#!/usr/bin/env python3 # Copyright (c) 2019-2021 The Bitcoin Core developers # Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying # file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php. """Test that we reject low difficulty headers to prevent our block tree from filling up with useless bloat""" from test_framework.messages import ( CBlockHeader, from_hex, ) from test_framework.p2p import ( P2PInterface, msg_headers, ) from test_framework.test_framework import BitcoinTestFramework import os class RejectLowDifficultyHeadersTest(BitcoinTestFramework): def set_test_params(self): self.setup_clean_chain = True self.chain = 'testnet3' # Use testnet chain because it has an early checkpoint self.num_nodes = 2 def add_options(self, parser): parser.add_argument( '--datafile', default='data/blockheader_testnet3.hex', help='Test data file (default: %(default)s)', ) def run_test(self): self.log.info("Read headers data") self.headers_file_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)), self.options.datafile) with open(self.headers_file_path, encoding='utf-8') as headers_data: h_lines = [l.strip() for l in headers_data.readlines()] # The headers data is taken from testnet3 for early blocks from genesis until the first checkpoint. There are # two headers with valid POW at height 1 and 2, forking off from genesis. They are indicated by the FORK_PREFIX. FORK_PREFIX = 'fork:' self.headers = [l for l in h_lines if not l.startswith(FORK_PREFIX)] self.headers_fork = [l[len(FORK_PREFIX):] for l in h_lines if l.startswith(FORK_PREFIX)] self.headers = [from_hex(CBlockHeader(), h) for h in self.headers] self.headers_fork = [from_hex(CBlockHeader(), h) for h in self.headers_fork] self.log.info("Feed all non-fork headers, including and up to the first checkpoint") peer_checkpoint = self.nodes[0].add_p2p_connection(P2PInterface()) peer_checkpoint.send_and_ping(msg_headers(self.headers)) assert { 'height': 546, 'hash': '000000002a936ca763904c3c35fce2f3556c559c0214345d31b1bcebf76acb70', 'branchlen': 546, 'status': 'headers-only', } in self.nodes[0].getchaintips() self.log.info("Feed all fork headers (fails due to checkpoint)") with self.nodes[0].assert_debug_log(['bad-fork-prior-to-checkpoint']): peer_checkpoint.send_message(msg_headers(self.headers_fork)) peer_checkpoint.wait_for_disconnect() self.log.info("Feed all fork headers (succeeds without checkpoint)") # On node 0 it succeeds because checkpoints are disabled self.restart_node(0, extra_args=['-nocheckpoints']) peer_no_checkpoint = self.nodes[0].add_p2p_connection(P2PInterface()) peer_no_checkpoint.send_and_ping(msg_headers(self.headers_fork)) assert { "height": 2, "hash": "00000000b0494bd6c3d5ff79c497cfce40831871cbf39b1bc28bd1dac817dc39", "branchlen": 2, "status": "headers-only", } in self.nodes[0].getchaintips() # On node 1 it succeeds because no checkpoint has been reached yet by a chain tip peer_before_checkpoint = self.nodes[1].add_p2p_connection(P2PInterface()) peer_before_checkpoint.send_and_ping(msg_headers(self.headers_fork)) assert { "height": 2, "hash": "00000000b0494bd6c3d5ff79c497cfce40831871cbf39b1bc28bd1dac817dc39", "branchlen": 2, "status": "headers-only", } in self.nodes[1].getchaintips() if __name__ == '__main__': RejectLowDifficultyHeadersTest().main()