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This is a minimal changeset for a new protocol version. The ideas for the less trivial changes are deferred a bit, just so we get something out. ref spesmilo#2 ref spesmilo/electrumx#90
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| .. function:: blockchain.outpoint.subscribe(tx_hash, txout_idx, spk_hint=None) |
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note: bitcoin core added a txospenderindex, to be used with the gettxspendingprevout RPC.
ref bitcoin/bitcoin#24539
- see what their API looks like and maybe adapt what we add to that
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spender_blockhashin the response - they also have an option to put the full tx in the response
- in particular we could put
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| If a server supports all functionality defined for the negotiated protocol version, | ||
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I think method_flavours should be postponed for now, because its role is not clear.
it seems that what it wants to achieve collides with the features negotiation proposal in #7
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This defines a new protocol version: 1.7.
changes compared to 1.6:
blockchain.scripthash.*methods are all replaced withblockchain.scriptpubkey.*methodsblockchain.scriptpubkey.*endpoints #3blockchain.outpoint.subscribeRPC (and related RPCs) to subscribe to a transactionoutpoint, and get a notification when it gets spent.
server.pingcan now also be sent as an unrequested notification, by both the clientand the server. The request/response signature also changed.
blockchain.scriptpubkey.*methodsblockchain.transaction.testmempoolaccepttestmempoolaccept#11mempool.recentto list a few of the latest txs just added to the mempool.mempool.recentprotocol method #13This proposal is less ambitious than previous versions of 1.7:
method_flavoursfield for theserver.featuresresponse is also postponed,as I realised we are not clear re how to signal/negotiate optional features
server.versionfor feature negotiation #7 ideaWe have a client implementation in spesmilo/electrum#10627,
and a server implementation in spesmilo/electrumx#303.