Remove deprecated -rpcserialversion

src/core_io.h

@@ -51,9 +51,9 @@ bool ParseHashStr(const std::string& strHex, uint256& result);
 // core_write.cpp
 UniValue ValueFromAmount(const CAmount amount);
 std::string FormatScript(const CScript& script);
-std::string EncodeHexTx(const CTransaction& tx, const bool without_witness = false);
+std::string EncodeHexTx(const CTransaction& tx);
 std::string SighashToStr(unsigned char sighash_type);
 void ScriptToUniv(const CScript& script, UniValue& out, bool include_hex = true, bool include_address = false, const SigningProvider* provider = nullptr);
-void TxToUniv(const CTransaction& tx, const uint256& block_hash, UniValue& entry, bool include_hex = true, bool without_witness = false, const CTxUndo* txundo = nullptr, TxVerbosity verbosity = TxVerbosity::SHOW_DETAILS);
+void TxToUniv(const CTransaction& tx, const uint256& block_hash, UniValue& entry, bool include_hex = true, const CTxUndo* txundo = nullptr, TxVerbosity verbosity = TxVerbosity::SHOW_DETAILS);
 
 #endif // BITCOIN_CORE_IO_H

src/core_write.cpp

@@ -140,14 +140,10 @@ std::string ScriptToAsmStr(const CScript& script, const bool fAttemptSighashDeco
     return str;
 }
 
-std::string EncodeHexTx(const CTransaction& tx, const bool without_witness)
+std::string EncodeHexTx(const CTransaction& tx)
 {
     DataStream ssTx;
-    if (without_witness) {
+    ssTx << TX_WITH_WITNESS(tx);
-        ssTx << TX_NO_WITNESS(tx);
-    } else {
-        ssTx << TX_WITH_WITNESS(tx);
-    }
     return HexStr(ssTx);
 }
 
@@ -172,7 +168,7 @@ void ScriptToUniv(const CScript& script, UniValue& out, bool include_hex, bool i
     out.pushKV("type", GetTxnOutputType(type));
 }
 
-void TxToUniv(const CTransaction& tx, const uint256& block_hash, UniValue& entry, bool include_hex, bool without_witness, const CTxUndo* txundo, TxVerbosity verbosity)
+void TxToUniv(const CTransaction& tx, const uint256& block_hash, UniValue& entry, bool include_hex, const CTxUndo* txundo, TxVerbosity verbosity)
 {
     CHECK_NONFATAL(verbosity >= TxVerbosity::SHOW_DETAILS);
 
@@ -268,6 +264,6 @@ void TxToUniv(const CTransaction& tx, const uint256& block_hash, UniValue& entry
     }
 
     if (include_hex) {
-        entry.pushKV("hex", EncodeHexTx(tx, without_witness)); // The hex-encoded transaction. Used the name "hex" to be consistent with the verbose output of "getrawtransaction".
+        entry.pushKV("hex", EncodeHexTx(tx)); // The hex-encoded transaction. Used the name "hex" to be consistent with the verbose output of "getrawtransaction".
     }
 }

src/init.cpp

@@ -638,7 +638,6 @@ void SetupServerArgs(ArgsManager& argsman)
     argsman.AddArg("-rpccookiefile=<loc>", "Location of the auth cookie. Relative paths will be prefixed by a net-specific datadir location. (default: data dir)", ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::RPC);
     argsman.AddArg("-rpcpassword=<pw>", "Password for JSON-RPC connections", ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY | ArgsManager::SENSITIVE, OptionsCategory::RPC);
     argsman.AddArg("-rpcport=<port>", strprintf("Listen for JSON-RPC connections on <port> (default: %u, testnet: %u, signet: %u, regtest: %u)", defaultBaseParams->RPCPort(), testnetBaseParams->RPCPort(), signetBaseParams->RPCPort(), regtestBaseParams->RPCPort()), ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY | ArgsManager::NETWORK_ONLY, OptionsCategory::RPC);
-    argsman.AddArg("-rpcserialversion", strprintf("Sets the serialization of raw transaction or block hex returned in non-verbose mode, non-segwit(0) (DEPRECATED) or segwit(1) (default: %d)", DEFAULT_RPC_SERIALIZE_VERSION), ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::RPC);
     argsman.AddArg("-rpcservertimeout=<n>", strprintf("Timeout during HTTP requests (default: %d)", DEFAULT_HTTP_SERVER_TIMEOUT), ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY | ArgsManager::DEBUG_ONLY, OptionsCategory::RPC);
     argsman.AddArg("-rpcthreads=<n>", strprintf("Set the number of threads to service RPC calls (default: %d)", DEFAULT_HTTP_THREADS), ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::RPC);
     argsman.AddArg("-rpcuser=<user>", "Username for JSON-RPC connections", ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY | ArgsManager::SENSITIVE, OptionsCategory::RPC);
@@ -1007,16 +1006,6 @@ bool AppInitParameterInteraction(const ArgsManager& args)
     if (args.GetBoolArg("-peerbloomfilters", DEFAULT_PEERBLOOMFILTERS))
         nLocalServices = ServiceFlags(nLocalServices | NODE_BLOOM);
 
-    if (args.GetIntArg("-rpcserialversion", DEFAULT_RPC_SERIALIZE_VERSION) < 0)
-        return InitError(Untranslated("rpcserialversion must be non-negative."));
-
-    if (args.GetIntArg("-rpcserialversion", DEFAULT_RPC_SERIALIZE_VERSION) > 1)
-        return InitError(Untranslated("Unknown rpcserialversion requested."));
-
-    if (args.GetIntArg("-rpcserialversion", DEFAULT_RPC_SERIALIZE_VERSION) == 0 && !IsDeprecatedRPCEnabled("serialversion")) {
-        return InitError(Untranslated("-rpcserialversion=0 is deprecated and will be removed in the future. Specify -deprecatedrpc=serialversion to allow anyway."));
-    }
-
     // Also report errors from parsing before daemonization
     {
         kernel::Notifications notifications{};

src/interfaces/chain.h

@@ -334,9 +334,6 @@ public:
     //! Run function after given number of seconds. Cancel any previous calls with same name.
     virtual void rpcRunLater(const std::string& name, std::function<void()> fn, int64_t seconds) = 0;
 
-    //! Current RPC serialization flags.
-    virtual bool rpcSerializationWithoutWitness() = 0;
-
     //! Get settings value.
     virtual common::SettingsValue getSetting(const std::string& arg) = 0;
 

src/node/interfaces.cpp

@@ -775,7 +775,6 @@ public:
     {
         RPCRunLater(name, std::move(fn), seconds);
     }
-    bool rpcSerializationWithoutWitness() override { return RPCSerializationWithoutWitness(); }
     common::SettingsValue getSetting(const std::string& name) override
     {
         return args().GetSetting(name);

src/rest.cpp

@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ static bool rest_block(const std::any& context,
     switch (rf) {
     case RESTResponseFormat::BINARY: {
         DataStream ssBlock;
-        ssBlock << RPCTxSerParams(block);
+        ssBlock << TX_WITH_WITNESS(block);
         std::string binaryBlock = ssBlock.str();
         req->WriteHeader("Content-Type", "application/octet-stream");
         req->WriteReply(HTTP_OK, binaryBlock);
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ static bool rest_block(const std::any& context,
 
     case RESTResponseFormat::HEX: {
         DataStream ssBlock;
-        ssBlock << RPCTxSerParams(block);
+        ssBlock << TX_WITH_WITNESS(block);
         std::string strHex = HexStr(ssBlock) + "\n";
         req->WriteHeader("Content-Type", "text/plain");
         req->WriteReply(HTTP_OK, strHex);
@@ -723,7 +723,7 @@ static bool rest_tx(const std::any& context, HTTPRequest* req, const std::string
     switch (rf) {
     case RESTResponseFormat::BINARY: {
         DataStream ssTx;
-        ssTx << RPCTxSerParams(tx);
+        ssTx << TX_WITH_WITNESS(tx);
 
         std::string binaryTx = ssTx.str();
         req->WriteHeader("Content-Type", "application/octet-stream");
@@ -733,7 +733,7 @@ static bool rest_tx(const std::any& context, HTTPRequest* req, const std::string
 
     case RESTResponseFormat::HEX: {
         DataStream ssTx;
-        ssTx << RPCTxSerParams(tx);
+        ssTx << TX_WITH_WITNESS(tx);
 
         std::string strHex = HexStr(ssTx) + "\n";
         req->WriteHeader("Content-Type", "text/plain");

src/rpc/blockchain.cpp

@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ UniValue blockToJSON(BlockManager& blockman, const CBlock& block, const CBlockIn
                 // coinbase transaction (i.e. i == 0) doesn't have undo data
                 const CTxUndo* txundo = (have_undo && i > 0) ? &blockUndo.vtxundo.at(i - 1) : nullptr;
                 UniValue objTx(UniValue::VOBJ);
-                TxToUniv(*tx, /*block_hash=*/uint256(), /*entry=*/objTx, /*include_hex=*/true, /*without_witness=*/RPCSerializationWithoutWitness(), txundo, verbosity);
+                TxToUniv(*tx, /*block_hash=*/uint256(), /*entry=*/objTx, /*include_hex=*/true, txundo, verbosity);
                 txs.push_back(objTx);
             }
             break;
@@ -738,10 +738,9 @@ static RPCHelpMan getblock()
 
     const CBlock block{GetBlockChecked(chainman.m_blockman, pblockindex)};
 
-    if (verbosity <= 0)
+    if (verbosity <= 0) {
-    {
         DataStream ssBlock;
-        ssBlock << RPCTxSerParams(block);
+        ssBlock << TX_WITH_WITNESS(block);
         std::string strHex = HexStr(ssBlock);
         return strHex;
     }

src/rpc/mining.cpp

@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ static RPCHelpMan generateblock()
     obj.pushKV("hash", block_out->GetHash().GetHex());
     if (!process_new_block) {
         DataStream block_ser;
-        block_ser << RPCTxSerParams(*block_out);
+        block_ser << TX_WITH_WITNESS(*block_out);
         obj.pushKV("hex", HexStr(block_ser));
     }
     return obj;

src/rpc/rawtransaction.cpp

@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ static void TxToJSON(const CTransaction& tx, const uint256 hashBlock, UniValue&
     // Blockchain contextual information (confirmations and blocktime) is not
     // available to code in bitcoin-common, so we query them here and push the
     // data into the returned UniValue.
-    TxToUniv(tx, /*block_hash=*/uint256(), entry, /*include_hex=*/true, RPCSerializationWithoutWitness(), txundo, verbosity);
+    TxToUniv(tx, /*block_hash=*/uint256(), entry, /*include_hex=*/true, txundo, verbosity);
 
     if (!hashBlock.IsNull()) {
         LOCK(cs_main);
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ static RPCHelpMan getrawtransaction()
     }
 
     if (verbosity <= 0) {
-        return EncodeHexTx(*tx, /*without_witness=*/RPCSerializationWithoutWitness());
+        return EncodeHexTx(*tx);
     }
 
     UniValue result(UniValue::VOBJ);

src/rpc/server.cpp

@@ -595,9 +595,4 @@ void RPCRunLater(const std::string& name, std::function<void()> func, int64_t nS
     deadlineTimers.emplace(name, std::unique_ptr<RPCTimerBase>(timerInterface->NewTimer(func, nSeconds*1000)));
 }
 
-bool RPCSerializationWithoutWitness()
-{
-    return (gArgs.GetIntArg("-rpcserialversion", DEFAULT_RPC_SERIALIZE_VERSION) == 0);
-}
-
 CRPCTable tableRPC;

src/rpc/server.h

@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@
 
 #include <univalue.h>
 
-static const unsigned int DEFAULT_RPC_SERIALIZE_VERSION = 1;
-
 class CRPCCommand;
 
 namespace RPCServer
@@ -183,14 +181,4 @@ void InterruptRPC();
 void StopRPC();
 std::string JSONRPCExecBatch(const JSONRPCRequest& jreq, const UniValue& vReq);
 
-// Drop witness when serializing for RPC?
-bool RPCSerializationWithoutWitness();
-
-template<typename T>
-auto RPCTxSerParams(T&& t)
-{
-    if (RPCSerializationWithoutWitness()) return TX_NO_WITNESS(t);
-    return TX_WITH_WITNESS(t);
-}
-
 #endif // BITCOIN_RPC_SERVER_H

src/wallet/rpc/transactions.cpp

@@ -783,8 +783,7 @@ RPCHelpMan gettransaction()
     ListTransactions(*pwallet, wtx, 0, false, details, filter, /*filter_label=*/std::nullopt);
     entry.pushKV("details", details);
 
-    std::string strHex = EncodeHexTx(*wtx.tx, pwallet->chain().rpcSerializationWithoutWitness());
+    entry.pushKV("hex", EncodeHexTx(*wtx.tx));
-    entry.pushKV("hex", strHex);
 
     if (verbose) {
         UniValue decoded(UniValue::VOBJ);

src/zmq/zmqpublishnotifier.cpp

@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ bool CZMQPublishRawBlockNotifier::NotifyBlock(const CBlockIndex *pindex)
         return false;
     }
 
-    ss << RPCTxSerParams(block);
+    ss << TX_WITH_WITNESS(block);
 
     return SendZmqMessage(MSG_RAWBLOCK, &(*ss.begin()), ss.size());
 }
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ bool CZMQPublishRawTransactionNotifier::NotifyTransaction(const CTransaction &tr
     uint256 hash = transaction.GetHash();
     LogPrint(BCLog::ZMQ, "Publish rawtx %s to %s\n", hash.GetHex(), this->address);
     DataStream ss;
-    ss << RPCTxSerParams(transaction);
+    ss << TX_WITH_WITNESS(transaction);
     return SendZmqMessage(MSG_RAWTX, &(*ss.begin()), ss.size());
 }
 

test/functional/feature_segwit.py

@@ -88,14 +88,11 @@ class SegWitTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
         self.extra_args = [
             [
                 "-acceptnonstdtxn=1",
-                "-rpcserialversion=0",
-                "-deprecatedrpc=serialversion",
                 "-testactivationheight=segwit@165",
                 "-addresstype=legacy",
             ],
             [
                 "-acceptnonstdtxn=1",
-                "-rpcserialversion=1",
                 "-testactivationheight=segwit@165",
                 "-addresstype=legacy",
             ],
@@ -224,18 +221,6 @@ class SegWitTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
         self.fail_accept(self.nodes[0], "mandatory-script-verify-flag-failed (Witness program hash mismatch)", p2sh_ids[NODE_0][P2WPKH][0], sign=False, redeem_script=witness_script(False, self.pubkey[0]))
         self.fail_accept(self.nodes[0], "mandatory-script-verify-flag-failed (Witness program was passed an empty witness)", p2sh_ids[NODE_0][P2WSH][0], sign=False, redeem_script=witness_script(True, self.pubkey[0]))
 
-        self.log.info("Verify block and transaction serialization rpcs return differing serializations depending on rpc serialization flag")
-        assert self.nodes[2].getblock(blockhash, False) != self.nodes[0].getblock(blockhash, False)
-        assert self.nodes[1].getblock(blockhash, False) == self.nodes[2].getblock(blockhash, False)
-
-        for tx_id in segwit_tx_list:
-            tx = tx_from_hex(self.nodes[2].gettransaction(tx_id)["hex"])
-            assert self.nodes[2].getrawtransaction(tx_id, False, blockhash) != self.nodes[0].getrawtransaction(tx_id, False, blockhash)
-            assert self.nodes[1].getrawtransaction(tx_id, False, blockhash) == self.nodes[2].getrawtransaction(tx_id, False, blockhash)
-            assert self.nodes[0].getrawtransaction(tx_id, False, blockhash) != self.nodes[2].gettransaction(tx_id)["hex"]
-            assert self.nodes[1].getrawtransaction(tx_id, False, blockhash) == self.nodes[2].gettransaction(tx_id)["hex"]
-            assert self.nodes[0].getrawtransaction(tx_id, False, blockhash) == tx.serialize_without_witness().hex()
-
         # Coinbase contains the witness commitment nonce, check that RPC shows us
         coinbase_txid = self.nodes[2].getblock(blockhash)['tx'][0]
         coinbase_tx = self.nodes[2].gettransaction(txid=coinbase_txid, verbose=True)
@@ -276,9 +261,6 @@ class SegWitTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
         #                      tx3 (non-segwit input, paying to a non-segwit output).
         # tx1 is allowed to appear in the block, but no others.
         txid1 = send_to_witness(1, self.nodes[0], find_spendable_utxo(self.nodes[0], 50), self.pubkey[0], False, Decimal("49.996"))
-        hex_tx = self.nodes[0].gettransaction(txid)['hex']
-        tx = tx_from_hex(hex_tx)
-        assert tx.wit.is_null()  # This should not be a segwit input
         assert txid1 in self.nodes[0].getrawmempool()
 
         tx1_hex = self.nodes[0].gettransaction(txid1)['hex']
@@ -613,11 +595,6 @@ class SegWitTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
                 assert_equal(self.nodes[1].gettransaction(txid, True)["txid"], txid)
                 assert_equal(self.nodes[1].listtransactions("*", 1, 0, True)[0]["txid"], txid)
 
-        self.log.info('Test negative and unknown rpcserialversion throw an init error')
-        self.stop_node(0)
-        self.nodes[0].assert_start_raises_init_error(["-rpcserialversion=-1"], "Error: rpcserialversion must be non-negative.")
-        self.nodes[0].assert_start_raises_init_error(["-rpcserialversion=100"], "Error: Unknown rpcserialversion requested.")
-
     def mine_and_test_listunspent(self, script_list, ismine):
         utxo = find_spendable_utxo(self.nodes[0], 50)
         tx = CTransaction()