ad75472f [Doc] Add documentation for the new whitelist permissions (nicolas.dorier)
Pull request description:
Documenting the new feature https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/16248 . Ping Sjors .
ACKs for top commit:
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Indeed, re-ACK 66ad75472
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c295cba5a2 depends: zeromq: disable draft classes and methods (fanquake)
0072237b9e depends: xproto: configure flags cleanup (fanquake)
6a8ada3a4f depends: qrencode: configure flags cleanup (fanquake)
86beb8cdc4 depends: fontconfig: configure flags cleanup (fanquake)
e656d95ec7 depends: libxcb: configure flags cleanup (fanquake)
e439388b35 depends: libXau: configure flags cleanup (fanquake)
Pull request description:
Related to #16354.
This PR adds additional configure flags to packages in depends to explicitly disable features we aren't using; similar to #16183. It also fixes passing `--without-tools` to `qrencode`.
I've added `--disable-drafts` to `zeromq`:
```bash
Build and install draft classes and methods [default=yes]
```
I'm not entirely sure how far we want to take this. i.e in the `zeromq` package we explicitly pass `--without-libsodium`, even though it's disabled by default.
Do we also want to explicitly pass all the other `--without` flags? :
```bash
--with-libgssapi_krb5 require libzmq build with libgssapi_krb5
[default=no]
--with-libsodium use libsodium instead of built-in tweetnacl
[default=no]
--with-pgm build libzmq with PGM extension. Requires pkg-config
[default=no]
--with-norm build libzmq with NORM protocol extension,
optionally specifying norm path [default=no]
--with-vmci build libzmq with VMCI transport [default=no]
```
ACKs for top commit:
dongcarl:
ACK c295cba5a2
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74e3876989 Release notes: add previously undocumented changes (David A. Harding)
7e1634a927 Release notes: edit previously-detached notes (David A. Harding)
e7415a5a95 Doc: move detached release notes into release-notes.md (David A. Harding)
Pull request description:
Merges in detached release notes, edits each change down to a single paragraph bullet point (or, in a couple cases, two individual bullet points in separate sections each with a single paragraph). Adds notes for some undocumented changes I found reviewing `git log --merges`. Also tries something new: adds the PR number(s) after each entry to make it easier for both reviewers and end-user readers to look up the details behind each change. (If the PR numbers are unwanted, they're easy to remove either in this PR or later in the release process.)
I also checked the 0.18 branch but I didn't find anything in the current release notes that had been backported.
A particular focus in my editing was trying to keep things concise, particularly by pointing to RPC documentation when available (or upcoming, as in #16629). I do suspect that one downside of detached notes is that people write longer summaries than they would if they knew there were already 300 other lines of release notes. :-)
The first commit only moves notes, puts them in bullet form, adjusts indentation appropriately, and drops unneeded headers. It can be reviewed with `git diff --color-moved=dimmed-zebra` for a little bit of a speedup, but unfortunately I wasn't smart enough to split my copy/pasting and line wrapping into separate commits, so it's not a transparently move-only change.
ACKs for top commit:
fanquake:
ACK 74e3876989 - Thanks for doing this. It's nice to have a gauge of what's going to be in the `0.19.0` release.
meshcollider:
ACK 74e3876989
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