#!/usr/bin/env python import sys, hashlib from electrum import Interface from electrum.bitcoin import Hash, rev_hex, int_to_hex """validate a transaction (SPV)""" i = Interface({'server':'ecdsa.org:50002:s'}) i.start() encode = lambda x: x[::-1].encode('hex') decode = lambda x: x.decode('hex')[::-1] def do_merkle_root(merkle_s, target_hash): h = decode(target_hash) for item in merkle_s: is_left = item[0] == 'L' h = Hash( h + decode(item[1:]) ) if is_left else Hash( decode(item[1:]) + h ) return encode(h) def hash_header(res): header = int_to_hex(res.get('version'),4) \ + rev_hex(res.get('prev_block_hash')) \ + rev_hex(res.get('merkle_root')) \ + int_to_hex(int(res.get('timestamp')),4) \ + int_to_hex(int(res.get('bits')),4) \ + int_to_hex(int(res.get('nonce')),4) return rev_hex(Hash(header.decode('hex')).encode('hex')) def verify_tx(tx_hash): res = i.synchronous_get([ ('blockchain.transaction.get_merkle',[tx_hash]) ])[0] merkle_root = do_merkle_root(res['merkle'], tx_hash) tx_height = res.get('block_height') headers_requests = [] for height in range(tx_height-10,tx_height+10): headers_requests.append( ('blockchain.block.get_header',[height]) ) headers = i.synchronous_get(headers_requests) _hash = None for header in headers: if _hash: assert _hash == header.get('prev_block_hash') _hash = hash_header(header) height = header.get('block_height') if height==tx_height: assert header.get('merkle_root') == merkle_root print height, _hash, '*' else: print height, _hash try: tx = sys.argv[1] except: tx = '587430e52af2cec98b3fd543083469ffa7a5f5dd2bd569898a7897a64e2eb031' verify_tx(tx)