Merge pull request #1546 from rnicoll/1.17-auxpow1.17-dev

1.17 AuxPoW support

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diff --git a/test/functional/test_framework/auxpow_testing.py b/test/functional/test_framework/auxpow_testing.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+# Copyright (c) 2014-2018 Daniel Kraft
+# Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
+# file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
+
+# Utility routines for auxpow that are needed specifically by the regtests.
+# This is mostly about actually *solving* an auxpow block (with regtest
+# difficulty) or inspecting the information for verification.
+
+import binascii
+
+from test_framework import auxpow
+
+def computeAuxpow (block, target, ok):
+  """
+  Build an auxpow object (serialised as hex string) that solves
+  (ok = True) or doesn't solve (ok = False) the block.
+  """
+
+  (tx, header) = auxpow.constructAuxpow (block)
+  (header, _) = mineBlock (header, target, ok)
+  return auxpow.finishAuxpow (tx, header)
+
+def mineAuxpowBlock (node):
+  """
+  Mine an auxpow block on the given RPC connection.  This uses the
+  createauxblock and submitauxblock command pair.
+  """
+
+  def create ():
+    addr = node.getnewaddress ()
+    return node.createauxblock (addr)
+
+  return mineAuxpowBlockWithMethods (create, node.submitauxblock)
+
+def mineAuxpowBlockWithMethods (create, submit):
+  """
+  Mine an auxpow block, using the given methods for creation and submission.
+  """
+
+  auxblock = create ()
+  target = auxpow.reverseHex (auxblock['_target'])
+  apow = computeAuxpow (auxblock['hash'], target, True)
+  res = submit (auxblock['hash'], apow)
+  assert res
+
+  return auxblock['hash']
+
+def getCoinbaseAddr (node, blockHash):
+    """
+    Extract the coinbase tx' payout address for the given block.
+    """
+
+    blockData = node.getblock (blockHash)
+    txn = blockData['tx']
+    assert len (txn) >= 1
+
+    txData = node.getrawtransaction (txn[0], 1)
+    assert len (txData['vout']) >= 1 and len (txData['vin']) == 1
+    assert 'coinbase' in txData['vin'][0]
+
+    addr = txData['vout'][0]['scriptPubKey']['addresses']
+    assert len (addr) == 1
+    return addr[0]
+
+def mineBlock (header, target, ok):
+  """
+  Given a block header, update the nonce until it is ok (or not)
+  for the given target.
+  """
+
+  data = bytearray (binascii.unhexlify (header))
+  while True:
+    assert data[79] < 255
+    data[79] += 1
+    hexData = binascii.hexlify (data)
+
+    blockhash = auxpow.doubleHashHex (hexData)
+    if (ok and blockhash < target) or ((not ok) and blockhash > target):
+      break
+
+  return (hexData, blockhash)