We optimistically create a new info file but as we start we might
instantly realize the file is useless and give up before having written
a single byte.
We now remove that file to avoid stale state.
Also be more verbose on warnings.
- Changed API for HDMasterKey::fromMnemonic to use an enum to specify
BIP39 vs Electrum format phrase
- Added unit test for this class to existing unit tests
These are almost identical to BIP39. They use the same word list except:
- The checksum is calculated differently
- Deriving the master key from them uses a different pbkdf512 salt
("electrum" vs "mnemonic")
The blockchain class can effectively now be shallow,
we can have a list of blockheaders of, for instance, the last year
alone. It builds on top of a known checkpoint (hardcoded block data)
and as long as we do not access block info that is unavailable, things
just work like normal.
We throw at the request of a blockheader that is too old.
Should the peer have been rejected on status or similar, we don't
register a successful connection and avoid the peer from being selected
again since then we don't remove the punishment done on connection
start.
Protobuf seems to have an incompatible cmake every single release,
which makes including it with cmake itself stupid and indeed lead
to linking or even compile errors.
So, the point of not wanting to use protobuffers directly got again
proven in practice as its a messy thing in all regards.
This makes the unit test for our reimplementation of protobuf
parsing/building become optional. The unit test is the only one
that actually uses the protocol buffers stuff itself, as such
turning that off by default isolates our users from the mess it is.
This uses old methods from the ugly utilstrencodings files
and cleans them up to allow us to install this header file and
use these methods outside of theHub repo.
There factually is no difference between char and unsigned char
except in very rare cases (like bitshifting). But in APIs they
are incompatible, which is a pain...
Protocol Buffers interaction is just another serialization standard,
while its widespread it has fortunately mostly been kept out of
anything relevant or important. Mostly due to the fact that is
really quite bad from a technical perspective.
This adds simple and basic support for creating and parsing
protocol buffer messages, mostly to allow interoperability.
If you want quality: use the MessagBuilder/MessageParser ones instead.
This changes the SPV action to not actually exit when sync
is completed, but instead keep running in the background
so it will detect when a wallet loses a peer and reinstate one.
tomFlowee
Calin Culianu