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WalkthroughContextual transaction validation now rejects negative transaction versions when DIP0003 is active. Tests cover the sign-extended encoding, the alternate zero-type encoding, and validation at the activation boundary. ChangesNegative transaction version handling
Priority: ⬆️ High Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes Change: Bug fix Merge Risk: 🟠 High · up to Negative transaction versions are rejected from the DIP0003 height onward rather than at the scheduled activation height. On mainnet, testnet, and devnet, that rule takes effect years of blocks earlier than planned. Nodes running this code could reject existing chain history and fork from the network. The rule needs its own activation height before merging. 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1❌ Failed checks (1 warning)
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| // Preserve the transaction serializer's legacy sign extension. | ||
| uint32_t n32bitVersion = static_cast<uint32_t>(txTo.nVersion) | | ||
| (static_cast<uint32_t>(txTo.nType) << 16); | ||
| ::Serialize(s, n32bitVersion); |
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Suggestion: The new wire-level nType is included in legacy sighashes but omitted from witness sighashes, allowing a serialized transaction's type to change without invalidating witness signatures.
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*Security: The new wire-level `nType` is included in legacy sighashes but omitted from witness sighashes, allowing a serialized transaction's type to change without invalidating witness signatures.
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- Around line 779-781: Update the activation handling for
nRejectNegativeTxVersionStartBlock so mempool transactions invalid under the new
negative-version rule, along with their descendants, are removed or revalidated
when the chain reaches the activation height. Ensure the same cleanup occurs on
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- Around line 779-780: Update the nRejectNegativeTxVersionStartBlock activation
check in transaction validation to reject nVersion values above INT16_MAX as
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| if (nHeight >= consensusParams.nRejectNegativeTxVersionStartBlock && | ||
| tx.nVersion < 0) { |
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Reject versions that cannot round-trip as signed 16-bit values.
nVersion is int32_t in both transaction types. An in-memory value of 32768 passes the negative-version check, serializes with low bits 0x8000, and deserializes as -32768. This can make consensus validation disagree across nodes when the rule activates.
Relay policy rejects versions above 3, so this path is limited to non-standard transactions. Reject values above INT16_MAX at the activation gate and add a serialization round-trip test.
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if (nHeight >= consensusParams.nRejectNegativeTxVersionStartBlock &&
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| if (nHeight >= consensusParams.nRejectNegativeTxVersionStartBlock && | |
| tx.nVersion < 0) { | |
| if (nHeight >= consensusParams.nRejectNegativeTxVersionStartBlock && | |
| (tx.nVersion < 0 || tx.nVersion > INT16_MAX)) { |
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In `@src/validation.cpp` around lines 779 - 780, Update the
nRejectNegativeTxVersionStartBlock activation check in transaction validation to
reject nVersion values above INT16_MAX as well as negative values. Add a
serialization round-trip test confirming out-of-range versions are handled
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| if (nHeight >= consensusParams.nRejectNegativeTxVersionStartBlock && | ||
| tx.nVersion < 0) { | ||
| return state.DoS(100, false, REJECT_INVALID, "bad-txns-version"); |
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Remove stale mempool transactions when the rule activates.
On testnet, devnet, or regtest, a normal negative-version transaction can enter the mempool before activation because standard-version policy is disabled. If it remains unconfirmed when the tip reaches the block before activation, removeForBlock does not remove it. The block assembler can select it, then TestBlockValidity rejects the template under this new rule and CreateNewBlock throws. Revalidate or remove affected mempool entries and descendants at the height transition; also check the reorg path. (raw.githubusercontent.com)
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In `@src/validation.cpp` around lines 779 - 781, Update the activation handling
for nRejectNegativeTxVersionStartBlock so mempool transactions invalid under the
new negative-version rule, along with their descendants, are removed or
revalidated when the chain reaches the activation height. Ensure the same
cleanup occurs on reorgs that cross the activation boundary, using the existing
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Need to set HF block numbers!
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Looks good, just put HF blocks
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| uint32_t n32bitVersion = static_cast<uint32_t>(tx.nVersion) | | ||
| (static_cast<uint32_t>(tx.nType) << 16); | ||
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Suggestion: Negative transactions received with non-sign-extended upper bytes are reserialized differently, so their txid and raw RPC bytes no longer match the original wire transaction.
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| consensus.nSparkStartBlock = SPARK_START_BLOCK; | ||
| consensus.nSparkSingleInputStartBlock = 1355970; | ||
| consensus.nSparkChaumV2StartBlock = 1371000; // Approximately September 4 2026, 10:00 UTC | ||
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Keep the activation heights inactive until deployment is coordinated.
This parameter changes consensus validation. If the heights are not approved and coordinated, nodes can apply different rules when a negative-version transaction reaches block validation. Use INT_MAX, the documented inactive value, for mainnet, testnet, and devnet.
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-consensus.nRejectNegativeTxVersionStartBlock = 213500;
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| consensus.nRejectNegativeTxVersionStartBlock = 1405900; | |
| consensus.nRejectNegativeTxVersionStartBlock = INT_MAX; |
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Set nRejectNegativeTxVersionStartBlock to INT_MAX for mainnet, testnet, and
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Serialization sign-extends a negative nVersion into the nType half, so a transaction received with nType == 0 is re-serialized (for its txid, on disk and when relayed) with nType == -1. Pin the current behaviour: both encodings share a txid, but after DIP3 only the re-serialized one fails the type check. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01Aofa7j2iLomWRFEsDW66BD
After DIP3 the two encodings of the same txid got different verdicts: the node handed the nType == 0 bytes accepted the transaction, while every node seeing the re-serialized form rejected it with bad-txns-type. Reject negative versions inside the DIP3 branch of ContextualCheckTransaction with the same bad-txns-type, so both encodings are treated alike. This changes no verdict before DIP3 and none for any encoding a node receives from peers or reads from disk, so it needs no activation height. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01Aofa7j2iLomWRFEsDW66BD
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User descriptionPR intentionPrevent negative transaction versions from producing inconsistent version/type interpretation after serialization round trips, and keep those transactions out of the mempool before the consensus rule activates. Activation heights are mainnet 1,405,900, testnet 213,500, devnet 4,000 and regtest 500. Mainnet is 17,344 blocks after height 1,388,556, about 30 days 2 hours 40 minutes at 2.5-minute target spacing. These heights are the coordinated deployment schedule. Operators must ensure miner and ChainLock quorum readiness before reaching them; if readiness slips, the affected height must be moved later. Regtest retains its override for boundary testing. Code changes brief
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Gate negative-version rejection at a dedicated activation height.
ContextualCheckTransaction rejects negative versions as soon as DIP0003Height is reached. The stated negative-version schedule is later on mainnet, testnet, and devnet. A block accepted before that schedule can therefore be rejected after DIP0003 activates. Add a separate consensus parameter, such as nRejectNegativeTxVersionStartBlock, initialize it for each network, and use it for this check. Update the test to cover a height after DIP0003 but before the scheduled activation.
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Review comment at @src/validation.cpp around lines 785 - 786:
Update the negative-version check in ContextualCheckTransaction to use a
dedicated consensus activation height instead of DIP0003Height; add and
initialize the corresponding parameter for each network using the existing
negative-version schedule. Update the relevant test to verify a negative-version
transaction remains accepted after DIP0003 activation but before the new
activation height, and is rejected at or after that height.
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PR intention
Serialization sign-extends a negative
nVersioninto thenTypehalf of the 32-bit version field. A transaction received withnType == 0is therefore re-serialized (for its txid, on disk and when relayed) withnType == -1. After DIP3 the two encodings of the same txid get different verdicts:nType == 0bytes accepts it;bad-txns-type.This PR rejects negative versions after DIP3 in both encodings, with the same
bad-txns-type.No activation height is needed. Nothing changes before DIP3, and for any encoding a node receives from peers or reads from disk the verdict is unchanged. The only node that behaves differently is one handed the
nType == 0bytes directly, which now agrees with the rest of the network.Code changes brief
Easiest to review commit by commit:
ContextualCheckTransaction(src/validation.cpp). The test diff in this commit shows exactly which verdicts change: thenType == 0encoding at versions -32768 and -1, after DIP3.Removed from earlier revisions of this PR (history rewritten): the scheduled HF heights and consensus parameter,
-rejectnegativetxversionheight, the mempool policy check, the functional test, and the version-packing rewrite (it produced identical bytes).Validation:
ContextualCheckTransaction(this branch and master), run over every 16-bit version. Master gives the two encodings different verdicts in 32,768 cases; this branch in 0. No verdict changes before DIP3 or for re-serialized encodings. The same harness confirms that commit 1's expectations pass on master, and that commit 2's fail there only on the two flipped lines.-reindexon mainnet and testnet, to confirm no block after DIP3 contains a negative-version transaction.🤖 Generated with Claude Code
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