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Issue being fixed or feature implemented

Masternode operator BLS keys are currently generated randomly and must be backed up separately from the wallet seed; losing them requires a ProUpRegTx to rotate. DashSync (iOS/Android) already derives operator keys deterministically from the wallet mnemonic at m/9'/coin'/3'/3'/index. This PR brings the same derivation to Dash Core so the recovery phrase is the only backup, with a design settled after review of the previous attempt on this PR: deterministic derivation with permanent, recorded consumption — no reservation/sealing protocol.

What was done?

Commit 1 (feat(evo)): adds interfaces::EVO::isMasternodeOperatorKeyInUse(CBLSPublicKey), a per-key query of the deterministic masternode list at the chain tip via CDeterministicMNList::HasOperatorKeyUnderAnyScheme (both BLS scheme encodings probed). It is a UX guard for selecting fresh keys, not a safety mechanism: an unready node (including a snapshot chainstate whose masternode list diff is not yet available) answers false, and historical-only usage answers false (historical coverage is the wallet's job).

Commit 2 (feat(wallet)): mnemonic-backed wallets (legacy and descriptor, exactly one genuine mnemonic source) derive operator keys along the DashSync-compatible path (first four levels hardened, leaf not; coin type 5 mainnet / 1 otherwise; Chia-legacy ExtendedPrivateKey::FromSeed). Key points:

  • Keypool-style bounded window of 500 indexes. Window public keys are materialized from a single seed expansion (PBKDF2 once per walk) and stored as advisory mnopidx records (pubkey → {index, used}); secrets are never stored.
  • Core invariant: an index is recorded as consumed (durably, via WriteIC) before its secret is ever returned; consumption is permanent and never rolled back. If the DB write fails, no key is returned. If the wallet is locked while the in-use predicate runs, the request fails without consuming an index.
  • The wallet's transaction sync path marks window keys used when a ProRegTx/ProUpRegTx assigning them is seen, comparing BLS public keys as values so legacy-vs-basic wire encodings cannot cause a miss, and persisting the marker before mutating in-memory state. Restore-plus-rescan therefore rediscovers historically used indexes — including rotated/revoked ones — with the same coverage as fund recovery.
  • interfaces::Wallet gains hasMasternodeOperatorKeySource, getNewMasternodeOperatorKey(is_in_use) and getMasternodeOperatorKey(pubkey). The is_in_use predicate (commit 1's query, supplied by the caller) is consulted without wallet locks; wallet code references no node symbols and never takes cs_main. Races with concurrent registrations are acceptable: DIP3 consensus rejects duplicate operator keys against the current list.
  • Malformed window records log a warning and are ignored; they never fail the wallet load. Raw-HD-seed, mnemonic-less, watch-only, external-signer, and ambiguous multi-mnemonic wallets fail closed as unsupported.
  • The known-answer vectors are cross-checked against DashSync's DSProviderTransactionsTests.m (testCollateralProviderRegistrationTransaction / testNoCollateralProviderRegistrationTransaction embed the expected operator public key for the test seed at index 0).

RPC/GUI consumers of the new interfaces are intentionally left to follow-up PRs. This supersedes the previous head of this PR (provisional reservations, write-ahead sealing, pending-broadcast records, and the mandatory wallet flag are removed) and replaces the #7609 chain-history prerequisite with the current-list query plus wallet-side rescan coverage.

How Has This Been Tested?

New unit test evo_dip3_activation_tests/operator_key_in_use_follows_current_list (register → true; ProUpRegTx rotation → old false/new true; ProUpRevTx → false). New suite masternode_operator_tests (11 cases): DashSync known-answer vectors (testnet + mainnet), legacy/descriptor parity, mnemonic-passphrase sensitivity, exact recovery and input validation, sync-hook marking under both BLS encodings, sync-hook write-failure leaving state consistent, predicate skip without consumption and index-ordered candidate walk, encrypted lock/unlock behavior with materialize-on-unlock and mid-request lock returning WALLET_LOCKED without consuming, DB-write-failure fail-closed, unsupported-source fail-closed, persistence across reload, malformed/stale advisory record handling, and BDB→SQLite migration. Also ran wallet_tests and walletload_tests; each commit builds and passes independently. Lint: circular-dependencies and whitespace clean.

Breaking Changes

None. New wallet records (mnopidx) are advisory and ignored by older code. One documented residual: restoring a seed on a new wallet may reuse an operator-key index whose key was used historically but is no longer registered and not visible to rescan (pruning/birthday limits identical to fund recovery); no consensus or fund-safety impact.

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This change adds mnemonic-backed masternode operator BLS key support. Wallets discover BIP39 seeds, derive keys through the DashSync-compatible path, reserve and release indexes, commit public-key mappings, and recover keys by public key. The wallet database stores public-key and derivation-index mappings. Legacy and descriptor wallets expose seed APIs. Node and wallet interfaces expose the new operations. Tests cover derivation, persistence, recovery, restrictions, conflicts, and invalid data.

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Mergeability Score: 🟡 Moderate · up to 312c8

This change adds persistent operator-key recovery metadata and bounded synchronous key scans. Merge readiness is reduced because database reload behavior is not directly tested, and worst-case recovery or reservation may temporarily block the calling wallet operation until these risks are fixed or explicitly accepted.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant Registration
  participant WalletInterface
  participant CWallet
  participant WalletDatabase
  Registration->>WalletInterface: reserve operator key
  WalletInterface->>CWallet: derive and reserve key
  WalletInterface-->>Registration: key and reservation ID
  Registration->>WalletInterface: commit public key and index
  WalletInterface->>CWallet: commit operator key
  CWallet->>WalletDatabase: store public key and index
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Possibly related PRs

  • dashpay/dash#7473: Adds related BLS operator-key normalization and cross-scheme handling.

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src/wallet/wallet.cpp (1)

3866-3885: 🚀 Performance & Scalability | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Consider caching the walk result to avoid repeated 500-leaf BLS derivation.

WalkMasternodeOperatorSecrets derives every leaf up to MASTERNODE_OPERATOR_KEY_LIMIT (500). Each iteration performs a BLS child derivation plus GetPublicKey(), which is a group scalar multiplication. ReserveMasternodeOperatorKey pays this cost on every reservation, and GetMasternodeOperatorKey pays the full 500-leaf cost on every miss and on every record mismatch. The call runs on the caller's thread, so a GUI or RPC thread blocks for the duration.

Consider caching an index-to-public-key map for the current seed, built once per unlocked session, and reuse it for both reservation selection and recovery lookup. The secret can still be derived on demand for the single matching index.

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In `@src/wallet/wallet.cpp` around lines 3866 - 3885, Cache the derived masternode
operator index-to-public-key map for the current seed during the unlocked
session, building it once by walking the recoverable range through
WalkMasternodeOperatorSecrets. Update ReserveMasternodeOperatorKey and
GetMasternodeOperatorKey to reuse this cache for selection and recovery
matching, deriving the secret only for the single selected or matched index
while preserving existing invalidation behavior when the seed/session changes.
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Inline comments:
In `@src/wallet/test/masternode_operator_tests.cpp`:
- Around line 110-124: Update MasternodeOperatorTestingSetup teardown to call
gArgs.ForceRemoveArg("keypool") so the fixture’s forced keypool setting is
removed after tests and cannot leak into later tests.

In `@src/wallet/wallet.cpp`:
- Around line 3903-3925: Update CWallet::GetBIP39Seed and the newly added
ScriptPubKeyMan implementations to call memory_cleanse only when the output
SecureVector is non-empty, then clear it as before. Preserve the existing seed
lookup and return behavior.
- Around line 3833-3850: Update ChainCode cleanup and the derivation flow in
DeriveMasternodeOperatorAccount and DeriveMasternodeOperatorLeaf so chain-code
state is cleansed when temporary ExtendedPrivateKey objects are destroyed. Add
secure cleanup for ChainCode’s bn_t storage and explicitly cleanse the IRight
and hmacKey stack buffers after use, while preserving the existing derivation
behavior.

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In `@src/wallet/wallet.cpp`:
- Around line 3866-3885: Cache the derived masternode operator
index-to-public-key map for the current seed during the unlocked session,
building it once by walking the recoverable range through
WalkMasternodeOperatorSecrets. Update ReserveMasternodeOperatorKey and
GetMasternodeOperatorKey to reuse this cache for selection and recovery
matching, deriving the secret only for the single selected or matched index
while preserving existing invalidation behavior when the seed/session changes.
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492-499: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Test the actual wallet database reload path.

reloaded uses a new mock database. The test reads records from m_wallet and manually calls LoadMasternodeOperatorIndex. It does not execute the changed WalletBatch::LoadWallet path.

Persist the records in a reusable test database, reopen the wallet, and assert recovery and invalid-record handling after LoadWallet. This must cover deserialization at src/wallet/walletdb.cpp lines 802-807 and application at lines 992-996.

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In `@src/wallet/test/masternode_operator_tests.cpp` around lines 492 - 499, Update
the test around ReadOperatorIndexRecords and LoadMasternodeOperatorIndex to
persist operator-index records in a reusable wallet database, close and reopen
the wallet through the normal LoadWallet path, and assert both successful
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The operator-key derivation and lifecycle implementation is generally careful, but mnemonic-only restoration can reuse an operator key that was previously rotated or revoked because reservation consults only current deterministic-masternode state and wallet-local records. The PR also omits its new Dash-specific files from the non-backported manifest and leaves sensitive BLS chain-code intermediates uncleansed during its new production derivation flow.
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- [BLOCKING] src/wallet/wallet.cpp:4001-4008: Mnemonic restoration can reuse a revoked operator key
  A mnemonic-only restoration has no entries in `m_mn_operator_indexes`, so reservation excludes a derived key only when the caller supplies it in `in_use`. The node API added by this PR exposes operator keys from the current deterministic masternode list, but a ProUpRegTx rotation replaces the old key and a ProUpRevTx clears it through `ResetOperatorFields()`. The previously used key therefore disappears from both available sources, allowing index 0 to be reserved again and potentially reusing the exact secret that was revoked after compromise. Reservation needs a recoverable record of historical operator-key usage, such as scanning relevant ProRegTx/ProUpRegTx history or another used-index marker that survives mnemonic-only restoration.
- [SUGGESTION] src/wallet/wallet.cpp:3833-3849: Cleanse intermediate BLS chain-code state
  The new wallet derivation path repeatedly invokes `bls::ExtendedPrivateKey::PrivateChild()` using mnemonic-derived state. Although `PrivateKey` storage and the serialized leaf secret are cleansed, `ChainCode` has no destructor and its `bn_t` contents remain on the stack after each temporary is destroyed. `PrivateChild()` also leaves the `IRight` and `hmacKey` arrays uncleansed. This PR newly makes that code a production path for wallet-derived operator credentials, so the BLS chain-code object and local derivation buffers need secure cleanup as part of this change.

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- [SUGGESTION] test/util/data/non-backported.txt:84: Track the new Dash-specific source files
  The PR adds three Dash-specific files, but none is listed in `non-backported.txt`. This manifest supplies the file set used by the Dash cppcheck and clang-format-diff workflows, so the omissions silently exclude the new public interface, wallet header, and unit test from those dedicated checks. `src/hash_x11.h` is already present and should remain followed by the three new paths.

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I think the structure here should be improved before this is merged.

The wallet should expose a narrowly scoped capability to derive a masternode operator key, rather than adding generic APIs that return the wallet's raw BIP39 seed. In particular, ScriptPubKeyMan::GetBIP39Seed() and CWallet::GetBIP39Seed() broaden access to the wallet root secret and do not match the normal key-manager boundary: the component owning/decrypting seed material should perform derivation internally and return only the requested derived child.

The planned scope should include both mnemonic-backed descriptor wallets and mnemonic-backed legacy wallets. Legacy support is a modest addition when implemented behind the same narrow derivation capability: the legacy manager owns one CHDChain, can require a stored mnemonic, regenerate its BIP39 seed internally, verify that it matches the chain's stored seed/ID, derive the requested operator child, and cleanse all intermediates. Legacy wallets created from a raw -hdseed/sethdseed, as well as wallets without a mnemonic recovery source, should remain unsupported.

A cleaner split would be:

  • The mnemonic-backed descriptor and legacy key managers each implement a narrowly scoped operator-key derivation capability. They own/decrypt their mnemonic material, validate its relationship to the stored wallet root, and return only the requested derived operator child. They should never return the mnemonic-derived root seed.
  • Descriptor managers may expose a non-secret source identifier so CWallet can verify that mnemonic-bearing descriptor managers share the same source. Legacy wallets have a single CHDChain and do not need cross-manager seed aggregation.
  • A MasternodeOperatorKeychain owns the DashSync path, bounded recovery walk, committed index records, and in-memory reservation state.
  • CWallet handles wallet flags and locking, locates the eligible derivation source for the wallet type, and delegates.
  • interfaces::Wallet exposes only typed reserve/recover operations.

The reservation API should also follow the existing ReserveDestination pattern. Instead of exposing a raw reservation_id and requiring the caller to echo the token, index, and public key back into separate release/commit calls, return a move-only RAII reservation object. Its destructor releases and wipes an uncommitted reservation, while Commit() uses the key and index already bound to the reservation. This prevents forgotten releases and mismatched token/index/public-key combinations.

Concretely, I am requesting that this PR be reworked to:

  1. Support both descriptor and legacy wallets when they have a genuine mnemonic-backed recovery source.
  2. Return NOT_SUPPORTED for raw-HD-seed legacy wallets, mnemonic-less imported wallets, non-HD/blank wallets, watch-only wallets, and external-signer wallets.
  3. Remove the generic BIP39 seed getters and base BIP39SeedStatus API.
  4. Derive BLS children inside the mnemonic-owning component and return only the derived operator secret.
  5. Isolate operator path/scanning/index state in an operator-keychain component instead of adding the full implementation directly to CWallet.
  6. Replace raw reservation tokens with an RAII reservation handle modeled on ReserveDestination.
  7. Securely cleanse all BLS extended-private-key, chain-code, and child-derivation intermediates.
  8. Address historical operator-key use during mnemonic restoration; the current deterministic masternode list alone cannot prevent reuse of keys that were rotated or revoked.
  9. Parameterize the shared operator-keychain tests across descriptor and legacy mnemonic-backed sources, with targeted legacy cases for encrypted lock/unlock, raw-seed rejection, mnemonic/seed mismatch, and restore/reload behavior.

A larger wallet-wide mnemonic-store refactor may be worthwhile eventually because descriptor wallets currently duplicate mnemonic material across managers, but that should be separate from this feature. This PR should avoid exposing that existing storage detail through a new general raw-seed API.


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The requested architectural rework is implemented. The RPC/root-secret approach is gone; this is now a narrow SPKM derivation capability plus an operator-specific keychain and move-only RAII ownership handle. Mapping to the nine requested items:

  1. Descriptor and legacy mnemonic sources: DescriptorScriptPubKeyMan and LegacyScriptPubKeyMan both implement the same narrow child-derivation capability. Descriptor wallets require one shared mnemonic source identifier across their managers. Legacy wallets require a genuine stored mnemonic.
  2. Unsupported wallet types: Raw-HD legacy seeds, mnemonic-less descriptor/imported/non-HD/blank wallets, disable-private/watch-only wallets, external-signer wallets, and ambiguous multi-source wallets return NOT_SUPPORTED.
  3. No generic root-secret API: GetBIP39Seed and BIP39SeedStatus have been removed from ScriptPubKeyMan, CWallet, and interfaces::Wallet. No raw mnemonic-derived root seed crosses the key-manager boundary.
  4. Derivation stays with the mnemonic owner: Each eligible SPKM decrypts/validates its mnemonic internally and returns only the requested BLS child. Legacy regeneration must match the stored CHDChain seed; descriptor regeneration must match the manager’s non-secret master identifier.
  5. Dedicated keychain: MasternodeOperatorKeychain owns m/9'/coin'/3'/3'/index, the 500-leaf bounded walk, committed index records/repair, and provisional reservation state. CWallet is limited to wallet flags, locking, source selection, and delegation.
  6. RAII reservation: interfaces::Wallet returns a std::unique_ptr-backed reservation. It binds key/index/commit/release internally; destruction wipes and releases an uncommitted key, successful commit disarms it, failed commit remains reserved for safe retry, and conflict revalidation wipes/releases and permanently poisons commit. There are no public reservation tokens or caller-supplied index/public-key commit tuples.
  7. Secret cleansing: ChainCode and PrivateKey now wipe RELIC storage on replacement/destruction. ExtendedPrivateKey seed/child derivation uses exception-safe secure buffers for chain code, HMAC input/output/key, and scalar intermediates in AUTO and DYNAMIC allocation modes. Wallet serialization buffers and descriptor chain-code temporaries are cleansed as well.
  8. Historical-use protection: EVO scans all active-chain ProRegTx and ProUpRegTx payloads from DIP3 activation, preserving every assigned key across rotations and revocations, including multiple updates in one block. Reservation requires complete current-tip history and fails closed for missing/pruned/corrupt data, IBD/reindex/import/snapshot, stale/header-ahead state, shutdown, and tip races. Exact-tip results are cached, extensions are incremental, and reorgs rebuild from the active fork. Reservations can be revalidated against fresh history immediately before provider-transaction use.
  9. Shared and targeted tests: The wallet suite runs the common derivation/path/RAII/recovery/restore/passphrase/encryption/history/revalidation/reload/cache-repair scenarios against both legacy and descriptor sources. Targeted cases cover raw legacy seed rejection, mnemonic/seed mismatch, no-mnemonic and restricted wallets, failed commit lifecycle, interface publication locking, actual named-database LoadWallet reopen, and persistence repair. EVO tests cover same-block rotations, rotate-then-revoke, missing data, header-ahead/stale/import/reindex states, cache extension, context reset, and reorg behavior.

Validation on pushed head 29e0a5f65232:

  • full make -j13
  • test_dash --run_test=masternode_operator_tests: 12 cases passed
  • test_dash --run_test=evo_dip3_activation_tests/operator_key_history_is_complete_and_fail_closed: passed
  • walletdb_tests, wallet_crypto_tests, and wallet_tests: passed
  • Dash BLS suite: 1,418 assertions across 17 cases passed
  • changed BLS translation units: warning-free in RELIC AUTO, DYNAMIC, and DYNAMIC+CHECK builds
  • complete no-wallet configure/build plus dashd -version: passed
  • full test/lint/all-lint.py, clang-format diff, and git diff --check: passed

I also benchmarked the historical scan against an isolated APFS clone of the current mainnet block store. The cold scan processed 1,493,070 blocks / 57,165,469 transactions / 18,673 unique operator keys in 88.294 seconds, with approximately 104.3 MiB additional RSS. An exact-tip cached call took 3.803 ms. This makes the first complete-history request visibly non-trivial, while same-tip retries are fast; the stacked UI work will run it off the GUI thread and expose progress/retry state.

The stacked typed provider-transaction PR will obtain fresh node history and call reservation.revalidate(...) immediately before submission, then call commit() only after successful transaction submission.


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Final validation — Codex/Sol only (Phase 2 disabled)

The exact head resolves all three prior findings: active-chain history now preserves rotated and revoked operator keys, BLS derivation intermediates are securely cleansed, and the new Dash-specific files are included in the non-backported manifest. The remaining CodeRabbit fixture-cleanup comment is also fixed at the current head, so no in-scope findings remain.
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9c3f4ff fix(bls): cleanse generated secret candidate (pasta)

Pull request description:

  ## Issue being fixed or feature implemented

  `CBLSSecretKey::MakeNewKey()` retains the accepted 32-byte random candidate in
  its stack buffer after constructing the secret key. The candidate is private
  key material and should not remain recoverable from the stack longer than
  necessary.

  This is an existing issue in random BLS generation, including the `bls
  generate` RPC. It is intentionally split from #7594 because the
  wallet-derived operator-key path does not call `MakeNewKey()`.

  ## What was done?

  Cleanse the candidate buffer immediately after the key-generation retry loop,
  before publishing the resulting key as valid.

  ## How Has This Been Tested?

  - `make -C src -j6 test/test_dash`
  - `src/test/test_dash --run_test=bls_tests` (20 cases passed)
  - `test/lint/lint-includes.py`
  - `test/lint/lint-whitespace.py`
  - `git clang-format --diff upstream/develop -- src/bls/bls.cpp`
  - `git diff --check`

  Tested on macOS 15/Apple Silicon using the repository depends toolchain.

  ## Breaking Changes

  None.

  ## Checklist:

  - [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code
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  - [ ] I have added or updated relevant unit/integration/functional/e2e tests
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Preliminary review — Codex only

The deterministic derivation and consume-before-publication flow is careful, and the prior stale-index reissuance issue is fixed. However, the advertised historical-use recovery is bypassed when rescans run before window materialization and by descriptor fast rescans, while a complete stale advisory cache is trusted without seed verification; these are three in-scope blockers.
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- [BLOCKING] src/wallet/wallet.cpp:3954-3958: Do not rescan before the operator-key window exists
  `MaybeMarkMasternodeOperatorKeyUsed()` discards every provider assignment while `m_mn_operator_keys` is empty, but restoration can rescan in exactly that state. `upgradetohd` installs the supplied mnemonic and immediately scans from genesis without first materializing the window; encrypted wallets are additionally relocked before that scan. Similarly, `CWallet::Create()` ignores `WALLET_LOCKED` from its pre-attach materialization attempt and can let `AttachChain()` rescan while the map is empty. Unlocking or requesting a key only materializes the window after those transactions have already been skipped. If an index was historically assigned and later rotated or revoked, the current-list predicate no longer sees it and the restored wallet can return the same operator secret again. Ensure the window is available before scanning, or retain observed assignments and reconcile them after unlock.
- [BLOCKING] src/wallet/wallet.cpp:1415-1418: Do not filter provider transactions out of descriptor rescans
  The recovery hook only sees transactions passed to `SyncTransaction()`, but descriptor rescans enable `FastWalletRescanFilter` and skip blocks whose basic filter does not match a wallet script. `ExtractSpecialTxFilterElements()` includes owner, voting, payout, and ProTx fields, but it does not include `pubKeyOperator` from ProRegTx or ProUpRegTx payloads. A provider assignment whose ordinary inputs, outputs, and other payload fields are unrelated to this wallet can therefore be in a skipped block. Even an unlocked descriptor restoration with a materialized window can miss rotated or revoked historical keys and later issue the same index. Operator-history recovery needs an unfiltered scan of the relevant range or filter/index support that includes operator public keys.
- [BLOCKING] src/wallet/wallet.cpp:3896-3907: Verify a complete advisory window against the current seed
  This shortcut declares the window complete solely because it contains 500 records with unique in-range indexes. `LoadMasternodeOperatorKeyRecord()` accepts any canonical BLS public key paired with such an index, so a complete stale cache—such as swapped mappings or records belonging to another mnemonic source—passes without derivation. `ConsumeMasternodeOperatorKey()` then persists `used=true` before deriving the recorded index, discovers that the derived public key does not match, and returns `DERIVATION_ERROR`; repeated attempts can consume all stale rows while the actual derived window remains unavailable. Because these records are explicitly advisory, derive and reconcile them at least once after database load or source change, and only use this fast path after the in-memory window has been verified against the active mnemonic source.

Comment thread src/wallet/wallet.cpp
Comment on lines +3954 to +3958
void CWallet::MaybeMarkMasternodeOperatorKeyUsed(const CTransaction& tx, WalletBatch& batch)
{
AssertLockHeld(cs_wallet);
if (m_mn_operator_keys.empty()) return;
if (tx.nType != TRANSACTION_PROVIDER_REGISTER && tx.nType != TRANSACTION_PROVIDER_UPDATE_REGISTRAR) return;

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🔴 Blocking: Do not rescan before the operator-key window exists

MaybeMarkMasternodeOperatorKeyUsed() discards every provider assignment while m_mn_operator_keys is empty, but restoration can rescan in exactly that state. upgradetohd installs the supplied mnemonic and immediately scans from genesis without first materializing the window; encrypted wallets are additionally relocked before that scan. Similarly, CWallet::Create() ignores WALLET_LOCKED from its pre-attach materialization attempt and can let AttachChain() rescan while the map is empty. Unlocking or requesting a key only materializes the window after those transactions have already been skipped. If an index was historically assigned and later rotated or revoked, the current-list predicate no longer sees it and the restored wallet can return the same operator secret again. Ensure the window is available before scanning, or retain observed assignments and reconcile them after unlock.

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Resolved in this update — Do not rescan before the operator-key window exists no longer present.

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Comment on lines +1415 to +1418
// Runs for every synced transaction, not only "ours": a provider
// transaction assigning one of our window keys is how a restored wallet
// rediscovers consumed operator-key indexes during rescan.
MaybeMarkMasternodeOperatorKeyUsed(*ptx, batch);

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🔴 Blocking: Do not filter provider transactions out of descriptor rescans

The recovery hook only sees transactions passed to SyncTransaction(), but descriptor rescans enable FastWalletRescanFilter and skip blocks whose basic filter does not match a wallet script. ExtractSpecialTxFilterElements() includes owner, voting, payout, and ProTx fields, but it does not include pubKeyOperator from ProRegTx or ProUpRegTx payloads. A provider assignment whose ordinary inputs, outputs, and other payload fields are unrelated to this wallet can therefore be in a skipped block. Even an unlocked descriptor restoration with a materialized window can miss rotated or revoked historical keys and later issue the same index. Operator-history recovery needs an unfiltered scan of the relevant range or filter/index support that includes operator public keys.

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Resolved in this update — Do not filter provider transactions out of descriptor rescans no longer present.

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Comment on lines +3896 to +3907
// Idempotence: the window is complete when every index appears exactly once.
if (m_mn_operator_keys.size() == MASTERNODE_OPERATOR_KEY_LIMIT) {
std::vector<bool> seen(MASTERNODE_OPERATOR_KEY_LIMIT, false);
bool complete{true};
for (const auto& [public_key, record] : m_mn_operator_keys) {
if (record.index >= MASTERNODE_OPERATOR_KEY_LIMIT || seen[record.index]) {
complete = false;
break;
}
seen[record.index] = true;
}
if (complete) return MasternodeOperatorKeyStatus::SUCCESS;

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🔴 Blocking: Verify a complete advisory window against the current seed

This shortcut declares the window complete solely because it contains 500 records with unique in-range indexes. LoadMasternodeOperatorKeyRecord() accepts any canonical BLS public key paired with such an index, so a complete stale cache—such as swapped mappings or records belonging to another mnemonic source—passes without derivation. ConsumeMasternodeOperatorKey() then persists used=true before deriving the recorded index, discovers that the derived public key does not match, and returns DERIVATION_ERROR; repeated attempts can consume all stale rows while the actual derived window remains unavailable. Because these records are explicitly advisory, derive and reconcile them at least once after database load or source change, and only use this fast path after the in-memory window has been verified against the active mnemonic source.

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Resolved in this update — Verify a complete advisory window against the current seed no longer present.

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The complete advisory-window cache is now verified against the active mnemonic source, but the historical-use recovery path still fails for encrypted wallets loaded without existing operator-window records: attachment can scan while the window is unavailable, and descriptor fast rescans can skip the relevant provider transactions entirely. The new production use of DashBLS extended derivation also leaves chain-code and HMAC intermediates uncleansed.
Source: reviewers gpt-5.6-sol (general and dash-core-commit-history); final verifier gpt-5.6-sol. openclaw-agent/cliproxy/gpt-5.6-sol is orchestration-only and not reviewer evidence.

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In `src/wallet/scriptpubkeyman.cpp`:
- [SUGGESTION] src/wallet/scriptpubkeyman.cpp:52-59: Cleanse BLS extended-derivation intermediates
  This code makes `bls::ExtendedPrivateKey::FromSeed()` and repeated `PrivateChild()` calls a production path for wallet-root-derived credentials. The vendored implementation leaves `IRight` and `hmacKey` stack arrays uncleansed, while `ChainCode` has no wiping destructor or assignment path, so sensitive chain-code and HMAC material remains in process memory after the temporary extended keys are destroyed. Harden these primitives through the normal DashBLS upstream/subtree workflow, using exception-safe cleanup for chain codes, HMAC inputs and outputs, keys, and scalar intermediates in every supported RELIC allocation mode.

In `src/wallet/wallet.cpp`:
- [BLOCKING] src/wallet/wallet.cpp:3423-3431: Do not rescan before the operator-key window exists
  (existing thread: https://github.com/dashpay/dash/pull/7594#discussion_r3790451823)
  The `upgradetohd` path now materializes the window before rescanning, but wallet loading still ignores `WALLET_LOCKED` from `EnsureMasternodeOperatorKeyWindow()` and proceeds into `AttachChain()`. An encrypted mnemonic-backed wallet without existing `mnopidx` records therefore scans with an empty `m_mn_operator_keys` map, causing `MaybeMarkMasternodeOperatorKeyUsed()` to discard every observed provider assignment. The missed-state flag only produces a log message and is cleared when a later unlock materializes the window; it does not require a replacement rescan or prevent key issuance. A historically assigned key that has since been rotated or revoked can consequently be returned again. Ensure the window exists before attachment scanning, retain assignments for reconciliation after unlock, or persist a fail-closed rescan requirement that blocks operator-key issuance until recovery completes.
- [BLOCKING] src/wallet/wallet.cpp:1953-1955: Do not filter provider transactions out of descriptor rescans
  (existing thread: https://github.com/dashpay/dash/pull/7594#discussion_r3790451824)
  Fast rescanning is disabled only when `m_mn_operator_keys` is already nonempty. For an encrypted mnemonic-backed descriptor wallet loaded without window records, pre-attachment materialization returns `WALLET_LOCKED`, leaving the map empty and enabling `FastWalletRescanFilter`. The BASIC filter does not commit `pubKeyOperator`, so a block containing an otherwise unrelated ProRegTx or ProUpRegTx assignment can be skipped without reaching `MaybeMarkMasternodeOperatorKeyUsed()`; in this case even the missed-state flag remains unset. Unlocking then materializes a clean window and can reissue the skipped historical key. Disable filtered rescanning whenever the wallet has a potential operator-key source or an unresolved operator-key recovery state, rather than keying the decision only on an already-materialized map.

Comment on lines +52 to +59
bls::ExtendedPrivateKey account{bls::ExtendedPrivateKey::FromSeed(bls::Bytes{seed.data(), seed.size()})};
const auto path{MasternodeOperatorDerivationPath(coin_type, begin)};
for (size_t level{0}; level + 1 < path.size(); ++level) {
account = account.PrivateChild(path[level], /*fLegacy=*/true);
}
for (uint32_t index{begin}; index < end; ++index) {
SecureVector secret_bytes(CBLSSecretKey::SerSize);
account.PrivateChild(index, /*fLegacy=*/true).GetPrivateKey().Serialize(secret_bytes.data());

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🟡 Suggestion: Cleanse BLS extended-derivation intermediates

This code makes bls::ExtendedPrivateKey::FromSeed() and repeated PrivateChild() calls a production path for wallet-root-derived credentials. The vendored implementation leaves IRight and hmacKey stack arrays uncleansed, while ChainCode has no wiping destructor or assignment path, so sensitive chain-code and HMAC material remains in process memory after the temporary extended keys are destroyed. Harden these primitives through the normal DashBLS upstream/subtree workflow, using exception-safe cleanup for chain codes, HMAC inputs and outputs, keys, and scalar intermediates in every supported RELIC allocation mode.

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Exact-head validation confirms three blocking failures in the historical-use recovery path: encrypted wallets can scan before the operator-key window exists, descriptor fast rescans can skip provider assignments, and marker-write failures do not make rescans or later key issuance fail closed. The new production derivation path also continues to rely on DashBLS extended-key primitives that leave sensitive derivation intermediates uncleansed.
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In `src/wallet/wallet.cpp`:
- [BLOCKING] src/wallet/wallet.cpp:3999-4003: Fail closed when a rescan cannot persist a used marker
  When `WriteMasternodeOperatorKey()` fails while processing a provider transaction, the hook only logs and returns. The rescan can still report success, advance the wallet's synchronization state, and retain no recovery-error state. If the database failure is transient, a later key request can successfully persist its own consumption marker and return the same key that the scan failed to mark. This is unsafe for a historical assignment that was later rotated or revoked because the current-list predicate no longer excludes it. The `database_write_failure_withholds_the_key` test demonstrates the behavior by restoring writes and issuing index 0 after its provider assignment failed to persist. Propagate the scan failure or retain a fail-closed state that blocks key issuance until the assignment has been replayed and durably recorded.
- [BLOCKING] src/wallet/wallet.cpp:3423-3431: Do not rescan before the operator-key window exists
  (existing thread: https://github.com/dashpay/dash/pull/7594#discussion_r3790451823)
  Wallet loading ignores the `WALLET_LOCKED` result from `EnsureMasternodeOperatorKeyWindow()` and proceeds into `AttachChain()`. An encrypted mnemonic-backed wallet without existing `mnopidx` records can therefore scan with an empty `m_mn_operator_keys` map, causing `MaybeMarkMasternodeOperatorKeyUsed()` to discard every observed provider assignment. The missed-state flag only logs a message and is cleared when a later unlock materializes the window; it neither schedules a replacement rescan nor blocks key issuance. A historically assigned key that has since been rotated or revoked can consequently be returned again. Ensure the window exists before attachment scanning, retain assignments for reconciliation after unlock, or persist a fail-closed rescan requirement that prevents operator-key issuance until recovery completes.
- [BLOCKING] src/wallet/wallet.cpp:1945-1955: Do not filter provider transactions out of descriptor rescans
  (existing thread: https://github.com/dashpay/dash/pull/7594#discussion_r3790451824)
  Fast rescanning is disabled only when `m_mn_operator_keys` is already nonempty. For an encrypted mnemonic-backed descriptor wallet loaded without window records, pre-attachment materialization returns `WALLET_LOCKED`, leaving the map empty and enabling `FastWalletRescanFilter`. Because the BASIC filter does not commit `pubKeyOperator`, an otherwise unrelated ProRegTx or ProUpRegTx assignment can be skipped without reaching `MaybeMarkMasternodeOperatorKeyUsed()`; in that case even the missed-state flag remains unset. Unlocking then materializes a clean window and can reissue the skipped historical key. Disable filtered rescanning whenever the wallet has a potential operator-key source or unresolved operator-key recovery state, rather than basing the decision only on an already-materialized map.

In `src/wallet/scriptpubkeyman.cpp`:
- [SUGGESTION] src/wallet/scriptpubkeyman.cpp:44-59: Cleanse BLS extended-derivation intermediates
  (existing thread: https://github.com/dashpay/dash/pull/7594#discussion_r3797385717)
  This code makes `bls::ExtendedPrivateKey::FromSeed()` and repeated `PrivateChild()` calls a production path for wallet-root-derived credentials. At the exact head, the vendored DashBLS implementation still leaves the `IRight` and `hmacKey` stack arrays uncleansed, and `ChainCode` has no wiping destructor or assignment path, so chain-code and HMAC material remains in process memory after temporary extended keys are destroyed. The derivation cleanup is also not exception-safe. Harden these primitives through the normal DashBLS upstream/subtree workflow, wiping chain codes, HMAC inputs and outputs, keys, and scalar intermediates in every supported RELIC allocation mode.

Comment thread src/wallet/wallet.cpp
Comment on lines +3999 to +4003
const MasternodeOperatorKeyRecord updated{it->second.index, /*used=*/true};
if (!batch.WriteMasternodeOperatorKey(it->first, updated)) {
WalletLogPrintf("Failed to persist used-marker for masternode operator key index %u\n", it->second.index);
return;
}

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🔴 Blocking: Fail closed when a rescan cannot persist a used marker

When WriteMasternodeOperatorKey() fails while processing a provider transaction, the hook only logs and returns. The rescan can still report success, advance the wallet's synchronization state, and retain no recovery-error state. If the database failure is transient, a later key request can successfully persist its own consumption marker and return the same key that the scan failed to mark. This is unsafe for a historical assignment that was later rotated or revoked because the current-list predicate no longer excludes it. The database_write_failure_withholds_the_key test demonstrates the behavior by restoring writes and issuing index 0 after its provider assignment failed to persist. Propagate the scan failure or retain a fail-closed state that blocks key issuance until the assignment has been replayed and durably recorded.

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Resolved in this update — Fail closed when a rescan cannot persist a used marker no longer present.

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Preliminary review — Codex only

The deterministic derivation and consume-before-publication flow is well bounded, and the commit stack is clean. However, historical-use recovery still fails closed incorrectly in three paths: wallets can synchronize before the operator-key window exists, descriptor fast rescans can skip provider assignments, and marker-write failures do not prevent later issuance; the production derivation path also retains sensitive DashBLS intermediates.
Source: reviewers gpt-5.6-sol (general and dash-core-commit-history); final verifier gpt-5.6-sol. openclaw-agent/cliproxy/gpt-5.6-sol is orchestration-only and not reviewer evidence.

Validated blockers were found in the Codex precheck. Opus is deferred until a fresh Codex revalidation clears the blocker gate.

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  • Verifier: gpt-5.6-sol — verifier
  • Sonnet: not run (deferred by blocker gate)

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In `src/wallet/wallet.cpp`:
- [BLOCKING] src/wallet/wallet.cpp:3432-3434: Do not rescan before the operator-key window exists
  (existing thread: https://github.com/dashpay/dash/pull/7594#discussion_r3790451823)
  `restored_from_user_mnemonic` is set only while creating a first-run wallet, so a pre-existing mnemonic wallet without `mnopidx` records—such as an encrypted wallet first opened after upgrading—skips window materialization and proceeds into `AttachChain()`. Provider transactions synchronized during attachment or later catch-up encounter an empty `m_mn_operator_keys` map and cannot be recorded. `m_mn_operator_marks_missed` is only an in-memory warning indicator; first-use materialization logs that a rescan is needed, clears the flag, and still permits issuance. A key assigned historically and later rotated or revoked can therefore be returned again. The conditional materialization for a newly restored wallet also ignores database, lock, or derivation failures and attaches anyway. Ensure the window is available before synchronization, retain assignments for reconciliation, or persist a fail-closed recovery state that blocks issuance until a successful replacement rescan.
- [BLOCKING] src/wallet/wallet.cpp:1953-1955: Do not filter provider transactions out of descriptor rescans
  (existing thread: https://github.com/dashpay/dash/pull/7594#discussion_r3790451824)
  Fast rescanning is disabled only when `m_mn_operator_keys` is already nonempty. A mnemonic-backed descriptor wallet loaded without records therefore enables `FastWalletRescanFilter`, even though it has a potential operator-key source whose historical usage has not been recovered. The BASIC filter does not commit `pubKeyOperator`, so an otherwise unrelated ProRegTx or ProUpRegTx assignment can be skipped without reaching `MaybeMarkMasternodeOperatorKeyUsed()`; in that case even `m_mn_operator_marks_missed` remains false. First use can then materialize a clean window and issue a historically assigned key after it has rotated out of the current masternode list. Disable filtered rescanning whenever the wallet has a supported but unresolved operator-key source, rather than basing the decision only on an already-materialized map.
- [BLOCKING] src/wallet/wallet.cpp:4007-4010: Fail closed when a rescan cannot persist a used marker
  (existing thread: https://github.com/dashpay/dash/pull/7594#discussion_r3797767364)
  When `WriteMasternodeOperatorKey()` fails while processing a provider transaction, this hook only logs and returns. The surrounding rescan or live synchronization can still report success and advance wallet synchronization without retaining any durable recovery-error state. After writes recover, `GetNewMasternodeOperatorKey()` can persist its own consumption marker and return the same key whose historical assignment failed to persist, particularly after rotation or revocation makes the current-list predicate return false. The `database_write_failure_withholds_the_key` test explicitly confirms the unsafe result by restoring writes and expecting index 0 to be issued after its provider marker failed. Propagate the scan failure or retain a fail-closed state that blocks issuance until the assignment has been replayed and durably recorded.

In `src/wallet/scriptpubkeyman.cpp`:
- [SUGGESTION] src/wallet/scriptpubkeyman.cpp:52-59: Cleanse BLS extended-derivation intermediates
  (existing thread: https://github.com/dashpay/dash/pull/7594#discussion_r3797385717)
  This makes `bls::ExtendedPrivateKey::FromSeed()` and repeated `PrivateChild()` assignments a production path for wallet-root-derived credentials. At this head, `src/dashbls/src/extendedprivatekey.cpp` leaves the stack-based `IRight` and `hmacKey` arrays uncleansed, while `ChainCode` has neither a wiping destructor nor a secure assignment path. The secure allocations and RELIC scalar cleanup in these routines are also not exception-safe. Harden the primitives through the normal DashBLS upstream/subtree workflow so chain codes, HMAC inputs and outputs, keys, and scalar intermediates are wiped in every supported RELIC allocation mode.

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…operations

885a46c fix(rpc): reject incompletely signed provider transactions (pasta)
f2e0ed5 refactor(evo): expose typed provider transaction operations (pasta)
bde93a4 feat(interfaces): add wallet fund, sign and coin-lock primitives (pasta)
acb01a2 refactor(evo): extract shared provider network-field validation (pasta)

Pull request description:

  ## Issue being fixed or feature implemented

  The Qt masternode registration and maintenance work needs to build, sign, and
  broadcast normal/Evo provider transactions without treating the RPC server as a
  GUI transport. Calling `Node::executeRpc` with method strings, `UniValue`
  arguments, and wallet URI routing would make the GUI depend on RPC parsing and
  error conventions and would duplicate no domain boundary at all.

  This PR extracts the existing normal/Evo ProTx implementation into a typed
  service shared by RPC and future GUI callers. It is the backend prerequisite for
  the registration UI extracted from [PastaPastaPasta#68](PastaPastaPasta#68).

  This PR now targets `develop` directly and contains only its own commits; it is
  no longer stacked on #7594, and the GitHub diff is the full reviewable change.

  ## What was done?

  - Added typed provider request, result, capability, and structured-error types
    under `interfaces`.
  - Added synchronous normal/Evo register, external prepare/submit, Update
    Service, Update Registrar, and Revoke operations to `interfaces::EVO`.
  - Moved transaction construction, payload signing, preflight, complete input
    signing, and broadcast into one node-domain service used by both RPC and the
    typed interface.
  - Kept only generic fund/sign/atomic coin-lock primitives on
    `interfaces::Wallet`; provider operations remain on `interfaces::EVO` because
    they require node chainstate and deterministic-masternode state.
  - Extracted provider network-field validation so consensus checks, typed
    validation, transaction construction, and RPC adapters use the same rules.
  - Preserved ownership-aware collateral locking: failures release only a lock
    acquired by that call, while successful register/prepare operations retain
    the collateral lock for the registration lifecycle.
  - Kept RPC handlers as parsing/formatting adapters. No `UniValue`,
    `JSONRPCRequest`, RPC method string, wallet URI, or `executeRpc` dependency
    crosses the typed boundary.

  ### Complete user-story manifest frozen before PR creation

  The canonical manifest is published in
  [dash-ui-artifacts](https://github.com/PastaPastaPasta/dash-ui-artifacts/blob/046700409e418f967548acb3429800459d469059/MANIFEST.md#pr-p--typed-provider-transaction-foundation).

  | ID | User story |
  |---|---|
  | P01 | Fund and broadcast a regular registration through the typed service and unchanged RPC adapter. |
  | P02 | Fund and broadcast an Evo registration under pre-v24 and post-v24 rules. |
  | P03 | Register with an exact wallet-owned collateral outpoint. |
  | P04 | Prepare an external-collateral registration and submit a decoded compact signature. |
  | P05 | `submit=false` returns a fully signed transaction without broadcast. |
  | P06 | Update Service for regular/Evo nodes, including v24 endpoint lists. |
  | P07 | Update Registrar while preserving every omitted field. |
  | P08 | Revoke with reason values 0 through 3. |
  | P09 | Locked wallet, bad collateral/address/key, missing/wrong MN, funding failure, incomplete signing, consensus rejection, and broadcast failure return typed errors. |
  | P10 | RPC result shapes/error mappings remain compatible, except that incomplete input signing is intentionally rejected as a wallet error instead of returning or broadcasting a partial transaction. |
  | P11 | No-wallet builds compile and the API exposes no RPC/JSON transport types. |
  | P12 | Chain/validation and wallet locks are never held together; the synchronous API is safe to invoke from a GUI worker. |

  This PR has no Qt entry point or screen, so its screenshot set is intentionally
  empty. UI screenshots belong to the stacked registration and maintenance PRs.

  ## How Has This Been Tested?

  - Built `src/dashd` and `src/test/test_dash` with the macOS depends toolchain.
  - Built `src/dashd` in a fresh `--disable-wallet --without-gui` configuration.
  - Passed provider capability/typed-network validation interface tests.
  - Passed the full `evo_netinfo_tests` suite.
  - Passed atomic collateral-lock ownership wallet tests.
  - Passed `wallet_dash_rpcs.py` with legacy and descriptor wallets.
  - Passed `rpc_netinfo.py` serially.
  - Passed `feature_protx_version.py`.
  - Passed whitespace, include, circular-dependency, cppcheck, formatting, and
    `git diff --check` checks.
  - Independently reviewed the special-transaction diff for consensus parity,
    lock ordering, collateral ownership, external prepare/submit, payload
    signing, and RPC behavior. No consensus or security blocker was found.

  ## Breaking Changes

  No RPC method or successful result shape changes. One bug fix in error
  behavior: when the wallet cannot completely sign the inputs it selected
  (only reachable through misconfiguration, e.g. running `protx
  register_submit` in a different wallet than the one that prepared the
  registration -- funding only ever selects ISMINE_SPENDABLE coins, so no
  supported co-signing flow hits this), the command now fails with a clear
  wallet error instead of presenting a partially signed transaction as success
  (`submit=false`) or attempting a broadcast that failed mempool acceptance
  with a bare `-26` (`submit=true`). The external-signing workflow
  (`register_prepare` -> sign externally -> `register_submit`) is unchanged.
  Additionally,
  `protx update_service` on a masternode with no extractable default fee source
  now returns an explicit "specify feeSourceAddress" parameter error instead of
  an internal error.

  ## Checklist

  - [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code
  - [x] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas
  - [x] I have added or updated relevant unit/integration/functional/e2e tests
  - [x] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation
  - [ ] I have assigned this pull request to a milestone _(for repository code-owners and collaborators only)_

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PastaPastaPasta and others added 2 commits August 17, 2026 16:11
Add an interfaces::EVO query predicate answering whether an operator BLS
public key is assigned to any masternode in the deterministic list at the
current chain tip, probing both BLS scheme encodings. This is a per-key
chainstate query for callers that select fresh operator keys; it is a UX
guard rather than a safety mechanism, so an unready node answers false.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Mnemonic-backed wallets (legacy and descriptor, one genuine mnemonic
source) can derive masternode operator BLS keys along the
DashSync-compatible path m/9'/coin'/3'/3'/index (first four levels
hardened, coin type 5 on mainnet and 1 elsewhere).

The wallet keeps a keypool-style bounded window of 500 derivable
indexes. Window public keys are materialized from one seed expansion
(PBKDF2 runs once per walk, not per index) and stored as advisory
mnopidx records; the secret is never stored because the seed reproduces
it. An index is recorded as consumed before its secret is ever
returned, and consumption is permanent - no sealing, txid binding, or
rollback protocol. The transaction sync path marks window keys used
when a ProRegTx or ProUpRegTx assigning them is seen (comparing BLS
public keys as values, so legacy/basic wire encodings cannot cause a
miss), which gives restore-plus-rescan the same historical coverage as
fund recovery. getNewOperatorKey accepts a caller-supplied predicate
(interfaces::Node's EVO query) to skip keys currently assigned in the
deterministic list; races with concurrent registrations are acceptable
because DIP3 consensus rejects duplicate operator keys.

Malformed window records are advisory: they log a warning and are
ignored, never failing the wallet load.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Preliminary review — Codex only

The deterministic derivation and consume-before-return flow is well bounded, but historical-use recovery remains unsafe in three paths: synchronization can precede window materialization, descriptor fast rescans can omit provider assignments, and marker-write failures do not block later issuance. The production derivation path also retains sensitive intermediates in the vendored DashBLS implementation.
Source: reviewers gpt-5.6-sol (general and dash-core-commit-history); final verifier gpt-5.6-sol; openclaw-agent/cliproxy/gpt-5.6-sol is orchestration-only and not reviewer evidence.

Validated blockers were found in the Codex precheck. Opus is deferred until a fresh Codex revalidation clears the blocker gate.

Review provenance

  • Codex reviewers: gpt-5.6-sol — general (completed), gpt-5.6-sol — dash-core-commit-history (completed)
  • Verifier: gpt-5.6-sol — verifier
  • Sonnet: not run (deferred by blocker gate)

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In `src/wallet/wallet.cpp`:
- [BLOCKING] src/wallet/wallet.cpp:3426-3434: Do not rescan before the operator-key window exists
  (existing thread: https://github.com/dashpay/dash/pull/7594#discussion_r3790451823)
  `restored_from_user_mnemonic` is set only while creating a first-run wallet. A pre-existing mnemonic wallet without `mnopidx` records, including an encrypted wallet first opened after upgrading, therefore proceeds into `AttachChain()` with an empty operator-key window. Provider transactions synchronized during attachment, catch-up, or a later rescan cannot be matched; `m_mn_operator_marks_missed` merely logs and is then cleared when the window is materialized, without requiring a replacement rescan or preventing issuance. The first-run and `upgradetohd` materialization calls also ignore lock, derivation, and database failures before scanning. A historically assigned key that has since been rotated or revoked can consequently be returned again. Materialize and verify the window before synchronization, retain observed assignments for later reconciliation, or persist a fail-closed recovery state that blocks issuance until a successful rescan.
- [BLOCKING] src/wallet/wallet.cpp:1945-1955: Do not filter provider transactions out of descriptor rescans
  (existing thread: https://github.com/dashpay/dash/pull/7594#discussion_r3790451824)
  Fast rescanning is disabled only when `m_mn_operator_keys` is already nonempty. A mnemonic-backed descriptor wallet loaded without records can therefore enable `FastWalletRescanFilter` even though its historical operator-key usage is unresolved. The BASIC filter does not commit `pubKeyOperator`, so a block containing an otherwise unrelated ProRegTx or ProUpRegTx assignment can be skipped without reaching `MaybeMarkMasternodeOperatorKeyUsed()`; in this path even `m_mn_operator_marks_missed` remains false. First use can then materialize a clean window and issue a historically assigned key after it has rotated out of the current masternode list. Disable filtered rescanning whenever the wallet has a supported but unresolved operator-key source, rather than checking only whether the window is already materialized.
- [BLOCKING] src/wallet/wallet.cpp:4003-4010: Fail closed when a rescan cannot persist a used marker
  (existing thread: https://github.com/dashpay/dash/pull/7594#discussion_r3797767364)
  When `WriteMasternodeOperatorKey()` fails while processing a provider transaction, the hook only logs and returns. The surrounding rescan or live synchronization can still complete and advance synchronization state without retaining a durable recovery error. Once writes recover, `GetNewMasternodeOperatorKey()` can persist its own consumption marker and return the same key whose historical assignment was not recorded, especially after rotation or revocation removes it from the current masternode list. The `database_write_failure_withholds_the_key` test explicitly demonstrates this unsafe result by restoring writes and expecting index 0 to be issued after its provider marker failed. Propagate the scan failure or retain a fail-closed state that blocks issuance until the assignment has been replayed and durably recorded.

In `src/wallet/scriptpubkeyman.cpp`:
- [SUGGESTION] src/wallet/scriptpubkeyman.cpp:52-59: Cleanse BLS extended-derivation intermediates
  (existing thread: https://github.com/dashpay/dash/pull/7594#discussion_r3797385717)
  This makes `bls::ExtendedPrivateKey::FromSeed()` and repeated `PrivateChild()` assignments a production path for wallet-root-derived credentials. The current vendored implementation leaves the stack-based `IRight` and `hmacKey` arrays uncleansed, while `ChainCode` has neither a wiping destructor nor a secure assignment path. Cleanup of secure allocations and RELIC scalar state is also not exception-safe. Harden these primitives through the normal DashBLS upstream/subtree workflow so chain codes, HMAC inputs and outputs, keys, and scalar intermediates are wiped in every supported RELIC allocation mode.

PastaPastaPasta and others added 4 commits August 17, 2026 18:55
…lied mnemonics

A generated mnemonic is new entropy that cannot appear in chain history,
so creating a window for it only imposed the permanent fast-rescan
penalty. Gate materialization on a user-supplied mnemonic (restore
semantics) and log a warning instead of discarding the status.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
The session-local missed-marks flag vanished on restart, so a wallet
that scanned blocks before its operator-key window existed could forget
that historical usage was never recovered. Make the consequence durable:

- record the seed origin (generated vs restored) at wallet creation and
  in upgradetohd; generated entropy cannot appear in history, so such
  wallets are exempt (absent record = pre-feature wallet, treated as
  potentially restored);
- when the window first materializes on a wallet that already scanned
  blocks, persist an advisory unrecovered-range record (seed birthday
  time plus the scan watermark) and warn on load and in
  getNewMasternodeOperatorKey while it exists;
- clear the record when a completed scan covers the seed birthday
  through the recorded height, resolving the birthday to a height with
  the same logic rescans use;
- if the window materializes mid-rescan, drop the fast filter variant
  for the remainder of the scan so provider transactions cannot be
  skipped.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Each of the ~500 window-record writes previously auto-committed and
fsynced individually. Wrap the reconcile/erase/write loop in one
TxnBegin/TxnCommit, aborting on failure without mutating the in-memory
window, following the LegacyScriptPubKeyMan::DeleteRecords precedent.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
- derive the operator coin type from Params().ExtCoinType() instead of
  hardcoding 5/1 (same values, one source of truth);
- define the derivation-path purpose in terms of the existing DIP9
  BIP32_PURPOSE_FEATURE constant;
- document on the wallet interface that fetching an operator key marks
  its index permanently consumed;
- correct the fast-rescan follow-up comment: BIP158 fixes the BASIC
  filter contents, so the actual remedy is a node-side walk of stored
  deterministic-masternode-list diffs at window materialization, with
  its two caveats (net per-block diffs, missing pre-snapshot diffs);
- hoist a duplicated random-key helper in the unit tests;
- update the release notes for the persisted rescan-needed marker.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Preliminary review — Codex only

The deterministic derivation and consume-before-return flow are generally careful, but historical-use recovery remains fail-open in three paths: synchronization before window materialization, filtered descriptor rescans, and used-marker write failures. The persisted unrecovered-range record only warns and does not prevent issuance, so historically assigned keys can still be returned; the new production derivation path also retains sensitive intermediates in the vendored DashBLS implementation.
Source: reviewers gpt-5.6-sol (general and dash-core-commit-history); final verifier gpt-5.6-sol. openclaw-agent/cliproxy/gpt-5.6-sol is orchestration-only and not reviewer evidence.

Validated blockers were found in the Codex precheck. Opus is deferred until a fresh Codex revalidation clears the blocker gate.

Review provenance

  • Codex reviewers: gpt-5.6-sol — general (completed), gpt-5.6-sol — dash-core-commit-history (completed)
  • Verifier: gpt-5.6-sol — verifier
  • Sonnet: not run (deferred by blocker gate)

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In `src/wallet/wallet.cpp`:
- [BLOCKING] src/wallet/wallet.cpp:3445-3453: Do not rescan before the operator-key window exists
  (existing thread: https://github.com/dashpay/dash/pull/7594#discussion_r3790451823)
  Window materialization before `AttachChain()` is limited to a mnemonic supplied while creating this particular wallet. A pre-existing mnemonic wallet opened after upgrading, including a locked encrypted wallet without `mnopidx` records, can therefore attach and synchronize with an empty window, causing provider assignments to be discarded. Later materialization records an unrecovered range only if that record can be written, and `GetNewMasternodeOperatorKey()` merely logs the range before continuing to issue a key. Thus a historically assigned key that has rotated or been revoked can still be returned. Materialization must succeed before synchronization, or issuance must remain blocked until a durable recovery state is cleared by a covering unfiltered rescan.
- [BLOCKING] src/wallet/wallet.cpp:1945-1962: Do not filter provider transactions out of descriptor rescans
  (existing thread: https://github.com/dashpay/dash/pull/7594#discussion_r3790451824)
  Fast descriptor rescanning is disabled only when `m_mn_operator_keys` is already nonempty. A mnemonic-backed descriptor wallet loaded without records can therefore use `FastWalletRescanFilter` while its operator-key history is unresolved. The BASIC filter does not commit `pubKeyOperator`, so blocks containing otherwise unrelated ProRegTx or ProUpRegTx assignments may be skipped without invoking `MaybeMarkMasternodeOperatorKeyUsed()`. Disabling the filter after a window appears cannot replay blocks skipped earlier, and the later unrecovered-range marker only warns rather than blocking issuance. Disable filtered rescanning whenever a supported operator-key source has unresolved history, not only after its window has been materialized.
- [BLOCKING] src/wallet/wallet.cpp:4103-4107: Fail closed when a rescan cannot persist a used marker
  (existing thread: https://github.com/dashpay/dash/pull/7594#discussion_r3797767364)
  When `WriteMasternodeOperatorKey()` fails while processing a provider transaction, the hook only logs and returns. The surrounding rescan or live synchronization can still advance without durable or in-memory evidence of the failure. After database writes recover, key issuance can consume and return the same key whose assignment was not recorded, particularly after rotation or revocation removes it from the current deterministic list. The `database_write_failure_withholds_the_key` test explicitly preserves this behavior by expecting index 0 to be issued after the sync-hook write fails. Propagate the synchronization failure or retain a fail-closed recovery state that blocks issuance until the assignment is replayed and persisted.

In `src/wallet/scriptpubkeyman.cpp`:
- [SUGGESTION] src/wallet/scriptpubkeyman.cpp:52-59: Cleanse BLS extended-derivation intermediates
  (existing thread: https://github.com/dashpay/dash/pull/7594#discussion_r3797385717)
  This makes `bls::ExtendedPrivateKey::FromSeed()` and repeated `PrivateChild()` calls a production path for wallet-root-derived credentials, but the vendored DashBLS implementation is unchanged. `extendedprivatekey.cpp` leaves stack-based `IRight` and `hmacKey` arrays uncleansed, while `ChainCode` has no wiping destructor or secure assignment path; cleanup of allocations and RELIC scalar state is also not exception-safe. Harden these primitives through the normal DashBLS upstream/subtree workflow so chain codes, HMAC inputs and outputs, private-key material, and scalar intermediates are wiped in every supported allocation mode.

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