Remove confusing MAX_BLOCK_BASE_SIZE.

Some people keep thinking that MAX_BLOCK_BASE_SIZE is a separate
 size limit from the weight limit when it fact it is superfluous,
 and used in early tests before the witness data has been
 validated or just to compute worst case sizes.  The size checks
 that use it would not behave any differently consensus wise
 if they were eliminated completely.

Its correct value is not independently settable but is a function
 of the weight limit and weight formula.

This patch just eliminates it and uses the scale factor as
 required to compute the worse case constants.

It also moves the weight factor out of primitives into consensus,
 which is a more logical place for it.

Author: gmaxwell

src/bitcoin-tx.cpp

@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ static void MutateTxAddInput(CMutableTransaction& tx, const std::string& strInpu
     uint256 txid(uint256S(strTxid));
 
     static const unsigned int minTxOutSz = 9;
-    static const unsigned int maxVout = MAX_BLOCK_BASE_SIZE / minTxOutSz;
+    static const unsigned int maxVout = MAX_BLOCK_WEIGHT / (WITNESS_SCALE_FACTOR * minTxOutSz);
 
     // extract and validate vout
     std::string strVout = vStrInputParts[1];

src/blockencodings.cpp

@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@
 
 #include <unordered_map>
 
-#define MIN_TRANSACTION_BASE_SIZE (::GetSerializeSize(CTransaction(), SER_NETWORK, PROTOCOL_VERSION | SERIALIZE_TRANSACTION_NO_WITNESS))
-
 CBlockHeaderAndShortTxIDs::CBlockHeaderAndShortTxIDs(const CBlock& block, bool fUseWTXID) :
         nonce(GetRand(std::numeric_limits<uint64_t>::max())),
         shorttxids(block.vtx.size() - 1), prefilledtxn(1), header(block) {
@@ -50,7 +48,7 @@ uint64_t CBlockHeaderAndShortTxIDs::GetShortID(const uint256& txhash) const {
 ReadStatus PartiallyDownloadedBlock::InitData(const CBlockHeaderAndShortTxIDs& cmpctblock, const std::vector<std::pair<uint256, CTransactionRef>>& extra_txn) {
     if (cmpctblock.header.IsNull() || (cmpctblock.shorttxids.empty() && cmpctblock.prefilledtxn.empty()))
         return READ_STATUS_INVALID;
-    if (cmpctblock.shorttxids.size() + cmpctblock.prefilledtxn.size() > MAX_BLOCK_BASE_SIZE / MIN_TRANSACTION_BASE_SIZE)
+    if (cmpctblock.shorttxids.size() + cmpctblock.prefilledtxn.size() > MAX_BLOCK_WEIGHT / MIN_SERIALIZEABLE_TRANSACTION_WEIGHT)
         return READ_STATUS_INVALID;
 
     assert(header.IsNull() && txn_available.empty());

src/coins.cpp

@@ -245,7 +245,8 @@ bool CCoinsViewCache::HaveInputs(const CTransaction& tx) const
     return true;
 }
 
-static const size_t MAX_OUTPUTS_PER_BLOCK = MAX_BLOCK_BASE_SIZE /  ::GetSerializeSize(CTxOut(), SER_NETWORK, PROTOCOL_VERSION); // TODO: merge with similar definition in undo.h.
+static const size_t MIN_TRANSACTION_OUTPUT_WEIGHT = WITNESS_SCALE_FACTOR * ::GetSerializeSize(CTxOut(), SER_NETWORK, PROTOCOL_VERSION);
+static const size_t MAX_OUTPUTS_PER_BLOCK = MAX_BLOCK_WEIGHT / MIN_TRANSACTION_OUTPUT_WEIGHT;
 
 const Coin& AccessByTxid(const CCoinsViewCache& view, const uint256& txid)
 {

src/consensus/consensus.h

@@ -6,25 +6,23 @@
 #ifndef BITCOIN_CONSENSUS_CONSENSUS_H
 #define BITCOIN_CONSENSUS_CONSENSUS_H
 
+#include <stdlib.h>
 #include <stdint.h>
 
 /** The maximum allowed size for a serialized block, in bytes (only for buffer size limits) */
 static const unsigned int MAX_BLOCK_SERIALIZED_SIZE = 4000000;
 /** The maximum allowed weight for a block, see BIP 141 (network rule) */
 static const unsigned int MAX_BLOCK_WEIGHT = 4000000;
-/**
- * The maximum allowed size for a block excluding witness data, in bytes (network rule).
- * This parameter is largely superfluous because it is directly implied by the above block
- *  weight limit, even when BIP 141 is not active.  It continues to exist for use in
- *  various early tests that run before the witness data has been checked.
- * All tests related to it could be removed without breaking consensus compatibility.
- */
-static const unsigned int MAX_BLOCK_BASE_SIZE = 1000000;
 /** The maximum allowed number of signature check operations in a block (network rule) */
 static const int64_t MAX_BLOCK_SIGOPS_COST = 80000;
 /** Coinbase transaction outputs can only be spent after this number of new blocks (network rule) */
 static const int COINBASE_MATURITY = 100;
 
+static const int WITNESS_SCALE_FACTOR = 4;
+
+static const size_t MIN_TRANSACTION_WEIGHT = WITNESS_SCALE_FACTOR * 60; // 60 is the lower bound for the size of a valid serialized CTransaction
+static const size_t MIN_SERIALIZEABLE_TRANSACTION_WEIGHT = WITNESS_SCALE_FACTOR * 10; // 10 is the lower bound for the size of a serialized CTransaction
+
 /** Flags for nSequence and nLockTime locks */
 enum {
     /* Interpret sequence numbers as relative lock-time constraints. */

src/consensus/tx_verify.cpp

@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ bool CheckTransaction(const CTransaction& tx, CValidationState &state, bool fChe
     if (tx.vout.empty())
         return state.DoS(10, false, REJECT_INVALID, "bad-txns-vout-empty");
     // Size limits (this doesn't take the witness into account, as that hasn't been checked for malleability)
-    if (::GetSerializeSize(tx, SER_NETWORK, PROTOCOL_VERSION | SERIALIZE_TRANSACTION_NO_WITNESS) > MAX_BLOCK_BASE_SIZE)
+    if (::GetSerializeSize(tx, SER_NETWORK, PROTOCOL_VERSION | SERIALIZE_TRANSACTION_NO_WITNESS) * WITNESS_SCALE_FACTOR > MAX_BLOCK_WEIGHT)
         return state.DoS(100, false, REJECT_INVALID, "bad-txns-oversize");
 
     // Check for negative or overflow output values

src/consensus/validation.h

@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@
 #define BITCOIN_CONSENSUS_VALIDATION_H
 
 #include <string>
+#include "version.h"
+#include "consensus/consensus.h"
+#include "primitives/transaction.h"
+#include "primitives/block.h"
 
 /** "reject" message codes */
 static const unsigned char REJECT_MALFORMED = 0x01;
@@ -85,4 +89,18 @@ class CValidationState {
     std::string GetDebugMessage() const { return strDebugMessage; }
 };
 
+static inline int64_t GetTransactionWeight(const CTransaction& tx)
+{
+    return ::GetSerializeSize(tx, SER_NETWORK, PROTOCOL_VERSION | SERIALIZE_TRANSACTION_NO_WITNESS) * (WITNESS_SCALE_FACTOR -1) + ::GetSerializeSize(tx, SER_NETWORK, PROTOCOL_VERSION);
+}
+
+static inline int64_t GetBlockWeight(const CBlock& block)
+{
+    // This implements the weight = (stripped_size * 4) + witness_size formula,
+    // using only serialization with and without witness data. As witness_size
+    // is equal to total_size - stripped_size, this formula is identical to:
+    // weight = (stripped_size * 3) + total_size.
+    return ::GetSerializeSize(block, SER_NETWORK, PROTOCOL_VERSION | SERIALIZE_TRANSACTION_NO_WITNESS) * (WITNESS_SCALE_FACTOR - 1) + ::GetSerializeSize(block, SER_NETWORK, PROTOCOL_VERSION);
+}
+
 #endif // BITCOIN_CONSENSUS_VALIDATION_H

src/core_write.cpp

@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@
 #include "core_io.h"
 
 #include "base58.h"
-#include "primitives/transaction.h"
+#include "consensus/consensus.h"
+#include "consensus/validation.h"
 #include "script/script.h"
 #include "script/standard.h"
 #include "serialize.h"
@@ -15,7 +16,6 @@
 #include "utilmoneystr.h"
 #include "utilstrencodings.h"
 
-
 std::string FormatScript(const CScript& script)
 {
     std::string ret;

src/merkleblock.cpp

@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ uint256 CPartialMerkleTree::ExtractMatches(std::vector<uint256> &vMatch, std::ve
     if (nTransactions == 0)
         return uint256();
     // check for excessively high numbers of transactions
-    if (nTransactions > MAX_BLOCK_BASE_SIZE / 60) // 60 is the lower bound for the size of a serialized CTransaction
+    if (nTransactions > MAX_BLOCK_WEIGHT / MIN_TRANSACTION_WEIGHT)
         return uint256();
     // there can never be more hashes provided than one for every txid
     if (vHash.size() > nTransactions)

src/policy/policy.cpp

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 #include "policy/policy.h"
 
+#include "consensus/validation.h"
 #include "validation.h"
 #include "coins.h"
 #include "tinyformat.h"

src/primitives/block.cpp

@@ -31,12 +31,3 @@ std::string CBlock::ToString() const
     }
     return s.str();
 }
-
-int64_t GetBlockWeight(const CBlock& block)
-{
-    // This implements the weight = (stripped_size * 4) + witness_size formula,
-    // using only serialization with and without witness data. As witness_size
-    // is equal to total_size - stripped_size, this formula is identical to:
-    // weight = (stripped_size * 3) + total_size.
-    return ::GetSerializeSize(block, SER_NETWORK, PROTOCOL_VERSION | SERIALIZE_TRANSACTION_NO_WITNESS) * (WITNESS_SCALE_FACTOR - 1) + ::GetSerializeSize(block, SER_NETWORK, PROTOCOL_VERSION);
-}