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+package lntemp
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/btcsuite/btcd/chaincfg"
+	"github.com/btcsuite/btcd/chaincfg/chainhash"
+	"github.com/btcsuite/btcd/integration/rpctest"
+	"github.com/btcsuite/btcd/rpcclient"
+	"github.com/btcsuite/btcd/wire"
+	"github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/lntest"
+	"github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/lntest/wait"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+const (
+	// minerLogFilename is the default log filename for the miner node.
+	minerLogFilename = "output_btcd_miner.log"
+
+	// minerLogDir is the default log dir for the miner node.
+	minerLogDir = ".minerlogs"
+)
+
+var harnessNetParams = &chaincfg.RegressionNetParams
+
+type HarnessMiner struct {
+	*testing.T
+	*rpctest.Harness
+
+	// runCtx is a context with cancel method. It's used to signal when the
+	// node needs to quit, and used as the parent context when spawning
+	runCtx context.Context
+	cancel context.CancelFunc
+
+	// logPath is the directory path of the miner's logs.
+	logPath string
+
+	// logFilename is the saved log filename of the miner node.
+	logFilename string
+}
+
+// NewMiner creates a new miner using btcd backend with the default log file
+// dir and name.
+func NewMiner(ctxt context.Context, t *testing.T) *HarnessMiner {
+	return newMiner(ctxt, t, minerLogDir, minerLogFilename)
+}
+
+// newMiner creates a new miner using btcd's rpctest.
+func newMiner(ctxb context.Context, t *testing.T, minerDirName,
+	logFilename string) *HarnessMiner {
+
+	handler := &rpcclient.NotificationHandlers{}
+	btcdBinary := lntest.GetBtcdBinary()
+	baseLogPath := fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", lntest.GetLogDir(), minerDirName)
+
+	args := []string{
+		"--rejectnonstd",
+		"--txindex",
+		"--nowinservice",
+		"--nobanning",
+		"--debuglevel=debug",
+		"--logdir=" + baseLogPath,
+		"--trickleinterval=100ms",
+		// Don't disconnect if a reply takes too long.
+		"--nostalldetect",
+	}
+
+	miner, err := rpctest.New(harnessNetParams, handler, args, btcdBinary)
+	require.NoError(t, err, "unable to create mining node")
+
+	ctxt, cancel := context.WithCancel(ctxb)
+	return &HarnessMiner{
+		T:           t,
+		Harness:     miner,
+		runCtx:      ctxt,
+		cancel:      cancel,
+		logPath:     baseLogPath,
+		logFilename: logFilename,
+	}
+}
+
+// saveLogs copies the node logs and save it to the file specified by
+// h.logFilename.
+func (h *HarnessMiner) saveLogs() {
+	// After shutting down the miner, we'll make a copy of the log files
+	// before deleting the temporary log dir.
+	path := fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", h.logPath, harnessNetParams.Name)
+	files, err := ioutil.ReadDir(path)
+	require.NoError(h, err, "unable to read log directory")
+
+	for _, file := range files {
+		newFilename := strings.Replace(
+			file.Name(), "btcd.log", h.logFilename, 1,
+		)
+		copyPath := fmt.Sprintf("%s/../%s", h.logPath, newFilename)
+
+		logFile := fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", path, file.Name())
+		err := CopyFile(filepath.Clean(copyPath), logFile)
+		require.NoError(h, err, "unable to copy file")
+	}
+
+	err = os.RemoveAll(h.logPath)
+	require.NoErrorf(h, err, "cannot remove dir %s", h.logPath)
+}
+
+// Stop shuts down the miner and saves its logs.
+func (h *HarnessMiner) Stop() {
+	h.cancel()
+	require.NoError(h, h.TearDown(), "tear down miner got error")
+	h.saveLogs()
+}
+
+// GetBestBlock makes a RPC request to miner and asserts.
+func (h *HarnessMiner) GetBestBlock() (*chainhash.Hash, int32) {
+	blockHash, height, err := h.Client.GetBestBlock()
+	require.NoError(h, err, "failed to GetBestBlock")
+	return blockHash, height
+}
+
+// GetRawMempool makes a RPC call to the miner's GetRawMempool and
+// asserts.
+func (h *HarnessMiner) GetRawMempool() []*chainhash.Hash {
+	mempool, err := h.Client.GetRawMempool()
+	require.NoError(h, err, "unable to get mempool")
+	return mempool
+}
+
+// GenerateBlocks mine 'num' of blocks and returns them.
+func (h *HarnessMiner) GenerateBlocks(num uint32) []*chainhash.Hash {
+	blockHashes, err := h.Client.Generate(num)
+	require.NoError(h, err, "unable to generate blocks")
+	require.Len(h, blockHashes, int(num), "wrong num of blocks generated")
+
+	return blockHashes
+}
+
+// GetBlock gets a block using its block hash.
+func (h *HarnessMiner) GetBlock(blockHash *chainhash.Hash) *wire.MsgBlock {
+	block, err := h.Client.GetBlock(blockHash)
+	require.NoError(h, err, "unable to get block")
+	return block
+}
+
+// MineBlocks mine 'num' of blocks and check that blocks are present in
+// node blockchain.
+func (h *HarnessMiner) MineBlocks(num uint32) []*wire.MsgBlock {
+	blocks := make([]*wire.MsgBlock, num)
+
+	blockHashes := h.GenerateBlocks(num)
+
+	for i, blockHash := range blockHashes {
+		block := h.GetBlock(blockHash)
+		blocks[i] = block
+	}
+
+	return blocks
+}
+
+// AssertNumTxsInMempool polls until finding the desired number of transactions
+// in the provided miner's mempool. It will asserrt if this number is not met
+// after the given timeout.
+func (h *HarnessMiner) AssertNumTxsInMempool(n int) []*chainhash.Hash {
+	var (
+		mem []*chainhash.Hash
+		err error
+	)
+
+	err = wait.NoError(func() error {
+		// We require the RPC call to be succeeded and won't wait for
+		// it as it's an unexpected behavior.
+		mem = h.GetRawMempool()
+		if len(mem) == n {
+			return nil
+		}
+
+		return fmt.Errorf("want %v, got %v in mempool: %v",
+			n, len(mem), mem)
+	}, lntest.MinerMempoolTimeout)
+	require.NoError(h, err, "assert tx in mempool timeout")
+
+	return mem
+}