From 77770d95e2838d7665fa8f621e9e83d79f9b3196 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: MarcoFalke <falke.marco@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2019 11:58:43 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] test: Properly serialize BIP34 coinbase height

---
 test/functional/test_framework/blocktools.py | 28 ++++++++------------
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

diff --git a/test/functional/test_framework/blocktools.py b/test/functional/test_framework/blocktools.py
index 7ac044d0d..d741b00ba 100644
--- a/test/functional/test_framework/blocktools.py
+++ b/test/functional/test_framework/blocktools.py
@@ -22,13 +22,14 @@ from .messages import (
     ToHex,
     hash256,
     hex_str_to_bytes,
-    ser_string,
     ser_uint256,
     sha256,
     uint256_from_str,
 )
 from .script import (
     CScript,
+    CScriptNum,
+    CScriptOp,
     OP_0,
     OP_1,
     OP_CHECKMULTISIG,
@@ -89,20 +90,14 @@ def add_witness_commitment(block, nonce=0):
     block.hashMerkleRoot = block.calc_merkle_root()
     block.rehash()
 
-def serialize_script_num(value):
-    r = bytearray(0)
-    if value == 0:
-        return r
-    neg = value < 0
-    absvalue = -value if neg else value
-    while (absvalue):
-        r.append(int(absvalue & 0xff))
-        absvalue >>= 8
-    if r[-1] & 0x80:
-        r.append(0x80 if neg else 0)
-    elif neg:
-        r[-1] |= 0x80
-    return r
+
+def script_BIP34_coinbase_height(height):
+    if height <= 16:
+        res = CScriptOp.encode_op_n(height)
+        # Append dummy to increase scriptSig size above 2 (see bad-cb-length consensus rule)
+        return CScript([res, OP_1])
+    return CScript([CScriptNum(height)])
+
 
 def create_coinbase(height, pubkey=None):
     """Create a coinbase transaction, assuming no miner fees.
@@ -110,8 +105,7 @@ def create_coinbase(height, pubkey=None):
     If pubkey is passed in, the coinbase output will be a P2PK output;
     otherwise an anyone-can-spend output."""
     coinbase = CTransaction()
-    coinbase.vin.append(CTxIn(COutPoint(0, 0xffffffff),
-                        ser_string(serialize_script_num(height)), 0xffffffff))
+    coinbase.vin.append(CTxIn(COutPoint(0, 0xffffffff), script_BIP34_coinbase_height(height), 0xffffffff))
     coinbaseoutput = CTxOut()
     coinbaseoutput.nValue = 50 * COIN
     halvings = int(height / 150)  # regtest