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Overview

Updates the P2P network reference and guide pages from Dash Core 23.0.0 (protocol 70238) to 24.0.0 (protocol 70242). This also covers protocol changes that first shipped in the 23.1.x releases. The changes add new message and inventory types, update misbehavior/ban score handling, and correct several outdated constants and behaviors.

Highlights

• Protocol versions: added rows for 70240 (23.1.0) and 70242 (24.0.0)
• New messages/inventory types: documented platformban, MSG_PLATFORM_BAN (33), and MSG_ASSET_UNLOCK (34), plus BIP324 v2 short message IDs
• Sporks: removed sporks 3 and 9, noted that getsporks is no longer sent, and documented the single spork address
• Quorum / InstantSend: documented unrequested-message handling, the Watch Mode DKG change, stale qfcommit, qgetdata limits, and isdlock relay; corrected signing message limit constants
• Governance and CoinJoin: updated govsync object fetching, vote signature lengths, dsa nFlags, and dstx relay fallback
• Misbehaving nodes guide: added ban score entries for the new 23.1.x/24.0.0 checks and platformban
• Other guide fixes: DNS seed fallback timing, keep-alive/timeout values, send buffer timeout, and MSG_ASSET_UNLOCK announcements

Preview build: https://dash-docs--615.org.readthedocs.build/en/615/

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Documentation
  • Updated peer-network guidance with current connection maintenance, peer discovery, transaction propagation, and protocol-version details.
  • Expanded message references to cover asset unlocks, platform bans, and current governance, quorum, InstantSend, PrivateSend, and spork behavior.
  • Clarified message validation, request limits, signature requirements, and conditions that can result in peer disconnection or penalties.

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Walkthrough

This pull request updates Dash P2P guides and references. It documents revised peer timeouts and discovery thresholds, updates protocol-version and message-handling details, and adds validation rules and limits for several message families.

Changes: P2P protocol documentation

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Peer lifecycle and misbehavior rules docs/core/guide/p2p-network-connecting-to-peers.md, docs/core/guide/p2p-network-peer-discovery.md, docs/core/guide/p2p-network-misbehaving-nodes.md	The guides update peer timeouts and discovery thresholds. The misbehavior table adds conditions, penalties, and exceptions for transaction, quorum, governance, CoinJoin, and Platform ban messages.
Protocol versions and data-message contracts docs/core/reference/p2p-network-protocol-versions.md, docs/core/reference/p2p-network-message-headers.md, docs/core/reference/p2p-network-data-messages.md, docs/core/guide/p2p-network-transaction-broadcasting.md	The references update supported versions, BIP324 message encoding, inventory types, transaction hashes, and data-request responses. The transaction broadcasting guide documents version 2 asset unlock announcements.
Transaction message behavior docs/core/reference/p2p-network-instantsend-messages.md, docs/core/reference/p2p-network-privatesend-messages.md	The references document ChainLock acceptance and recovery, asset-unlock transaction details, and protocol-specific PrivateSend promotion and demotion rules.
Spork control and verification docs/core/reference/p2p-network-control-messages.md	The reference updates spork request and announcement behavior, removed sporks, signature verification, and masternode service requirements.
Governance messages and synchronization docs/core/reference/p2p-network-governance-messages.md	The reference updates signature constraints and documents object-only requests, vote synchronization, and request rate limits.
Quorum and masternode messages docs/core/reference/p2p-network-quorum-messages.md, docs/core/reference/p2p-network-masternode-messages.md	The references update quorum-message requirements and limits, recovered-signature announcements, inbound authentication limits, and the platformban message.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Other

Merge Risk: Moderate · up to c6e90

This update refreshes the P2P docs for Dash Core 24.0.0. Several statements are still imprecise or incomplete for implementers, notably the CoinJoin client activation and privacy checks, which could lead to refused signatures or lost collateral. The govsync, quorum-limit and timeout descriptions also need tightening. These are documentation fixes with no runtime impact, but they are worth resolving before merge.

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Inline comments:
Review comments at @docs/core/guide/p2p-network-connecting-to-peers.md:
- Line 13: Update the peer timeout description around the ping behavior to state
that either send-side or receive-side inactivity for 20 minutes independently
causes disconnection, and clarify that activity is measured by bytes rather than
complete messages. Preserve the existing ping and full-send-buffer timeout
details.

Review comments at @docs/core/guide/p2p-network-misbehaving-nodes.md:
- Line 80: Update the LLMQ Quorum Data row to clarify that a repeated qgetdata
request is scored only when the requested verification vector is available; when
it is missing, Dash Core returns QUORUM_VERIFICATION_VECTOR_MISSING without
scoring the peer. Preserve the existing pending-request threshold and scoring
details.

Review comments at @docs/core/guide/p2p-network-peer-discovery.md:
- Line 35: Update the peer-database discovery description to specify that Dash
Core checks the number of established full outbound peers during the wait,
excluding masternode probes; clarify that two block-relay-only or manual
connections do not prevent DNS queries and that connections are not counted
cumulatively across the wait.

Review comments at @docs/core/guide/p2p-network-transaction-broadcasting.md:
- Line 12: Update the asset unlock relay description to state that version 2
unlocks are invalid until the v24 hard fork activates and that Platform
withdrawals remain version 1 until a later Platform release; clarify that the
new relay behavior applies only after those activation conditions are met.

Review comments at @docs/core/reference/p2p-network-data-messages.md:
- Line 42: Update the MSG_ASSET_UNLOCK documentation to clarify that the MSG_TX
fallback for older peers does not make version 2 asset unlocks relay-compatible
with Dash Core 23.1.0, which hashes the full serialization and rejects version 2
payloads.

Review comments at @docs/core/reference/p2p-network-governance-messages.md:
- Line 174: Update the `#` filter description in the governance message table to
distinguish a zero-length data vector, which requests object sync without votes,
from a nonzero-length zero-filled vector with at least one hash function, which
requests votes from scratch; document the corresponding wire encoding without
implying that merely having no votes defines an empty filter.
- Line 166: Update the inventory type values in the Object Sync, Vote Sync, and
empty-bloom-filter descriptions: use 0x11 for MSG_GOVERNANCE_OBJECT and 0x12 for
MSG_GOVERNANCE_OBJECT_VOTE. Preserve the surrounding message behavior and
explanations.

Review comments at @docs/core/reference/p2p-network-instantsend-messages.md:
- Line 57: Update the request ID description in the asset-unlock `isdlock`
paragraph: specify that the serialized preimage includes the CompactSize prefix
for “plwdtx,” followed by the string and the withdrawal index as a little-endian
uint64, and that the request ID is computed with double SHA-256.

Review comments at @docs/core/reference/p2p-network-masternode-messages.md:
- Line 84: Update the signature description to define the request ID using
Core’s CompactSize-prefixed serialization of “PlatformPoSeBan” followed by the
serialized protx_hash and requested_height, then specify the double-SHA256
calculation. Keep the message-hash definition unchanged unless its serialization
also needs clarification.

Review comments at @docs/core/reference/p2p-network-message-headers.md:
- Line 20: Limit the message-type encoding rule to BIP324 application packets in
the transport description. Document separately that the encrypted transport
version packet has empty contents and decoy packets do not contain application
messages; do not imply these packets must begin with an application message
type.
- Line 20: Update the BIP324 paragraph to provide an authoritative, versioned
mapping from Dash-specific short IDs to message commands, either as a table or a
link to the mapping. Preserve the existing protocol-version condition for
platformban at ID 168.

Review comments at @docs/core/reference/p2p-network-privatesend-messages.md:
- Line 505: Update the legacy-peer fallback description so it says a plain
transaction announcement may be rejected by older nodes’ normal minimum
relay-fee checks, since it lacks the `dstx` fee adjustment; clarify that the
transaction may not reach those peers until it appears in a block.
- Line 31: Update the nFlags entry in the PrivateSend message documentation to
state that it is required for negotiated protocol version 70241 or later and
absent for older peers; preserve the existing description of its flag values and
the invalid combination.
- Line 189: Update the entry-shape description to state that rebalance entries
must match the shape declared by nFlags in the dsa message; otherwise, the
masternode rejects the entry and consumes its collateral. Place this requirement
before listing the permitted shapes.
- Line 80: Update the post-activation description of final transaction input and
output counts to say they may differ, not that they must be unequal; preserve
the limits of up to 200 for each count and neither count exceeding ten times the
other, including sessions where promotions and demotions balance.

Review comments at @docs/core/reference/p2p-network-quorum-messages.md:
- Line 249: Update the qgetdata limit description to distinguish retained
tracked requests from requests still pending: sending a reply does not free a
request’s slot, so later distinct requests may be dropped until cleanup. Verify
and document the actual expiry window and tracking key used by Dash Core, while
preserving the documented per-masternode, Watch Mode, and total limits.
- Line 603: Update the invSize documentation in both message definitions to
state that, for a known signing session, the inventory size must equal the
quorum type’s member count; the 400 limit alone is not sufficient. Preserve the
existing MAX_MSGS_TOTAL_BATCHED_SIGS limit information.

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Review comments at @docs/core/guide/p2p-network-connecting-to-peers.md:
- Line 13: Update the send-buffer sentence in the peer connection description to
clarify that a full send buffer pauses normal incoming-message processing, not
outgoing queued-data transmission. Preserve that the peer can still receive data
during the 20-minute period and may be disconnected if the buffer remains full.

Review comments at @docs/core/guide/p2p-network-misbehaving-nodes.md:
- Line 80: Update the LLMQ Quorum Data row to describe the 64-entry limit on
tracked quorum-type and hash combinations rather than implying all requests
within five minutes count; clarify that unknown block hashes are not tracked and
expired entries continue counting until cleanup.

Review comments at @docs/core/reference/p2p-network-governance-messages.md:
- Line 160: Clarify the Object Sync description that the `ssc` count does not
guarantee an equal number of inventory entries will be sent: inventory for
syncable `govobj` objects already in the peer’s known-inventory filter is
suppressed. Update the wording around `ssc` and `inv` to distinguish the
reported count from inventory delivery, while preserving the existing rate-limit
warning.
- Line 168: Update the vote sync rate-limiting documentation to specify that
Dash Core tracks requests for syncable objects for one hour on mainnet and five
minutes on test networks; while an object remains syncable, repeat requests
before expiry receive no sync response and add 20 misbehavior points.

Review comments at @docs/core/reference/p2p-network-privatesend-messages.md:
- Line 80: Update the post-activation final-transaction documentation to require
clients, before signing, to verify that another participant provides cover on
every session-denomination input or output side the client occupies. Preserve
the stated transaction count limits and make clear that clients must not publish
linkable inputs or outputs when this cover check fails.
- Line 80: Update the activation-boundary guidance in the final-transaction
rules: clients must accept valid rebalance shapes when v24 activates in the next
block, even if their local tip is still pre-activation. Clarify that the balance
check must account for this next-block activation rather than relying only on
the client’s current tip.
- Line 189: Clarify the entry-limit guidance around dsq: standard participants
should use at most nine inputs and nine outputs unless they know the session
allows ten. Preserve the existing explanation of when ten are permitted and how
entries must match nFlags in the participant’s dsa message.

Review comments at @docs/core/reference/p2p-network-quorum-messages.md:
- Line 603: Update both inventory-size entries in the quorum message
documentation to identify Dash Core 23.1.5, not 23.1.4, as the version that
enforces the 400-entry deserialization limit for CSigSharesInv.

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Major · Security & Privacy · Quick win

Document the privacy check before signing.

A malicious masternode can combine one promotion with two demotions. The resulting 12-input, 21-output transaction meets the stated count limits, but its ten session-denomination inputs all belong to the promoter. Dash Core refuses to sign unless another participant provides cover on each session-denomination side the client occupies. Document that check so clients do not publish linkable inputs or outputs. (raw.githubusercontent.com)

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Update the post-activation final-transaction documentation to require clients,
before signing, to verify that another participant provides cover on every
session-denomination input or output side the client occupies. Preserve the
stated transaction count limits and make clear that clients must not publish
linkable inputs or outputs when this cover check fails.

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Document the activation-boundary exception.

A client one block behind the masternode can receive a valid unbalanced final transaction before its own tip activates v24. Dash Core permits rebalance shapes when v24 will activate in the next block. A client that applies the stated rule to its local tip can refuse to sign and lose collateral. Clarify the client-side activation check. (raw.githubusercontent.com)

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line 80:
Update the activation-boundary guidance in the final-transaction rules: clients
must accept valid rebalance shapes when v24 activates in the next block, even if
their local tip is still pre-activation. Clarify that the balance check must
account for this next-block activation rather than relying only on the client’s
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Give standard participants a safe entry limit.

A standard participant cannot determine from dsq whether another participant requested promotion or demotion. If it submits ten inputs and outputs to an all-standard session, the masternode rejects the entry and consumes its collateral. State that standard participants should use at most nine of each unless they know the session allows ten. (raw.githubusercontent.com)

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line 189:
Clarify the entry-limit guidance around dsq: standard participants should use at
most nine inputs and nine outputs unless they know the session allows ten.
Preserve the existing explanation of when ten are permitted and how entries must
match nFlags in the participant’s dsa message.

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