I am trying to implement an SPV client in python (for my own learning). I want to start by making a simple TCP connection to a full node, but I either cannot get a response to my version message, or to my verack message if the version message goes through. I have referenced this and this is the code that I am trying to run:
#Import dependencies
import socket
import time
import random
import struct
import hashlib
import binascii
import ssl
import socks
# Binary encode the sub-version
def create_sub_version():
sub_version = "/Satoshi:0.7.2/"
return b'\x0F' + sub_version.encode()
# Binary encode the network addresses
def create_network_address(ip_address, port):
network_address = struct.pack('>8s16sH', b'\x01',
bytearray.fromhex("00000000000000000000ffff") + socket.inet_aton(ip_address), port)
return(network_address)
# Create the TCP request object
def create_message(magic, command, payload):
checksum = hashlib.sha256(hashlib.sha256(payload).digest()).digest()[0:4]
return(struct.pack('L12sL4s', magic, command.encode(), len(payload), checksum) + payload)
# Create the "version" request payload
def create_payload_version(peer_ip_address):
version = 60002
services = 1
timestamp = int(time.time())
addr_local = create_network_address("127.0.0.1", 8333)
addr_peer = create_network_address(peer_ip_address, 8333)
nonce = random.getrandbits(64)
start_height = 645953
payload = struct.pack('<LQQ26s26sQ16sL', version, services, timestamp, addr_peer,
addr_local, nonce, create_sub_version(), start_height)
return(payload)
# Create the "verack" request message
def create_message_verack():
return bytearray.fromhex("f9beb4d976657261636b000000000000000000005df6e0e2")
# Create the "getdata" request payload
def create_payload_getdata(tx_id):
count = 1
type = 1
hash = bytearray.fromhex(tx_id)
payload = struct.pack('<bb32s', count, type, hash)
return(payload)
# Print request/response data
def print_response(command, request_data, response_data):
print("")
print("Command: " + command)
print("Request:")
print(binascii.hexlify(request_data))
print("Response:")
print(binascii.hexlify(response_data))
if __name__ == '__main__':
# Set constants
magic_value = 0xd9b4bef9
tx_id = "a13e7979d3607e187d2ce81ca9fdadfe967b2f3fc1109ce47d46cc09ebd41c50"
peer_ip_address = socket.gethostbyname('bitcoin.aranguren.org')
peer_tcp_port = 50002
buffer_size = 1024
# Create Request Objects
version_payload = create_payload_version(peer_ip_address)
version_message = create_message(magic_value, 'version', version_payload)
verack_message = create_message_verack()
getdata_payload = create_payload_getdata(tx_id)
getdata_message = create_message(magic_value, 'getdata', getdata_payload)
# Establish TCP Connection
s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
s.settimeout(10)
ws = ssl.wrap_socket(s, ssl_version=ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1)
ws.connect((peer_ip_address, peer_tcp_port))
# Send message "version"
ws.send(version_message)
response_data = ws.recv(buffer_size)
print_response("version", version_message, response_data)
# Send message "verack"
ws.send(verack_message)
response_data = ws.recv(buffer_size)
print_response("verack", verack_message, response_data)
# Send message "getdata"
ws.send(getdata_message)
response_data = ws.recv(buffer_size)
print_response("getdata", getdata_message, response_data)
# Close the TCP connection
ws.close()
The server I connect to in the code is among the only ones that would respond to the version message, returning b’7b226a736f6e727063223a2022322e30222c20226572726f72223a207b22636f6465223a202d33323730302c20226d657373616765223a20226d65737361676573206d75737420626520656e636f64656420696e205554462d38227d2c20226964223a206e756c6c7d0a’.
I also tried referencing: this stack exchange question and Ken Shirriff’s github code, but none seem to work, either because I am using python3 or from other causes. I am a beginner in this, so if somebody could help me understand why I cannot get my messages across in the above code or has another implementation in python3, I would be grateful.
