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…drawal identifier Version 2 Asset Unlock transactions are serialized identically to version 1 but introduce a withdrawal transaction identifier: the transaction hashed with signHeight, quorumHash, and quorumSig set to zeros. Outputs are referenced by this identifier, so transactions spending an unmined withdrawal remain valid when Platform re-signs it, and such spends become eligible for InstantSend. Also fixes existing errata (asset lock/unlock wording, duplicated word, TOC omission, table styles) and bumps the DIP-2 registry payload version.
📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe DIPs update Asset Unlock and coinbase payload versions, define version 2 transaction identity and block commitments, document spending rules, and add a Python txid calculation utility. ChangesAsset Unlock Version 2
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Restore original emphasis style and table formatting on untouched lines; keep only wording changes required by the v2 amendment.
Instead of a separate withdrawal transaction identifier with outputs tracked under it, the txid of a version 2 Asset Unlock transaction is itself computed with the signHeight, quorumHash and quorumSig fields zeroed, so every re-signed instance of one withdrawal is the same transaction and spends reference it like any other. The hash of the full serialization becomes the instance hash, used for relay (new MSG_ASSET_UNLOCK inventory type) and for a new coinbase commitment: CbTx version 4 (DIP-4) commits to the instance hashes the block merkle root no longer covers, with mismatches treated as block mutation.
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In `@dip-0027.md`:
- Line 166: Update the Asset Unlock transaction expiration wording so the “48 or
more” statement and its parenthetical use the same boundary operator, clearly
defining validity at exactly signHeight + 48.
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| Asset Unlock transactions might not be mined for multiple reasons. For example, the quorum who signed a transaction expired, Core fees were too low, or the withdrawal limit was reached. To handle this situation, Asset Unlock transactions have an expiration period based on the quorum lifetime. Transactions are considered invalid if not signed by one of the active quorums or the most recently replaced quorum. In this case, the issuer can retry the withdrawal. To ensure that expired transactions are not included in the Core chain, Asset Lock transactions are refused once the block height exceeds _signHeight_ by 48 or more (i.e., height > _signHeight_ + 48). | ||
| The outputs of a version 1 Asset Unlock transaction should not be spent until the transaction is mined, since the spend becomes invalid if the withdrawal is re-signed. The outputs of a version 2 Asset Unlock transaction may be spent before the transaction is mined, and these spends are eligible for InstantSend. Masternodes must only sign an InstantSend lock for such a spend after observing a validly signed instance of the withdrawal. At that point the withdrawal is irreversible on Platform, and Platform will re-sign the withdrawal until it is mined. Because the txid is stable across re-signs, both the spend and its InstantSend lock remain valid when the withdrawal is re-signed. Confirmation of such a spend depends on an instance of the withdrawal eventually being mined. | ||
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| Asset Unlock transactions might not be mined for multiple reasons. For example, the quorum who signed a transaction expired, Core fees were too low, or the withdrawal limit was reached. To handle this situation, Asset Unlock transactions have an expiration period based on the quorum lifetime. Transactions are considered invalid if not signed by one of the active quorums or the most recently replaced quorum. In this case, the issuer can retry the withdrawal. To ensure that expired transactions are not included in the Core chain, Asset Unlock transactions are refused once the block height exceeds _signHeight_ by 48 or more (i.e., height > _signHeight_ + 48). When a version 2 Asset Unlock transaction expires and is re-signed, the replacement is the same transaction (same txid), so transactions spending its outputs remain valid. |
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Define one expiration boundary.
The text says “48 or more,” which means height >= signHeight + 48, but the parenthetical says height > signHeight + 48. At exactly signHeight + 48, implementations can make opposite validity decisions. Use one operator consistently in both statements.
Proposed correction if 48 blocks is inclusive
-Asset Unlock transactions are refused once the block height exceeds signHeight by 48 or more (i.e., height > signHeight + 48).
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In `@dip-0027.md` at line 166, Update the Asset Unlock transaction expiration
wording so the “48 or more” statement and its parenthetical use the same
boundary operator, clearly defining validity at exactly signHeight + 48.
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| Since Asset Unlock transactions do not have inputs, they are not eligible for InstantSend. Once mined into a block and subsequently ChainLocked, they are final and identical to all other outputs. A withdrawal should be considered complete when the corresponding Asset Unlock transaction is finalized on the Core chain. | ||
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| Asset Unlock transactions might not be mined for multiple reasons. For example, the quorum who signed a transaction expired, Core fees were too low, or the withdrawal limit was reached. To handle this situation, Asset Unlock transactions have an expiration period based on the quorum lifetime. Transactions are considered invalid if not signed by one of the active quorums or the most recently replaced quorum. In this case, the issuer can retry the withdrawal. To ensure that expired transactions are not included in the Core chain, Asset Lock transactions are refused once the block height exceeds _signHeight_ by 48 or more (i.e., height > _signHeight_ + 48). | ||
| The outputs of a version 1 Asset Unlock transaction should not be spent until the transaction is mined, since the spend becomes invalid if the withdrawal is re-signed. The outputs of a version 2 Asset Unlock transaction may be spent before the transaction is mined, and these spends are eligible for InstantSend. Masternodes must only sign an InstantSend lock for such a spend after observing a validly signed instance of the withdrawal. At that point the withdrawal is irreversible on Platform, and Platform will re-sign the withdrawal until it is mined. Because the txid is stable across re-signs, both the spend and its InstantSend lock remain valid when the withdrawal is re-signed. Confirmation of such a spend depends on an instance of the withdrawal eventually being mined. |
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due to 24h limit for total amount of withdrawal some asset-unlock txes can stuck in mempool for very long time. But its spending eligible for IS and that's a bit strange.
Especially because expired asset-unlock transactions are removed from mempool at some point until platform will re-issue them with new signature and the same txid -> it means that there will be always some non-zero time when instant-send-locked transaction will be orphaned but Instant-Send protected.
Not sure how to tackle it correctly to make reliable and safe.
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Amends DIP-0027 (plus the DIP-2 registry and DIP-4) to introduce version 2 Asset Unlock transactions, activating with the v24 hard fork. Goal: make spends of unmined Platform withdrawals valid across Platform's re-signs and eligible for InstantSend, so Platform→Core transfers become rapidly respendable.
Design ("segwit-for-unlocks"): a version 2 Asset Unlock is serialized identically to version 1, but its transaction hash is computed with the
signHeight,quorumHash, andquorumSigfields zeroed — exactly the fields Platform changes when it re-signs an expired withdrawal. Every re-signed instance of one withdrawal is therefore the same transaction with one txid: outputs are tracked and spent under it like any other transaction (no parallel identifier, no special spending rules for wallets), and children plus their InstantSend locks survive expiry and re-signing. Signature validity rules are unchanged from version 1, and the signed message hash still commits tosignHeightandquorumHash.Supporting changes:
merkleRootAssetUnlockscommits to the instance hashes (full-serialization hashes) of the block's version 2 Asset Unlocks, restoring the commitment the block merkle root no longer provides; mismatches are treated as block mutation.MSG_ASSET_UNLOCKinventory type, since a txid-based announcement can never propagate a re-sign; nodes keep the instance with the highersignHeightand retain expired instances awaiting a replacement.dip-0027/dip-0027-txid-calc.py); vectors are pinned byte-for-byte against the Dash Core implementation's unit tests.Implementation: dashpay/dash#7639.
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