RPC: accept coinbase_message in getblocktemplate for pprpcsb solo mining - #1948
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ChangesCoinbase Message Mining
Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to This change adds coinbase messages to mining templates and retains message-specific ProgPow jobs. Unbounded job retention could exhaust node memory during stable template periods, while the remaining documentation issues can mislead RPC users; resolve these before merge. Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant Miner
participant getblocktemplate
participant ProgPoWCache
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Miner->>getblocktemplate: Request coinbase_message
getblocktemplate->>ProgPoWCache: Cache or reuse matching job
getblocktemplate-->>Miner: Return template and job header
Miner->>pprpcsb: Submit solution
pprpcsb->>ProgPoWCache: Read cached job
pprpcsb-->>Miner: Process matching block
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| if (fRewardAddressSet) | ||
| // don't bother to save block unless reward address is set | ||
| mapPPBlockTemplates[lastHeader] = *pblock; | ||
| mapPPBlockTemplates[header] = *pblock; |
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Suggestion: Each distinct reward address creates a full CBlock entry, and the map is cleared only on template rebuilds, allowing repeated requests to exhaust node memory. [resource leak]
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*Resource Leak: Each distinct reward address creates a full `CBlock` entry, and the map is cleared only on template rebuilds, allowing repeated requests to exhaust node memory.
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| if (fRewardAddressSet) | ||
| // don't bother to save block unless reward address is set | ||
| mapPPBlockTemplates[lastHeader] = *pblock; | ||
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When an authenticated or malfunctioning miner varies the reward address or message, every request inserts another CBlock and no entry is evicted until the base template is rebuilt; the 30-second condition only controls reuse. On a quiet mempool this permits rapid, unbounded growth between blocks, and subsequent requests scan the entire map while holding both cs_main and cs_ppBlockTemplates, eventually consuming memory and delaying validation. Evict expired jobs or impose a bounded cache before inserting.
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qa/rpc-tests/getblocktemplate_coinbase.py (1)
106-109: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick winVerify the boundary-message jobs remain cached.
Lines 106 and 109 create jobs with a reward address but discard their
pprpcheadervalues. The loop at Lines 115-118 does not verify those jobs. Save both headers and pass them toassert_job_knownso the retention test covers 80-byte and UTF-8 messages.🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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23-23: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low valueUse the required namespace brace style.
Move the opening brace to the next line.
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-namespace { +namespace +{As per coding guidelines, use “Linux brace style: new line for namespaces, classes, and function definitions”.
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In `@doc/api-documentation.md`:
- Around line 817-818: Update the getblocktemplate result documentation around
the pprpcheader and pprpcepoch fields to state that they are included only for
ProgPoW blocks, making their conditional presence clear to clients while
preserving the existing field descriptions.
- Around line 791-793: Update the coinbase_message and reward_address parameter
documentation to state that reward_address controls pprpcsb job retention only
when a reward address is provided; clarify that coinbase_message is still
accepted and echoed without reward_address, and remove wording implying it is
meaningful only with that field or that other combinations retain jobs.
- Around line 1890-1891: Update the unsupported-node example around the
coinbase_message assertion so it no longer unconditionally requires an echoed
value after passing reward_address; remove the compatibility note and assertion
or gate the assertion behind an explicit capability check, while preserving
valid behavior for nodes that support the API.
In `@src/rpc/mining.cpp`:
- Line 936: Bound growth of mapPPBlockTemplates in the code path that inserts
entries from pblock, while holding cs_ppBlockTemplates. Add an appropriate
capacity or age-based eviction policy so repeated distinct reward_address
requests cannot grow the cache without limit, preserving reuse of valid cached
templates.
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In `@qa/rpc-tests/getblocktemplate_coinbase.py`:
- Around line 106-109: Update the boundary-message checks around
getblocktemplate to capture each returned pprpcheader for the longest ASCII and
two-byte UTF-8 coinbase messages, then pass both headers to assert_job_known in
the retention loop so these jobs are verified as cached.
In `@src/test/coinbase_message_tests.cpp`:
- Line 23: Update the anonymous namespace declaration in the test file to use
Linux brace style by placing its opening brace on the following line.
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| the node builds for `pprpcsb`, at most 80 UTF-8 bytes. Meaningful only together with `reward_address`. | ||
| 2. `reward_address` (string, optional) - Address paid by the coinbase of the block the node builds. | ||
| Required for solo mining through `pprpcsb`; jobs without it are not kept. |
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🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Clarify behavior without reward_address.
The RPC accepts and echoes coinbase_message without reward_address; reward_address controls whether the pprpcsb job is retained. The current text says the message is meaningful only with reward_address and says other combinations keep jobs. Limit the retention statement to requests that include a reward address.
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- the node builds for `pprpcsb`, at most 80 UTF-8 bytes. Meaningful only together with `reward_address`.
+ the node builds, at most 80 UTF-8 bytes. A `reward_address` is required to retain the job for `pprpcsb`.
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- other combinations get, and keep, jobs of their own.
+ other combinations with a `reward_address` get and retain jobs of their own.Also applies to: 824-826
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In `@doc/api-documentation.md` around lines 791 - 793, Update the coinbase_message
and reward_address parameter documentation to state that reward_address controls
pprpcsb job retention only when a reward address is provided; clarify that
coinbase_message is still accepted and echoed without reward_address, and remove
wording implying it is meaningful only with that field or that other
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| "pprpcheader": "...", | ||
| "pprpcepoch": 94 |
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🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Mark ProgPoW fields as conditional.
The RPC adds pprpcheader and pprpcepoch only when pblock->IsProgPow() is true. Qualify these fields in the result description so clients do not treat them as mandatory for every getblocktemplate response.
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In `@doc/api-documentation.md` around lines 817 - 818, Update the getblocktemplate
result documentation around the pprpcheader and pprpcepoch fields to state that
they are included only for ProgPoW blocks, making their conditional presence
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| # A node without support ignores the option, so check the acknowledgement | ||
| assert template.get("coinbase_message") == "/my solo miner/" |
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🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Fix the unsupported-node example.
The example passes the new reward_address parameter and then requires an echoed coinbase_message. A node without this API can reject the call or omit the field, so the example cannot run as written. Remove the compatibility note, or add a capability branch before the assertion.
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In `@doc/api-documentation.md` around lines 1890 - 1891, Update the
unsupported-node example around the coinbase_message assertion so it no longer
unconditionally requires an echoed value after passing reward_address; remove
the compatibility note and assertion or gate the assertion behind an explicit
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| if (fRewardAddressSet) | ||
| // don't bother to save block unless reward address is set | ||
| mapPPBlockTemplates[lastHeader] = *pblock; | ||
| mapPPBlockTemplates[header] = *pblock; |
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# Expect: a bounded capacity or expiry policy exists for mapPPBlockTemplates.
rg -n -C 4 'mapPPBlockTemplates|cs_ppBlockTemplates|\.erase\(|\.clear\(' src/rpc/mining.cppRepository: firoorg/firo
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Denial of Service (CWE-400): Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Reachability: External · Exploitability: Moderate
Bound mapPPBlockTemplates growth.
Each distinct valid reward_address can create a cache entry. The cache has no capacity or age-based eviction before the base template rebuilds. Bound the cache under cs_ppBlockTemplates to prevent excessive memory use from repeated RPC requests.
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In `@src/rpc/mining.cpp` at line 936, Bound growth of mapPPBlockTemplates in the
code path that inserts entries from pblock, while holding cs_ppBlockTemplates.
Add an appropriate capacity or age-based eviction policy so repeated distinct
reward_address requests cannot grow the cache without limit, preserving reuse of
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Solo miners that let the node build the block (getblocktemplate with a reward address, solution submitted through pprpcsb) had no way to put a message into the coinbase, since the node owns the whole transaction. getblocktemplate now accepts "coinbase_message" (a string of at most 80 UTF-8 bytes) in the template request. It is appended as a data push to the coinbase input script built by CreateNewBlock, after the existing height/OP_RETURN prefix, within the 100 bytes consensus allows, and the result echoes it as "coinbase_message" so a miner can tell the node honoured it. An empty message leaves the coinbase untouched. The coinbase is customised on a per-request copy of the shared template so that the message cannot accumulate across calls, and a cached pprpcsb job is only reused when it was built for the same coinbase, so different messages or reward addresses keep jobs of their own. pprpcsb now copies the job under cs_main, which getblocktemplate holds while maintaining the cache. Adds qa/rpc-tests/getblocktemplate_coinbase.py and documents the option. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01NgfQ7cfoqb3nqkoT4HVTcX
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| 1. `template_request` (json object, optional) - BIP 22/23 compliant request. Firo additionally accepts | ||
| `"coinbase_message": "text"` (at most 80 UTF-8 bytes), which is put into the coinbase of the block | ||
| the node builds for `pprpcsb` and echoed back as `coinbase_message`. Needs `reward_address`. | ||
| 2. `reward_address` (string, optional) - Address paid by the coinbase of the block the node builds for `pprpcsb` |
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🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Add reward_address to the command synopsis.
The heading documents getblocktemplate [template_request], but this argument list defines a second positional argument. Change the synopsis to getblocktemplate [template_request] [reward_address].
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In `@doc/api-documentation.md` at line 792, Update the getblocktemplate command
synopsis to include the optional positional reward_address argument, changing it
to getblocktemplate [template_request] [reward_address], while preserving the
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Reviewed exact head 4080ddb12deb3962966a7623bb2e974ffa747105; no additional actionable issues were found.
I traced the per-request coinbase copy, message size/type and script limits, ProgPoW job reuse, cache access under cs_main, and the submission path. git diff --check and Python syntax compilation passed, and the current CI matrix is green. Existing discussion already covers the remaining cache-bound and documentation concerns.
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Let a solo miner put a message into the coinbase. When the miner lets the node build the block (
getblocktemplatewith a reward address, solution submitted throughpprpcsb), the node owns the whole coinbase transaction, so there was no way to do this.getblocktemplatenow acceptscoinbase_messagein the template request:CreateNewBlock, after the existing height /OP_RETURNprefix and within the 100 bytes consensus allows. Nothing else in the coinbase changes.coinbase_message, so a miner can tell whether the node honoured the option. An empty message leaves the coinbase as built.Code changes brief
pprpcsbjob is only reused when it was built for the same coinbase, so different messages or reward addresses get jobs of their own; all of them stay submittable.pprpcsbcopies the job undercs_main, whichgetblocktemplateholds while maintaining the cache.qa/rpc-tests/getblocktemplate_coinbase.py(added to the runner) switches regtest to ProgPoW and checks the echo, the job changing with the message, job reuse, the empty-message reset, submittability of every job and the byte / type limits. Passed locally together withgetblocktemplate_longpoll.py.🤖 Generated with Claude Code
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