Revert "add block validation consensus rule for block coinbase output" (#691)

also fix tests for size of blocks etc.

This reverts commit ecda870d70.

core/src/consensus.rs

@@ -44,16 +44,6 @@ pub fn reward(fee: u64) -> u64 {
 /// Number of blocks before a coinbase matures and can be spent
 pub const COINBASE_MATURITY: u64 = 1_000;
 
-/// Max number of coinbase outputs in a valid block.
-/// This is to prevent a miner generating an excessively large "compact block".
-/// But we do techincally support blocks with multiple coinbase outputs/kernels.
-pub const MAX_BLOCK_COINBASE_OUTPUTS: u64 = 1;
-
-/// Max number of coinbase kernels in a valid block.
-/// This is to prevent a miner generating an excessively large "compact block".
-/// But we do techincally support blocks with multiple coinbase outputs/kernels.
-pub const MAX_BLOCK_COINBASE_KERNELS: u64 = 1;
-
 /// Block interval, in seconds, the network will tune its next_target for. Note
 /// that we may reduce this value in the future as we get more data on mining
 /// with Cuckoo Cycle, networks improve and block propagation is optimized
@@ -131,7 +121,7 @@ pub fn valid_header_version(height: u64, version: u16) -> bool {
 /// Time window in blocks to calculate block time median
 pub const MEDIAN_TIME_WINDOW: u64 = 11;
 
-/// Index at half the desired median 
+/// Index at half the desired median
 pub const MEDIAN_TIME_INDEX: u64 = MEDIAN_TIME_WINDOW / 2;
 
 /// Number of blocks used to calculate difficulty adjustments
@@ -181,8 +171,8 @@ impl fmt::Display for TargetError {
 /// The difficulty calculation is based on both Digishield and GravityWave
 /// family of difficulty computation, coming to something very close to Zcash.
 /// The refence difficulty is an average of the difficulty over a window of
-/// DIFFICULTY_ADJUST_WINDOW blocks. The corresponding timespan is calculated 
+/// DIFFICULTY_ADJUST_WINDOW blocks. The corresponding timespan is calculated
-/// by using the difference between the median timestamps at the beginning 
+/// by using the difference between the median timestamps at the beginning
 /// and the end of the window.
 pub fn next_difficulty<T>(cursor: T) -> Result<Difficulty, TargetError>
 where
@@ -202,7 +192,7 @@ where
 		.fold(Difficulty::zero(), |sum, d| sum + d.clone().unwrap().1);
 
 	// Obtain the median window for the earlier time period
-	// which is just the first MEDIAN_TIME_WINDOW elements 
+	// which is just the first MEDIAN_TIME_WINDOW elements
 	let mut window_earliest: Vec<u64> = diff_data.iter()
 		.take(MEDIAN_TIME_WINDOW as usize)
 		.map(|n| n.clone().unwrap().0)

core/src/core/block.rs

@@ -73,10 +73,6 @@ pub enum Error {
 		/// The lock_height needed to be reached for the coinbase output to mature
 		lock_height: u64,
 	},
-	/// Limit on number of coinbase outputs in a valid block.
-	CoinbaseOutputCountExceeded,
-	/// Limit on number of coinbase kernels in a valid block.
-	CoinbaseKernelCountExceeded,
 	/// Other unspecified error condition
 	Other(String)
 }
@@ -234,14 +230,10 @@ impl Writeable for CompactBlock {
 		try!(self.header.write(writer));
 
 		if writer.serialization_mode() != ser::SerializationMode::Hash {
-			// TODO - make these constants and put them somewhere reusable?
-			assert!(self.out_full.len() < 16);
-			assert!(self.kern_full.len() < 16);
-
 			ser_multiwrite!(
 				writer,
-				[write_u8, self.out_full.len() as u8],
+				[write_u64, self.out_full.len() as u64],
-				[write_u8, self.kern_full.len() as u8],
+				[write_u64, self.kern_full.len() as u64],
 				[write_u64, self.kern_ids.len() as u64]
 			);
 
@@ -265,7 +257,7 @@ impl Readable for CompactBlock {
 		let header = try!(BlockHeader::read(reader));
 
 		let (out_full_len, kern_full_len, kern_id_len) =
-			ser_multiread!(reader, read_u8, read_u8, read_u64);
+			ser_multiread!(reader, read_u64, read_u64, read_u64);
 
 		let out_full = read_and_verify_sorted(reader, out_full_len as u64)?;
 		let kern_full = read_and_verify_sorted(reader, kern_full_len as u64)?;
@@ -670,12 +662,11 @@ impl Block {
 		Ok(())
 	}
 
-	/// Validate the coinbase outputs generated by miners. Entails 3 main checks:
+	// Validate the coinbase outputs generated by miners. Entails 2 main checks:
-	///
+	//
-	/// * That the block does not exceed the number of permitted coinbase outputs or kernels.
+	// * That the sum of all coinbase-marked outputs equal the supply.
-	/// * That the sum of all coinbase-marked outputs equal the supply.
+	// * That the sum of blinding factors for all coinbase-marked outputs match
-	/// * That the sum of blinding factors for all coinbase-marked outputs match
+	//   the coinbase-marked kernels.
-	///   the coinbase-marked kernels.
 	fn verify_coinbase(&self) -> Result<(), Error> {
 		let cb_outs = self.outputs
 			.iter()
@@ -689,16 +680,6 @@ impl Block {
 			.cloned()
 			.collect::<Vec<TxKernel>>();
 
-		// First check that we do not have too many coinbase outputs in the block.
-		if cb_outs.len() as u64 > consensus::MAX_BLOCK_COINBASE_OUTPUTS {
-			return Err(Error::CoinbaseOutputCountExceeded);
-		}
-
-		// And that we do not have too many coinbase kernels in the block.
-		if cb_kerns.len() as u64 > consensus::MAX_BLOCK_COINBASE_KERNELS {
-			return Err(Error::CoinbaseKernelCountExceeded);
-		}
-
 		let over_commit;
 		let out_adjust_sum;
 		let kerns_sum;
@@ -1054,7 +1035,7 @@ mod test {
 		ser::serialize(&mut vec, &b.as_compact_block()).expect("serialization failed");
 		assert_eq!(
 			vec.len(),
-			5_662
+			5_676
 		);
 	}
 
@@ -1067,7 +1048,7 @@ mod test {
 		ser::serialize(&mut vec, &b.as_compact_block()).expect("serialization failed");
 		assert_eq!(
 			vec.len(),
-			5_668
+			5_682
 		);
 	}
 
@@ -1111,7 +1092,7 @@ mod test {
 		ser::serialize(&mut vec, &b.as_compact_block()).expect("serialization failed");
 		assert_eq!(
 			vec.len(),
-			5_722
+			5_736
 		);
 	}