From ee1112122932151cee06b28ef724e0726849391b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: MeshCollider Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2018 20:10:56 +1300 Subject: Add special error for genesis coinbase to gettransaction --- src/rpc/rawtransaction.cpp | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) (limited to 'src/rpc') diff --git a/src/rpc/rawtransaction.cpp b/src/rpc/rawtransaction.cpp index 82399e1567..00e73675b4 100644 --- a/src/rpc/rawtransaction.cpp +++ b/src/rpc/rawtransaction.cpp @@ -147,6 +147,11 @@ UniValue getrawtransaction(const JSONRPCRequest& request) uint256 hash = ParseHashV(request.params[0], "parameter 1"); CBlockIndex* blockindex = nullptr; + if (hash == Params().GenesisBlock().hashMerkleRoot) { + // Special exception for the genesis block coinbase transaction + throw JSONRPCError(RPC_INVALID_ADDRESS_OR_KEY, "The genesis block coinbase is not considered an ordinary transaction and cannot be retrieved"); + } + // Accept either a bool (true) or a num (>=1) to indicate verbose output. bool fVerbose = false; if (!request.params[1].isNull()) { -- cgit v1.2.3