frstrtr · frstrtr · Jul 4, 2026 · Jul 4, 2026 · Jul 4, 2026
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -102,8 +102,7 @@ jobs:
                     core_test sharechain_test share_test btc_share_test \
                     test_threading test_weights \
                     test_header_chain test_mempool test_template_builder \
-                    test_doge_chain test_compact_blocks test_dash_x11_kat \
-                    test_dash_header_chain test_dash_block_replay test_dash_conformance test_dash_subsidy test_dash_mempool test_dash_simplifiedmns test_dash_quorum test_dash_quorum_root test_dash_mn_state test_dash_embedded_gbt test_dash_smldiff test_dash_p2p_messages test_dash_p2p_connection test_dash_p2p_node test_dash_node_interface test_dash_config test_dash_broadcaster test_dash_broadcaster_full test_dash_share_hash_link test_dash_block_relay test_dash_rpc_request test_dash_rpc_conf test_dash_block_producer test_dash_embedded_relay_e2e test_dash_block_relay_plan test_dash_version_activation_latch test_dash_block_relay_binding test_dash_block_relay_dual_arm test_dash_coinbase_parity test_dash_donation_combined test_dash_g3_assembled test_dash_work_target test_dash_work_job_targets test_dash_stratum_binding test_dash_job_notify_roundtrip test_dash_cb_payee test_dash_stratum_notify_roundtrip test_dash_poolnode_messages test_dash_peer test_dash_share_tracker test_dash_node test_dash_share_messages test_dash_stratum_extranonce_split \
+                    test_doge_chain test_compact_blocks test_dash_x11_kat test_dash_header_chain test_dash_block_replay test_dash_conformance test_dash_subsidy test_dash_mempool test_dash_simplifiedmns test_dash_quorum test_dash_quorum_root test_dash_mn_state test_dash_embedded_gbt test_dash_smldiff test_dash_p2p_messages test_dash_p2p_connection test_dash_p2p_node test_dash_node_interface test_dash_config test_dash_broadcaster test_dash_broadcaster_full test_dash_share_hash_link test_dash_block_relay test_dash_rpc_request test_dash_rpc_conf test_dash_block_producer test_dash_embedded_relay_e2e test_dash_block_relay_plan test_dash_version_activation_latch test_dash_block_relay_binding test_dash_block_relay_dual_arm test_dash_coinbase_parity test_dash_donation_combined test_dash_g3_assembled test_dash_work_target test_dash_work_job_targets test_dash_stratum_binding test_dash_job_notify_roundtrip test_dash_cb_payee test_dash_stratum_notify_roundtrip test_dash_poolnode_messages test_dash_peer test_dash_share_tracker test_dash_node test_dash_share_messages test_dash_stratum_extranonce_split test_dash_stratum_submit_reassembly \
                     test_multiaddress_pplns test_pplns_stress \
                     test_hash_link test_decay_pplns \
                     test_pplns_consensus \
@@ -253,7 +252,7 @@ jobs:
                     test_threading test_weights \
                     test_header_chain test_mempool test_template_builder \
                     test_doge_chain test_compact_blocks test_dash_x11_kat \
-                    test_dash_header_chain test_dash_block_replay test_dash_conformance test_dash_subsidy test_dash_mempool test_dash_simplifiedmns test_dash_quorum test_dash_quorum_root test_dash_mn_state test_dash_embedded_gbt test_dash_smldiff test_dash_p2p_messages test_dash_p2p_connection test_dash_p2p_node test_dash_node_interface test_dash_config test_dash_broadcaster test_dash_broadcaster_full test_dash_share_hash_link test_dash_block_relay test_dash_rpc_request test_dash_rpc_conf test_dash_block_producer test_dash_embedded_relay_e2e test_dash_block_relay_plan test_dash_version_activation_latch test_dash_block_relay_binding test_dash_block_relay_dual_arm test_dash_coinbase_parity test_dash_donation_combined test_dash_g3_assembled test_dash_work_target test_dash_work_job_targets test_dash_stratum_binding test_dash_job_notify_roundtrip test_dash_cb_payee test_dash_stratum_notify_roundtrip test_dash_poolnode_messages test_dash_peer test_dash_share_tracker test_dash_node test_dash_share_messages test_dash_stratum_extranonce_split \
+                    test_dash_header_chain test_dash_block_replay test_dash_conformance test_dash_subsidy test_dash_mempool test_dash_simplifiedmns test_dash_quorum test_dash_quorum_root test_dash_mn_state test_dash_embedded_gbt test_dash_smldiff test_dash_p2p_messages test_dash_p2p_connection test_dash_p2p_node test_dash_node_interface test_dash_config test_dash_broadcaster test_dash_broadcaster_full test_dash_share_hash_link test_dash_block_relay test_dash_rpc_request test_dash_rpc_conf test_dash_block_producer test_dash_embedded_relay_e2e test_dash_block_relay_plan test_dash_version_activation_latch test_dash_block_relay_binding test_dash_block_relay_dual_arm test_dash_coinbase_parity test_dash_donation_combined test_dash_g3_assembled test_dash_work_target test_dash_work_job_targets test_dash_stratum_binding test_dash_job_notify_roundtrip test_dash_cb_payee test_dash_stratum_notify_roundtrip test_dash_poolnode_messages test_dash_peer test_dash_share_tracker test_dash_node test_dash_share_messages test_dash_stratum_extranonce_split test_dash_stratum_submit_reassembly \
                     test_hash_link test_decay_pplns \
                     test_pplns_consensus \
                     test_v36_script_sorting test_v36_cross_impl_refhash \

diff --git a/test/CMakeLists.txt b/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -738,6 +738,15 @@ if (BUILD_TESTING AND GTest_FOUND)
     )
     target_link_libraries(test_dash_stratum_extranonce_split PRIVATE c2pool_payout c2pool_hashrate c2pool_merged_mining)  # OBJECT-lib SCC direct-naming (#22/#39)
     gtest_add_tests(test_dash_stratum_extranonce_split "" AUTO)
+    add_executable(test_dash_stratum_submit_reassembly test_dash_stratum_submit_reassembly.cpp)
+    target_link_libraries(test_dash_stratum_submit_reassembly PRIVATE
+        GTest::gtest_main GTest::gtest
+        dash_x11 core
+        nlohmann_json::nlohmann_json
+        ${Boost_LIBRARIES}
+    )
+    target_link_libraries(test_dash_stratum_submit_reassembly PRIVATE c2pool_payout c2pool_hashrate c2pool_merged_mining)  # OBJECT-lib SCC direct-naming (#22/#39)
+    gtest_add_tests(test_dash_stratum_submit_reassembly "" AUTO)
 
     add_executable(test_compact_blocks test_compact_blocks.cpp)
     target_link_libraries(test_compact_blocks PRIVATE

diff --git a/test/test_dash_stratum_submit_reassembly.cpp b/test/test_dash_stratum_submit_reassembly.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,276 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+//
+// DASH S8 stratum mining.submit reassembly contract KAT.
+//
+// Closes the subscribe -> notify -> submit triangle. The prior leaves pinned
+// two of the three sides:
+//   * #630 test_dash_stratum_binding          -- get_work extranonce2 slot geometry
+//   * #631 test_dash_stratum_notify_roundtrip  -- notify merkle_branch fold -> merkle_root
+//   * #633 test_dash_stratum_extranonce_split  -- subscribe coinb1/coinb2 split
+// The OPEN side is submit: given a miner's (extranonce2, ntime, nonce), the
+// server must reconstruct the EXACT block header whose sha256d IS the share
+// hash. This leaf proves that reconstruction end-to-end:
+//
+//     mining.submit [extranonce2, ntime, nonce]
+//        -> reassemble coinb1 || extranonce2 || coinb2   (REAL split_coinb)
+//        -> sha256d -> coinbase txid                     (== #631/#633 golden)
+//        -> fold notify merkle_branch (index 0)          (REAL merkle_branches_raw)
+//        -> header merkle_root
+//        -> assemble 80B header [version|prev|root|ntime|nbits|nonce]
+//        -> sha256d -> the share/header hash
+//
+// It binds the REAL landed producers dash::coinbase::split_coinb() and
+// dash::coinbase::merkle_branches_raw() (src/impl/dash/coinbase_builder.hpp) --
+// the exact code mining.subscribe/mining.notify ship -- and mirrors the
+// miner-side reassembly + fold + header assembly locally (the miner is
+// cpuminer, not our code; handle_submit's compute_share_difficulty walks the
+// identical reconstruction, src/core/stratum_server.cpp:877).
+//
+// The reconstructed coinbase is cross-checked byte-for-byte against the #631 /
+// #633 golden coinbase hashes, and the header hash is pinned to independent
+// Python hashlib sha256d anchors (NOT the oracle code, NOT this code) -- so the
+// submit reconstruction agrees with the subscribe/notify producers on the
+// coinbase, and the header hash is non-circular. extranonce2, ntime, and nonce
+// are each shown to bind injectively into the header hash -- i.e. all three
+// miner-supplied submit fields are load-bearing in the share the pool verifies.
+//
+// Oracle (frstrtr/p2pool-dash @9a0a609):
+//   p2pool/work.py:474   header['merkle_root'] == check_merkle_link(hash256(gentx), link)
+//   p2pool/dash/data.py block_header_type: version|prev|merkle_root|timestamp|bits|nonce
+//   p2pool/dash/stratum.py rpc_submit [worker, job_id, extranonce2, ntime, nonce]
+//
+// Fenced: test/ + build.yml allowlist only. Non-consensus, socket-free,
+// node-free -- pure synthetic CoinbaseLayout, no live node / RPC / P2P.
+
+#include <gtest/gtest.h>
+
+#include <cstddef>
+#include <cstdint>
+#include <cstring>
+#include <span>
+#include <string>
+#include <vector>
+
+#include <impl/dash/coinbase_builder.hpp>  // CoinbaseLayout, split_coinb, merkle_branches_raw, sha256d, EXTRANONCE2_SIZE
+#include <btclibs/util/strencodings.h>     // HexStr, ParseHex
+#include <core/uint256.hpp>
+
+using dash::coinbase::CoinbaseLayout;
+using dash::coinbase::CoinbSplit;
+using dash::coinbase::split_coinb;
+using dash::coinbase::merkle_branches_raw;
+using dash::coinbase::sha256d;
+using dash::coinbase::EXTRANONCE2_SIZE;
+
+namespace {
+
+// ── Coinbase fixture (identical to #630/#631/#633) ───────────────────────────
+// 40-byte synthetic coinbase: bytes[i] = i, with the 8-byte nonce64
+// (extranonce2) slot at [28,36). nonce64_offset = 40 - locktime(4) - nonce64(8).
+constexpr size_t kTotal       = 40;
+constexpr size_t kNonceOffset = 28;
+
+CoinbaseLayout make_layout() {
+    CoinbaseLayout lay;
+    lay.bytes.resize(kTotal);
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < kTotal; ++i) lay.bytes[i] = static_cast<unsigned char>(i);
+    for (size_t i = kNonceOffset; i < kNonceOffset + EXTRANONCE2_SIZE; ++i) lay.bytes[i] = 0;
+    lay.ref_hash_offset = kNonceOffset - 32;
+    lay.nonce64_offset  = kNonceOffset;
+    return lay;
+}
+
+// Miner-side reassembly: coinb1 || extranonce2 || coinb2 (mirror of cpuminer).
+std::vector<unsigned char> reassemble(const CoinbSplit& s, std::span<const unsigned char> e2) {
+    std::vector<unsigned char> b1 = ParseHex(s.coinb1_hex);
+    std::vector<unsigned char> b2 = ParseHex(s.coinb2_hex);
+    std::vector<unsigned char> out;
+    out.reserve(b1.size() + e2.size() + b2.size());
+    out.insert(out.end(), b1.begin(), b1.end());
+    out.insert(out.end(), e2.begin(), e2.end());
+    out.insert(out.end(), b2.begin(), b2.end());
+    return out;
+}
+
+uint256 coinbase_hash(const CoinbSplit& s, std::span<const unsigned char> e2) {
+    auto cb = reassemble(s, e2);
+    return sha256d(std::span<const unsigned char>(cb.data(), cb.size()));
+}
+
+uint256 fill_hash(unsigned char b) { return uint256(std::vector<unsigned char>(32, b)); }
+
+// Four-leaf tx set: coinbase placeholder at [0] + three sibling tx hashes
+// (identical to #631, so the merkle_branch is the exact one mining.notify ships).
+std::vector<uint256> leaves_with(const uint256& cb) {
+    return { cb, fill_hash(0x11), fill_hash(0x22), fill_hash(0x33) };
+}
+
+// sha256d(left || right), 32B internal LE each -- mirrors merkle_record_type.pack.
+uint256 node_hash(const uint256& l, const uint256& r) {
+    std::vector<unsigned char> buf(64);
+    auto lc = l.GetChars();
+    auto rc = r.GetChars();
+    std::memcpy(buf.data(),      lc.data(), 32);
+    std::memcpy(buf.data() + 32, rc.data(), 32);
+    return sha256d(std::span<const unsigned char>(buf.data(), buf.size()));
+}
+
+// Miner-side fold for coinbase leaf index 0: running hash always on the LEFT.
+uint256 fold_index0(const uint256& tip, const std::vector<uint256>& branch) {
+    uint256 cur = tip;
+    for (const auto& sib : branch) cur = node_hash(cur, sib);
+    return cur;
+}
+
+// ── 80-byte block-header fields (synthetic) ──────────────────────────────────
+constexpr uint32_t VERSION = 0x20000000u;
+constexpr uint32_t NBITS   = 0x1a0ffff0u;
+constexpr uint32_t NTIME   = 0x6512a3f4u;
+constexpr uint32_t NTIME2  = 0x6512a400u;   // distinct ntime (binding guard)
+constexpr uint32_t NONCE   = 0x0000abcdu;
+constexpr uint32_t NONCE2  = 0x0000abceu;   // distinct nonce (binding guard)
+const char* PREV_DISPLAY =
+    "00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000deadbeef";
+
+void put_le32(std::vector<unsigned char>& b, uint32_t v) {
+    b.push_back(static_cast<unsigned char>( v        & 0xff));
+    b.push_back(static_cast<unsigned char>((v >>  8) & 0xff));
+    b.push_back(static_cast<unsigned char>((v >> 16) & 0xff));
+    b.push_back(static_cast<unsigned char>((v >> 24) & 0xff));
+}
+
+// Assemble the canonical 80-byte header and return its sha256d (the share hash).
+// Layout: version(4 LE) | prev(32 internal LE) | merkle_root(32 internal LE) |
+//         ntime(4 LE) | nbits(4 LE) | nonce(4 LE).
+uint256 header_hash(const uint256& merkle_root, uint32_t ntime, uint32_t nonce) {
+    std::vector<unsigned char> h;
+    h.reserve(80);
+    put_le32(h, VERSION);
+    auto prev = uint256S(PREV_DISPLAY).GetChars();   // display -> internal LE
+    h.insert(h.end(), prev.begin(), prev.end());
+    auto root = merkle_root.GetChars();
+    h.insert(h.end(), root.begin(), root.end());
+    put_le32(h, ntime);
+    put_le32(h, NBITS);
+    put_le32(h, nonce);
+    EXPECT_EQ(h.size(), 80u);
+    return sha256d(std::span<const unsigned char>(h.data(), h.size()));
+}
+
+// Full reconstruction from a miner submit: (extranonce2, ntime, nonce) -> share.
+uint256 reconstruct_share(const CoinbSplit& s, std::span<const unsigned char> e2,
+                          uint32_t ntime, uint32_t nonce) {
+    uint256 cb     = coinbase_hash(s, e2);
+    auto    branch = merkle_branches_raw(leaves_with(cb));
+    uint256 root   = fold_index0(cb, branch);
+    return header_hash(root, ntime, nonce);
+}
+
+const std::vector<unsigned char> E2_ZERO(8, 0x00);
+const std::vector<unsigned char> E2_A{0xA1,0xA2,0xA3,0xA4,0xA5,0xA6,0xA7,0xA8};
+const std::vector<unsigned char> E2_B{0xB1,0xB2,0xB3,0xB4,0xB5,0xB6,0xB7,0xB8};
+
+// Cross-bind anchors: coinbase hashes identical to #631/#633 (independent Python).
+const char* GOLD_CBHASH_Z = "b0d22de8e7f6765f9d8c289ecd77ad8e0ab6a88c2a4ccf594c509d7775bb54ab";
+const char* GOLD_CBHASH_A = "22a146527ac0731341d026480042a55cee0bdb804043b570af24feb9e76f2c8b";
+const char* GOLD_CBHASH_B = "04c8f4793537be307eaa2166642accc8265add0a59ccf4d01525f0ec54c6237a";
+
+// Merkle roots identical to #631 GOLD_ROOT_* (the notify leaf ships this branch).
+const char* GOLD_ROOT_Z = "26f79b540fe6f2ac6fc52f37e5af5b33a61f33216bc4ec394635b24235850ea0";
+const char* GOLD_ROOT_A = "4b2d0948edb39954294fd28ca3926a78f0e56990c69d4fd7530a80a40491198e";
+const char* GOLD_ROOT_B = "72f7c45d5d6c65fd77053fec86d20d918681b92aba88c87f5aaa5bf7ab3a8230";
+
+// 80-byte header-hash anchors (independent Python hashlib sha256d; display form).
+const char* GOLD_HDR_Z      = "fee1d073bb4d6329a1dcc557806bde0856353ed9cc564278fb64e7c786174fe8";
+const char* GOLD_HDR_A      = "6549fd53a623d482003f58bd9b309b97b86f749c6b0480eb3c74ab29fbc7058b";
+const char* GOLD_HDR_B      = "1652fb9178ae66f2edb802bf9b7c3c316e2f80b1dc4bcd21cfc07386bde33742";
+const char* GOLD_HDR_NTIME2 = "8dcaed61b0b47c637316436355030b3927f98042d35bc31784e5fd81a15d2495";
+const char* GOLD_HDR_NONCE2 = "ebc6423bb7454bd964bd07e06fab55c4dad5af62be9f26949d3c39edcd5f0563";
+
+} // namespace
+
+// (1) Submit reconstructs the golden coinbase: reassembling coinb1 (from the
+//     REAL split_coinb producer) || extranonce2 || coinb2 and sha256d'ing it
+//     reproduces the EXACT coinbase hash the notify/split leaves golden-anchor
+//     -- the submit path agrees with subscribe/notify byte-for-byte.
+TEST(DashStratumSubmitReassembly, SubmitReconstructsGoldenCoinbase) {
+    CoinbSplit s = split_coinb(make_layout());
+    EXPECT_EQ(coinbase_hash(s, E2_ZERO).GetHex(), GOLD_CBHASH_Z);
+    EXPECT_EQ(coinbase_hash(s, E2_A).GetHex(),    GOLD_CBHASH_A);
+    EXPECT_EQ(coinbase_hash(s, E2_B).GetHex(),    GOLD_CBHASH_B);
+}
+
+// (2) Reconstructed merkle_root matches the #631 notify leaf: folding the REAL
+//     mining.notify branch over the reassembled coinbase reproduces the exact
+//     header merkle_root the notify round-trip pins.
+TEST(DashStratumSubmitReassembly, ReconstructedRootMatchesNotifyLeaf) {
+    CoinbSplit s = split_coinb(make_layout());
+    for (auto [e2, gold] : std::vector<std::pair<std::span<const unsigned char>, const char*>>{
+             {E2_ZERO, GOLD_ROOT_Z}, {E2_A, GOLD_ROOT_A}, {E2_B, GOLD_ROOT_B}}) {
+        uint256 cb   = coinbase_hash(s, e2);
+        auto    br   = merkle_branches_raw(leaves_with(cb));
+        EXPECT_EQ(fold_index0(cb, br).GetHex(), gold);
+    }
+}
+
+// (3) THE closing assertion: the full submit reconstruction -- (extranonce2,
+//     ntime, nonce) -> reassembled coinbase -> folded merkle_root -> 80B header
+//     -> sha256d -- yields the exact share hash pinned by an independent Python
+//     golden. The subscribe->notify->submit triangle is closed.
+TEST(DashStratumSubmitReassembly, ReconstructedHeaderHashesToShare) {
+    CoinbSplit s = split_coinb(make_layout());
+    EXPECT_EQ(reconstruct_share(s, E2_ZERO, NTIME, NONCE).GetHex(), GOLD_HDR_Z);
+}
+
+// (4) extranonce2 binds into the share: distinct extranonce2 -> distinct header
+//     hash, each equal to its independent golden. The miner's nonce64 slot
+//     propagates all the way into the share the pool verifies.
+TEST(DashStratumSubmitReassembly, Extranonce2BindsIntoShareHash) {
+    CoinbSplit s = split_coinb(make_layout());
+    uint256 z = reconstruct_share(s, E2_ZERO, NTIME, NONCE);
+    uint256 a = reconstruct_share(s, E2_A,    NTIME, NONCE);
+    uint256 b = reconstruct_share(s, E2_B,    NTIME, NONCE);
+    EXPECT_EQ(a.GetHex(), GOLD_HDR_A);
+    EXPECT_EQ(b.GetHex(), GOLD_HDR_B);
+    EXPECT_NE(z, a);
+    EXPECT_NE(z, b);
+    EXPECT_NE(a, b);
+}
+
+// (5) ntime binds into the share: same extranonce2/nonce, distinct ntime ->
+//     distinct header hash. ntime is a load-bearing submit field, not decor.
+TEST(DashStratumSubmitReassembly, NtimeBindsIntoShareHash) {
+    CoinbSplit s = split_coinb(make_layout());
+    uint256 base = reconstruct_share(s, E2_ZERO, NTIME,  NONCE);
+    uint256 alt  = reconstruct_share(s, E2_ZERO, NTIME2, NONCE);
+    EXPECT_EQ(base.GetHex(), GOLD_HDR_Z);
+    EXPECT_EQ(alt.GetHex(),  GOLD_HDR_NTIME2);
+    EXPECT_NE(base, alt);
+}
+
+// (6) nonce binds into the share: same extranonce2/ntime, distinct nonce ->
+//     distinct header hash. The header nonce field is placed correctly.
+TEST(DashStratumSubmitReassembly, NonceBindsIntoShareHash) {
+    CoinbSplit s = split_coinb(make_layout());
+    uint256 base = reconstruct_share(s, E2_ZERO, NTIME, NONCE);
+    uint256 alt  = reconstruct_share(s, E2_ZERO, NTIME, NONCE2);
+    EXPECT_EQ(base.GetHex(), GOLD_HDR_Z);
+    EXPECT_EQ(alt.GetHex(),  GOLD_HDR_NONCE2);
+    EXPECT_NE(base, alt);
+}
+
+// (7) Golden byte-parity anchors (independent Python sha256d, computed outside
+//     both the oracle and this code) for coinbase, merkle_root, and header hash.
+TEST(DashStratumSubmitReassembly, GoldenAnchors) {
+    CoinbSplit s = split_coinb(make_layout());
+    // coinbase (cross-bind to #631/#633)
+    EXPECT_EQ(coinbase_hash(s, E2_ZERO).GetHex(), GOLD_CBHASH_Z);
+    EXPECT_EQ(coinbase_hash(s, E2_A).GetHex(),    GOLD_CBHASH_A);
+    EXPECT_EQ(coinbase_hash(s, E2_B).GetHex(),    GOLD_CBHASH_B);
+    // header shares
+    EXPECT_EQ(reconstruct_share(s, E2_ZERO, NTIME,  NONCE ).GetHex(), GOLD_HDR_Z);
+    EXPECT_EQ(reconstruct_share(s, E2_A,    NTIME,  NONCE ).GetHex(), GOLD_HDR_A);
+    EXPECT_EQ(reconstruct_share(s, E2_B,    NTIME,  NONCE ).GetHex(), GOLD_HDR_B);
+    EXPECT_EQ(reconstruct_share(s, E2_ZERO, NTIME2, NONCE ).GetHex(), GOLD_HDR_NTIME2);
+    EXPECT_EQ(reconstruct_share(s, E2_ZERO, NTIME,  NONCE2).GetHex(), GOLD_HDR_NONCE2);
+}