Merge branch 'unite-reachability-stores' into v0.11.13-rc1

app/appmessage/message.go

@@ -69,6 +69,10 @@ const (
 	CmdReady
 	CmdTrustedData
 	CmdBlockWithTrustedDataV4
+	CmdRequestNextPruningPointAndItsAnticoneBlocks
+	CmdRequestIBDChainBlockLocator
+	CmdIBDChainBlockLocator
+	CmdRequestAnticone
 
 	// rpc
 	CmdGetCurrentNetworkRequestMessage
@@ -195,6 +199,9 @@ var ProtocolMessageCommandToString = map[MessageCommand]string{
 	CmdReady:                               "Ready",
 	CmdTrustedData:                         "TrustedData",
 	CmdBlockWithTrustedDataV4:              "BlockWithTrustedDataV4",
+	CmdRequestNextPruningPointAndItsAnticoneBlocks: "RequestNextPruningPointAndItsAnticoneBlocks",
+	CmdRequestIBDChainBlockLocator:         "RequestIBDChainBlockLocator",
+	CmdIBDChainBlockLocator:                "IBDChainBlockLocator",
 }
 
 // RPCMessageCommandToString maps all MessageCommands to their string representation

app/appmessage/p2p_msgibdchainblocklocator.go

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+package appmessage
+
+import (
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain/consensus/model/externalapi"
+)
+
+// MsgIBDChainBlockLocator implements the Message interface and represents a kaspa
+// locator message. It is used to find the blockLocator of a peer that is
+// syncing with you.
+type MsgIBDChainBlockLocator struct {
+	baseMessage
+	BlockLocatorHashes []*externalapi.DomainHash
+}
+
+// Command returns the protocol command string for the message. This is part
+// of the Message interface implementation.
+func (msg *MsgIBDChainBlockLocator) Command() MessageCommand {
+	return CmdIBDChainBlockLocator
+}
+
+// NewMsgIBDChainBlockLocator returns a new kaspa locator message that conforms to
+// the Message interface. See MsgBlockLocator for details.
+func NewMsgIBDChainBlockLocator(locatorHashes []*externalapi.DomainHash) *MsgIBDChainBlockLocator {
+	return &MsgIBDChainBlockLocator{
+		BlockLocatorHashes: locatorHashes,
+	}
+}

app/appmessage/p2p_msgrequestanticone.go

@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2013-2016 The btcsuite developers
+// Use of this source code is governed by an ISC
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package appmessage
+
+import (
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain/consensus/model/externalapi"
+)
+
+// MsgRequestAnticone implements the Message interface and represents a kaspa
+// RequestHeaders message. It is used to request the set past(ContextHash) \cap anticone(BlockHash)
+type MsgRequestAnticone struct {
+	baseMessage
+	BlockHash   *externalapi.DomainHash
+	ContextHash *externalapi.DomainHash
+}
+
+// Command returns the protocol command string for the message. This is part
+// of the Message interface implementation.
+func (msg *MsgRequestAnticone) Command() MessageCommand {
+	return CmdRequestAnticone
+}
+
+// NewMsgRequestAnticone returns a new kaspa RequestPastDiff message that conforms to the
+// Message interface using the passed parameters and defaults for the remaining
+// fields.
+func NewMsgRequestAnticone(blockHash, contextHash *externalapi.DomainHash) *MsgRequestAnticone {
+	return &MsgRequestAnticone{
+		BlockHash:   blockHash,
+		ContextHash: contextHash,
+	}
+}

app/appmessage/p2p_msgrequestibdchainblocklocator.go

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+package appmessage
+
+import (
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain/consensus/model/externalapi"
+)
+
+// MsgRequestIBDChainBlockLocator implements the Message interface and represents a kaspa
+// IBDRequestChainBlockLocator message. It is used to request a block locator between low
+// and high hash.
+// The locator is returned via a locator message (MsgIBDChainBlockLocator).
+type MsgRequestIBDChainBlockLocator struct {
+	baseMessage
+	HighHash *externalapi.DomainHash
+	LowHash  *externalapi.DomainHash
+}
+
+// Command returns the protocol command string for the message. This is part
+// of the Message interface implementation.
+func (msg *MsgRequestIBDChainBlockLocator) Command() MessageCommand {
+	return CmdRequestIBDChainBlockLocator
+}
+
+// NewMsgIBDRequestChainBlockLocator returns a new IBDRequestChainBlockLocator message that conforms to the
+// Message interface using the passed parameters and defaults for the remaining
+// fields.
+func NewMsgIBDRequestChainBlockLocator(highHash, lowHash *externalapi.DomainHash) *MsgRequestIBDChainBlockLocator {
+	return &MsgRequestIBDChainBlockLocator{
+		HighHash: highHash,
+		LowHash:  lowHash,
+	}
+}

app/appmessage/p2p_msgrequestnextpruningpointanditsanticoneblocks.go

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+package appmessage
+
+// MsgRequestNextPruningPointAndItsAnticoneBlocks implements the Message interface and represents a kaspa
+// RequestNextPruningPointAndItsAnticoneBlocks message. It is used to notify the IBD syncer peer to send
+// more blocks from the pruning anticone.
+//
+// This message has no payload.
+type MsgRequestNextPruningPointAndItsAnticoneBlocks struct {
+	baseMessage
+}
+
+// Command returns the protocol command string for the message. This is part
+// of the Message interface implementation.
+func (msg *MsgRequestNextPruningPointAndItsAnticoneBlocks) Command() MessageCommand {
+	return CmdRequestNextPruningPointAndItsAnticoneBlocks
+}
+
+// NewMsgRequestNextHeaders returns a new kaspa RequestNextPruningPointAndItsAnticoneBlocks message that conforms to the
+// Message interface.
+func NewMsgRequestNextPruningPointAndItsAnticoneBlocks() *MsgRequestNextPruningPointAndItsAnticoneBlocks {
+	return &MsgRequestNextPruningPointAndItsAnticoneBlocks{}
+}

app/protocol/flowcontext/errors.go

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ func (*FlowContext) HandleError(err error, flowName string, isStopping *uint32,
 			panic(err)
 		}
 
-		log.Errorf("error from %s: %s", flowName, err)
+		log.Errorf("error from %s: %+v", flowName, err)
 	}
 
 	if atomic.AddUint32(isStopping, 1) == 1 {

app/protocol/flows/handshake/receiveversion.go

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ var (
 	// connected peer may support.
 	minAcceptableProtocolVersion = uint32(4)
 
-	maxAcceptableProtocolVersion = uint32(4)
+	maxAcceptableProtocolVersion = uint32(5)
 )
 
 type receiveVersionFlow struct {

app/protocol/flows/v5/addressexchange/receiveaddresses.go

@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+package addressexchange
+
+import (
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/app/appmessage"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/app/protocol/common"
+	peerpkg "github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/app/protocol/peer"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/app/protocol/protocolerrors"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/infrastructure/network/addressmanager"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/infrastructure/network/netadapter/router"
+)
+
+// ReceiveAddressesContext is the interface for the context needed for the ReceiveAddresses flow.
+type ReceiveAddressesContext interface {
+	AddressManager() *addressmanager.AddressManager
+}
+
+// ReceiveAddresses asks a peer for more addresses if needed.
+func ReceiveAddresses(context ReceiveAddressesContext, incomingRoute *router.Route, outgoingRoute *router.Route,
+	peer *peerpkg.Peer) error {
+
+	subnetworkID := peer.SubnetworkID()
+	msgGetAddresses := appmessage.NewMsgRequestAddresses(false, subnetworkID)
+	err := outgoingRoute.Enqueue(msgGetAddresses)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	message, err := incomingRoute.DequeueWithTimeout(common.DefaultTimeout)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	msgAddresses := message.(*appmessage.MsgAddresses)
+	if len(msgAddresses.AddressList) > addressmanager.GetAddressesMax {
+		return protocolerrors.Errorf(true, "address count exceeded %d", addressmanager.GetAddressesMax)
+	}
+
+	return context.AddressManager().AddAddresses(msgAddresses.AddressList...)
+}

app/protocol/flows/v5/addressexchange/sendaddresses.go

@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+package addressexchange
+
+import (
+	"math/rand"
+
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/app/appmessage"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/infrastructure/network/addressmanager"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/infrastructure/network/netadapter/router"
+)
+
+// SendAddressesContext is the interface for the context needed for the SendAddresses flow.
+type SendAddressesContext interface {
+	AddressManager() *addressmanager.AddressManager
+}
+
+// SendAddresses sends addresses to a peer that requests it.
+func SendAddresses(context SendAddressesContext, incomingRoute *router.Route, outgoingRoute *router.Route) error {
+	for {
+		_, err := incomingRoute.Dequeue()
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		addresses := context.AddressManager().Addresses()
+		msgAddresses := appmessage.NewMsgAddresses(shuffleAddresses(addresses))
+
+		err = outgoingRoute.Enqueue(msgAddresses)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// shuffleAddresses randomizes the given addresses sent if there are more than the maximum allowed in one message.
+func shuffleAddresses(addresses []*appmessage.NetAddress) []*appmessage.NetAddress {
+	addressCount := len(addresses)
+
+	if addressCount < appmessage.MaxAddressesPerMsg {
+		return addresses
+	}
+
+	shuffleAddresses := make([]*appmessage.NetAddress, addressCount)
+	copy(shuffleAddresses, addresses)
+
+	rand.Shuffle(addressCount, func(i, j int) {
+		shuffleAddresses[i], shuffleAddresses[j] = shuffleAddresses[j], shuffleAddresses[i]
+	})
+
+	// Truncate it to the maximum size.
+	shuffleAddresses = shuffleAddresses[:appmessage.MaxAddressesPerMsg]
+	return shuffleAddresses
+}

app/protocol/flows/v5/blockrelay/block_locator.go

@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+package blockrelay
+
+import (
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/app/appmessage"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/app/protocol/common"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/app/protocol/protocolerrors"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain/consensus/model/externalapi"
+)
+
+func (flow *handleRelayInvsFlow) sendGetBlockLocator(highHash *externalapi.DomainHash, limit uint32) error {
+	msgGetBlockLocator := appmessage.NewMsgRequestBlockLocator(highHash, limit)
+	return flow.outgoingRoute.Enqueue(msgGetBlockLocator)
+}
+
+func (flow *handleRelayInvsFlow) receiveBlockLocator() (blockLocatorHashes []*externalapi.DomainHash, err error) {
+	for {
+		message, err := flow.incomingRoute.DequeueWithTimeout(common.DefaultTimeout)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		switch message := message.(type) {
+		case *appmessage.MsgInvRelayBlock:
+			flow.invsQueue = append(flow.invsQueue, message)
+		case *appmessage.MsgBlockLocator:
+			return message.BlockLocatorHashes, nil
+		default:
+			return nil,
+				protocolerrors.Errorf(true, "received unexpected message type. "+
+					"expected: %s, got: %s", appmessage.CmdBlockLocator, message.Command())
+		}
+	}
+}

app/protocol/flows/v5/blockrelay/handle_ibd_block_locator.go

@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+package blockrelay
+
+import (
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/app/appmessage"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/app/protocol/peer"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/app/protocol/protocolerrors"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain/consensus/model/externalapi"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/infrastructure/network/netadapter/router"
+)
+
+// HandleIBDBlockLocatorContext is the interface for the context needed for the HandleIBDBlockLocator flow.
+type HandleIBDBlockLocatorContext interface {
+	Domain() domain.Domain
+}
+
+// HandleIBDBlockLocator listens to appmessage.MsgIBDBlockLocator messages and sends
+// the highest known block that's in the selected parent chain of `targetHash` to the
+// requesting peer.
+func HandleIBDBlockLocator(context HandleIBDBlockLocatorContext, incomingRoute *router.Route,
+	outgoingRoute *router.Route, peer *peer.Peer) error {
+
+	for {
+		message, err := incomingRoute.Dequeue()
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		ibdBlockLocatorMessage := message.(*appmessage.MsgIBDBlockLocator)
+
+		targetHash := ibdBlockLocatorMessage.TargetHash
+		log.Debugf("Received IBDBlockLocator from %s with targetHash %s", peer, targetHash)
+
+		blockInfo, err := context.Domain().Consensus().GetBlockInfo(targetHash)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		if !blockInfo.Exists {
+			return protocolerrors.Errorf(true, "received IBDBlockLocator "+
+				"with an unknown targetHash %s", targetHash)
+		}
+
+		foundHighestHashInTheSelectedParentChainOfTargetHash := false
+		for _, blockLocatorHash := range ibdBlockLocatorMessage.BlockLocatorHashes {
+			blockInfo, err := context.Domain().Consensus().GetBlockInfo(blockLocatorHash)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+
+			// The IBD block locator is checking only existing blocks with bodies.
+			if !blockInfo.Exists || blockInfo.BlockStatus == externalapi.StatusHeaderOnly {
+				continue
+			}
+
+			isBlockLocatorHashInSelectedParentChainOfHighHash, err :=
+				context.Domain().Consensus().IsInSelectedParentChainOf(blockLocatorHash, targetHash)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			if !isBlockLocatorHashInSelectedParentChainOfHighHash {
+				continue
+			}
+
+			foundHighestHashInTheSelectedParentChainOfTargetHash = true
+			log.Debugf("Found a known hash %s amongst peer %s's "+
+				"blockLocator that's in the selected parent chain of targetHash %s", blockLocatorHash, peer, targetHash)
+
+			ibdBlockLocatorHighestHashMessage := appmessage.NewMsgIBDBlockLocatorHighestHash(blockLocatorHash)
+			err = outgoingRoute.Enqueue(ibdBlockLocatorHighestHashMessage)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			break
+		}
+
+		if !foundHighestHashInTheSelectedParentChainOfTargetHash {
+			log.Warnf("no hash was found in the blockLocator "+
+				"that was in the selected parent chain of targetHash %s", targetHash)
+
+			ibdBlockLocatorHighestHashNotFoundMessage := appmessage.NewMsgIBDBlockLocatorHighestHashNotFound()
+			err = outgoingRoute.Enqueue(ibdBlockLocatorHighestHashNotFoundMessage)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}

app/protocol/flows/v5/blockrelay/handle_ibd_block_requests.go

@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+package blockrelay
+
+import (
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/app/appmessage"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/app/protocol/protocolerrors"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain/consensus/model/externalapi"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/infrastructure/network/netadapter/router"
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+)
+
+// HandleIBDBlockRequestsContext is the interface for the context needed for the HandleIBDBlockRequests flow.
+type HandleIBDBlockRequestsContext interface {
+	Domain() domain.Domain
+}
+
+// HandleIBDBlockRequests listens to appmessage.MsgRequestRelayBlocks messages and sends
+// their corresponding blocks to the requesting peer.
+func HandleIBDBlockRequests(context HandleIBDBlockRequestsContext, incomingRoute *router.Route,
+	outgoingRoute *router.Route) error {
+
+	for {
+		message, err := incomingRoute.Dequeue()
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		msgRequestIBDBlocks := message.(*appmessage.MsgRequestIBDBlocks)
+		log.Debugf("Got request for %d ibd blocks", len(msgRequestIBDBlocks.Hashes))
+		for i, hash := range msgRequestIBDBlocks.Hashes {
+			// Fetch the block from the database.
+			blockInfo, err := context.Domain().Consensus().GetBlockInfo(hash)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			if !blockInfo.Exists || blockInfo.BlockStatus == externalapi.StatusHeaderOnly {
+				return protocolerrors.Errorf(true, "block %s not found", hash)
+			}
+			block, err := context.Domain().Consensus().GetBlock(hash)
+			if err != nil {
+				return errors.Wrapf(err, "unable to fetch requested block hash %s", hash)
+			}
+
+			// TODO (Partial nodes): Convert block to partial block if needed
+
+			blockMessage := appmessage.DomainBlockToMsgBlock(block)
+			ibdBlockMessage := appmessage.NewMsgIBDBlock(blockMessage)
+			err = outgoingRoute.Enqueue(ibdBlockMessage)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			log.Debugf("sent %d out of %d", i+1, len(msgRequestIBDBlocks.Hashes))
+		}
+	}
+}

app/protocol/flows/v5/blockrelay/handle_ibd_request_chain_block_locator.go

@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+package blockrelay
+
+import (
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/app/appmessage"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/app/protocol/protocolerrors"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain/consensus/model"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain/consensus/model/externalapi"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/infrastructure/network/netadapter/router"
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+)
+
+// RequestIBDChainBlockLocatorContext is the interface for the context needed for the HandleRequestBlockLocator flow.
+type RequestIBDChainBlockLocatorContext interface {
+	Domain() domain.Domain
+}
+
+type handleRequestIBDChainBlockLocatorFlow struct {
+	RequestIBDChainBlockLocatorContext
+	incomingRoute, outgoingRoute *router.Route
+}
+
+// HandleRequestIBDChainBlockLocator handles getBlockLocator messages
+func HandleRequestIBDChainBlockLocator(context RequestIBDChainBlockLocatorContext, incomingRoute *router.Route,
+	outgoingRoute *router.Route) error {
+
+	flow := &handleRequestIBDChainBlockLocatorFlow{
+		RequestIBDChainBlockLocatorContext: context,
+		incomingRoute:                      incomingRoute,
+		outgoingRoute:                      outgoingRoute,
+	}
+	return flow.start()
+}
+
+func (flow *handleRequestIBDChainBlockLocatorFlow) start() error {
+	for {
+		highHash, lowHash, err := flow.receiveRequestIBDChainBlockLocator()
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		log.Debugf("Received getIBDChainBlockLocator with highHash: %s, lowHash: %s", highHash, lowHash)
+
+		var locator externalapi.BlockLocator
+		if highHash == nil || lowHash == nil {
+			locator, err = flow.Domain().Consensus().CreateFullHeadersSelectedChainBlockLocator()
+		} else {
+			locator, err = flow.Domain().Consensus().CreateHeadersSelectedChainBlockLocator(lowHash, highHash)
+			if errors.Is(model.ErrBlockNotInSelectedParentChain, err) {
+				// The chain has been modified, signal it by sending an empty locator
+				locator, err = externalapi.BlockLocator{}, nil
+			}
+		}
+
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Debugf("Received error from CreateHeadersSelectedChainBlockLocator: %s", err)
+			return protocolerrors.Errorf(true, "couldn't build a block "+
+				"locator between %s and %s", lowHash, highHash)
+		}
+
+		err = flow.sendIBDChainBlockLocator(locator)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func (flow *handleRequestIBDChainBlockLocatorFlow) receiveRequestIBDChainBlockLocator() (highHash, lowHash *externalapi.DomainHash, err error) {
+
+	message, err := flow.incomingRoute.Dequeue()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, nil, err
+	}
+	msgGetBlockLocator := message.(*appmessage.MsgRequestIBDChainBlockLocator)
+
+	return msgGetBlockLocator.HighHash, msgGetBlockLocator.LowHash, nil
+}
+
+func (flow *handleRequestIBDChainBlockLocatorFlow) sendIBDChainBlockLocator(locator externalapi.BlockLocator) error {
+	msgIBDChainBlockLocator := appmessage.NewMsgIBDChainBlockLocator(locator)
+	err := flow.outgoingRoute.Enqueue(msgIBDChainBlockLocator)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return nil
+}

app/protocol/flows/v5/blockrelay/handle_pruning_point_and_its_anticone_requests.go

@@ -0,0 +1,156 @@
+package blockrelay
+
+import (
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/app/appmessage"
+	peerpkg "github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/app/protocol/peer"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/app/protocol/protocolerrors"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain/consensus/model/externalapi"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/infrastructure/config"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/infrastructure/network/netadapter/router"
+	"sync/atomic"
+)
+
+// PruningPointAndItsAnticoneRequestsContext is the interface for the context needed for the HandlePruningPointAndItsAnticoneRequests flow.
+type PruningPointAndItsAnticoneRequestsContext interface {
+	Domain() domain.Domain
+	Config() *config.Config
+}
+
+var isBusy uint32
+
+// HandlePruningPointAndItsAnticoneRequests listens to appmessage.MsgRequestPruningPointAndItsAnticone messages and sends
+// the pruning point and its anticone to the requesting peer.
+func HandlePruningPointAndItsAnticoneRequests(context PruningPointAndItsAnticoneRequestsContext, incomingRoute *router.Route,
+	outgoingRoute *router.Route, peer *peerpkg.Peer) error {
+
+	for {
+		err := func() error {
+			_, err := incomingRoute.Dequeue()
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+
+			if !atomic.CompareAndSwapUint32(&isBusy, 0, 1) {
+				return protocolerrors.Errorf(false, "node is busy with other pruning point anticone requests")
+			}
+			defer atomic.StoreUint32(&isBusy, 0)
+
+			log.Debugf("Got request for pruning point and its anticone from %s", peer)
+
+			pruningPointHeaders, err := context.Domain().Consensus().PruningPointHeaders()
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+
+			msgPruningPointHeaders := make([]*appmessage.MsgBlockHeader, len(pruningPointHeaders))
+			for i, header := range pruningPointHeaders {
+				msgPruningPointHeaders[i] = appmessage.DomainBlockHeaderToBlockHeader(header)
+			}
+
+			err = outgoingRoute.Enqueue(appmessage.NewMsgPruningPoints(msgPruningPointHeaders))
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+
+			pointAndItsAnticone, err := context.Domain().Consensus().PruningPointAndItsAnticone()
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+
+			windowSize := context.Config().NetParams().DifficultyAdjustmentWindowSize
+			daaWindowBlocks := make([]*externalapi.TrustedDataDataDAAHeader, 0, windowSize)
+			daaWindowHashesToIndex := make(map[externalapi.DomainHash]int, windowSize)
+			trustedDataDAABlockIndexes := make(map[externalapi.DomainHash][]uint64)
+
+			ghostdagData := make([]*externalapi.BlockGHOSTDAGDataHashPair, 0)
+			ghostdagDataHashToIndex := make(map[externalapi.DomainHash]int)
+			trustedDataGHOSTDAGDataIndexes := make(map[externalapi.DomainHash][]uint64)
+			for _, blockHash := range pointAndItsAnticone {
+				blockDAAWindowHashes, err := context.Domain().Consensus().BlockDAAWindowHashes(blockHash)
+				if err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
+
+				trustedDataDAABlockIndexes[*blockHash] = make([]uint64, 0, windowSize)
+				for i, daaBlockHash := range blockDAAWindowHashes {
+					index, exists := daaWindowHashesToIndex[*daaBlockHash]
+					if !exists {
+						trustedDataDataDAAHeader, err := context.Domain().Consensus().TrustedDataDataDAAHeader(blockHash, daaBlockHash, uint64(i))
+						if err != nil {
+							return err
+						}
+						daaWindowBlocks = append(daaWindowBlocks, trustedDataDataDAAHeader)
+						index = len(daaWindowBlocks) - 1
+						daaWindowHashesToIndex[*daaBlockHash] = index
+					}
+
+					trustedDataDAABlockIndexes[*blockHash] = append(trustedDataDAABlockIndexes[*blockHash], uint64(index))
+				}
+
+				ghostdagDataBlockHashes, err := context.Domain().Consensus().TrustedBlockAssociatedGHOSTDAGDataBlockHashes(blockHash)
+				if err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
+
+				trustedDataGHOSTDAGDataIndexes[*blockHash] = make([]uint64, 0, context.Config().NetParams().K)
+				for _, ghostdagDataBlockHash := range ghostdagDataBlockHashes {
+					index, exists := ghostdagDataHashToIndex[*ghostdagDataBlockHash]
+					if !exists {
+						data, err := context.Domain().Consensus().TrustedGHOSTDAGData(ghostdagDataBlockHash)
+						if err != nil {
+							return err
+						}
+						ghostdagData = append(ghostdagData, &externalapi.BlockGHOSTDAGDataHashPair{
+							Hash:         ghostdagDataBlockHash,
+							GHOSTDAGData: data,
+						})
+						index = len(ghostdagData) - 1
+						ghostdagDataHashToIndex[*ghostdagDataBlockHash] = index
+					}
+
+					trustedDataGHOSTDAGDataIndexes[*blockHash] = append(trustedDataGHOSTDAGDataIndexes[*blockHash], uint64(index))
+				}
+			}
+
+			err = outgoingRoute.Enqueue(appmessage.DomainTrustedDataToTrustedData(daaWindowBlocks, ghostdagData))
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+
+			for i, blockHash := range pointAndItsAnticone {
+				block, err := context.Domain().Consensus().GetBlock(blockHash)
+				if err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
+
+				err = outgoingRoute.Enqueue(appmessage.DomainBlockWithTrustedDataToBlockWithTrustedDataV4(block, trustedDataDAABlockIndexes[*blockHash], trustedDataGHOSTDAGDataIndexes[*blockHash]))
+				if err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
+
+				if (i+1)%ibdBatchSize == 0 {
+					message, err := incomingRoute.Dequeue()
+					if err != nil {
+						return err
+					}
+					if _, ok := message.(*appmessage.MsgRequestNextPruningPointAndItsAnticoneBlocks); !ok {
+						return protocolerrors.Errorf(true, "received unexpected message type. "+
+							"expected: %s, got: %s", appmessage.CmdRequestNextPruningPointAndItsAnticoneBlocks, message.Command())
+					}
+				}
+			}
+
+			err = outgoingRoute.Enqueue(appmessage.NewMsgDoneBlocksWithTrustedData())
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+
+			log.Debugf("Sent pruning point and its anticone to %s", peer)
+			return nil
+		}()
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+}

app/protocol/flows/v5/blockrelay/handle_pruning_point_proof_requests.go

@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+package blockrelay
+
+import (
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/app/appmessage"
+	peerpkg "github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/app/protocol/peer"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/infrastructure/network/netadapter/router"
+)
+
+// PruningPointProofRequestsContext is the interface for the context needed for the HandlePruningPointProofRequests flow.
+type PruningPointProofRequestsContext interface {
+	Domain() domain.Domain
+}
+
+// HandlePruningPointProofRequests listens to appmessage.MsgRequestPruningPointProof messages and sends
+// the pruning point proof to the requesting peer.
+func HandlePruningPointProofRequests(context PruningPointProofRequestsContext, incomingRoute *router.Route,
+	outgoingRoute *router.Route, peer *peerpkg.Peer) error {
+
+	for {
+		_, err := incomingRoute.Dequeue()
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		log.Debugf("Got request for pruning point proof from %s", peer)
+
+		pruningPointProof, err := context.Domain().Consensus().BuildPruningPointProof()
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		pruningPointProofMessage := appmessage.DomainPruningPointProofToMsgPruningPointProof(pruningPointProof)
+		err = outgoingRoute.Enqueue(pruningPointProofMessage)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		log.Debugf("Sent pruning point proof to %s", peer)
+	}
+}

app/protocol/flows/v5/blockrelay/handle_relay_block_requests.go

@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+package blockrelay
+
+import (
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/app/appmessage"
+	peerpkg "github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/app/protocol/peer"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/app/protocol/protocolerrors"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain/consensus/model/externalapi"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/infrastructure/network/netadapter/router"
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+)
+
+// RelayBlockRequestsContext is the interface for the context needed for the HandleRelayBlockRequests flow.
+type RelayBlockRequestsContext interface {
+	Domain() domain.Domain
+}
+
+// HandleRelayBlockRequests listens to appmessage.MsgRequestRelayBlocks messages and sends
+// their corresponding blocks to the requesting peer.
+func HandleRelayBlockRequests(context RelayBlockRequestsContext, incomingRoute *router.Route,
+	outgoingRoute *router.Route, peer *peerpkg.Peer) error {
+
+	for {
+		message, err := incomingRoute.Dequeue()
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		getRelayBlocksMessage := message.(*appmessage.MsgRequestRelayBlocks)
+		log.Debugf("Got request for relay blocks with hashes %s", getRelayBlocksMessage.Hashes)
+		for _, hash := range getRelayBlocksMessage.Hashes {
+			// Fetch the block from the database.
+			blockInfo, err := context.Domain().Consensus().GetBlockInfo(hash)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			if !blockInfo.Exists || blockInfo.BlockStatus == externalapi.StatusHeaderOnly {
+				return protocolerrors.Errorf(true, "block %s not found", hash)
+			}
+			block, err := context.Domain().Consensus().GetBlock(hash)
+			if err != nil {
+				return errors.Wrapf(err, "unable to fetch requested block hash %s", hash)
+			}
+
+			// TODO (Partial nodes): Convert block to partial block if needed
+
+			err = outgoingRoute.Enqueue(appmessage.DomainBlockToMsgBlock(block))
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			log.Debugf("Relayed block with hash %s", hash)
+		}
+	}
+}

app/protocol/flows/v5/blockrelay/handle_relay_invs.go

@@ -0,0 +1,409 @@
+package blockrelay
+
+import (
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/app/appmessage"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/app/protocol/common"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/app/protocol/flowcontext"
+	peerpkg "github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/app/protocol/peer"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/app/protocol/protocolerrors"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain/consensus/model/externalapi"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain/consensus/ruleerrors"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain/consensus/utils/consensushashing"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain/consensus/utils/hashset"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/infrastructure/config"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/infrastructure/network/netadapter/router"
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+)
+
+// orphanResolutionRange is the maximum amount of blockLocator hashes
+// to search for known blocks. See isBlockInOrphanResolutionRange for
+// further details
+var orphanResolutionRange uint32 = 5
+
+// RelayInvsContext is the interface for the context needed for the HandleRelayInvs flow.
+type RelayInvsContext interface {
+	Domain() domain.Domain
+	Config() *config.Config
+	OnNewBlock(block *externalapi.DomainBlock, virtualChangeSet *externalapi.VirtualChangeSet) error
+	OnVirtualChange(virtualChangeSet *externalapi.VirtualChangeSet) error
+	OnPruningPointUTXOSetOverride() error
+	SharedRequestedBlocks() *flowcontext.SharedRequestedBlocks
+	Broadcast(message appmessage.Message) error
+	AddOrphan(orphanBlock *externalapi.DomainBlock)
+	GetOrphanRoots(orphanHash *externalapi.DomainHash) ([]*externalapi.DomainHash, bool, error)
+	IsOrphan(blockHash *externalapi.DomainHash) bool
+	IsIBDRunning() bool
+	IsRecoverableError(err error) bool
+}
+
+type handleRelayInvsFlow struct {
+	RelayInvsContext
+	incomingRoute, outgoingRoute *router.Route
+	peer                         *peerpkg.Peer
+	invsQueue                    []*appmessage.MsgInvRelayBlock
+}
+
+// HandleRelayInvs listens to appmessage.MsgInvRelayBlock messages, requests their corresponding blocks if they
+// are missing, adds them to the DAG and propagates them to the rest of the network.
+func HandleRelayInvs(context RelayInvsContext, incomingRoute *router.Route, outgoingRoute *router.Route,
+	peer *peerpkg.Peer) error {
+
+	flow := &handleRelayInvsFlow{
+		RelayInvsContext: context,
+		incomingRoute:    incomingRoute,
+		outgoingRoute:    outgoingRoute,
+		peer:             peer,
+		invsQueue:        make([]*appmessage.MsgInvRelayBlock, 0),
+	}
+	err := flow.start()
+	// Currently, HandleRelayInvs flow is the only place where IBD is triggered, so the channel can be closed now
+	close(peer.IBDRequestChannel())
+	return err
+}
+
+func (flow *handleRelayInvsFlow) start() error {
+	for {
+		log.Debugf("Waiting for inv")
+		inv, err := flow.readInv()
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		log.Debugf("Got relay inv for block %s", inv.Hash)
+
+		blockInfo, err := flow.Domain().Consensus().GetBlockInfo(inv.Hash)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		if blockInfo.Exists && blockInfo.BlockStatus != externalapi.StatusHeaderOnly {
+			if blockInfo.BlockStatus == externalapi.StatusInvalid {
+				return protocolerrors.Errorf(true, "sent inv of an invalid block %s",
+					inv.Hash)
+			}
+			log.Debugf("Block %s already exists. continuing...", inv.Hash)
+			continue
+		}
+
+		isGenesisVirtualSelectedParent, err := flow.isGenesisVirtualSelectedParent()
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		if flow.IsOrphan(inv.Hash) {
+			if flow.Config().NetParams().DisallowDirectBlocksOnTopOfGenesis && !flow.Config().AllowSubmitBlockWhenNotSynced && isGenesisVirtualSelectedParent {
+				log.Infof("Cannot process orphan %s for a node with only the genesis block. The node needs to IBD "+
+					"to the recent pruning point before normal operation can resume.", inv.Hash)
+				continue
+			}
+
+			log.Debugf("Block %s is a known orphan. Requesting its missing ancestors", inv.Hash)
+			err := flow.AddOrphanRootsToQueue(inv.Hash)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			continue
+		}
+
+		// Block relay is disabled during IBD
+		if flow.IsIBDRunning() {
+			log.Debugf("Got block %s while in IBD. continuing...", inv.Hash)
+			continue
+		}
+
+		log.Debugf("Requesting block %s", inv.Hash)
+		block, exists, err := flow.requestBlock(inv.Hash)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		if exists {
+			log.Debugf("Aborting requesting block %s because it already exists", inv.Hash)
+			continue
+		}
+
+		err = flow.banIfBlockIsHeaderOnly(block)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		if flow.Config().NetParams().DisallowDirectBlocksOnTopOfGenesis && !flow.Config().AllowSubmitBlockWhenNotSynced && !flow.Config().Devnet && flow.isChildOfGenesis(block) {
+			log.Infof("Cannot process %s because it's a direct child of genesis.", consensushashing.BlockHash(block))
+			continue
+		}
+
+		log.Debugf("Processing block %s", inv.Hash)
+		oldVirtualInfo, err := flow.Domain().Consensus().GetVirtualInfo()
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		missingParents, virtualChangeSet, err := flow.processBlock(block)
+		if err != nil {
+			if errors.Is(err, ruleerrors.ErrPrunedBlock) {
+				log.Infof("Ignoring pruned block %s", inv.Hash)
+				continue
+			}
+
+			if errors.Is(err, ruleerrors.ErrDuplicateBlock) {
+				log.Infof("Ignoring duplicate block %s", inv.Hash)
+				continue
+			}
+			return err
+		}
+		if len(missingParents) > 0 {
+			log.Debugf("Block %s is orphan and has missing parents: %s", inv.Hash, missingParents)
+			err := flow.processOrphan(block)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			continue
+		}
+
+		oldVirtualParents := hashset.New()
+		for _, parent := range oldVirtualInfo.ParentHashes {
+			oldVirtualParents.Add(parent)
+		}
+
+		newVirtualInfo, err := flow.Domain().Consensus().GetVirtualInfo()
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		for _, parent := range newVirtualInfo.ParentHashes {
+			if oldVirtualParents.Contains(parent) {
+				continue
+			}
+
+			block, err := flow.Domain().Consensus().GetBlock(parent)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			blockHash := consensushashing.BlockHash(block)
+			log.Debugf("Relaying block %s", blockHash)
+			err = flow.relayBlock(block)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+		}
+
+		log.Infof("Accepted block %s via relay", inv.Hash)
+		err = flow.OnNewBlock(block, virtualChangeSet)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func (flow *handleRelayInvsFlow) banIfBlockIsHeaderOnly(block *externalapi.DomainBlock) error {
+	if len(block.Transactions) == 0 {
+		return protocolerrors.Errorf(true, "sent header of %s block where expected block with body",
+			consensushashing.BlockHash(block))
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (flow *handleRelayInvsFlow) readInv() (*appmessage.MsgInvRelayBlock, error) {
+	if len(flow.invsQueue) > 0 {
+		var inv *appmessage.MsgInvRelayBlock
+		inv, flow.invsQueue = flow.invsQueue[0], flow.invsQueue[1:]
+		return inv, nil
+	}
+
+	msg, err := flow.incomingRoute.Dequeue()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	inv, ok := msg.(*appmessage.MsgInvRelayBlock)
+	if !ok {
+		return nil, protocolerrors.Errorf(true, "unexpected %s message in the block relay handleRelayInvsFlow while "+
+			"expecting an inv message", msg.Command())
+	}
+	return inv, nil
+}
+
+func (flow *handleRelayInvsFlow) requestBlock(requestHash *externalapi.DomainHash) (*externalapi.DomainBlock, bool, error) {
+	exists := flow.SharedRequestedBlocks().AddIfNotExists(requestHash)
+	if exists {
+		return nil, true, nil
+	}
+
+	// In case the function returns earlier than expected, we want to make sure flow.SharedRequestedBlocks() is
+	// clean from any pending blocks.
+	defer flow.SharedRequestedBlocks().Remove(requestHash)
+
+	getRelayBlocksMsg := appmessage.NewMsgRequestRelayBlocks([]*externalapi.DomainHash{requestHash})
+	err := flow.outgoingRoute.Enqueue(getRelayBlocksMsg)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, false, err
+	}
+
+	msgBlock, err := flow.readMsgBlock()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, false, err
+	}
+
+	block := appmessage.MsgBlockToDomainBlock(msgBlock)
+	blockHash := consensushashing.BlockHash(block)
+	if !blockHash.Equal(requestHash) {
+		return nil, false, protocolerrors.Errorf(true, "got unrequested block %s", blockHash)
+	}
+
+	return block, false, nil
+}
+
+// readMsgBlock returns the next msgBlock in msgChan, and populates invsQueue with any inv messages that meanwhile arrive.
+//
+// Note: this function assumes msgChan can contain only appmessage.MsgInvRelayBlock and appmessage.MsgBlock messages.
+func (flow *handleRelayInvsFlow) readMsgBlock() (msgBlock *appmessage.MsgBlock, err error) {
+	for {
+		message, err := flow.incomingRoute.DequeueWithTimeout(common.DefaultTimeout)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		switch message := message.(type) {
+		case *appmessage.MsgInvRelayBlock:
+			flow.invsQueue = append(flow.invsQueue, message)
+		case *appmessage.MsgBlock:
+			return message, nil
+		default:
+			return nil, errors.Errorf("unexpected message %s", message.Command())
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func (flow *handleRelayInvsFlow) processBlock(block *externalapi.DomainBlock) ([]*externalapi.DomainHash, *externalapi.VirtualChangeSet, error) {
+	blockHash := consensushashing.BlockHash(block)
+	virtualChangeSet, err := flow.Domain().Consensus().ValidateAndInsertBlock(block, true)
+	if err != nil {
+		if !errors.As(err, &ruleerrors.RuleError{}) {
+			return nil, nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to process block %s", blockHash)
+		}
+
+		missingParentsError := &ruleerrors.ErrMissingParents{}
+		if errors.As(err, missingParentsError) {
+			return missingParentsError.MissingParentHashes, nil, nil
+		}
+		log.Warnf("Rejected block %s from %s: %s", blockHash, flow.peer, err)
+		return nil, nil, protocolerrors.Wrapf(true, err, "got invalid block %s from relay", blockHash)
+	}
+	return nil, virtualChangeSet, nil
+}
+
+func (flow *handleRelayInvsFlow) relayBlock(block *externalapi.DomainBlock) error {
+	blockHash := consensushashing.BlockHash(block)
+	return flow.Broadcast(appmessage.NewMsgInvBlock(blockHash))
+}
+
+func (flow *handleRelayInvsFlow) processOrphan(block *externalapi.DomainBlock) error {
+	blockHash := consensushashing.BlockHash(block)
+
+	// Return if the block has been orphaned from elsewhere already
+	if flow.IsOrphan(blockHash) {
+		log.Debugf("Skipping orphan processing for block %s because it is already an orphan", blockHash)
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	// Add the block to the orphan set if it's within orphan resolution range
+	isBlockInOrphanResolutionRange, err := flow.isBlockInOrphanResolutionRange(blockHash)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if isBlockInOrphanResolutionRange {
+		if flow.Config().NetParams().DisallowDirectBlocksOnTopOfGenesis && !flow.Config().AllowSubmitBlockWhenNotSynced {
+			isGenesisVirtualSelectedParent, err := flow.isGenesisVirtualSelectedParent()
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+
+			if isGenesisVirtualSelectedParent {
+				log.Infof("Cannot process orphan %s for a node with only the genesis block. The node needs to IBD "+
+					"to the recent pruning point before normal operation can resume.", blockHash)
+				return nil
+			}
+		}
+
+		log.Debugf("Block %s is within orphan resolution range. "+
+			"Adding it to the orphan set", blockHash)
+		flow.AddOrphan(block)
+		log.Debugf("Requesting block %s missing ancestors", blockHash)
+		return flow.AddOrphanRootsToQueue(blockHash)
+	}
+
+	// Start IBD unless we already are in IBD
+	log.Debugf("Block %s is out of orphan resolution range. "+
+		"Attempting to start IBD against it.", blockHash)
+
+	// Send the block to IBD flow via the IBDRequestChannel.
+	// Note that this is a non-blocking send, since if IBD is already running, there is no need to trigger it
+	select {
+	case flow.peer.IBDRequestChannel() <- block:
+	default:
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (flow *handleRelayInvsFlow) isGenesisVirtualSelectedParent() (bool, error) {
+	virtualSelectedParent, err := flow.Domain().Consensus().GetVirtualSelectedParent()
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, err
+	}
+
+	return virtualSelectedParent.Equal(flow.Config().NetParams().GenesisHash), nil
+}
+
+func (flow *handleRelayInvsFlow) isChildOfGenesis(block *externalapi.DomainBlock) bool {
+	parents := block.Header.DirectParents()
+	return len(parents) == 1 && parents[0].Equal(flow.Config().NetParams().GenesisHash)
+}
+
+// isBlockInOrphanResolutionRange finds out whether the given blockHash should be
+// retrieved via the unorphaning mechanism or via IBD. This method sends a
+// getBlockLocator request to the peer with a limit of orphanResolutionRange.
+// In the response, if we know none of the hashes, we should retrieve the given
+// blockHash via IBD. Otherwise, via unorphaning.
+func (flow *handleRelayInvsFlow) isBlockInOrphanResolutionRange(blockHash *externalapi.DomainHash) (bool, error) {
+	err := flow.sendGetBlockLocator(blockHash, orphanResolutionRange)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, err
+	}
+
+	blockLocatorHashes, err := flow.receiveBlockLocator()
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, err
+	}
+	for _, blockLocatorHash := range blockLocatorHashes {
+		blockInfo, err := flow.Domain().Consensus().GetBlockInfo(blockLocatorHash)
+		if err != nil {
+			return false, err
+		}
+		if blockInfo.Exists && blockInfo.BlockStatus != externalapi.StatusHeaderOnly {
+			return true, nil
+		}
+	}
+	return false, nil
+}
+
+func (flow *handleRelayInvsFlow) AddOrphanRootsToQueue(orphan *externalapi.DomainHash) error {
+	orphanRoots, orphanExists, err := flow.GetOrphanRoots(orphan)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	if !orphanExists {
+		log.Infof("Orphan block %s was missing from the orphan pool while requesting for its roots. This "+
+			"probably happened because it was randomly evicted immediately after it was added.", orphan)
+	}
+
+	log.Infof("Block %s has %d missing ancestors. Adding them to the invs queue...", orphan, len(orphanRoots))
+
+	invMessages := make([]*appmessage.MsgInvRelayBlock, len(orphanRoots))
+	for i, root := range orphanRoots {
+		log.Debugf("Adding block %s missing ancestor %s to the invs queue", orphan, root)
+		invMessages[i] = appmessage.NewMsgInvBlock(root)
+	}
+
+	flow.invsQueue = append(invMessages, flow.invsQueue...)
+	return nil
+}

app/protocol/flows/v5/blockrelay/handle_request_anticone.go

@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+package blockrelay
+
+import (
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/app/appmessage"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/app/protocol/peer"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/app/protocol/protocolerrors"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain/consensus/model/externalapi"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/infrastructure/config"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/infrastructure/network/netadapter/router"
+	"sort"
+)
+
+// RequestAnticoneContext is the interface for the context needed for the HandleRequestHeaders flow.
+type RequestAnticoneContext interface {
+	Domain() domain.Domain
+	Config() *config.Config
+}
+
+type handleRequestAnticoneFlow struct {
+	RequestAnticoneContext
+	incomingRoute, outgoingRoute *router.Route
+	peer                         *peer.Peer
+}
+
+// HandleRequestAnticone handles RequestAnticone messages
+func HandleRequestAnticone(context RequestAnticoneContext, incomingRoute *router.Route,
+	outgoingRoute *router.Route, peer *peer.Peer) error {
+
+	flow := &handleRequestAnticoneFlow{
+		RequestAnticoneContext: context,
+		incomingRoute:          incomingRoute,
+		outgoingRoute:          outgoingRoute,
+		peer:                   peer,
+	}
+	return flow.start()
+}
+
+func (flow *handleRequestAnticoneFlow) start() error {
+	for {
+		blockHash, contextHash, err := receiveRequestAnticone(flow.incomingRoute)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		log.Debugf("Received requestAnticone with blockHash: %s, contextHash: %s", blockHash, contextHash)
+		log.Debugf("Getting past(%s) setminus past(%s) to %s", contextHash, blockHash, flow.peer)
+
+		// GetAnticone is expected to be called by the syncee for getting the anticone of the header selected tip
+		// intersected by past of relayed block, and is thus expected to be bounded by mergeset limit since
+		// we relay blocks only if they enter virtual's mergeset. We add 2 for a small margin error.
+		blockHashes, err := flow.Domain().Consensus().GetAnticone(blockHash, contextHash,
+			flow.Config().ActiveNetParams.MergeSetSizeLimit+2)
+		if err != nil {
+			return protocolerrors.Wrap(true, err, "Failed querying anticone")
+		}
+		log.Debugf("Got %d header hashes in past(%s) cap anticone(%s)", len(blockHashes), contextHash, blockHash)
+
+		blockHeaders := make([]*appmessage.MsgBlockHeader, len(blockHashes))
+		for i, blockHash := range blockHashes {
+			blockHeader, err := flow.Domain().Consensus().GetBlockHeader(blockHash)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			blockHeaders[i] = appmessage.DomainBlockHeaderToBlockHeader(blockHeader)
+		}
+
+		// We sort the headers in bottom-up topological order before sending
+		sort.Slice(blockHeaders, func(i, j int) bool {
+			return blockHeaders[i].BlueWork.Cmp(blockHeaders[j].BlueWork) < 0
+		})
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		blockHeadersMessage := appmessage.NewBlockHeadersMessage(blockHeaders)
+		err = flow.outgoingRoute.Enqueue(blockHeadersMessage)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		err = flow.outgoingRoute.Enqueue(appmessage.NewMsgDoneHeaders())
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func receiveRequestAnticone(incomingRoute *router.Route) (blockHash *externalapi.DomainHash,
+	contextHash *externalapi.DomainHash, err error) {
+
+	message, err := incomingRoute.Dequeue()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, nil, err
+	}
+	msgRequestAnticone := message.(*appmessage.MsgRequestAnticone)
+
+	return msgRequestAnticone.BlockHash, msgRequestAnticone.ContextHash, nil
+}

app/protocol/flows/v5/blockrelay/handle_request_block_locator.go

@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+package blockrelay
+
+import (
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/app/appmessage"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/app/protocol/protocolerrors"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain/consensus/model/externalapi"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/infrastructure/network/netadapter/router"
+)
+
+// RequestBlockLocatorContext is the interface for the context needed for the HandleRequestBlockLocator flow.
+type RequestBlockLocatorContext interface {
+	Domain() domain.Domain
+}
+
+type handleRequestBlockLocatorFlow struct {
+	RequestBlockLocatorContext
+	incomingRoute, outgoingRoute *router.Route
+}
+
+// HandleRequestBlockLocator handles getBlockLocator messages
+func HandleRequestBlockLocator(context RequestBlockLocatorContext, incomingRoute *router.Route,
+	outgoingRoute *router.Route) error {
+
+	flow := &handleRequestBlockLocatorFlow{
+		RequestBlockLocatorContext: context,
+		incomingRoute:              incomingRoute,
+		outgoingRoute:              outgoingRoute,
+	}
+	return flow.start()
+}
+
+func (flow *handleRequestBlockLocatorFlow) start() error {
+	for {
+		highHash, limit, err := flow.receiveGetBlockLocator()
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		log.Debugf("Received getBlockLocator with highHash: %s, limit: %d", highHash, limit)
+
+		locator, err := flow.Domain().Consensus().CreateBlockLocatorFromPruningPoint(highHash, limit)
+		if err != nil || len(locator) == 0 {
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Debugf("Received error from CreateBlockLocatorFromPruningPoint: %s", err)
+			}
+			return protocolerrors.Errorf(true, "couldn't build a block "+
+				"locator between the pruning point and %s", highHash)
+		}
+
+		err = flow.sendBlockLocator(locator)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func (flow *handleRequestBlockLocatorFlow) receiveGetBlockLocator() (highHash *externalapi.DomainHash, limit uint32, err error) {
+
+	message, err := flow.incomingRoute.Dequeue()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, 0, err
+	}
+	msgGetBlockLocator := message.(*appmessage.MsgRequestBlockLocator)
+
+	return msgGetBlockLocator.HighHash, msgGetBlockLocator.Limit, nil
+}
+
+func (flow *handleRequestBlockLocatorFlow) sendBlockLocator(locator externalapi.BlockLocator) error {
+	msgBlockLocator := appmessage.NewMsgBlockLocator(locator)
+	err := flow.outgoingRoute.Enqueue(msgBlockLocator)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return nil
+}

app/protocol/flows/v5/blockrelay/handle_request_headers.go

@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+package blockrelay
+
+import (
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/app/protocol/peer"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/app/protocol/protocolerrors"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain/consensus/model/externalapi"
+
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/app/appmessage"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/infrastructure/network/netadapter/router"
+)
+
+const ibdBatchSize = router.DefaultMaxMessages - 1
+
+// RequestHeadersContext is the interface for the context needed for the HandleRequestHeaders flow.
+type RequestHeadersContext interface {
+	Domain() domain.Domain
+}
+
+type handleRequestHeadersFlow struct {
+	RequestHeadersContext
+	incomingRoute, outgoingRoute *router.Route
+	peer                         *peer.Peer
+}
+
+// HandleRequestHeaders handles RequestHeaders messages
+func HandleRequestHeaders(context RequestHeadersContext, incomingRoute *router.Route,
+	outgoingRoute *router.Route, peer *peer.Peer) error {
+
+	flow := &handleRequestHeadersFlow{
+		RequestHeadersContext: context,
+		incomingRoute:         incomingRoute,
+		outgoingRoute:         outgoingRoute,
+		peer:                  peer,
+	}
+	return flow.start()
+}
+
+func (flow *handleRequestHeadersFlow) start() error {
+	for {
+		lowHash, highHash, err := receiveRequestHeaders(flow.incomingRoute)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		log.Debugf("Recieved requestHeaders with lowHash: %s, highHash: %s", lowHash, highHash)
+
+		for !lowHash.Equal(highHash) {
+			log.Debugf("Getting block headers between %s and %s to %s", lowHash, highHash, flow.peer)
+
+			// GetHashesBetween is a relatively heavy operation so we limit it
+			// in order to avoid locking the consensus for too long
+			// maxBlocks MUST be >= MergeSetSizeLimit + 1
+			const maxBlocks = 1 << 10
+			blockHashes, _, err := flow.Domain().Consensus().GetHashesBetween(lowHash, highHash, maxBlocks)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			log.Debugf("Got %d header hashes above lowHash %s", len(blockHashes), lowHash)
+
+			blockHeaders := make([]*appmessage.MsgBlockHeader, len(blockHashes))
+			for i, blockHash := range blockHashes {
+				blockHeader, err := flow.Domain().Consensus().GetBlockHeader(blockHash)
+				if err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
+				blockHeaders[i] = appmessage.DomainBlockHeaderToBlockHeader(blockHeader)
+			}
+
+			blockHeadersMessage := appmessage.NewBlockHeadersMessage(blockHeaders)
+			err = flow.outgoingRoute.Enqueue(blockHeadersMessage)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+
+			message, err := flow.incomingRoute.Dequeue()
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			if _, ok := message.(*appmessage.MsgRequestNextHeaders); !ok {
+				return protocolerrors.Errorf(true, "received unexpected message type. "+
+					"expected: %s, got: %s", appmessage.CmdRequestNextHeaders, message.Command())
+			}
+
+			// The next lowHash is the last element in blockHashes
+			lowHash = blockHashes[len(blockHashes)-1]
+		}
+
+		err = flow.outgoingRoute.Enqueue(appmessage.NewMsgDoneHeaders())
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func receiveRequestHeaders(incomingRoute *router.Route) (lowHash *externalapi.DomainHash,
+	highHash *externalapi.DomainHash, err error) {
+
+	message, err := incomingRoute.Dequeue()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, nil, err
+	}
+	msgRequestIBDBlocks := message.(*appmessage.MsgRequestHeaders)
+
+	return msgRequestIBDBlocks.LowHash, msgRequestIBDBlocks.HighHash, nil
+}

app/protocol/flows/v5/blockrelay/handle_request_pruning_point_utxo_set.go

@@ -0,0 +1,140 @@
+package blockrelay
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/app/appmessage"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/app/protocol/common"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/app/protocol/protocolerrors"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain/consensus/model/externalapi"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain/consensus/ruleerrors"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/infrastructure/logger"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/infrastructure/network/netadapter/router"
+)
+
+// HandleRequestPruningPointUTXOSetContext is the interface for the context needed for the HandleRequestPruningPointUTXOSet flow.
+type HandleRequestPruningPointUTXOSetContext interface {
+	Domain() domain.Domain
+}
+
+type handleRequestPruningPointUTXOSetFlow struct {
+	HandleRequestPruningPointUTXOSetContext
+	incomingRoute, outgoingRoute *router.Route
+}
+
+// HandleRequestPruningPointUTXOSet listens to appmessage.MsgRequestPruningPointUTXOSet messages and sends
+// the pruning point UTXO set and block body.
+func HandleRequestPruningPointUTXOSet(context HandleRequestPruningPointUTXOSetContext, incomingRoute,
+	outgoingRoute *router.Route) error {
+
+	flow := &handleRequestPruningPointUTXOSetFlow{
+		HandleRequestPruningPointUTXOSetContext: context,
+		incomingRoute:                           incomingRoute,
+		outgoingRoute:                           outgoingRoute,
+	}
+
+	return flow.start()
+}
+
+func (flow *handleRequestPruningPointUTXOSetFlow) start() error {
+	for {
+		msgRequestPruningPointUTXOSet, err := flow.waitForRequestPruningPointUTXOSetMessages()
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		err = flow.handleRequestPruningPointUTXOSetMessage(msgRequestPruningPointUTXOSet)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func (flow *handleRequestPruningPointUTXOSetFlow) handleRequestPruningPointUTXOSetMessage(
+	msgRequestPruningPointUTXOSet *appmessage.MsgRequestPruningPointUTXOSet) error {
+
+	onEnd := logger.LogAndMeasureExecutionTime(log, "handleRequestPruningPointUTXOSetFlow")
+	defer onEnd()
+
+	log.Debugf("Got request for pruning point UTXO set")
+
+	return flow.sendPruningPointUTXOSet(msgRequestPruningPointUTXOSet)
+}
+
+func (flow *handleRequestPruningPointUTXOSetFlow) waitForRequestPruningPointUTXOSetMessages() (
+	*appmessage.MsgRequestPruningPointUTXOSet, error) {
+
+	message, err := flow.incomingRoute.Dequeue()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	msgRequestPruningPointUTXOSet, ok := message.(*appmessage.MsgRequestPruningPointUTXOSet)
+	if !ok {
+		// TODO: Change to shouldBan: true once we fix the bug of getting redundant messages
+		return nil, protocolerrors.Errorf(false, "received unexpected message type. "+
+			"expected: %s, got: %s", appmessage.CmdRequestPruningPointUTXOSet, message.Command())
+	}
+	return msgRequestPruningPointUTXOSet, nil
+}
+
+func (flow *handleRequestPruningPointUTXOSetFlow) sendPruningPointUTXOSet(
+	msgRequestPruningPointUTXOSet *appmessage.MsgRequestPruningPointUTXOSet) error {
+
+	// Send the UTXO set in `step`-sized chunks
+	const step = 1000
+	var fromOutpoint *externalapi.DomainOutpoint
+	chunksSent := 0
+	for {
+		pruningPointUTXOs, err := flow.Domain().Consensus().GetPruningPointUTXOs(
+			msgRequestPruningPointUTXOSet.PruningPointHash, fromOutpoint, step)
+		if err != nil {
+			if errors.Is(err, ruleerrors.ErrWrongPruningPointHash) {
+				return flow.outgoingRoute.Enqueue(appmessage.NewMsgUnexpectedPruningPoint())
+			}
+		}
+
+		log.Debugf("Retrieved %d UTXOs for pruning block %s",
+			len(pruningPointUTXOs), msgRequestPruningPointUTXOSet.PruningPointHash)
+
+		outpointAndUTXOEntryPairs :=
+			appmessage.DomainOutpointAndUTXOEntryPairsToOutpointAndUTXOEntryPairs(pruningPointUTXOs)
+		err = flow.outgoingRoute.Enqueue(appmessage.NewMsgPruningPointUTXOSetChunk(outpointAndUTXOEntryPairs))
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		finished := len(pruningPointUTXOs) < step
+		if finished && chunksSent%ibdBatchSize != 0 {
+			log.Debugf("Finished sending UTXOs for pruning block %s",
+				msgRequestPruningPointUTXOSet.PruningPointHash)
+
+			return flow.outgoingRoute.Enqueue(appmessage.NewMsgDonePruningPointUTXOSetChunks())
+		}
+
+		if len(pruningPointUTXOs) > 0 {
+			fromOutpoint = pruningPointUTXOs[len(pruningPointUTXOs)-1].Outpoint
+		}
+		chunksSent++
+
+		// Wait for the peer to request more chunks every `ibdBatchSize` chunks
+		if chunksSent%ibdBatchSize == 0 {
+			message, err := flow.incomingRoute.DequeueWithTimeout(common.DefaultTimeout)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			_, ok := message.(*appmessage.MsgRequestNextPruningPointUTXOSetChunk)
+			if !ok {
+				// TODO: Change to shouldBan: true once we fix the bug of getting redundant messages
+				return protocolerrors.Errorf(false, "received unexpected message type. "+
+					"expected: %s, got: %s", appmessage.CmdRequestNextPruningPointUTXOSetChunk, message.Command())
+			}
+
+			if finished {
+				log.Debugf("Finished sending UTXOs for pruning block %s",
+					msgRequestPruningPointUTXOSet.PruningPointHash)
+
+				return flow.outgoingRoute.Enqueue(appmessage.NewMsgDonePruningPointUTXOSetChunks())
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}

app/protocol/flows/v5/blockrelay/ibd.go

@@ -0,0 +1,633 @@
+package blockrelay
+
+import (
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/app/appmessage"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/app/protocol/common"
+	peerpkg "github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/app/protocol/peer"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/app/protocol/protocolerrors"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain/consensus/model/externalapi"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain/consensus/ruleerrors"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain/consensus/utils/consensushashing"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/infrastructure/config"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/infrastructure/logger"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/infrastructure/network/netadapter/router"
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+	"time"
+)
+
+// IBDContext is the interface for the context needed for the HandleIBD flow.
+type IBDContext interface {
+	Domain() domain.Domain
+	Config() *config.Config
+	OnNewBlock(block *externalapi.DomainBlock, virtualChangeSet *externalapi.VirtualChangeSet) error
+	OnVirtualChange(virtualChangeSet *externalapi.VirtualChangeSet) error
+	OnPruningPointUTXOSetOverride() error
+	IsIBDRunning() bool
+	TrySetIBDRunning(ibdPeer *peerpkg.Peer) bool
+	UnsetIBDRunning()
+	IsRecoverableError(err error) bool
+}
+
+type handleIBDFlow struct {
+	IBDContext
+	incomingRoute, outgoingRoute *router.Route
+	peer                         *peerpkg.Peer
+}
+
+// HandleIBD handles IBD
+func HandleIBD(context IBDContext, incomingRoute *router.Route, outgoingRoute *router.Route,
+	peer *peerpkg.Peer) error {
+
+	flow := &handleIBDFlow{
+		IBDContext:    context,
+		incomingRoute: incomingRoute,
+		outgoingRoute: outgoingRoute,
+		peer:          peer,
+	}
+	return flow.start()
+}
+
+func (flow *handleIBDFlow) start() error {
+	for {
+		// Wait for IBD requests triggered by other flows
+		block, ok := <-flow.peer.IBDRequestChannel()
+		if !ok {
+			return nil
+		}
+		err := flow.runIBDIfNotRunning(block)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func (flow *handleIBDFlow) runIBDIfNotRunning(block *externalapi.DomainBlock) error {
+	wasIBDNotRunning := flow.TrySetIBDRunning(flow.peer)
+	if !wasIBDNotRunning {
+		log.Debugf("IBD is already running")
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	isFinishedSuccessfully := false
+	defer func() {
+		flow.UnsetIBDRunning()
+		flow.logIBDFinished(isFinishedSuccessfully)
+	}()
+
+	relayBlockHash := consensushashing.BlockHash(block)
+
+	log.Debugf("IBD started with peer %s and relayBlockHash %s", flow.peer, relayBlockHash)
+	log.Debugf("Syncing blocks up to %s", relayBlockHash)
+	log.Debugf("Trying to find highest known syncer chain block from peer %s with relay hash %s", flow.peer, relayBlockHash)
+
+	/*
+		Algorithm:
+			Request full selected chain block locator from syncer
+			Find the highest block which we know
+			Repeat the locator step over the new range until finding max(past(syncee) \cap chain(syncer))
+	*/
+
+	// Empty hashes indicate that the full chain is queried
+	locatorHashes, err := flow.getSyncerChainBlockLocator(nil, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if len(locatorHashes) == 0 {
+		return protocolerrors.Errorf(true, "Expecting initial syncer chain block locator "+
+			"to contain at least one element")
+	}
+	syncerHeaderSelectedTipHash := locatorHashes[0]
+	var highestKnownSyncerChainHash *externalapi.DomainHash
+	for {
+		var lowestUnknownSyncerChainHash, currentHighestKnownSyncerChainHash *externalapi.DomainHash
+		for _, syncerChainHash := range locatorHashes {
+			info, err := flow.Domain().Consensus().GetBlockInfo(syncerChainHash)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			if info.Exists {
+				currentHighestKnownSyncerChainHash = syncerChainHash
+				break
+			}
+			lowestUnknownSyncerChainHash = syncerChainHash
+		}
+		// No shared block, break
+		if currentHighestKnownSyncerChainHash == nil {
+			break
+		}
+		// No point in zooming further
+		if len(locatorHashes) == 1 {
+			highestKnownSyncerChainHash = currentHighestKnownSyncerChainHash
+			break
+		}
+		// Zoom in
+		locatorHashes, err = flow.getSyncerChainBlockLocator(
+			lowestUnknownSyncerChainHash,
+			currentHighestKnownSyncerChainHash)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		if len(locatorHashes) == 2 {
+			if !locatorHashes[0].Equal(lowestUnknownSyncerChainHash) ||
+				!locatorHashes[1].Equal(currentHighestKnownSyncerChainHash) {
+				return protocolerrors.Errorf(true, "Expecting the high and low "+
+					"hashes to match the locatorHashes if len(locatorHashes) is 2")
+			}
+			// We found our search target
+			highestKnownSyncerChainHash = currentHighestKnownSyncerChainHash
+			break
+		}
+		if len(locatorHashes) == 0 {
+			// An empty locator signals that the syncer chain was modified and no longer contains one of
+			// the queried hashes, so we restart the search
+			locatorHashes, err = flow.getSyncerChainBlockLocator(nil, nil)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			if len(locatorHashes) == 0 {
+				return protocolerrors.Errorf(true, "Expecting initial syncer chain block locator "+
+					"to contain at least one element")
+			}
+			// Reset syncer's header selected tip
+			syncerHeaderSelectedTipHash = locatorHashes[0]
+		}
+	}
+
+	log.Debugf("Found highest known syncer chain block %s from peer %s",
+		highestKnownSyncerChainHash, flow.peer)
+
+	shouldDownloadHeadersProof, shouldSync, err := flow.shouldSyncAndShouldDownloadHeadersProof(
+		block, highestKnownSyncerChainHash)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	if !shouldSync {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	if shouldDownloadHeadersProof {
+		log.Infof("Starting IBD with headers proof")
+		err := flow.ibdWithHeadersProof(syncerHeaderSelectedTipHash, relayBlockHash, block.Header.DAAScore())
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	} else {
+		if flow.Config().NetParams().DisallowDirectBlocksOnTopOfGenesis && !flow.Config().AllowSubmitBlockWhenNotSynced {
+			isGenesisVirtualSelectedParent, err := flow.isGenesisVirtualSelectedParent()
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+
+			if isGenesisVirtualSelectedParent {
+				log.Infof("Cannot IBD to %s because it won't change the pruning point. The node needs to IBD "+
+					"to the recent pruning point before normal operation can resume.", relayBlockHash)
+				return nil
+			}
+		}
+
+		// TODO: need DAA score of syncerHeaderSelectedTipHash
+		err = flow.syncPruningPointFutureHeaders(
+			flow.Domain().Consensus(),
+			syncerHeaderSelectedTipHash, highestKnownSyncerChainHash, relayBlockHash, block.Header.DAAScore())
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
+	err = flow.syncMissingBlockBodies(relayBlockHash)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	log.Debugf("Finished syncing blocks up to %s", relayBlockHash)
+	isFinishedSuccessfully = true
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (flow *handleIBDFlow) isGenesisVirtualSelectedParent() (bool, error) {
+	virtualSelectedParent, err := flow.Domain().Consensus().GetVirtualSelectedParent()
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, err
+	}
+
+	return virtualSelectedParent.Equal(flow.Config().NetParams().GenesisHash), nil
+}
+
+func (flow *handleIBDFlow) logIBDFinished(isFinishedSuccessfully bool) {
+	successString := "successfully"
+	if !isFinishedSuccessfully {
+		successString = "(interrupted)"
+	}
+	log.Infof("IBD finished %s", successString)
+}
+
+func (flow *handleIBDFlow) getSyncerChainBlockLocator(
+	highHash, lowHash *externalapi.DomainHash) ([]*externalapi.DomainHash, error) {
+
+	requestIbdChainBlockLocatorMessage := appmessage.NewMsgIBDRequestChainBlockLocator(highHash, lowHash)
+	err := flow.outgoingRoute.Enqueue(requestIbdChainBlockLocatorMessage)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	message, err := flow.incomingRoute.DequeueWithTimeout(common.DefaultTimeout)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	switch message := message.(type) {
+	case *appmessage.MsgIBDChainBlockLocator:
+		return message.BlockLocatorHashes, nil
+	default:
+		return nil, protocolerrors.Errorf(true, "received unexpected message type. "+
+			"expected: %s, got: %s", appmessage.CmdIBDChainBlockLocator, message.Command())
+	}
+}
+
+func (flow *handleIBDFlow) syncPruningPointFutureHeaders(consensus externalapi.Consensus,
+	syncerHeaderSelectedTipHash, highestKnownSyncerChainHash, relayBlockHash *externalapi.DomainHash,
+	highBlockDAAScore uint64) error {
+
+	log.Infof("Downloading headers from %s", flow.peer)
+
+	err := flow.sendRequestHeaders(highestKnownSyncerChainHash, syncerHeaderSelectedTipHash)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	highestSharedBlockHeader, err := consensus.GetBlockHeader(highestKnownSyncerChainHash)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	progressReporter := newIBDProgressReporter(highestSharedBlockHeader.DAAScore(), highBlockDAAScore, "block headers")
+
+	// Keep a short queue of BlockHeadersMessages so that there's
+	// never a moment when the node is not validating and inserting
+	// headers
+	blockHeadersMessageChan := make(chan *appmessage.BlockHeadersMessage, 2)
+	errChan := make(chan error)
+	spawn("handleRelayInvsFlow-syncPruningPointFutureHeaders", func() {
+		for {
+			blockHeadersMessage, doneIBD, err := flow.receiveHeaders()
+			if err != nil {
+				errChan <- err
+				return
+			}
+			if doneIBD {
+				close(blockHeadersMessageChan)
+				return
+			}
+
+			blockHeadersMessageChan <- blockHeadersMessage
+
+			err = flow.outgoingRoute.Enqueue(appmessage.NewMsgRequestNextHeaders())
+			if err != nil {
+				errChan <- err
+				return
+			}
+		}
+	})
+
+	for {
+		select {
+		case ibdBlocksMessage, ok := <-blockHeadersMessageChan:
+			if !ok {
+				// Finished downloading syncer selected tip blocks,
+				// check if we already have the triggering relayBlockHash
+				relayBlockInfo, err := consensus.GetBlockInfo(relayBlockHash)
+				if err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
+				if !relayBlockInfo.Exists {
+					// Send a special header request for the past diff. This is expected to be a small,
+					// as it is bounded to the size of virtual's mergeset
+					err = flow.sendRequestAnticone(syncerHeaderSelectedTipHash, relayBlockHash)
+					if err != nil {
+						return err
+					}
+					pastDiffHeadersMessage, pastDiffDone, err := flow.receiveHeaders()
+					if err != nil {
+						return err
+					}
+					if !pastDiffDone {
+						return protocolerrors.Errorf(true,
+							"Expected only one past diff header chunk for past(%s) setminus past(%s)",
+							syncerHeaderSelectedTipHash, relayBlockHash)
+					}
+					for _, header := range pastDiffHeadersMessage.BlockHeaders {
+						err = flow.processHeader(consensus, header)
+						if err != nil {
+							return err
+						}
+					}
+				}
+
+				// If the relayBlockHash has still not been received, the peer is misbehaving
+				relayBlockInfo, err = consensus.GetBlockInfo(relayBlockHash)
+				if err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
+				if !relayBlockInfo.Exists {
+					return protocolerrors.Errorf(true, "did not receive "+
+						"highHash block %s from peer %s during block download", relayBlockHash, flow.peer)
+				}
+				return nil
+			}
+			for _, header := range ibdBlocksMessage.BlockHeaders {
+				err = flow.processHeader(consensus, header)
+				if err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
+			}
+
+			lastReceivedHeader := ibdBlocksMessage.BlockHeaders[len(ibdBlocksMessage.BlockHeaders)-1]
+			progressReporter.reportProgress(len(ibdBlocksMessage.BlockHeaders), lastReceivedHeader.DAAScore)
+		case err := <-errChan:
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func (flow *handleIBDFlow) sendRequestAnticone(
+	syncerHeaderSelectedTipHash, relayBlockHash *externalapi.DomainHash) error {
+
+	msgRequestAnticone := appmessage.NewMsgRequestAnticone(syncerHeaderSelectedTipHash, relayBlockHash)
+	return flow.outgoingRoute.Enqueue(msgRequestAnticone)
+}
+
+func (flow *handleIBDFlow) sendRequestHeaders(
+	highestKnownSyncerChainHash, syncerHeaderSelectedTipHash *externalapi.DomainHash) error {
+
+	msgRequestHeaders := appmessage.NewMsgRequstHeaders(highestKnownSyncerChainHash, syncerHeaderSelectedTipHash)
+	return flow.outgoingRoute.Enqueue(msgRequestHeaders)
+}
+
+func (flow *handleIBDFlow) receiveHeaders() (msgIBDBlock *appmessage.BlockHeadersMessage, doneHeaders bool, err error) {
+	message, err := flow.incomingRoute.DequeueWithTimeout(common.DefaultTimeout)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, false, err
+	}
+	switch message := message.(type) {
+	case *appmessage.BlockHeadersMessage:
+		return message, false, nil
+	case *appmessage.MsgDoneHeaders:
+		return nil, true, nil
+	default:
+		return nil, false,
+			protocolerrors.Errorf(true, "received unexpected message type. "+
+				"expected: %s or %s, got: %s",
+				appmessage.CmdBlockHeaders,
+				appmessage.CmdDoneHeaders,
+				message.Command())
+	}
+}
+
+func (flow *handleIBDFlow) processHeader(consensus externalapi.Consensus, msgBlockHeader *appmessage.MsgBlockHeader) error {
+	header := appmessage.BlockHeaderToDomainBlockHeader(msgBlockHeader)
+	block := &externalapi.DomainBlock{
+		Header:       header,
+		Transactions: nil,
+	}
+
+	blockHash := consensushashing.BlockHash(block)
+	blockInfo, err := consensus.GetBlockInfo(blockHash)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if blockInfo.Exists {
+		log.Debugf("Block header %s is already in the DAG. Skipping...", blockHash)
+		return nil
+	}
+	_, err = consensus.ValidateAndInsertBlock(block, false)
+	if err != nil {
+		if !errors.As(err, &ruleerrors.RuleError{}) {
+			return errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to process header %s during IBD", blockHash)
+		}
+
+		if errors.Is(err, ruleerrors.ErrDuplicateBlock) {
+			log.Debugf("Skipping block header %s as it is a duplicate", blockHash)
+		} else {
+			log.Infof("Rejected block header %s from %s during IBD: %s", blockHash, flow.peer, err)
+			return protocolerrors.Wrapf(true, err, "got invalid block header %s during IBD", blockHash)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (flow *handleIBDFlow) validatePruningPointFutureHeaderTimestamps() error {
+	headerSelectedTipHash, err := flow.Domain().StagingConsensus().GetHeadersSelectedTip()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	headerSelectedTipHeader, err := flow.Domain().StagingConsensus().GetBlockHeader(headerSelectedTipHash)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	headerSelectedTipTimestamp := headerSelectedTipHeader.TimeInMilliseconds()
+
+	currentSelectedTipHash, err := flow.Domain().Consensus().GetHeadersSelectedTip()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	currentSelectedTipHeader, err := flow.Domain().Consensus().GetBlockHeader(currentSelectedTipHash)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	currentSelectedTipTimestamp := currentSelectedTipHeader.TimeInMilliseconds()
+
+	if headerSelectedTipTimestamp < currentSelectedTipTimestamp {
+		return protocolerrors.Errorf(false, "the timestamp of the candidate selected "+
+			"tip is smaller than the current selected tip")
+	}
+
+	minTimestampDifferenceInMilliseconds := (10 * time.Minute).Milliseconds()
+	if headerSelectedTipTimestamp-currentSelectedTipTimestamp < minTimestampDifferenceInMilliseconds {
+		return protocolerrors.Errorf(false, "difference between the timestamps of "+
+			"the current pruning point and the candidate pruning point is too small. Aborting IBD...")
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (flow *handleIBDFlow) receiveAndInsertPruningPointUTXOSet(
+	consensus externalapi.Consensus, pruningPointHash *externalapi.DomainHash) (bool, error) {
+
+	onEnd := logger.LogAndMeasureExecutionTime(log, "receiveAndInsertPruningPointUTXOSet")
+	defer onEnd()
+
+	receivedChunkCount := 0
+	receivedUTXOCount := 0
+	for {
+		message, err := flow.incomingRoute.DequeueWithTimeout(common.DefaultTimeout)
+		if err != nil {
+			return false, err
+		}
+
+		switch message := message.(type) {
+		case *appmessage.MsgPruningPointUTXOSetChunk:
+			receivedUTXOCount += len(message.OutpointAndUTXOEntryPairs)
+			domainOutpointAndUTXOEntryPairs :=
+				appmessage.OutpointAndUTXOEntryPairsToDomainOutpointAndUTXOEntryPairs(message.OutpointAndUTXOEntryPairs)
+
+			err := consensus.AppendImportedPruningPointUTXOs(domainOutpointAndUTXOEntryPairs)
+			if err != nil {
+				return false, err
+			}
+
+			receivedChunkCount++
+			if receivedChunkCount%ibdBatchSize == 0 {
+				log.Debugf("Received %d UTXO set chunks so far, totaling in %d UTXOs",
+					receivedChunkCount, receivedUTXOCount)
+
+				requestNextPruningPointUTXOSetChunkMessage := appmessage.NewMsgRequestNextPruningPointUTXOSetChunk()
+				err := flow.outgoingRoute.Enqueue(requestNextPruningPointUTXOSetChunkMessage)
+				if err != nil {
+					return false, err
+				}
+			}
+
+		case *appmessage.MsgDonePruningPointUTXOSetChunks:
+			log.Infof("Finished receiving the UTXO set. Total UTXOs: %d", receivedUTXOCount)
+			return true, nil
+
+		case *appmessage.MsgUnexpectedPruningPoint:
+			log.Infof("Could not receive the next UTXO chunk because the pruning point %s "+
+				"is no longer the pruning point of peer %s", pruningPointHash, flow.peer)
+			return false, nil
+
+		default:
+			return false, protocolerrors.Errorf(true, "received unexpected message type. "+
+				"expected: %s or %s or %s, got: %s", appmessage.CmdPruningPointUTXOSetChunk,
+				appmessage.CmdDonePruningPointUTXOSetChunks, appmessage.CmdUnexpectedPruningPoint, message.Command(),
+			)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func (flow *handleIBDFlow) syncMissingBlockBodies(highHash *externalapi.DomainHash) error {
+	hashes, err := flow.Domain().Consensus().GetMissingBlockBodyHashes(highHash)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if len(hashes) == 0 {
+		// Blocks can be inserted inside the DAG during IBD if those were requested before IBD started.
+		// In rare cases, all the IBD blocks might be already inserted by the time we reach this point.
+		// In these cases - GetMissingBlockBodyHashes would return an empty array.
+		log.Debugf("No missing block body hashes found.")
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	lowBlockHeader, err := flow.Domain().Consensus().GetBlockHeader(hashes[0])
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	highBlockHeader, err := flow.Domain().Consensus().GetBlockHeader(hashes[len(hashes)-1])
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	progressReporter := newIBDProgressReporter(lowBlockHeader.DAAScore(), highBlockHeader.DAAScore(), "blocks")
+	highestProcessedDAAScore := lowBlockHeader.DAAScore()
+
+	for offset := 0; offset < len(hashes); offset += ibdBatchSize {
+		var hashesToRequest []*externalapi.DomainHash
+		if offset+ibdBatchSize < len(hashes) {
+			hashesToRequest = hashes[offset : offset+ibdBatchSize]
+		} else {
+			hashesToRequest = hashes[offset:]
+		}
+
+		err := flow.outgoingRoute.Enqueue(appmessage.NewMsgRequestIBDBlocks(hashesToRequest))
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		for _, expectedHash := range hashesToRequest {
+			message, err := flow.incomingRoute.DequeueWithTimeout(common.DefaultTimeout)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+
+			msgIBDBlock, ok := message.(*appmessage.MsgIBDBlock)
+			if !ok {
+				return protocolerrors.Errorf(true, "received unexpected message type. "+
+					"expected: %s, got: %s", appmessage.CmdIBDBlock, message.Command())
+			}
+
+			block := appmessage.MsgBlockToDomainBlock(msgIBDBlock.MsgBlock)
+			blockHash := consensushashing.BlockHash(block)
+			if !expectedHash.Equal(blockHash) {
+				return protocolerrors.Errorf(true, "expected block %s but got %s", expectedHash, blockHash)
+			}
+
+			err = flow.banIfBlockIsHeaderOnly(block)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+
+			virtualChangeSet, err := flow.Domain().Consensus().ValidateAndInsertBlock(block, false)
+			if err != nil {
+				if errors.Is(err, ruleerrors.ErrDuplicateBlock) {
+					log.Debugf("Skipping IBD Block %s as it has already been added to the DAG", blockHash)
+					continue
+				}
+				return protocolerrors.ConvertToBanningProtocolErrorIfRuleError(err, "invalid block %s", blockHash)
+			}
+			err = flow.OnNewBlock(block, virtualChangeSet)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+
+			highestProcessedDAAScore = block.Header.DAAScore()
+		}
+
+		progressReporter.reportProgress(len(hashesToRequest), highestProcessedDAAScore)
+	}
+
+	return flow.resolveVirtual(highestProcessedDAAScore)
+}
+
+func (flow *handleIBDFlow) banIfBlockIsHeaderOnly(block *externalapi.DomainBlock) error {
+	if len(block.Transactions) == 0 {
+		return protocolerrors.Errorf(true, "sent header of %s block where expected block with body",
+			consensushashing.BlockHash(block))
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (flow *handleIBDFlow) resolveVirtual(estimatedVirtualDAAScoreTarget uint64) error {
+	virtualDAAScoreStart, err := flow.Domain().Consensus().GetVirtualDAAScore()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	for i := 0; ; i++ {
+		if i%10 == 0 {
+			virtualDAAScore, err := flow.Domain().Consensus().GetVirtualDAAScore()
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			var percents int
+			if estimatedVirtualDAAScoreTarget-virtualDAAScoreStart <= 0 {
+				percents = 100
+			} else {
+				percents = int(float64(virtualDAAScore-virtualDAAScoreStart) / float64(estimatedVirtualDAAScoreTarget-virtualDAAScoreStart) * 100)
+			}
+			log.Infof("Resolving virtual. Estimated progress: %d%%", percents)
+		}
+		virtualChangeSet, isCompletelyResolved, err := flow.Domain().Consensus().ResolveVirtual()
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		err = flow.OnVirtualChange(virtualChangeSet)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		if isCompletelyResolved {
+			log.Infof("Resolved virtual")
+			return nil
+		}
+	}
+}

app/protocol/flows/v5/blockrelay/ibd_progress_reporter.go

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+package blockrelay
+
+type ibdProgressReporter struct {
+	lowDAAScore                 uint64
+	highDAAScore                uint64
+	objectName                  string
+	totalDAAScoreDifference     uint64
+	lastReportedProgressPercent int
+	processed                   int
+}
+
+func newIBDProgressReporter(lowDAAScore uint64, highDAAScore uint64, objectName string) *ibdProgressReporter {
+	return &ibdProgressReporter{
+		lowDAAScore:                 lowDAAScore,
+		highDAAScore:                highDAAScore,
+		objectName:                  objectName,
+		totalDAAScoreDifference:     highDAAScore - lowDAAScore,
+		lastReportedProgressPercent: 0,
+		processed:                   0,
+	}
+}
+
+func (ipr *ibdProgressReporter) reportProgress(processedDelta int, highestProcessedDAAScore uint64) {
+	ipr.processed += processedDelta
+
+	relativeDAAScore := highestProcessedDAAScore - ipr.lowDAAScore
+	progressPercent := int((float64(relativeDAAScore) / float64(ipr.totalDAAScoreDifference)) * 100)
+	if progressPercent > ipr.lastReportedProgressPercent {
+		log.Infof("IBD: Processed %d %s (%d%%)", ipr.processed, ipr.objectName, progressPercent)
+		ipr.lastReportedProgressPercent = progressPercent
+	}
+}

app/protocol/flows/v5/blockrelay/ibd_with_headers_proof.go

@@ -0,0 +1,424 @@
+package blockrelay
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/app/appmessage"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/app/protocol/common"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/app/protocol/protocolerrors"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain/consensus/model/externalapi"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain/consensus/ruleerrors"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain/consensus/utils/consensushashing"
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+	"time"
+)
+
+func (flow *handleIBDFlow) ibdWithHeadersProof(
+	syncerHeaderSelectedTipHash, relayBlockHash *externalapi.DomainHash, highBlockDAAScore uint64) error {
+	err := flow.Domain().InitStagingConsensus()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	err = flow.downloadHeadersAndPruningUTXOSet(syncerHeaderSelectedTipHash, relayBlockHash, highBlockDAAScore)
+	if err != nil {
+		if !flow.IsRecoverableError(err) {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		deleteStagingConsensusErr := flow.Domain().DeleteStagingConsensus()
+		if deleteStagingConsensusErr != nil {
+			return deleteStagingConsensusErr
+		}
+
+		return err
+	}
+
+	err = flow.Domain().CommitStagingConsensus()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	err = flow.OnPruningPointUTXOSetOverride()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (flow *handleIBDFlow) shouldSyncAndShouldDownloadHeadersProof(
+	relayBlock *externalapi.DomainBlock,
+	highestKnownSyncerChainHash *externalapi.DomainHash) (shouldDownload, shouldSync bool, err error) {
+
+	var highestSharedBlockFound, isPruningPointInSharedBlockChain bool
+	if highestKnownSyncerChainHash != nil {
+		highestSharedBlockFound = true
+		pruningPoint, err := flow.Domain().Consensus().PruningPoint()
+		if err != nil {
+			return false, false, err
+		}
+
+		isPruningPointInSharedBlockChain, err = flow.Domain().Consensus().IsInSelectedParentChainOf(
+			pruningPoint, highestKnownSyncerChainHash)
+		if err != nil {
+			return false, false, err
+		}
+	}
+	// Note: in the case where `highestSharedBlockFound == true && isPruningPointInSharedBlockChain == false`
+	// we might have here info which is relevant to finality conflict decisions. This should be taken into
+	// account when we improve this aspect.
+	if !highestSharedBlockFound || !isPruningPointInSharedBlockChain {
+		hasMoreBlueWorkThanSelectedTipAndPruningDepthMoreBlueScore, err := flow.checkIfHighHashHasMoreBlueWorkThanSelectedTipAndPruningDepthMoreBlueScore(relayBlock)
+		if err != nil {
+			return false, false, err
+		}
+
+		if hasMoreBlueWorkThanSelectedTipAndPruningDepthMoreBlueScore {
+			return true, true, nil
+		}
+
+		return false, false, nil
+	}
+
+	return false, true, nil
+}
+
+func (flow *handleIBDFlow) checkIfHighHashHasMoreBlueWorkThanSelectedTipAndPruningDepthMoreBlueScore(relayBlock *externalapi.DomainBlock) (bool, error) {
+	headersSelectedTip, err := flow.Domain().Consensus().GetHeadersSelectedTip()
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, err
+	}
+
+	headersSelectedTipInfo, err := flow.Domain().Consensus().GetBlockInfo(headersSelectedTip)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, err
+	}
+
+	if relayBlock.Header.BlueScore() < headersSelectedTipInfo.BlueScore+flow.Config().NetParams().PruningDepth() {
+		return false, nil
+	}
+
+	return relayBlock.Header.BlueWork().Cmp(headersSelectedTipInfo.BlueWork) > 0, nil
+}
+
+func (flow *handleIBDFlow) syncAndValidatePruningPointProof() (*externalapi.DomainHash, error) {
+	log.Infof("Downloading the pruning point proof from %s", flow.peer)
+	err := flow.outgoingRoute.Enqueue(appmessage.NewMsgRequestPruningPointProof())
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	message, err := flow.incomingRoute.DequeueWithTimeout(10 * time.Minute)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	pruningPointProofMessage, ok := message.(*appmessage.MsgPruningPointProof)
+	if !ok {
+		return nil, protocolerrors.Errorf(true, "received unexpected message type. "+
+			"expected: %s, got: %s", appmessage.CmdPruningPointProof, message.Command())
+	}
+	pruningPointProof := appmessage.MsgPruningPointProofToDomainPruningPointProof(pruningPointProofMessage)
+	err = flow.Domain().Consensus().ValidatePruningPointProof(pruningPointProof)
+	if err != nil {
+		if errors.As(err, &ruleerrors.RuleError{}) {
+			return nil, protocolerrors.Wrapf(true, err, "pruning point proof validation failed")
+		}
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	err = flow.Domain().StagingConsensus().ApplyPruningPointProof(pruningPointProof)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return consensushashing.HeaderHash(pruningPointProof.Headers[0][len(pruningPointProof.Headers[0])-1]), nil
+}
+
+func (flow *handleIBDFlow) downloadHeadersAndPruningUTXOSet(
+	syncerHeaderSelectedTipHash, relayBlockHash *externalapi.DomainHash,
+	highBlockDAAScore uint64) error {
+
+	proofPruningPoint, err := flow.syncAndValidatePruningPointProof()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	err = flow.syncPruningPointsAndPruningPointAnticone(proofPruningPoint)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	// TODO: Remove this condition once there's more proper way to check finality violation
+	// in the headers proof.
+	if proofPruningPoint.Equal(flow.Config().NetParams().GenesisHash) {
+		return protocolerrors.Errorf(true, "the genesis pruning point violates finality")
+	}
+
+	err = flow.syncPruningPointFutureHeaders(flow.Domain().StagingConsensus(),
+		syncerHeaderSelectedTipHash, proofPruningPoint, relayBlockHash, highBlockDAAScore)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	log.Infof("Headers downloaded from peer %s", flow.peer)
+
+	relayBlockInfo, err := flow.Domain().StagingConsensus().GetBlockInfo(relayBlockHash)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	if !relayBlockInfo.Exists {
+		return protocolerrors.Errorf(true, "the triggering IBD block was not sent")
+	}
+
+	err = flow.validatePruningPointFutureHeaderTimestamps()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	log.Debugf("Syncing the current pruning point UTXO set")
+	syncedPruningPointUTXOSetSuccessfully, err := flow.syncPruningPointUTXOSet(flow.Domain().StagingConsensus(), proofPruningPoint)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if !syncedPruningPointUTXOSetSuccessfully {
+		log.Debugf("Aborting IBD because the pruning point UTXO set failed to sync")
+		return nil
+	}
+	log.Debugf("Finished syncing the current pruning point UTXO set")
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (flow *handleIBDFlow) syncPruningPointsAndPruningPointAnticone(proofPruningPoint *externalapi.DomainHash) error {
+	log.Infof("Downloading the past pruning points and the pruning point anticone from %s", flow.peer)
+	err := flow.outgoingRoute.Enqueue(appmessage.NewMsgRequestPruningPointAndItsAnticone())
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	err = flow.validateAndInsertPruningPoints(proofPruningPoint)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	message, err := flow.incomingRoute.DequeueWithTimeout(common.DefaultTimeout)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	msgTrustedData, ok := message.(*appmessage.MsgTrustedData)
+	if !ok {
+		return protocolerrors.Errorf(true, "received unexpected message type. "+
+			"expected: %s, got: %s", appmessage.CmdTrustedData, message.Command())
+	}
+
+	pruningPointWithMetaData, done, err := flow.receiveBlockWithTrustedData()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	if done {
+		return protocolerrors.Errorf(true, "got `done` message before receiving the pruning point")
+	}
+
+	if !pruningPointWithMetaData.Block.Header.BlockHash().Equal(proofPruningPoint) {
+		return protocolerrors.Errorf(true, "first block with trusted data is not the pruning point")
+	}
+
+	err = flow.processBlockWithTrustedData(flow.Domain().StagingConsensus(), pruningPointWithMetaData, msgTrustedData)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	i := 0
+	for ; ; i++ {
+		blockWithTrustedData, done, err := flow.receiveBlockWithTrustedData()
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		if done {
+			break
+		}
+
+		err = flow.processBlockWithTrustedData(flow.Domain().StagingConsensus(), blockWithTrustedData, msgTrustedData)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		// We're using i+2 because we want to check if the next block will belong to the next batch, but we already downloaded
+		// the pruning point outside the loop so we use i+2 instead of i+1.
+		if (i+2)%ibdBatchSize == 0 {
+			log.Infof("Downloaded %d blocks from the pruning point anticone", i+1)
+			err := flow.outgoingRoute.Enqueue(appmessage.NewMsgRequestNextPruningPointAndItsAnticoneBlocks())
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	log.Infof("Finished downloading pruning point and its anticone from %s. Total blocks downloaded: %d", flow.peer, i+1)
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (flow *handleIBDFlow) processBlockWithTrustedData(
+	consensus externalapi.Consensus, block *appmessage.MsgBlockWithTrustedDataV4, data *appmessage.MsgTrustedData) error {
+
+	blockWithTrustedData := &externalapi.BlockWithTrustedData{
+		Block:        appmessage.MsgBlockToDomainBlock(block.Block),
+		DAAWindow:    make([]*externalapi.TrustedDataDataDAAHeader, 0, len(block.DAAWindowIndices)),
+		GHOSTDAGData: make([]*externalapi.BlockGHOSTDAGDataHashPair, 0, len(block.GHOSTDAGDataIndices)),
+	}
+
+	for _, index := range block.DAAWindowIndices {
+		blockWithTrustedData.DAAWindow = append(blockWithTrustedData.DAAWindow, appmessage.TrustedDataDataDAABlockV4ToTrustedDataDataDAAHeader(data.DAAWindow[index]))
+	}
+
+	for _, index := range block.GHOSTDAGDataIndices {
+		blockWithTrustedData.GHOSTDAGData = append(blockWithTrustedData.GHOSTDAGData, appmessage.GHOSTDAGHashPairToDomainGHOSTDAGHashPair(data.GHOSTDAGData[index]))
+	}
+
+	_, err := consensus.ValidateAndInsertBlockWithTrustedData(blockWithTrustedData, false)
+	return err
+}
+
+func (flow *handleIBDFlow) receiveBlockWithTrustedData() (*appmessage.MsgBlockWithTrustedDataV4, bool, error) {
+	message, err := flow.incomingRoute.DequeueWithTimeout(common.DefaultTimeout)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, false, err
+	}
+
+	switch downCastedMessage := message.(type) {
+	case *appmessage.MsgBlockWithTrustedDataV4:
+		return downCastedMessage, false, nil
+	case *appmessage.MsgDoneBlocksWithTrustedData:
+		return nil, true, nil
+	default:
+		return nil, false,
+			protocolerrors.Errorf(true, "received unexpected message type. "+
+				"expected: %s or %s, got: %s",
+				(&appmessage.MsgBlockWithTrustedData{}).Command(),
+				(&appmessage.MsgDoneBlocksWithTrustedData{}).Command(),
+				downCastedMessage.Command())
+	}
+}
+
+func (flow *handleIBDFlow) receivePruningPoints() (*appmessage.MsgPruningPoints, error) {
+	message, err := flow.incomingRoute.DequeueWithTimeout(common.DefaultTimeout)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	msgPruningPoints, ok := message.(*appmessage.MsgPruningPoints)
+	if !ok {
+		return nil,
+			protocolerrors.Errorf(true, "received unexpected message type. "+
+				"expected: %s, got: %s", appmessage.CmdPruningPoints, message.Command())
+	}
+
+	return msgPruningPoints, nil
+}
+
+func (flow *handleIBDFlow) validateAndInsertPruningPoints(proofPruningPoint *externalapi.DomainHash) error {
+	currentPruningPoint, err := flow.Domain().Consensus().PruningPoint()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	if currentPruningPoint.Equal(proofPruningPoint) {
+		return protocolerrors.Errorf(true, "the proposed pruning point is the same as the current pruning point")
+	}
+
+	pruningPoints, err := flow.receivePruningPoints()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	headers := make([]externalapi.BlockHeader, len(pruningPoints.Headers))
+	for i, header := range pruningPoints.Headers {
+		headers[i] = appmessage.BlockHeaderToDomainBlockHeader(header)
+	}
+
+	arePruningPointsViolatingFinality, err := flow.Domain().Consensus().ArePruningPointsViolatingFinality(headers)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	if arePruningPointsViolatingFinality {
+		// TODO: Find a better way to deal with finality conflicts.
+		return protocolerrors.Errorf(false, "pruning points are violating finality")
+	}
+
+	lastPruningPoint := consensushashing.HeaderHash(headers[len(headers)-1])
+	if !lastPruningPoint.Equal(proofPruningPoint) {
+		return protocolerrors.Errorf(true, "the proof pruning point is not equal to the last pruning "+
+			"point in the list")
+	}
+
+	err = flow.Domain().StagingConsensus().ImportPruningPoints(headers)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (flow *handleIBDFlow) syncPruningPointUTXOSet(consensus externalapi.Consensus,
+	pruningPoint *externalapi.DomainHash) (bool, error) {
+
+	log.Infof("Checking if the suggested pruning point %s is compatible to the node DAG", pruningPoint)
+	isValid, err := flow.Domain().StagingConsensus().IsValidPruningPoint(pruningPoint)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, err
+	}
+
+	if !isValid {
+		return false, protocolerrors.Errorf(true, "invalid pruning point %s", pruningPoint)
+	}
+
+	log.Info("Fetching the pruning point UTXO set")
+	isSuccessful, err := flow.fetchMissingUTXOSet(consensus, pruningPoint)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, err
+	}
+
+	if !isSuccessful {
+		log.Infof("Couldn't successfully fetch the pruning point UTXO set. Stopping IBD.")
+		return false, nil
+	}
+
+	log.Info("Fetched the new pruning point UTXO set")
+	return true, nil
+}
+
+func (flow *handleIBDFlow) fetchMissingUTXOSet(consensus externalapi.Consensus, pruningPointHash *externalapi.DomainHash) (succeed bool, err error) {
+	defer func() {
+		err := flow.Domain().StagingConsensus().ClearImportedPruningPointData()
+		if err != nil {
+			panic(fmt.Sprintf("failed to clear imported pruning point data: %s", err))
+		}
+	}()
+
+	err = flow.outgoingRoute.Enqueue(appmessage.NewMsgRequestPruningPointUTXOSet(pruningPointHash))
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, err
+	}
+
+	receivedAll, err := flow.receiveAndInsertPruningPointUTXOSet(consensus, pruningPointHash)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, err
+	}
+	if !receivedAll {
+		return false, nil
+	}
+
+	err = flow.Domain().StagingConsensus().ValidateAndInsertImportedPruningPoint(pruningPointHash)
+	if err != nil {
+		// TODO: Find a better way to deal with finality conflicts.
+		if errors.Is(err, ruleerrors.ErrSuggestedPruningViolatesFinality) {
+			return false, nil
+		}
+		return false, protocolerrors.ConvertToBanningProtocolErrorIfRuleError(err, "error with pruning point UTXO set")
+	}
+
+	return true, nil
+}

app/protocol/flows/v5/blockrelay/log.go

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+package blockrelay
+
+import (
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/infrastructure/logger"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/util/panics"
+)
+
+var log = logger.RegisterSubSystem("PROT")
+var spawn = panics.GoroutineWrapperFunc(log)

app/protocol/flows/v5/blockrelay/send_virtual_selected_parent_inv.go

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+package blockrelay
+
+import (
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/app/appmessage"
+	peerpkg "github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/app/protocol/peer"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/infrastructure/config"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/infrastructure/network/netadapter/router"
+)
+
+// SendVirtualSelectedParentInvContext is the interface for the context needed for the SendVirtualSelectedParentInv flow.
+type SendVirtualSelectedParentInvContext interface {
+	Domain() domain.Domain
+	Config() *config.Config
+}
+
+// SendVirtualSelectedParentInv sends a peer the selected parent hash of the virtual
+func SendVirtualSelectedParentInv(context SendVirtualSelectedParentInvContext,
+	outgoingRoute *router.Route, peer *peerpkg.Peer) error {
+
+	virtualSelectedParent, err := context.Domain().Consensus().GetVirtualSelectedParent()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	if virtualSelectedParent.Equal(context.Config().NetParams().GenesisHash) {
+		log.Debugf("Skipping sending the virtual selected parent hash to peer %s because it's the genesis", peer)
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	log.Debugf("Sending virtual selected parent hash %s to peer %s", virtualSelectedParent, peer)
+
+	virtualSelectedParentInv := appmessage.NewMsgInvBlock(virtualSelectedParent)
+	return outgoingRoute.Enqueue(virtualSelectedParentInv)
+}

app/protocol/flows/v5/ping/receive.go

@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+package ping
+
+import (
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/app/appmessage"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/infrastructure/network/netadapter/router"
+)
+
+// ReceivePingsContext is the interface for the context needed for the ReceivePings flow.
+type ReceivePingsContext interface {
+}
+
+type receivePingsFlow struct {
+	ReceivePingsContext
+	incomingRoute, outgoingRoute *router.Route
+}
+
+// ReceivePings handles all ping messages coming through incomingRoute.
+// This function assumes that incomingRoute will only return MsgPing.
+func ReceivePings(context ReceivePingsContext, incomingRoute *router.Route, outgoingRoute *router.Route) error {
+	flow := &receivePingsFlow{
+		ReceivePingsContext: context,
+		incomingRoute:       incomingRoute,
+		outgoingRoute:       outgoingRoute,
+	}
+	return flow.start()
+}
+
+func (flow *receivePingsFlow) start() error {
+	for {
+		message, err := flow.incomingRoute.Dequeue()
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		pingMessage := message.(*appmessage.MsgPing)
+
+		pongMessage := appmessage.NewMsgPong(pingMessage.Nonce)
+		err = flow.outgoingRoute.Enqueue(pongMessage)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+}

app/protocol/flows/v5/ping/send.go

@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+package ping
+
+import (
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/app/protocol/common"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/app/appmessage"
+	peerpkg "github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/app/protocol/peer"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/app/protocol/protocolerrors"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/infrastructure/network/netadapter/router"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/util/random"
+)
+
+// SendPingsContext is the interface for the context needed for the SendPings flow.
+type SendPingsContext interface {
+	ShutdownChan() <-chan struct{}
+}
+
+type sendPingsFlow struct {
+	SendPingsContext
+	incomingRoute, outgoingRoute *router.Route
+	peer                         *peerpkg.Peer
+}
+
+// SendPings starts sending MsgPings every pingInterval seconds to the
+// given peer.
+// This function assumes that incomingRoute will only return MsgPong.
+func SendPings(context SendPingsContext, incomingRoute *router.Route, outgoingRoute *router.Route, peer *peerpkg.Peer) error {
+	flow := &sendPingsFlow{
+		SendPingsContext: context,
+		incomingRoute:    incomingRoute,
+		outgoingRoute:    outgoingRoute,
+		peer:             peer,
+	}
+	return flow.start()
+}
+
+func (flow *sendPingsFlow) start() error {
+	const pingInterval = 2 * time.Minute
+	ticker := time.NewTicker(pingInterval)
+	defer ticker.Stop()
+
+	for {
+		select {
+		case <-flow.ShutdownChan():
+			return nil
+		case <-ticker.C:
+		}
+
+		nonce, err := random.Uint64()
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		flow.peer.SetPingPending(nonce)
+
+		pingMessage := appmessage.NewMsgPing(nonce)
+		err = flow.outgoingRoute.Enqueue(pingMessage)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		message, err := flow.incomingRoute.DequeueWithTimeout(common.DefaultTimeout)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		pongMessage := message.(*appmessage.MsgPong)
+		if pongMessage.Nonce != pingMessage.Nonce {
+			return protocolerrors.New(true, "nonce mismatch between ping and pong")
+		}
+		flow.peer.SetPingIdle()
+	}
+}

app/protocol/flows/v5/register.go

@@ -0,0 +1,209 @@
+package v5
+
+import (
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/app/appmessage"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/app/protocol/common"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/app/protocol/flowcontext"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/app/protocol/flows/v5/addressexchange"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/app/protocol/flows/v5/blockrelay"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/app/protocol/flows/v5/ping"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/app/protocol/flows/v5/rejects"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/app/protocol/flows/v5/transactionrelay"
+	peerpkg "github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/app/protocol/peer"
+	routerpkg "github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/infrastructure/network/netadapter/router"
+)
+
+type protocolManager interface {
+	RegisterFlow(name string, router *routerpkg.Router, messageTypes []appmessage.MessageCommand, isStopping *uint32,
+		errChan chan error, initializeFunc common.FlowInitializeFunc) *common.Flow
+	RegisterOneTimeFlow(name string, router *routerpkg.Router, messageTypes []appmessage.MessageCommand,
+		isStopping *uint32, stopChan chan error, initializeFunc common.FlowInitializeFunc) *common.Flow
+	RegisterFlowWithCapacity(name string, capacity int, router *routerpkg.Router,
+		messageTypes []appmessage.MessageCommand, isStopping *uint32,
+		errChan chan error, initializeFunc common.FlowInitializeFunc) *common.Flow
+	Context() *flowcontext.FlowContext
+}
+
+// Register is used in order to register all the protocol flows to the given router.
+func Register(m protocolManager, router *routerpkg.Router, errChan chan error, isStopping *uint32) (flows []*common.Flow) {
+	flows = registerAddressFlows(m, router, isStopping, errChan)
+	flows = append(flows, registerBlockRelayFlows(m, router, isStopping, errChan)...)
+	flows = append(flows, registerPingFlows(m, router, isStopping, errChan)...)
+	flows = append(flows, registerTransactionRelayFlow(m, router, isStopping, errChan)...)
+	flows = append(flows, registerRejectsFlow(m, router, isStopping, errChan)...)
+
+	return flows
+}
+
+func registerAddressFlows(m protocolManager, router *routerpkg.Router, isStopping *uint32, errChan chan error) []*common.Flow {
+	outgoingRoute := router.OutgoingRoute()
+
+	return []*common.Flow{
+		m.RegisterFlow("SendAddresses", router, []appmessage.MessageCommand{appmessage.CmdRequestAddresses}, isStopping, errChan,
+			func(incomingRoute *routerpkg.Route, peer *peerpkg.Peer) error {
+				return addressexchange.SendAddresses(m.Context(), incomingRoute, outgoingRoute)
+			},
+		),
+
+		m.RegisterOneTimeFlow("ReceiveAddresses", router, []appmessage.MessageCommand{appmessage.CmdAddresses}, isStopping, errChan,
+			func(incomingRoute *routerpkg.Route, peer *peerpkg.Peer) error {
+				return addressexchange.ReceiveAddresses(m.Context(), incomingRoute, outgoingRoute, peer)
+			},
+		),
+	}
+}
+
+func registerBlockRelayFlows(m protocolManager, router *routerpkg.Router, isStopping *uint32, errChan chan error) []*common.Flow {
+	outgoingRoute := router.OutgoingRoute()
+
+	return []*common.Flow{
+		m.RegisterOneTimeFlow("SendVirtualSelectedParentInv", router, []appmessage.MessageCommand{},
+			isStopping, errChan, func(route *routerpkg.Route, peer *peerpkg.Peer) error {
+				return blockrelay.SendVirtualSelectedParentInv(m.Context(), outgoingRoute, peer)
+			}),
+
+		m.RegisterFlow("HandleRelayInvs", router, []appmessage.MessageCommand{
+			appmessage.CmdInvRelayBlock, appmessage.CmdBlock, appmessage.CmdBlockLocator,
+		},
+			isStopping, errChan, func(incomingRoute *routerpkg.Route, peer *peerpkg.Peer) error {
+				return blockrelay.HandleRelayInvs(m.Context(), incomingRoute,
+					outgoingRoute, peer)
+			},
+		),
+
+		m.RegisterFlow("HandleIBD", router, []appmessage.MessageCommand{
+			appmessage.CmdDoneHeaders, appmessage.CmdUnexpectedPruningPoint, appmessage.CmdPruningPointUTXOSetChunk,
+			appmessage.CmdBlockHeaders, appmessage.CmdIBDBlockLocatorHighestHash, appmessage.CmdBlockWithTrustedDataV4,
+			appmessage.CmdDoneBlocksWithTrustedData, appmessage.CmdIBDBlockLocatorHighestHashNotFound,
+			appmessage.CmdDonePruningPointUTXOSetChunks, appmessage.CmdIBDBlock, appmessage.CmdPruningPoints,
+			appmessage.CmdPruningPointProof,
+			appmessage.CmdTrustedData,
+			appmessage.CmdIBDChainBlockLocator,
+		},
+			isStopping, errChan, func(incomingRoute *routerpkg.Route, peer *peerpkg.Peer) error {
+				return blockrelay.HandleIBD(m.Context(), incomingRoute,
+					outgoingRoute, peer)
+			},
+		),
+
+		m.RegisterFlow("HandleRelayBlockRequests", router, []appmessage.MessageCommand{appmessage.CmdRequestRelayBlocks}, isStopping, errChan,
+			func(incomingRoute *routerpkg.Route, peer *peerpkg.Peer) error {
+				return blockrelay.HandleRelayBlockRequests(m.Context(), incomingRoute, outgoingRoute, peer)
+			},
+		),
+
+		m.RegisterFlow("HandleRequestBlockLocator", router,
+			[]appmessage.MessageCommand{appmessage.CmdRequestBlockLocator}, isStopping, errChan,
+			func(incomingRoute *routerpkg.Route, peer *peerpkg.Peer) error {
+				return blockrelay.HandleRequestBlockLocator(m.Context(), incomingRoute, outgoingRoute)
+			},
+		),
+
+		m.RegisterFlow("HandleRequestHeaders", router,
+			[]appmessage.MessageCommand{appmessage.CmdRequestHeaders, appmessage.CmdRequestNextHeaders}, isStopping, errChan,
+			func(incomingRoute *routerpkg.Route, peer *peerpkg.Peer) error {
+				return blockrelay.HandleRequestHeaders(m.Context(), incomingRoute, outgoingRoute, peer)
+			},
+		),
+
+		m.RegisterFlow("HandleIBDBlockRequests", router,
+			[]appmessage.MessageCommand{appmessage.CmdRequestIBDBlocks}, isStopping, errChan,
+			func(incomingRoute *routerpkg.Route, peer *peerpkg.Peer) error {
+				return blockrelay.HandleIBDBlockRequests(m.Context(), incomingRoute, outgoingRoute)
+			},
+		),
+
+		m.RegisterFlow("HandleRequestPruningPointUTXOSet", router,
+			[]appmessage.MessageCommand{appmessage.CmdRequestPruningPointUTXOSet,
+				appmessage.CmdRequestNextPruningPointUTXOSetChunk}, isStopping, errChan,
+			func(incomingRoute *routerpkg.Route, peer *peerpkg.Peer) error {
+				return blockrelay.HandleRequestPruningPointUTXOSet(m.Context(), incomingRoute, outgoingRoute)
+			},
+		),
+
+		m.RegisterFlow("HandlePruningPointAndItsAnticoneRequests", router,
+			[]appmessage.MessageCommand{appmessage.CmdRequestPruningPointAndItsAnticone, appmessage.CmdRequestNextPruningPointAndItsAnticoneBlocks}, isStopping, errChan,
+			func(incomingRoute *routerpkg.Route, peer *peerpkg.Peer) error {
+				return blockrelay.HandlePruningPointAndItsAnticoneRequests(m.Context(), incomingRoute, outgoingRoute, peer)
+			},
+		),
+
+		m.RegisterFlow("HandleIBDBlockLocator", router,
+			[]appmessage.MessageCommand{appmessage.CmdIBDBlockLocator}, isStopping, errChan,
+			func(incomingRoute *routerpkg.Route, peer *peerpkg.Peer) error {
+				return blockrelay.HandleIBDBlockLocator(m.Context(), incomingRoute, outgoingRoute, peer)
+			},
+		),
+
+		m.RegisterFlow("HandleRequestIBDChainBlockLocator", router,
+			[]appmessage.MessageCommand{appmessage.CmdRequestIBDChainBlockLocator}, isStopping, errChan,
+			func(incomingRoute *routerpkg.Route, peer *peerpkg.Peer) error {
+				return blockrelay.HandleRequestIBDChainBlockLocator(m.Context(), incomingRoute, outgoingRoute)
+			},
+		),
+
+		m.RegisterFlow("HandleRequestAnticone", router,
+			[]appmessage.MessageCommand{appmessage.CmdRequestAnticone}, isStopping, errChan,
+			func(incomingRoute *routerpkg.Route, peer *peerpkg.Peer) error {
+				return blockrelay.HandleRequestAnticone(m.Context(), incomingRoute, outgoingRoute, peer)
+			},
+		),
+
+		m.RegisterFlow("HandlePruningPointProofRequests", router,
+			[]appmessage.MessageCommand{appmessage.CmdRequestPruningPointProof}, isStopping, errChan,
+			func(incomingRoute *routerpkg.Route, peer *peerpkg.Peer) error {
+				return blockrelay.HandlePruningPointProofRequests(m.Context(), incomingRoute, outgoingRoute, peer)
+			},
+		),
+	}
+}
+
+func registerPingFlows(m protocolManager, router *routerpkg.Router, isStopping *uint32, errChan chan error) []*common.Flow {
+	outgoingRoute := router.OutgoingRoute()
+
+	return []*common.Flow{
+		m.RegisterFlow("ReceivePings", router, []appmessage.MessageCommand{appmessage.CmdPing}, isStopping, errChan,
+			func(incomingRoute *routerpkg.Route, peer *peerpkg.Peer) error {
+				return ping.ReceivePings(m.Context(), incomingRoute, outgoingRoute)
+			},
+		),
+
+		m.RegisterFlow("SendPings", router, []appmessage.MessageCommand{appmessage.CmdPong}, isStopping, errChan,
+			func(incomingRoute *routerpkg.Route, peer *peerpkg.Peer) error {
+				return ping.SendPings(m.Context(), incomingRoute, outgoingRoute, peer)
+			},
+		),
+	}
+}
+
+func registerTransactionRelayFlow(m protocolManager, router *routerpkg.Router, isStopping *uint32, errChan chan error) []*common.Flow {
+	outgoingRoute := router.OutgoingRoute()
+
+	return []*common.Flow{
+		m.RegisterFlowWithCapacity("HandleRelayedTransactions", 10_000, router,
+			[]appmessage.MessageCommand{appmessage.CmdInvTransaction, appmessage.CmdTx, appmessage.CmdTransactionNotFound}, isStopping, errChan,
+			func(incomingRoute *routerpkg.Route, peer *peerpkg.Peer) error {
+				return transactionrelay.HandleRelayedTransactions(m.Context(), incomingRoute, outgoingRoute)
+			},
+		),
+		m.RegisterFlow("HandleRequestTransactions", router,
+			[]appmessage.MessageCommand{appmessage.CmdRequestTransactions}, isStopping, errChan,
+			func(incomingRoute *routerpkg.Route, peer *peerpkg.Peer) error {
+				return transactionrelay.HandleRequestedTransactions(m.Context(), incomingRoute, outgoingRoute)
+			},
+		),
+	}
+}
+
+func registerRejectsFlow(m protocolManager, router *routerpkg.Router, isStopping *uint32, errChan chan error) []*common.Flow {
+	outgoingRoute := router.OutgoingRoute()
+
+	return []*common.Flow{
+		m.RegisterFlow("HandleRejects", router,
+			[]appmessage.MessageCommand{appmessage.CmdReject}, isStopping, errChan,
+			func(incomingRoute *routerpkg.Route, peer *peerpkg.Peer) error {
+				return rejects.HandleRejects(m.Context(), incomingRoute, outgoingRoute)
+			},
+		),
+	}
+}

app/protocol/flows/v5/rejects/handle_rejects.go

@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+package rejects
+
+import (
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/app/appmessage"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/app/protocol/protocolerrors"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/infrastructure/network/netadapter/router"
+)
+
+// HandleRejectsContext is the interface for the context needed for the HandleRejects flow.
+type HandleRejectsContext interface {
+}
+
+type handleRejectsFlow struct {
+	HandleRejectsContext
+	incomingRoute, outgoingRoute *router.Route
+}
+
+// HandleRejects handles all reject messages coming through incomingRoute.
+// This function assumes that incomingRoute will only return MsgReject.
+func HandleRejects(context HandleRejectsContext, incomingRoute *router.Route, outgoingRoute *router.Route) error {
+	flow := &handleRejectsFlow{
+		HandleRejectsContext: context,
+		incomingRoute:        incomingRoute,
+		outgoingRoute:        outgoingRoute,
+	}
+	return flow.start()
+}
+
+func (flow *handleRejectsFlow) start() error {
+	message, err := flow.incomingRoute.Dequeue()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	rejectMessage := message.(*appmessage.MsgReject)
+
+	return protocolerrors.Errorf(false, "got reject message: `%s`", rejectMessage.Reason)
+}

app/protocol/flows/v5/testing/common_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+package testing
+
+import (
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/app/protocol/protocolerrors"
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+)
+
+func checkFlowError(t *testing.T, err error, isProtocolError bool, shouldBan bool, contains string) {
+	pErr := protocolerrors.ProtocolError{}
+	if errors.As(err, &pErr) != isProtocolError {
+		t.Fatalf("Unexepcted error %+v", err)
+	}
+
+	if pErr.ShouldBan != shouldBan {
+		t.Fatalf("Exepcted shouldBan %t but got %t", shouldBan, pErr.ShouldBan)
+	}
+
+	if !strings.Contains(err.Error(), contains) {
+		t.Fatalf("Unexpected error. Expected error to contain '%s' but got: %+v", contains, err)
+	}
+}

app/protocol/flows/v5/testing/receiveaddresses_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+package testing
+
+import (
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/app/protocol/flows/v5/addressexchange"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/app/appmessage"
+	peerpkg "github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/app/protocol/peer"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain/consensus"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain/consensus/utils/testutils"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/infrastructure/network/addressmanager"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/infrastructure/network/netadapter/router"
+)
+
+type fakeReceiveAddressesContext struct{}
+
+func (f fakeReceiveAddressesContext) AddressManager() *addressmanager.AddressManager {
+	return nil
+}
+
+func TestReceiveAddressesErrors(t *testing.T) {
+	testutils.ForAllNets(t, true, func(t *testing.T, consensusConfig *consensus.Config) {
+		incomingRoute := router.NewRoute("incoming")
+		outgoingRoute := router.NewRoute("outgoing")
+		peer := peerpkg.New(nil)
+		errChan := make(chan error)
+		go func() {
+			errChan <- addressexchange.ReceiveAddresses(fakeReceiveAddressesContext{}, incomingRoute, outgoingRoute, peer)
+		}()
+
+		_, err := outgoingRoute.DequeueWithTimeout(time.Second)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("DequeueWithTimeout: %+v", err)
+		}
+
+		// Sending addressmanager.GetAddressesMax+1 addresses should trigger a ban
+		err = incomingRoute.Enqueue(appmessage.NewMsgAddresses(make([]*appmessage.NetAddress,
+			addressmanager.GetAddressesMax+1)))
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("Enqueue: %+v", err)
+		}
+
+		select {
+		case err := <-errChan:
+			checkFlowError(t, err, true, true, "address count exceeded")
+		case <-time.After(time.Second):
+			t.Fatalf("timed out after %s", time.Second)
+		}
+	})
+}

app/protocol/flows/v5/testing/testing.go

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+package testing
+
+// Because of a bug in Go coverage fails if you have packages with test files only. See https://github.com/golang/go/issues/27333
+// So this is a dummy non-test go file in the package.

app/protocol/flows/v5/transactionrelay/handle_relayed_transactions.go

@@ -0,0 +1,209 @@
+package transactionrelay
+
+import (
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/app/appmessage"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/app/protocol/common"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/app/protocol/flowcontext"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/app/protocol/protocolerrors"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain/consensus/model/externalapi"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain/consensus/utils/consensushashing"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain/miningmanager/mempool"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/infrastructure/network/netadapter"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/infrastructure/network/netadapter/router"
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+)
+
+// TransactionsRelayContext is the interface for the context needed for the
+// HandleRelayedTransactions and HandleRequestedTransactions flows.
+type TransactionsRelayContext interface {
+	NetAdapter() *netadapter.NetAdapter
+	Domain() domain.Domain
+	SharedRequestedTransactions() *flowcontext.SharedRequestedTransactions
+	OnTransactionAddedToMempool()
+	EnqueueTransactionIDsForPropagation(transactionIDs []*externalapi.DomainTransactionID) error
+	IsIBDRunning() bool
+}
+
+type handleRelayedTransactionsFlow struct {
+	TransactionsRelayContext
+	incomingRoute, outgoingRoute *router.Route
+	invsQueue                    []*appmessage.MsgInvTransaction
+}
+
+// HandleRelayedTransactions listens to appmessage.MsgInvTransaction messages, requests their corresponding transactions if they
+// are missing, adds them to the mempool and propagates them to the rest of the network.
+func HandleRelayedTransactions(context TransactionsRelayContext, incomingRoute *router.Route, outgoingRoute *router.Route) error {
+	flow := &handleRelayedTransactionsFlow{
+		TransactionsRelayContext: context,
+		incomingRoute:            incomingRoute,
+		outgoingRoute:            outgoingRoute,
+		invsQueue:                make([]*appmessage.MsgInvTransaction, 0),
+	}
+	return flow.start()
+}
+
+func (flow *handleRelayedTransactionsFlow) start() error {
+	for {
+		inv, err := flow.readInv()
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		if flow.IsIBDRunning() {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		requestedIDs, err := flow.requestInvTransactions(inv)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		err = flow.receiveTransactions(requestedIDs)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func (flow *handleRelayedTransactionsFlow) requestInvTransactions(
+	inv *appmessage.MsgInvTransaction) (requestedIDs []*externalapi.DomainTransactionID, err error) {
+
+	idsToRequest := make([]*externalapi.DomainTransactionID, 0, len(inv.TxIDs))
+	for _, txID := range inv.TxIDs {
+		if flow.isKnownTransaction(txID) {
+			continue
+		}
+		exists := flow.SharedRequestedTransactions().AddIfNotExists(txID)
+		if exists {
+			continue
+		}
+		idsToRequest = append(idsToRequest, txID)
+	}
+
+	if len(idsToRequest) == 0 {
+		return idsToRequest, nil
+	}
+
+	msgGetTransactions := appmessage.NewMsgRequestTransactions(idsToRequest)
+	err = flow.outgoingRoute.Enqueue(msgGetTransactions)
+	if err != nil {
+		flow.SharedRequestedTransactions().RemoveMany(idsToRequest)
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return idsToRequest, nil
+}
+
+func (flow *handleRelayedTransactionsFlow) isKnownTransaction(txID *externalapi.DomainTransactionID) bool {
+	// Ask the transaction memory pool if the transaction is known
+	// to it in any form (main pool or orphan).
+	if _, ok := flow.Domain().MiningManager().GetTransaction(txID); ok {
+		return true
+	}
+
+	return false
+}
+
+func (flow *handleRelayedTransactionsFlow) readInv() (*appmessage.MsgInvTransaction, error) {
+	if len(flow.invsQueue) > 0 {
+		var inv *appmessage.MsgInvTransaction
+		inv, flow.invsQueue = flow.invsQueue[0], flow.invsQueue[1:]
+		return inv, nil
+	}
+
+	msg, err := flow.incomingRoute.Dequeue()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	inv, ok := msg.(*appmessage.MsgInvTransaction)
+	if !ok {
+		return nil, protocolerrors.Errorf(true, "unexpected %s message in the block relay flow while "+
+			"expecting an inv message", msg.Command())
+	}
+	return inv, nil
+}
+
+func (flow *handleRelayedTransactionsFlow) broadcastAcceptedTransactions(acceptedTxIDs []*externalapi.DomainTransactionID) error {
+	return flow.EnqueueTransactionIDsForPropagation(acceptedTxIDs)
+}
+
+// readMsgTxOrNotFound returns the next msgTx or msgTransactionNotFound in incomingRoute,
+// returning only one of the message types at a time.
+//
+// and populates invsQueue with any inv messages that meanwhile arrive.
+func (flow *handleRelayedTransactionsFlow) readMsgTxOrNotFound() (
+	msgTx *appmessage.MsgTx, msgNotFound *appmessage.MsgTransactionNotFound, err error) {
+
+	for {
+		message, err := flow.incomingRoute.DequeueWithTimeout(common.DefaultTimeout)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, nil, err
+		}
+
+		switch message := message.(type) {
+		case *appmessage.MsgInvTransaction:
+			flow.invsQueue = append(flow.invsQueue, message)
+		case *appmessage.MsgTx:
+			return message, nil, nil
+		case *appmessage.MsgTransactionNotFound:
+			return nil, message, nil
+		default:
+			return nil, nil, errors.Errorf("unexpected message %s", message.Command())
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func (flow *handleRelayedTransactionsFlow) receiveTransactions(requestedTransactions []*externalapi.DomainTransactionID) error {
+	// In case the function returns earlier than expected, we want to make sure sharedRequestedTransactions is
+	// clean from any pending transactions.
+	defer flow.SharedRequestedTransactions().RemoveMany(requestedTransactions)
+	for _, expectedID := range requestedTransactions {
+		msgTx, msgTxNotFound, err := flow.readMsgTxOrNotFound()
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		if msgTxNotFound != nil {
+			if !msgTxNotFound.ID.Equal(expectedID) {
+				return protocolerrors.Errorf(true, "expected transaction %s, but got %s",
+					expectedID, msgTxNotFound.ID)
+			}
+
+			continue
+		}
+		tx := appmessage.MsgTxToDomainTransaction(msgTx)
+		txID := consensushashing.TransactionID(tx)
+		if !txID.Equal(expectedID) {
+			return protocolerrors.Errorf(true, "expected transaction %s, but got %s",
+				expectedID, txID)
+		}
+
+		acceptedTransactions, err :=
+			flow.Domain().MiningManager().ValidateAndInsertTransaction(tx, false, true)
+		if err != nil {
+			ruleErr := &mempool.RuleError{}
+			if !errors.As(err, ruleErr) {
+				return errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to process transaction %s", txID)
+			}
+
+			shouldBan := false
+			if txRuleErr := (&mempool.TxRuleError{}); errors.As(ruleErr.Err, txRuleErr) {
+				if txRuleErr.RejectCode == mempool.RejectInvalid {
+					shouldBan = true
+				}
+			}
+
+			if !shouldBan {
+				continue
+			}
+
+			return protocolerrors.Errorf(true, "rejected transaction %s: %s", txID, ruleErr)
+		}
+		err = flow.broadcastAcceptedTransactions(consensushashing.TransactionIDs(acceptedTransactions))
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		flow.OnTransactionAddedToMempool()
+	}
+	return nil
+}

app/protocol/flows/v5/transactionrelay/handle_relayed_transactions_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,196 @@
+package transactionrelay_test
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/app/protocol/flowcontext"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/app/protocol/flows/v5/transactionrelay"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/app/protocol/protocolerrors"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain/consensus"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain/consensus/model/externalapi"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain/consensus/utils/testutils"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain/miningmanager/mempool"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/infrastructure/logger"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/util/panics"
+
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/app/appmessage"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/infrastructure/config"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/infrastructure/network/netadapter"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/infrastructure/network/netadapter/router"
+)
+
+type mocTransactionsRelayContext struct {
+	netAdapter                  *netadapter.NetAdapter
+	domain                      domain.Domain
+	sharedRequestedTransactions *flowcontext.SharedRequestedTransactions
+}
+
+func (m *mocTransactionsRelayContext) NetAdapter() *netadapter.NetAdapter {
+	return m.netAdapter
+}
+
+func (m *mocTransactionsRelayContext) Domain() domain.Domain {
+	return m.domain
+}
+
+func (m *mocTransactionsRelayContext) SharedRequestedTransactions() *flowcontext.SharedRequestedTransactions {
+	return m.sharedRequestedTransactions
+}
+
+func (m *mocTransactionsRelayContext) EnqueueTransactionIDsForPropagation(transactionIDs []*externalapi.DomainTransactionID) error {
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (m *mocTransactionsRelayContext) OnTransactionAddedToMempool() {
+}
+
+func (m *mocTransactionsRelayContext) IsIBDRunning() bool {
+	return false
+}
+
+// TestHandleRelayedTransactionsNotFound tests the flow of  HandleRelayedTransactions when the peer doesn't
+// have the requested transactions in the mempool.
+func TestHandleRelayedTransactionsNotFound(t *testing.T) {
+	testutils.ForAllNets(t, true, func(t *testing.T, consensusConfig *consensus.Config) {
+
+		var log = logger.RegisterSubSystem("PROT")
+		var spawn = panics.GoroutineWrapperFunc(log)
+		factory := consensus.NewFactory()
+		tc, teardown, err := factory.NewTestConsensus(consensusConfig, "TestHandleRelayedTransactionsNotFound")
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("Error setting up test consensus: %+v", err)
+		}
+		defer teardown(false)
+
+		sharedRequestedTransactions := flowcontext.NewSharedRequestedTransactions()
+		adapter, err := netadapter.NewNetAdapter(config.DefaultConfig())
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("Failed to create a NetAdapter: %v", err)
+		}
+		domainInstance, err := domain.New(consensusConfig, mempool.DefaultConfig(&consensusConfig.Params), tc.Database())
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("Failed to set up a domain instance: %v", err)
+		}
+		context := &mocTransactionsRelayContext{
+			netAdapter:                  adapter,
+			domain:                      domainInstance,
+			sharedRequestedTransactions: sharedRequestedTransactions,
+		}
+		incomingRoute := router.NewRoute("incoming")
+		defer incomingRoute.Close()
+		peerIncomingRoute := router.NewRoute("outgoing")
+		defer peerIncomingRoute.Close()
+
+		txID1 := externalapi.NewDomainTransactionIDFromByteArray(&[externalapi.DomainHashSize]byte{
+			0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
+			0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
+			0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
+			0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01})
+		txID2 := externalapi.NewDomainTransactionIDFromByteArray(&[externalapi.DomainHashSize]byte{
+			0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
+			0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
+			0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
+			0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x02})
+		txIDs := []*externalapi.DomainTransactionID{txID1, txID2}
+		invMessage := appmessage.NewMsgInvTransaction(txIDs)
+		err = incomingRoute.Enqueue(invMessage)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("Unexpected error from incomingRoute.Enqueue: %v", err)
+		}
+		// The goroutine is representing the peer's actions.
+		spawn("peerResponseToTheTransactionsRequest", func() {
+			msg, err := peerIncomingRoute.Dequeue()
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("Dequeue: %v", err)
+			}
+			inv := msg.(*appmessage.MsgRequestTransactions)
+
+			if len(txIDs) != len(inv.IDs) {
+				t.Fatalf("TestHandleRelayedTransactions: expected %d transactions ID, but got %d", len(txIDs), len(inv.IDs))
+			}
+
+			for i, id := range inv.IDs {
+				if txIDs[i].String() != id.String() {
+					t.Fatalf("TestHandleRelayedTransactions: expected equal txID: expected %s, but got %s", txIDs[i].String(), id.String())
+				}
+				err = incomingRoute.Enqueue(appmessage.NewMsgTransactionNotFound(txIDs[i]))
+				if err != nil {
+					t.Fatalf("Unexpected error from incomingRoute.Enqueue: %v", err)
+				}
+			}
+			// Insert an unexpected message type to stop the infinity loop.
+			err = incomingRoute.Enqueue(&appmessage.MsgAddresses{})
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("Unexpected error from incomingRoute.Enqueue: %v", err)
+			}
+		})
+
+		err = transactionrelay.HandleRelayedTransactions(context, incomingRoute, peerIncomingRoute)
+		// Since we inserted an unexpected message type to stop the infinity loop,
+		// we expect the error will be infected from this specific message and also the
+		// error will count as a protocol message.
+		if protocolErr := (protocolerrors.ProtocolError{}); err == nil || !errors.As(err, &protocolErr) {
+			t.Fatalf("Expected to protocol error")
+		} else {
+			if !protocolErr.ShouldBan {
+				t.Fatalf("Exepcted shouldBan true, but got false.")
+			}
+			if !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "unexpected Addresses [code 3] message in the block relay flow while expecting an inv message") {
+				t.Fatalf("Unexpected error: expected: an error due to existence of an Addresses message "+
+					"in the block relay flow, but got: %v", protocolErr.Cause)
+			}
+		}
+	})
+}
+
+// TestOnClosedIncomingRoute verifies that an appropriate error message will be returned when
+// trying to dequeue a message from a closed route.
+func TestOnClosedIncomingRoute(t *testing.T) {
+	testutils.ForAllNets(t, true, func(t *testing.T, consensusConfig *consensus.Config) {
+
+		factory := consensus.NewFactory()
+		tc, teardown, err := factory.NewTestConsensus(consensusConfig, "TestOnClosedIncomingRoute")
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("Error setting up test consensus: %+v", err)
+		}
+		defer teardown(false)
+
+		sharedRequestedTransactions := flowcontext.NewSharedRequestedTransactions()
+		adapter, err := netadapter.NewNetAdapter(config.DefaultConfig())
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("Failed to creat a NetAdapter : %v", err)
+		}
+		domainInstance, err := domain.New(consensusConfig, mempool.DefaultConfig(&consensusConfig.Params), tc.Database())
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("Failed to set up a domain instance: %v", err)
+		}
+		context := &mocTransactionsRelayContext{
+			netAdapter:                  adapter,
+			domain:                      domainInstance,
+			sharedRequestedTransactions: sharedRequestedTransactions,
+		}
+		incomingRoute := router.NewRoute("incoming")
+		outgoingRoute := router.NewRoute("outgoing")
+		defer outgoingRoute.Close()
+
+		txID := externalapi.NewDomainTransactionIDFromByteArray(&[externalapi.DomainHashSize]byte{
+			0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
+			0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
+			0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
+			0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01})
+		txIDs := []*externalapi.DomainTransactionID{txID}
+
+		err = incomingRoute.Enqueue(&appmessage.MsgInvTransaction{TxIDs: txIDs})
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("Unexpected error from incomingRoute.Enqueue: %v", err)
+		}
+		incomingRoute.Close()
+		err = transactionrelay.HandleRelayedTransactions(context, incomingRoute, outgoingRoute)
+		if err == nil || !errors.Is(err, router.ErrRouteClosed) {
+			t.Fatalf("Unexpected error: expected: %v, got : %v", router.ErrRouteClosed, err)
+		}
+	})
+}

app/protocol/flows/v5/transactionrelay/handle_requested_transactions.go

@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+package transactionrelay
+
+import (
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/app/appmessage"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/infrastructure/network/netadapter/router"
+)
+
+type handleRequestedTransactionsFlow struct {
+	TransactionsRelayContext
+	incomingRoute, outgoingRoute *router.Route
+}
+
+// HandleRequestedTransactions listens to appmessage.MsgRequestTransactions messages, responding with the requested
+// transactions if those are in the mempool.
+// Missing transactions would be ignored
+func HandleRequestedTransactions(context TransactionsRelayContext, incomingRoute *router.Route, outgoingRoute *router.Route) error {
+	flow := &handleRequestedTransactionsFlow{
+		TransactionsRelayContext: context,
+		incomingRoute:            incomingRoute,
+		outgoingRoute:            outgoingRoute,
+	}
+	return flow.start()
+}
+
+func (flow *handleRequestedTransactionsFlow) start() error {
+	for {
+		msgRequestTransactions, err := flow.readRequestTransactions()
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		for _, transactionID := range msgRequestTransactions.IDs {
+			tx, ok := flow.Domain().MiningManager().GetTransaction(transactionID)
+
+			if !ok {
+				msgTransactionNotFound := appmessage.NewMsgTransactionNotFound(transactionID)
+				err := flow.outgoingRoute.Enqueue(msgTransactionNotFound)
+				if err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
+				continue
+			}
+
+			err := flow.outgoingRoute.Enqueue(appmessage.DomainTransactionToMsgTx(tx))
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func (flow *handleRequestedTransactionsFlow) readRequestTransactions() (*appmessage.MsgRequestTransactions, error) {
+	msg, err := flow.incomingRoute.Dequeue()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return msg.(*appmessage.MsgRequestTransactions), nil
+}

app/protocol/flows/v5/transactionrelay/handle_requested_transactions_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+package transactionrelay_test
+
+import (
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/app/protocol/flowcontext"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/app/protocol/flows/v5/transactionrelay"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/app/appmessage"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain/consensus"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain/consensus/model/externalapi"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain/consensus/utils/testutils"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain/miningmanager/mempool"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/infrastructure/config"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/infrastructure/logger"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/infrastructure/network/netadapter"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/infrastructure/network/netadapter/router"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/util/panics"
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+)
+
+// TestHandleRequestedTransactionsNotFound tests the flow of  HandleRequestedTransactions
+// when the requested transactions don't found in the mempool.
+func TestHandleRequestedTransactionsNotFound(t *testing.T) {
+	testutils.ForAllNets(t, true, func(t *testing.T, consensusConfig *consensus.Config) {
+		var log = logger.RegisterSubSystem("PROT")
+		var spawn = panics.GoroutineWrapperFunc(log)
+		factory := consensus.NewFactory()
+		tc, teardown, err := factory.NewTestConsensus(consensusConfig, "TestHandleRequestedTransactionsNotFound")
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("Error setting up test Consensus: %+v", err)
+		}
+		defer teardown(false)
+
+		sharedRequestedTransactions := flowcontext.NewSharedRequestedTransactions()
+		adapter, err := netadapter.NewNetAdapter(config.DefaultConfig())
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("Failed to create a NetAdapter: %v", err)
+		}
+		domainInstance, err := domain.New(consensusConfig, mempool.DefaultConfig(&consensusConfig.Params), tc.Database())
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("Failed to set up a domain Instance: %v", err)
+		}
+		context := &mocTransactionsRelayContext{
+			netAdapter:                  adapter,
+			domain:                      domainInstance,
+			sharedRequestedTransactions: sharedRequestedTransactions,
+		}
+		incomingRoute := router.NewRoute("incoming")
+		outgoingRoute := router.NewRoute("outgoing")
+		defer outgoingRoute.Close()
+
+		txID1 := externalapi.NewDomainTransactionIDFromByteArray(&[externalapi.DomainHashSize]byte{
+			0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
+			0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
+			0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
+			0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01})
+		txID2 := externalapi.NewDomainTransactionIDFromByteArray(&[externalapi.DomainHashSize]byte{
+			0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
+			0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
+			0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
+			0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x02})
+		txIDs := []*externalapi.DomainTransactionID{txID1, txID2}
+		msg := appmessage.NewMsgRequestTransactions(txIDs)
+		err = incomingRoute.Enqueue(msg)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("Unexpected error from incomingRoute.Enqueue: %v", err)
+		}
+		// The goroutine is representing the peer's actions.
+		spawn("peerResponseToTheTransactionsMessages", func() {
+			for i, id := range txIDs {
+				msg, err := outgoingRoute.Dequeue()
+				if err != nil {
+					t.Fatalf("Dequeue: %s", err)
+				}
+				outMsg := msg.(*appmessage.MsgTransactionNotFound)
+				if txIDs[i].String() != outMsg.ID.String() {
+					t.Fatalf("TestHandleRelayedTransactions: expected equal txID: expected %s, but got %s", txIDs[i].String(), id.String())
+				}
+			}
+			// Closed the incomingRoute for stop the infinity loop.
+			incomingRoute.Close()
+		})
+
+		err = transactionrelay.HandleRequestedTransactions(context, incomingRoute, outgoingRoute)
+		// Make sure the error is due to the closed route.
+		if err == nil || !errors.Is(err, router.ErrRouteClosed) {
+			t.Fatalf("Unexpected error: expected: %v, got : %v", router.ErrRouteClosed, err)
+		}
+	})
+}

app/protocol/protocol.go

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/app/protocol/common"
 	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/app/protocol/flows/ready"
 	v4 "github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/app/protocol/flows/v4"
+	v5 "github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/app/protocol/flows/v5"
 	"sync"
 	"sync/atomic"
 
@@ -78,6 +79,8 @@ func (m *Manager) routerInitializer(router *routerpkg.Router, netConnection *net
 		switch peer.ProtocolVersion() {
 		case 4:
 			flows = v4.Register(m, router, errChan, &isStopping)
+		case 5:
+			flows = v5.Register(m, router, errChan, &isStopping)
 		default:
 			panic(errors.Errorf("no way to handle protocol version %d", peer.ProtocolVersion()))
 		}

domain/consensus/consensus.go

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ type consensus struct {
 	headerTipsManager     model.HeadersSelectedTipManager
 	mergeDepthManager     model.MergeDepthManager
 	pruningManager        model.PruningManager
-	reachabilityManagers  []model.ReachabilityManager
+	reachabilityManager   model.ReachabilityManager
 	finalityManager       model.FinalityManager
 	pruningProofManager   model.PruningProofManager
 
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ type consensus struct {
 	consensusStateStore                 model.ConsensusStateStore
 	headersSelectedTipStore             model.HeaderSelectedTipStore
 	multisetStore                       model.MultisetStore
-	reachabilityDataStores              []model.ReachabilityDataStore
+	reachabilityDataStore               model.ReachabilityDataStore
 	utxoDiffStore                       model.UTXODiffStore
 	finalityStore                       model.FinalityStore
 	headersSelectedChainStore           model.HeadersSelectedChainStore
@@ -83,11 +83,9 @@ func (s *consensus) Init(skipAddingGenesis bool) error {
 	// on a node with pruned header all blocks without known parents points to it.
 	if !exists {
 		s.blockStatusStore.Stage(stagingArea, model.VirtualGenesisBlockHash, externalapi.StatusUTXOValid)
-		for _, reachabilityManager := range s.reachabilityManagers {
-			err = reachabilityManager.Init(stagingArea)
-			if err != nil {
-				return err
-			}
+		err = s.reachabilityManager.Init(stagingArea)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
 		}
 
 		for _, dagTopologyManager := range s.dagTopologyManagers {
@@ -343,6 +341,25 @@ func (s *consensus) GetHashesBetween(lowHash, highHash *externalapi.DomainHash,
 	return s.syncManager.GetHashesBetween(stagingArea, lowHash, highHash, maxBlocks)
 }
 
+func (s *consensus) GetAnticone(blockHash, contextHash *externalapi.DomainHash,
+	maxBlocks uint64) (hashes []*externalapi.DomainHash, err error) {
+	s.lock.Lock()
+	defer s.lock.Unlock()
+
+	stagingArea := model.NewStagingArea()
+
+	err = s.validateBlockHashExists(stagingArea, blockHash)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	err = s.validateBlockHashExists(stagingArea, contextHash)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return s.syncManager.GetAnticone(stagingArea, blockHash, contextHash, maxBlocks)
+}
+
 func (s *consensus) GetMissingBlockBodyHashes(highHash *externalapi.DomainHash) ([]*externalapi.DomainHash, error) {
 	s.lock.Lock()
 	defer s.lock.Unlock()
@@ -701,7 +718,7 @@ func (s *consensus) Anticone(blockHash *externalapi.DomainHash) ([]*externalapi.
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	return s.dagTraversalManager.AnticoneFromBlocks(stagingArea, tips, blockHash)
+	return s.dagTraversalManager.AnticoneFromBlocks(stagingArea, tips, blockHash, 0)
 }
 
 func (s *consensus) EstimateNetworkHashesPerSecond(startHash *externalapi.DomainHash, windowSize int) (uint64, error) {

domain/consensus/datastructures/blockrelationstore/block_relation_store.go

@@ -75,6 +75,11 @@ func (brs *blockRelationStore) Has(dbContext model.DBReader, stagingArea *model.
 	return dbContext.Has(brs.hashAsKey(blockHash))
 }
 
+func (brs *blockRelationStore) UnstageAll(stagingArea *model.StagingArea) {
+	stagingShard := brs.stagingShard(stagingArea)
+	stagingShard.toAdd = make(map[externalapi.DomainHash]*model.BlockRelations)
+}
+
 func (brs *blockRelationStore) hashAsKey(hash *externalapi.DomainHash) model.DBKey {
 	return brs.bucket.Key(hash.ByteSlice())
 }

domain/consensus/datastructures/ghostdagdatastore/ghostdag_data_store.go

@@ -69,6 +69,12 @@ func (gds *ghostdagDataStore) Get(dbContext model.DBReader, stagingArea *model.S
 	return blockGHOSTDAGData, nil
 }
 
+func (gds *ghostdagDataStore) UnstageAll(stagingArea *model.StagingArea) {
+	stagingShard := gds.stagingShard(stagingArea)
+
+	stagingShard.toAdd = make(map[key]*externalapi.BlockGHOSTDAGData)
+}
+
 func (gds *ghostdagDataStore) serializeKey(k key) model.DBKey {
 	if k.isTrustedData {
 		return gds.trustedDataBucket.Key(k.hash.ByteSlice())

domain/consensus/datastructures/reachabilitydatastore/reachability_data_store.go

@@ -41,6 +41,27 @@ func (rds *reachabilityDataStore) StageReachabilityData(stagingArea *model.Stagi
 	stagingShard.reachabilityData[*blockHash] = reachabilityData
 }
 
+func (rds *reachabilityDataStore) Delete(dbContext model.DBWriter) error {
+	cursor, err := dbContext.Cursor(rds.reachabilityDataBucket)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	for ok := cursor.First(); ok; ok = cursor.Next() {
+		key, err := cursor.Key()
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		err = dbContext.Delete(key)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
+	return dbContext.Delete(rds.reachabilityReindexRootKey)
+}
+
 // StageReachabilityReindexRoot stages the given reachabilityReindexRoot
 func (rds *reachabilityDataStore) StageReachabilityReindexRoot(stagingArea *model.StagingArea, reachabilityReindexRoot *externalapi.DomainHash) {
 	stagingShard := rds.stagingShard(stagingArea)

domain/consensus/factory.go

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain/consensus/processes/blockparentbuilder"
 	parentssanager "github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain/consensus/processes/parentsmanager"
 	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain/consensus/processes/pruningproofmanager"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/util/staging"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"sync"
@@ -147,11 +148,35 @@ func (f *factory) NewConsensus(config *Config, db infrastructuredatabase.Databas
 	daaBlocksStore := daablocksstore.New(prefixBucket, pruningWindowSizeForCaches, int(config.FinalityDepth()), preallocateCaches)
 	windowHeapSliceStore := blockwindowheapslicestore.New(2000, preallocateCaches)
 
+	newReachabilityDataStore := reachabilitydatastore.New(prefixBucket, pruningWindowSizePlusFinalityDepthForCache*2, preallocateCaches)
 	blockRelationStores, reachabilityDataStores, ghostdagDataStores := dagStores(config, prefixBucket, pruningWindowSizePlusFinalityDepthForCache, pruningWindowSizeForCaches, preallocateCaches)
-	reachabilityManagers, dagTopologyManagers, ghostdagManagers, dagTraversalManagers := f.dagProcesses(config, dbManager, blockHeaderStore, daaWindowStore, windowHeapSliceStore, blockRelationStores, reachabilityDataStores, ghostdagDataStores)
+	oldReachabilityManager := reachabilitymanager.New(
+		dbManager,
+		ghostdagDataStores[0],
+		reachabilityDataStores[0])
+	isOldReachabilityInitialized, err := reachabilityDataStores[0].HasReachabilityData(dbManager, model.NewStagingArea(), model.VirtualGenesisBlockHash)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	newReachabilityManager := reachabilitymanager.New(
+		dbManager,
+		ghostdagDataStores[0],
+		newReachabilityDataStore)
+	reachabilityManager := newReachabilityManager
+	if isOldReachabilityInitialized {
+		reachabilityManager = oldReachabilityManager
+	} else {
+		for i := range reachabilityDataStores {
+			reachabilityDataStores[i] = newReachabilityDataStore
+		}
+	}
+	reachabilityDataStore := reachabilityDataStores[0]
+
+	dagTopologyManagers, ghostdagManagers, dagTraversalManagers := f.dagProcesses(config, dbManager, blockHeaderStore, daaWindowStore, windowHeapSliceStore, blockRelationStores, reachabilityDataStores, ghostdagDataStores, isOldReachabilityInitialized)
 
 	blockRelationStore := blockRelationStores[0]
-	reachabilityDataStore := reachabilityDataStores[0]
+
 	ghostdagDataStore := ghostdagDataStores[0]
 
 	dagTopologyManager := dagTopologyManagers[0]
@@ -317,7 +342,7 @@ func (f *factory) NewConsensus(config *Config, db infrastructuredatabase.Databas
 		dagTraversalManager,
 		coinbaseManager,
 		mergeDepthManager,
-		reachabilityManagers,
+		reachabilityManager,
 		finalityManager,
 		blockParentBuilder,
 		pruningManager,
@@ -379,7 +404,7 @@ func (f *factory) NewConsensus(config *Config, db infrastructuredatabase.Databas
 		pruningManager,
 		blockValidator,
 		dagTopologyManager,
-		reachabilityManagers,
+		reachabilityManager,
 		difficultyManager,
 		pastMedianTimeManager,
 		coinbaseManager,
@@ -407,9 +432,10 @@ func (f *factory) NewConsensus(config *Config, db infrastructuredatabase.Databas
 		dbManager,
 		dagTopologyManagers,
 		ghostdagManagers,
-		reachabilityManagers,
+		reachabilityManager,
 		dagTraversalManagers,
 		parentsManager,
+		pruningManager,
 
 		ghostdagDataStores,
 		pruningStore,
@@ -417,6 +443,8 @@ func (f *factory) NewConsensus(config *Config, db infrastructuredatabase.Databas
 		blockStatusStore,
 		finalityStore,
 		consensusStateStore,
+		blockRelationStore,
+		reachabilityDataStore,
 
 		genesisHash,
 		config.K,
@@ -446,7 +474,7 @@ func (f *factory) NewConsensus(config *Config, db infrastructuredatabase.Databas
 		headerTipsManager:     headerTipsManager,
 		mergeDepthManager:     mergeDepthManager,
 		pruningManager:        pruningManager,
-		reachabilityManagers:  reachabilityManagers,
+		reachabilityManager:   reachabilityManager,
 		finalityManager:       finalityManager,
 		pruningProofManager:   pruningProofManager,
 
@@ -460,7 +488,7 @@ func (f *factory) NewConsensus(config *Config, db infrastructuredatabase.Databas
 		consensusStateStore:                 consensusStateStore,
 		headersSelectedTipStore:             headersSelectedTipStore,
 		multisetStore:                       multisetStore,
-		reachabilityDataStores:              reachabilityDataStores,
+		reachabilityDataStore:               reachabilityDataStore,
 		utxoDiffStore:                       utxoDiffStore,
 		finalityStore:                       finalityStore,
 		headersSelectedChainStore:           headersSelectedChainStore,
@@ -468,6 +496,58 @@ func (f *factory) NewConsensus(config *Config, db infrastructuredatabase.Databas
 		blocksWithTrustedDataDAAWindowStore: daaWindowStore,
 	}
 
+	if isOldReachabilityInitialized {
+		stagingArea := model.NewStagingArea()
+		dbTx, err := dbManager.Begin()
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		err = newReachabilityDataStore.Delete(dbManager)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		err = dbTx.Commit()
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		err = newReachabilityManager.Init(stagingArea)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		err = staging.CommitAllChanges(dbManager, stagingArea)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		err = c.pruningProofManager.RebuildReachability(newReachabilityDataStore)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		dbTx, err = dbManager.Begin()
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		for _, store := range reachabilityDataStores {
+			err = store.Delete(dbManager)
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
+		}
+
+		err = dbTx.Commit()
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		return f.NewConsensus(config, db, dbPrefix)
+	}
+
 	err = c.Init(config.SkipAddingGenesis)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -528,7 +608,7 @@ func (f *factory) NewTestConsensus(config *Config, testName string) (
 		database:                  db,
 		testConsensusStateManager: testConsensusStateManager,
 		testReachabilityManager: reachabilitymanager.NewTestReachabilityManager(consensusAsImplementation.
-			reachabilityManagers[0]),
+			reachabilityManager),
 		testTransactionValidator: testTransactionValidator,
 	}
 	tstConsensus.testBlockBuilder = blockbuilder.NewTestBlockBuilder(consensusAsImplementation.blockBuilder, tstConsensus)
@@ -605,8 +685,8 @@ func (f *factory) dagProcesses(config *Config,
 	windowHeapSliceStore model.WindowHeapSliceStore,
 	blockRelationStores []model.BlockRelationStore,
 	reachabilityDataStores []model.ReachabilityDataStore,
-	ghostdagDataStores []model.GHOSTDAGDataStore) (
-	[]model.ReachabilityManager,
+	ghostdagDataStores []model.GHOSTDAGDataStore,
+	isOldReachabilityInitialized bool) (
 	[]model.DAGTopologyManager,
 	[]model.GHOSTDAGManager,
 	[]model.DAGTraversalManager,
@@ -617,11 +697,20 @@ func (f *factory) dagProcesses(config *Config,
 	ghostdagManagers := make([]model.GHOSTDAGManager, config.MaxBlockLevel+1)
 	dagTraversalManagers := make([]model.DAGTraversalManager, config.MaxBlockLevel+1)
 
+	newReachabilityManager := reachabilitymanager.New(
+		dbManager,
+		ghostdagDataStores[0],
+		reachabilityDataStores[0])
+
 	for i := 0; i <= config.MaxBlockLevel; i++ {
-		reachabilityManagers[i] = reachabilitymanager.New(
-			dbManager,
-			ghostdagDataStores[i],
-			reachabilityDataStores[i])
+		if isOldReachabilityInitialized {
+			reachabilityManagers[i] = reachabilitymanager.New(
+				dbManager,
+				ghostdagDataStores[i],
+				reachabilityDataStores[i])
+		} else {
+			reachabilityManagers[i] = newReachabilityManager
+		}
 
 		dagTopologyManagers[i] = dagtopologymanager.New(
 			dbManager,
@@ -649,5 +738,5 @@ func (f *factory) dagProcesses(config *Config,
 			config.DifficultyAdjustmentWindowSize)
 	}
 
-	return reachabilityManagers, dagTopologyManagers, ghostdagManagers, dagTraversalManagers
+	return dagTopologyManagers, ghostdagManagers, dagTraversalManagers
 }

domain/consensus/model/errors.go

@@ -5,3 +5,7 @@ import "github.com/pkg/errors"
 // ErrBlockNotInSelectedParentChain is returned from CreateHeadersSelectedChainBlockLocator if one of the parameters
 // passed to it are not in the headers selected parent chain
 var ErrBlockNotInSelectedParentChain = errors.New("Block is not in selected parent chain")
+
+// ErrReachedMaxTraversalAllowed is returned from AnticoneFromBlocks if `maxTraversalAllowed` was specified
+// and the traversal passed it
+var ErrReachedMaxTraversalAllowed = errors.New("Traversal searching for anticone passed the maxTraversalAllowed limit")

domain/consensus/model/externalapi/consensus.go

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ type Consensus interface {
 	GetBlockAcceptanceData(blockHash *DomainHash) (AcceptanceData, error)
 
 	GetHashesBetween(lowHash, highHash *DomainHash, maxBlocks uint64) (hashes []*DomainHash, actualHighHash *DomainHash, err error)
+	GetAnticone(blockHash, contextHash *DomainHash, maxBlocks uint64) (hashes []*DomainHash, err error)
 	GetMissingBlockBodyHashes(highHash *DomainHash) ([]*DomainHash, error)
 	GetPruningPointUTXOs(expectedPruningPointHash *DomainHash, fromOutpoint *DomainOutpoint, limit int) ([]*OutpointAndUTXOEntryPair, error)
 	GetVirtualUTXOs(expectedVirtualParents []*DomainHash, fromOutpoint *DomainOutpoint, limit int) ([]*OutpointAndUTXOEntryPair, error)

domain/consensus/model/interface_datastructures_blockrelationstore.go

@@ -9,4 +9,5 @@ type BlockRelationStore interface {
 	IsStaged(stagingArea *StagingArea) bool
 	BlockRelation(dbContext DBReader, stagingArea *StagingArea, blockHash *externalapi.DomainHash) (*BlockRelations, error)
 	Has(dbContext DBReader, stagingArea *StagingArea, blockHash *externalapi.DomainHash) (bool, error)
+	UnstageAll(stagingArea *StagingArea)
 }

domain/consensus/model/interface_datastructures_ghostdagdatastore.go

@@ -8,4 +8,5 @@ type GHOSTDAGDataStore interface {
 	Stage(stagingArea *StagingArea, blockHash *externalapi.DomainHash, blockGHOSTDAGData *externalapi.BlockGHOSTDAGData, isTrustedData bool)
 	IsStaged(stagingArea *StagingArea) bool
 	Get(dbContext DBReader, stagingArea *StagingArea, blockHash *externalapi.DomainHash, isTrustedData bool) (*externalapi.BlockGHOSTDAGData, error)
+	UnstageAll(stagingArea *StagingArea)
 }

domain/consensus/model/interface_datastructures_reachabilitydatastore.go

@@ -11,4 +11,5 @@ type ReachabilityDataStore interface {
 	ReachabilityData(dbContext DBReader, stagingArea *StagingArea, blockHash *externalapi.DomainHash) (ReachabilityData, error)
 	HasReachabilityData(dbContext DBReader, stagingArea *StagingArea, blockHash *externalapi.DomainHash) (bool, error)
 	ReachabilityReindexRoot(dbContext DBReader, stagingArea *StagingArea) (*externalapi.DomainHash, error)
+	Delete(dbContext DBWriter) error
 }

domain/consensus/model/interface_processes_dagtraversalmanager.go

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ type DAGTraversalManager interface {
 	// from lowHash (exclusive) to highHash (inclusive) over highHash's selected parent chain
 	SelectedChildIterator(stagingArea *StagingArea, highHash, lowHash *externalapi.DomainHash, includeLowHash bool) (BlockIterator, error)
 	SelectedChild(stagingArea *StagingArea, highHash, lowHash *externalapi.DomainHash) (*externalapi.DomainHash, error)
-	AnticoneFromBlocks(stagingArea *StagingArea, tips []*externalapi.DomainHash, blockHash *externalapi.DomainHash) ([]*externalapi.DomainHash, error)
+	AnticoneFromBlocks(stagingArea *StagingArea, tips []*externalapi.DomainHash, blockHash *externalapi.DomainHash, maxTraversalAllowed uint64) ([]*externalapi.DomainHash, error)
 	AnticoneFromVirtualPOV(stagingArea *StagingArea, blockHash *externalapi.DomainHash) ([]*externalapi.DomainHash, error)
 	BlockWindow(stagingArea *StagingArea, highHash *externalapi.DomainHash, windowSize int) ([]*externalapi.DomainHash, error)
 	DAABlockWindow(stagingArea *StagingArea, highHash *externalapi.DomainHash) ([]*externalapi.DomainHash, error)

domain/consensus/model/interface_processes_pruningproofmanager.go

@@ -7,4 +7,5 @@ type PruningProofManager interface {
 	BuildPruningPointProof(stagingArea *StagingArea) (*externalapi.PruningPointProof, error)
 	ValidatePruningPointProof(pruningPointProof *externalapi.PruningPointProof) error
 	ApplyPruningPointProof(pruningPointProof *externalapi.PruningPointProof) error
+	RebuildReachability(targetReachabilityManager ReachabilityDataStore) error
 }

domain/consensus/model/interface_processes_syncmanager.go

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import "github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain/consensus/model/externalapi"
 type SyncManager interface {
 	GetHashesBetween(stagingArea *StagingArea, lowHash, highHash *externalapi.DomainHash, maxBlocks uint64) (
 		hashes []*externalapi.DomainHash, actualHighHash *externalapi.DomainHash, err error)
+	GetAnticone(stagingArea *StagingArea, blockHash, contextHash *externalapi.DomainHash, maxBlocks uint64) (hashes []*externalapi.DomainHash, err error)
 	GetMissingBlockBodyHashes(stagingArea *StagingArea, highHash *externalapi.DomainHash) ([]*externalapi.DomainHash, error)
 	CreateBlockLocator(stagingArea *StagingArea, lowHash, highHash *externalapi.DomainHash, limit uint32) (
 		externalapi.BlockLocator, error)

domain/consensus/model/reachabilitydata.go

@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ type FutureCoveringTreeNodeSet []*externalapi.DomainHash
 
 // Clone returns a clone of FutureCoveringTreeNodeSet
 func (fctns FutureCoveringTreeNodeSet) Clone() FutureCoveringTreeNodeSet {
+	//return fctns
 	return externalapi.CloneHashes(fctns)
 }
 

domain/consensus/model/testapi/test_consensus.go

@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ type TestConsensus interface {
 		*externalapi.VirtualChangeSet, error)
 
 	MineJSON(r io.Reader, blockType MineJSONBlockType) (tips []*externalapi.DomainHash, err error)
+	ToJSON(w io.Writer) error
 
 	RenderDAGToDot(filename string) error
 

domain/consensus/processes/blockprocessor/blockprocessor.go

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ type blockProcessor struct {
 	pruningManager        model.PruningManager
 	blockValidator        model.BlockValidator
 	dagTopologyManager    model.DAGTopologyManager
-	reachabilityManagers  []model.ReachabilityManager
+	reachabilityManager   model.ReachabilityManager
 	difficultyManager     model.DifficultyManager
 	pastMedianTimeManager model.PastMedianTimeManager
 	coinbaseManager       model.CoinbaseManager
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ func New(
 	pruningManager model.PruningManager,
 	blockValidator model.BlockValidator,
 	dagTopologyManager model.DAGTopologyManager,
-	reachabilityManagers []model.ReachabilityManager,
+	reachabilityManager model.ReachabilityManager,
 	difficultyManager model.DifficultyManager,
 	pastMedianTimeManager model.PastMedianTimeManager,
 	coinbaseManager model.CoinbaseManager,
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ func New(
 		pruningManager:        pruningManager,
 		blockValidator:        blockValidator,
 		dagTopologyManager:    dagTopologyManager,
-		reachabilityManagers:  reachabilityManagers,
+		reachabilityManager:   reachabilityManager,
 		difficultyManager:     difficultyManager,
 		pastMedianTimeManager: pastMedianTimeManager,
 		coinbaseManager:       coinbaseManager,

domain/consensus/processes/blockprocessor/validate_and_insert_block.go

@@ -254,19 +254,7 @@ func (bp *blockProcessor) updateReachabilityReindexRoot(stagingArea *model.Stagi
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	headersSelectedTipHeader, err := bp.blockHeaderStore.BlockHeader(bp.databaseContext, stagingArea, headersSelectedTip)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	headersSelectedTipHeaderBlockLevel := headersSelectedTipHeader.BlockLevel(bp.maxBlockLevel)
-	for blockLevel := 0; blockLevel <= headersSelectedTipHeaderBlockLevel; blockLevel++ {
-		err := bp.reachabilityManagers[blockLevel].UpdateReindexRoot(stagingArea, headersSelectedTip)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-	}
-	return nil
+	return bp.reachabilityManager.UpdateReindexRoot(stagingArea, headersSelectedTip)
 }
 
 func (bp *blockProcessor) checkBlockStatus(stagingArea *model.StagingArea, block *externalapi.DomainBlock) error {

domain/consensus/processes/blockvalidator/block_header_in_context.go

@@ -62,12 +62,9 @@ func (v *blockValidator) ValidateHeaderInContext(stagingArea *model.StagingArea,
 		return err
 	}
 	if !hasReachabilityData {
-		blockLevel := header.BlockLevel(v.maxBlockLevel)
-		for i := 0; i <= blockLevel; i++ {
-			err = v.reachabilityManagers[i].AddBlock(stagingArea, blockHash)
-			if err != nil {
-				return err
-			}
+		err = v.reachabilityManager.AddBlock(stagingArea, blockHash)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
 		}
 	}
 

domain/consensus/processes/blockvalidator/blockvalidator.go

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ type blockValidator struct {
 	coinbaseManager       model.CoinbaseManager
 	mergeDepthManager     model.MergeDepthManager
 	pruningStore          model.PruningStore
-	reachabilityManagers  []model.ReachabilityManager
+	reachabilityManager   model.ReachabilityManager
 	finalityManager       model.FinalityManager
 	blockParentBuilder    model.BlockParentBuilder
 	pruningManager        model.PruningManager
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ func New(powMax *big.Int,
 	dagTraversalManager model.DAGTraversalManager,
 	coinbaseManager model.CoinbaseManager,
 	mergeDepthManager model.MergeDepthManager,
-	reachabilityManagers []model.ReachabilityManager,
+	reachabilityManager model.ReachabilityManager,
 	finalityManager model.FinalityManager,
 	blockParentBuilder model.BlockParentBuilder,
 	pruningManager model.PruningManager,
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ func New(powMax *big.Int,
 		dagTraversalManager:         dagTraversalManager,
 		coinbaseManager:             coinbaseManager,
 		mergeDepthManager:           mergeDepthManager,
-		reachabilityManagers:        reachabilityManagers,
+		reachabilityManager:         reachabilityManager,
 		finalityManager:             finalityManager,
 		blockParentBuilder:          blockParentBuilder,
 		pruningManager:              pruningManager,

domain/consensus/processes/dagtopologymanager/dagtopologymanager.go

@@ -206,5 +206,25 @@ func (dtm *dagTopologyManager) ChildInSelectedParentChainOf(stagingArea *model.S
 			context, specifiedHighHash)
 	}
 
-	return dtm.reachabilityManager.FindNextAncestor(stagingArea, highHash, context)
+	children, err := dtm.Children(stagingArea, context)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	for _, child := range children {
+		if child.Equal(model.VirtualBlockHash) {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		isInSelectedParentChain, err := dtm.IsInSelectedParentChainOf(stagingArea, child, highHash)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		if isInSelectedParentChain {
+			return child, nil
+		}
+	}
+
+	return nil, errors.Errorf("Couldn't find child in the selected chain of %s", highHash)
 }

domain/consensus/processes/dagtraversalmanager/anticone.go

@@ -14,16 +14,18 @@ func (dtm *dagTraversalManager) AnticoneFromVirtualPOV(stagingArea *model.Stagin
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	return dtm.AnticoneFromBlocks(stagingArea, virtualParents, blockHash)
+	return dtm.AnticoneFromBlocks(stagingArea, virtualParents, blockHash, 0)
 }
 
-func (dtm *dagTraversalManager) AnticoneFromBlocks(stagingArea *model.StagingArea, tips []*externalapi.DomainHash, blockHash *externalapi.DomainHash) (
+func (dtm *dagTraversalManager) AnticoneFromBlocks(stagingArea *model.StagingArea, tips []*externalapi.DomainHash,
+	blockHash *externalapi.DomainHash, maxTraversalAllowed uint64) (
 	[]*externalapi.DomainHash, error) {
 
 	anticone := []*externalapi.DomainHash{}
 	queue := tips
 	visited := hashset.New()
 
+	traversalCounter := uint64(0)
 	for len(queue) > 0 {
 		var current *externalapi.DomainHash
 		current, queue = queue[0], queue[1:]
@@ -48,6 +50,13 @@ func (dtm *dagTraversalManager) AnticoneFromBlocks(stagingArea *model.StagingAre
 			return nil, err
 		}
 
+		// We count the number of blocks in past(tips) \setminus past(blockHash).
+		// We don't use `len(visited)` since it includes some maximal blocks in past(blockHash) as well.
+		traversalCounter++
+		if maxTraversalAllowed > 0 && traversalCounter > maxTraversalAllowed {
+			return nil, model.ErrReachedMaxTraversalAllowed
+		}
+
 		if !blockIsAncestorOfCurrent {
 			anticone = append(anticone, current)
 		}

domain/consensus/processes/ghostdagmanager/ghostdag_test.go

@@ -320,10 +320,6 @@ func (ds *GHOSTDAGDataStoreImpl) IsStaged(*model.StagingArea) bool {
 	panic("implement me")
 }
 
-func (ds *GHOSTDAGDataStoreImpl) Discard() {
-	panic("implement me")
-}
-
 func (ds *GHOSTDAGDataStoreImpl) Commit(dbTx model.DBTransaction) error {
 	panic("implement me")
 }
@@ -336,6 +332,10 @@ func (ds *GHOSTDAGDataStoreImpl) Get(dbContext model.DBReader, stagingArea *mode
 	return nil, nil
 }
 
+func (ds *GHOSTDAGDataStoreImpl) UnstageAll(stagingArea *model.StagingArea) {
+	panic("implement me")
+}
+
 type DAGTopologyManagerImpl struct {
 	parentsMap map[externalapi.DomainHash][]*externalapi.DomainHash
 }

domain/consensus/processes/pruningproofmanager/pruningproofmanager.go

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain/consensus/model"
 	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain/consensus/model/externalapi"
 	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain/consensus/processes/dagtopologymanager"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain/consensus/processes/dagtraversalmanager"
 	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain/consensus/processes/ghostdagmanager"
 	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain/consensus/processes/reachabilitymanager"
 	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain/consensus/ruleerrors"
@@ -26,16 +27,19 @@ type pruningProofManager struct {
 
 	dagTopologyManagers  []model.DAGTopologyManager
 	ghostdagManagers     []model.GHOSTDAGManager
-	reachabilityManagers []model.ReachabilityManager
+	reachabilityManager  model.ReachabilityManager
 	dagTraversalManagers []model.DAGTraversalManager
 	parentsManager       model.ParentsManager
+	pruningManager       model.PruningManager
 
-	ghostdagDataStores  []model.GHOSTDAGDataStore
-	pruningStore        model.PruningStore
-	blockHeaderStore    model.BlockHeaderStore
-	blockStatusStore    model.BlockStatusStore
-	finalityStore       model.FinalityStore
-	consensusStateStore model.ConsensusStateStore
+	ghostdagDataStores    []model.GHOSTDAGDataStore
+	pruningStore          model.PruningStore
+	blockHeaderStore      model.BlockHeaderStore
+	blockStatusStore      model.BlockStatusStore
+	finalityStore         model.FinalityStore
+	consensusStateStore   model.ConsensusStateStore
+	blockRelationStore    model.BlockRelationStore
+	reachabilityDataStore model.ReachabilityDataStore
 
 	genesisHash   *externalapi.DomainHash
 	k             externalapi.KType
@@ -52,9 +56,10 @@ func New(
 
 	dagTopologyManagers []model.DAGTopologyManager,
 	ghostdagManagers []model.GHOSTDAGManager,
-	reachabilityManagers []model.ReachabilityManager,
+	reachabilityManager model.ReachabilityManager,
 	dagTraversalManagers []model.DAGTraversalManager,
 	parentsManager model.ParentsManager,
+	pruningManager model.PruningManager,
 
 	ghostdagDataStores []model.GHOSTDAGDataStore,
 	pruningStore model.PruningStore,
@@ -62,6 +67,8 @@ func New(
 	blockStatusStore model.BlockStatusStore,
 	finalityStore model.FinalityStore,
 	consensusStateStore model.ConsensusStateStore,
+	blockRelationStore model.BlockRelationStore,
+	reachabilityDataStore model.ReachabilityDataStore,
 
 	genesisHash *externalapi.DomainHash,
 	k externalapi.KType,
@@ -73,16 +80,19 @@ func New(
 		databaseContext:      databaseContext,
 		dagTopologyManagers:  dagTopologyManagers,
 		ghostdagManagers:     ghostdagManagers,
-		reachabilityManagers: reachabilityManagers,
+		reachabilityManager:  reachabilityManager,
 		dagTraversalManagers: dagTraversalManagers,
 		parentsManager:       parentsManager,
+		pruningManager:       pruningManager,
 
-		ghostdagDataStores:  ghostdagDataStores,
-		pruningStore:        pruningStore,
-		blockHeaderStore:    blockHeaderStore,
-		blockStatusStore:    blockStatusStore,
-		finalityStore:       finalityStore,
-		consensusStateStore: consensusStateStore,
+		ghostdagDataStores:    ghostdagDataStores,
+		pruningStore:          pruningStore,
+		blockHeaderStore:      blockHeaderStore,
+		blockStatusStore:      blockStatusStore,
+		finalityStore:         finalityStore,
+		consensusStateStore:   consensusStateStore,
+		blockRelationStore:    blockRelationStore,
+		reachabilityDataStore: reachabilityDataStore,
 
 		genesisHash:   genesisHash,
 		k:             k,
@@ -611,6 +621,265 @@ func (ppm *pruningProofManager) dagProcesses(
 	return reachabilityManagers, dagTopologyManagers, ghostdagManagers
 }
 
+func (ppm *pruningProofManager) RebuildReachability(targetReachabilityDataStore model.ReachabilityDataStore) error {
+	pruningPointProof, err := ppm.buildPruningPointProof(model.NewStagingArea())
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	err = ppm.populateProofReachabilityAndHeaders(pruningPointProof, targetReachabilityDataStore)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	pruningPointAndItsAnticone, err := ppm.pruningManager.PruningPointAndItsAnticone()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	targetReachabilityManager := reachabilitymanager.New(
+		ppm.databaseContext,
+		ppm.ghostdagDataStores[0],
+		targetReachabilityDataStore)
+
+	pruningPoint, err := ppm.pruningStore.PruningPoint(ppm.databaseContext, model.NewStagingArea())
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	pruningPointGHOSTDAGData, err := ppm.ghostdagDataStores[0].Get(ppm.databaseContext, model.NewStagingArea(), pruningPoint, false)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	virtualGHOSTDAGData, err := ppm.ghostdagDataStores[0].Get(ppm.databaseContext, model.NewStagingArea(), model.VirtualBlockHash, false)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	estimatedTotal := virtualGHOSTDAGData.BlueScore() - pruningPointGHOSTDAGData.BlueScore()
+
+	stagingArea := model.NewStagingArea()
+	visited := hashset.New()
+	queue := ppm.dagTraversalManagers[0].NewUpHeap(model.NewStagingArea())
+	err = queue.PushSlice(pruningPointAndItsAnticone)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	i := uint64(0)
+	selectedTip := pruningPoint
+	for queue.Len() > 0 {
+		current := queue.Pop()
+		if visited.Contains(current) {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		visited.Add(current)
+
+		if current.Equal(model.VirtualBlockHash) {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		hasReachabilityData, err := targetReachabilityDataStore.HasReachabilityData(ppm.databaseContext, stagingArea, current)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		if !hasReachabilityData {
+			err = targetReachabilityManager.AddBlock(stagingArea, current)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+
+			selectedTip, err = ppm.ghostdagManagers[0].ChooseSelectedParent(stagingArea, current, selectedTip)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+
+			if current.Equal(selectedTip) {
+				err := targetReachabilityManager.UpdateReindexRoot(stagingArea, selectedTip)
+				if err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		i++
+		if i%1000 == 0 {
+			percents := 100 * i / estimatedTotal
+			if percents > 100 {
+				percents = 100
+			}
+			log.Infof("Rebuilding reachability: %d%%", percents)
+		}
+
+		children, err := ppm.dagTopologyManagers[0].Children(model.NewStagingArea(), current)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		err = queue.PushSlice(children)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
+	err = reachabilitymanager.NewTestReachabilityManager(targetReachabilityManager).ValidateIntervals(model.VirtualGenesisBlockHash)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return staging.CommitAllChanges(ppm.databaseContext, stagingArea)
+}
+
+func (ppm *pruningProofManager) populateProofReachabilityAndHeaders(pruningPointProof *externalapi.PruningPointProof,
+	targetReachabilityDataStore model.ReachabilityDataStore) error {
+	// We build a DAG of all multi-level relations between blocks in the proof. We make a upHeap of all blocks, so we can iterate
+	// over them in a topological way, and then build a DAG where we use all multi-level parents of a block to create edges, except
+	// parents that are already in the past of another parent (This can happen between two levels). We run GHOSTDAG on each block of
+	// that DAG, because GHOSTDAG is a requirement to calculate reachability. We then dismiss the GHOSTDAG data because it's not related
+	// to the GHOSTDAG data of the real DAG, and was used only for reachability.
+
+	// We need two staging areas: stagingArea which is used to commit the reachability data, and tmpStagingArea for the GHOSTDAG data
+	// of allProofBlocksUpHeap. The reason we need two areas is that we use the real GHOSTDAG data in order to order the heap in a topological
+	// way, and fake GHOSTDAG data for calculating reachability.
+	stagingArea := model.NewStagingArea()
+	tmpStagingArea := model.NewStagingArea()
+
+	bucket := consensusDB.MakeBucket([]byte("TMP"))
+	ghostdagDataStoreForTargetReachabilityManager := ghostdagdatastore.New(bucket, 0, false)
+	ghostdagDataStoreForTargetReachabilityManager.Stage(stagingArea, model.VirtualGenesisBlockHash, externalapi.NewBlockGHOSTDAGData(
+		0,
+		big.NewInt(0),
+		nil,
+		nil,
+		nil,
+		nil,
+	), false)
+	targetReachabilityManager := reachabilitymanager.New(ppm.databaseContext, ghostdagDataStoreForTargetReachabilityManager, targetReachabilityDataStore)
+	blockRelationStoreForTargetReachabilityManager := blockrelationstore.New(bucket, 0, false)
+	dagTopologyManagerForTargetReachabilityManager := dagtopologymanager.New(ppm.databaseContext, targetReachabilityManager, blockRelationStoreForTargetReachabilityManager, nil)
+	ghostdagManagerForTargetReachabilityManager := ghostdagmanager.New(ppm.databaseContext, dagTopologyManagerForTargetReachabilityManager, ghostdagDataStoreForTargetReachabilityManager, ppm.blockHeaderStore, 0, nil)
+	err := dagTopologyManagerForTargetReachabilityManager.SetParents(stagingArea, model.VirtualGenesisBlockHash, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	dagTopologyManager := dagtopologymanager.New(ppm.databaseContext, targetReachabilityManager, nil, nil)
+	ghostdagDataStore := ghostdagdatastore.New(bucket, 0, false)
+	tmpGHOSTDAGManager := ghostdagmanager.New(ppm.databaseContext, nil, ghostdagDataStore, nil, 0, nil)
+	dagTraversalManager := dagtraversalmanager.New(ppm.databaseContext, nil, ghostdagDataStore, nil, tmpGHOSTDAGManager, nil, nil, nil, 0)
+	allProofBlocksUpHeap := dagTraversalManager.NewUpHeap(tmpStagingArea)
+	dag := make(map[externalapi.DomainHash]struct {
+		parents hashset.HashSet
+		header  externalapi.BlockHeader
+	})
+	for _, headers := range pruningPointProof.Headers {
+		for _, header := range headers {
+			blockHash := consensushashing.HeaderHash(header)
+			if _, ok := dag[*blockHash]; ok {
+				continue
+			}
+
+			dag[*blockHash] = struct {
+				parents hashset.HashSet
+				header  externalapi.BlockHeader
+			}{parents: hashset.New(), header: header}
+
+			for level := 0; level <= ppm.maxBlockLevel; level++ {
+				for _, parent := range ppm.parentsManager.ParentsAtLevel(header, level) {
+					parent := parent
+					dag[*blockHash].parents.Add(parent)
+				}
+			}
+
+			// We stage temporary GHOSTDAG data that is needed in order to sort allProofBlocksUpHeap.
+			ghostdagDataStore.Stage(tmpStagingArea, blockHash, externalapi.NewBlockGHOSTDAGData(header.BlueScore(), header.BlueWork(), nil, nil, nil, nil), false)
+			err := allProofBlocksUpHeap.Push(blockHash)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	var selectedTip *externalapi.DomainHash
+	for allProofBlocksUpHeap.Len() > 0 {
+		blockHash := allProofBlocksUpHeap.Pop()
+		block := dag[*blockHash]
+		parentsHeap := dagTraversalManager.NewDownHeap(tmpStagingArea)
+		for parent := range block.parents {
+			parent := parent
+			if _, ok := dag[parent]; !ok {
+				continue
+			}
+
+			err := parentsHeap.Push(&parent)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+		}
+
+		fakeParents := []*externalapi.DomainHash{}
+		for parentsHeap.Len() > 0 {
+			parent := parentsHeap.Pop()
+			isAncestorOfAny, err := dagTopologyManager.IsAncestorOfAny(stagingArea, parent, fakeParents)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+
+			if isAncestorOfAny {
+				continue
+			}
+
+			fakeParents = append(fakeParents, parent)
+		}
+
+		if len(fakeParents) == 0 {
+			fakeParents = append(fakeParents, model.VirtualGenesisBlockHash)
+		}
+
+		err := dagTopologyManagerForTargetReachabilityManager.SetParents(stagingArea, blockHash, fakeParents)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		err = ghostdagManagerForTargetReachabilityManager.GHOSTDAG(stagingArea, blockHash)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		err = targetReachabilityManager.AddBlock(stagingArea, blockHash)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		if selectedTip == nil {
+			selectedTip = blockHash
+		} else {
+			selectedTip, err = ghostdagManagerForTargetReachabilityManager.ChooseSelectedParent(stagingArea, selectedTip, blockHash)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+		}
+
+		if selectedTip.Equal(blockHash) {
+			err := targetReachabilityManager.UpdateReindexRoot(stagingArea, selectedTip)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	ghostdagDataStoreForTargetReachabilityManager.UnstageAll(stagingArea)
+	blockRelationStoreForTargetReachabilityManager.UnstageAll(stagingArea)
+	err = staging.CommitAllChanges(ppm.databaseContext, stagingArea)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 // ApplyPruningPointProof applies the given pruning proof to the current consensus. Specifically,
 // it's meant to be used against the StagingConsensus during headers-proof IBD. Note that for
 // performance reasons this operation is NOT atomic. If the process fails for whatever reason
@@ -619,9 +888,25 @@ func (ppm *pruningProofManager) ApplyPruningPointProof(pruningPointProof *extern
 	onEnd := logger.LogAndMeasureExecutionTime(log, "ApplyPruningPointProof")
 	defer onEnd()
 
+	stagingArea := model.NewStagingArea()
+	for _, headers := range pruningPointProof.Headers {
+		for _, header := range headers {
+			blockHash := consensushashing.HeaderHash(header)
+			ppm.blockHeaderStore.Stage(stagingArea, blockHash, header)
+		}
+	}
+	err := staging.CommitAllChanges(ppm.databaseContext, stagingArea)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	err = ppm.populateProofReachabilityAndHeaders(pruningPointProof, ppm.reachabilityDataStore)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
 	for blockLevel, headers := range pruningPointProof.Headers {
 		log.Infof("Applying level %d from the pruning point proof", blockLevel)
-		var selectedTip *externalapi.DomainHash
 		for i, header := range headers {
 			if i%1000 == 0 {
 				log.Infof("Applying level %d from the pruning point proof - applied %d headers out of %d", blockLevel, i, len(headers))
@@ -687,27 +972,6 @@ func (ppm *pruningProofManager) ApplyPruningPointProof(pruningPointProof *extern
 				ppm.blockStatusStore.Stage(stagingArea, blockHash, externalapi.StatusHeaderOnly)
 			}
 
-			if selectedTip == nil {
-				selectedTip = blockHash
-			} else {
-				selectedTip, err = ppm.ghostdagManagers[blockLevel].ChooseSelectedParent(stagingArea, selectedTip, blockHash)
-				if err != nil {
-					return err
-				}
-			}
-
-			err = ppm.reachabilityManagers[blockLevel].AddBlock(stagingArea, blockHash)
-			if err != nil {
-				return err
-			}
-
-			if selectedTip.Equal(blockHash) {
-				err := ppm.reachabilityManagers[blockLevel].UpdateReindexRoot(stagingArea, selectedTip)
-				if err != nil {
-					return err
-				}
-			}
-
 			err = staging.CommitAllChanges(ppm.databaseContext, stagingArea)
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
@@ -718,7 +982,7 @@ func (ppm *pruningProofManager) ApplyPruningPointProof(pruningPointProof *extern
 	pruningPointHeader := pruningPointProof.Headers[0][len(pruningPointProof.Headers[0])-1]
 	pruningPoint := consensushashing.HeaderHash(pruningPointHeader)
 
-	stagingArea := model.NewStagingArea()
+	stagingArea = model.NewStagingArea()
 	ppm.consensusStateStore.StageTips(stagingArea, []*externalapi.DomainHash{pruningPoint})
 	return staging.CommitAllChanges(ppm.databaseContext, stagingArea)
 }

domain/consensus/processes/reachabilitymanager/reachability_test.go

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ type reachabilityDataStoreMock struct {
 	reachabilityReindexRootStaging *externalapi.DomainHash
 }
 
-func (r *reachabilityDataStoreMock) Discard() {
+func (r *reachabilityDataStoreMock) Delete(_ model.DBWriter) error {
 	panic("implement me")
 }
 

domain/consensus/processes/syncmanager/syncmanager.go

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain/consensus/model"
 	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain/consensus/model/externalapi"
 	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/infrastructure/logger"
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 )
 
 type syncManager struct {
@@ -69,6 +70,21 @@ func (sm *syncManager) GetHashesBetween(stagingArea *model.StagingArea, lowHash,
 	return sm.antiPastHashesBetween(stagingArea, lowHash, highHash, maxBlocks)
 }
 
+func (sm *syncManager) GetAnticone(stagingArea *model.StagingArea, blockHash, contextHash *externalapi.DomainHash, maxBlocks uint64) (hashes []*externalapi.DomainHash, err error) {
+	onEnd := logger.LogAndMeasureExecutionTime(log, "GetAnticone")
+	defer onEnd()
+	isContextAncestorOfBlock, err := sm.dagTopologyManager.IsAncestorOf(stagingArea, contextHash, blockHash)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	if isContextAncestorOfBlock {
+		return nil, errors.Errorf("expected block %s to not be in future of %s",
+			blockHash,
+			contextHash)
+	}
+	return sm.dagTraversalManager.AnticoneFromBlocks(stagingArea, []*externalapi.DomainHash{contextHash}, blockHash, maxBlocks)
+}
+
 func (sm *syncManager) GetMissingBlockBodyHashes(stagingArea *model.StagingArea, highHash *externalapi.DomainHash) ([]*externalapi.DomainHash, error) {
 	onEnd := logger.LogAndMeasureExecutionTime(log, "GetMissingBlockBodyHashes")
 	defer onEnd()

domain/consensus/test_consensus.go

@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ package consensus
 
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain/consensus/model"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain/consensus/utils/hashset"
 	"io"
 
 	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain/consensus/model/externalapi"
@@ -108,13 +111,13 @@ func (tc *testConsensus) AddUTXOInvalidBlock(parentHashes []*externalapi.DomainH
 	return consensushashing.BlockHash(block), virtualChangeSet, nil
 }
 
-func (tc *testConsensus) MineJSON(r io.Reader, blockType testapi.MineJSONBlockType) (tips []*externalapi.DomainHash, err error) {
-	// jsonBlock is a json representation of a block in mine format
-	type jsonBlock struct {
-		ID      string   `json:"id"`
-		Parents []string `json:"parents"`
-	}
+// jsonBlock is a json representation of a block in mine format
+type jsonBlock struct {
+	ID      string   `json:"id"`
+	Parents []string `json:"parents"`
+}
 
+func (tc *testConsensus) MineJSON(r io.Reader, blockType testapi.MineJSONBlockType) (tips []*externalapi.DomainHash, err error) {
 	tipSet := map[externalapi.DomainHash]*externalapi.DomainHash{}
 	tipSet[*tc.dagParams.GenesisHash] = tc.dagParams.GenesisHash
 
@@ -182,6 +185,64 @@ func (tc *testConsensus) MineJSON(r io.Reader, blockType testapi.MineJSONBlockTy
 	return tips, nil
 }
 
+func (tc *testConsensus) ToJSON(w io.Writer) error {
+	hashToId := make(map[externalapi.DomainHash]string)
+	lastID := 0
+
+	encoder := json.NewEncoder(w)
+	visited := hashset.New()
+	queue := tc.dagTraversalManager.NewUpHeap(model.NewStagingArea())
+	err := queue.Push(tc.dagParams.GenesisHash)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	blocksToAdd := make([]jsonBlock, 0)
+	for queue.Len() > 0 {
+		current := queue.Pop()
+		if visited.Contains(current) {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		visited.Add(current)
+
+		if current.Equal(model.VirtualBlockHash) {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		header, err := tc.blockHeaderStore.BlockHeader(tc.databaseContext, model.NewStagingArea(), current)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		directParents := header.DirectParents()
+
+		parentIDs := make([]string, len(directParents))
+		for i, parent := range directParents {
+			parentIDs[i] = hashToId[*parent]
+		}
+		lastIDStr := fmt.Sprintf("%d", lastID)
+		blocksToAdd = append(blocksToAdd, jsonBlock{
+			ID:      lastIDStr,
+			Parents: parentIDs,
+		})
+		hashToId[*current] = lastIDStr
+		lastID++
+
+		children, err := tc.dagTopologyManagers[0].Children(model.NewStagingArea(), current)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		err = queue.PushSlice(children)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
+	return encoder.Encode(blocksToAdd)
+}
+
 func (tc *testConsensus) BuildUTXOInvalidBlock(parentHashes []*externalapi.DomainHash) (*externalapi.DomainBlock, error) {
 	// Require write lock because BuildBlockWithParents stages temporary data
 	tc.lock.Lock()

domain/consensus/test_consensus_getters.go

@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ func (tc *testConsensus) PruningStore() model.PruningStore {
 }
 
 func (tc *testConsensus) ReachabilityDataStore() model.ReachabilityDataStore {
-	return tc.reachabilityDataStores[0]
+	return tc.reachabilityDataStore
 }
 
 func (tc *testConsensus) UTXODiffStore() model.UTXODiffStore {

domain/consensus/utils/reachabilitydata/reachability_data.go

@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ func (rd *reachabilityData) FutureCoveringSet() model.FutureCoveringTreeNodeSet
 }
 
 func (rd *reachabilityData) CloneMutable() model.MutableReachabilityData {
+	//return rd
 	return &reachabilityData{
 		children:          externalapi.CloneHashes(rd.children),
 		parent:            rd.parent,

infrastructure/config/config.go

@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ const (
 	defaultSigCacheMaxSize  = 100000
 	sampleConfigFilename    = "sample-kaspad.conf"
 	defaultMaxUTXOCacheSize = 5000000000
-	defaultProtocolVersion  = 4
+	defaultProtocolVersion  = 5
 )
 
 var (

infrastructure/network/netadapter/server/grpcserver/protowire/messages.proto

@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@ message KaspadMessage {
     ReadyMessage ready = 50;
     BlockWithTrustedDataV4Message blockWithTrustedDataV4 = 51;
     TrustedDataMessage trustedData = 52;
+    RequestNextPruningPointAndItsAnticoneBlocksMessage requestNextPruningPointAndItsAnticoneBlocks = 53;
+    RequestIBDChainBlockLocatorMessage requestIBDChainBlockLocator = 54;
+    IbdChainBlockLocatorMessage ibdChainBlockLocator = 55;
+    RequestAnticoneMessage requestAnticone = 56;
 
     GetCurrentNetworkRequestMessage getCurrentNetworkRequest = 1001;
     GetCurrentNetworkResponseMessage getCurrentNetworkResponse = 1002;

infrastructure/network/netadapter/server/grpcserver/protowire/p2p.proto

@@ -190,6 +190,20 @@ message IbdBlockLocatorMessage {
   repeated Hash blockLocatorHashes = 2;
 }
 
+message RequestIBDChainBlockLocatorMessage{
+  Hash lowHash = 1;
+  Hash highHash = 2;
+}
+
+message IbdChainBlockLocatorMessage {
+  repeated Hash blockLocatorHashes = 1;
+}
+
+message RequestAnticoneMessage{
+  Hash blockHash = 1;
+  Hash contextHash = 2;
+}
+
 message IbdBlockLocatorHighestHashMessage {
   Hash highestHash = 1;
 }
@@ -204,6 +218,9 @@ message BlockHeadersMessage {
 message RequestPruningPointAndItsAnticoneMessage {
 }
 
+message RequestNextPruningPointAndItsAnticoneBlocksMessage{
+}
+
 message BlockWithTrustedDataMessage {
   BlockMessage block = 1;
   uint64 daaScore = 2;

infrastructure/network/netadapter/server/grpcserver/protowire/p2p_ibd_chain_block_locator.go

@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+package protowire
+
+import (
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/app/appmessage"
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+)
+
+func (x *KaspadMessage_IbdChainBlockLocator) toAppMessage() (appmessage.Message, error) {
+	if x == nil {
+		return nil, errors.Wrapf(errorNil, "KaspadMessage_IbdChainBlockLocator is nil")
+	}
+	return x.IbdChainBlockLocator.toAppMessage()
+}
+
+func (x *IbdChainBlockLocatorMessage) toAppMessage() (appmessage.Message, error) {
+	if x == nil {
+		return nil, errors.Wrapf(errorNil, "IbdChainBlockLocatorMessage is nil")
+	}
+	blockLocatorHashes, err := protoHashesToDomain(x.BlockLocatorHashes)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return &appmessage.MsgIBDChainBlockLocator{
+		BlockLocatorHashes: blockLocatorHashes,
+	}, nil
+}
+
+func (x *KaspadMessage_IbdChainBlockLocator) fromAppMessage(message *appmessage.MsgIBDChainBlockLocator) error {
+	x.IbdChainBlockLocator = &IbdChainBlockLocatorMessage{
+		BlockLocatorHashes: domainHashesToProto(message.BlockLocatorHashes),
+	}
+	return nil
+}

infrastructure/network/netadapter/server/grpcserver/protowire/p2p_request_anticone.go

@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+package protowire
+
+import (
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/app/appmessage"
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+)
+
+func (x *KaspadMessage_RequestAnticone) toAppMessage() (appmessage.Message, error) {
+	if x == nil {
+		return nil, errors.Wrapf(errorNil, "KaspadMessage_RequestAnticone is nil")
+	}
+	return x.RequestAnticone.toAppMessage()
+}
+
+func (x *RequestAnticoneMessage) toAppMessage() (appmessage.Message, error) {
+	if x == nil {
+		return nil, errors.Wrapf(errorNil, "RequestAnticoneMessage is nil")
+	}
+	blockHash, err := x.BlockHash.toDomain()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	contextHash, err := x.ContextHash.toDomain()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return &appmessage.MsgRequestAnticone{
+		BlockHash:   blockHash,
+		ContextHash: contextHash,
+	}, nil
+
+}
+
+func (x *KaspadMessage_RequestAnticone) fromAppMessage(msgRequestPastDiff *appmessage.MsgRequestAnticone) error {
+	x.RequestAnticone = &RequestAnticoneMessage{
+		BlockHash:   domainHashToProto(msgRequestPastDiff.BlockHash),
+		ContextHash: domainHashToProto(msgRequestPastDiff.ContextHash),
+	}
+	return nil
+}

infrastructure/network/netadapter/server/grpcserver/protowire/p2p_request_ibd_chain_block_locator.go

@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+package protowire
+
+import (
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/app/appmessage"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain/consensus/model/externalapi"
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+)
+
+func (x *KaspadMessage_RequestIBDChainBlockLocator) toAppMessage() (appmessage.Message, error) {
+	if x == nil {
+		return nil, errors.Wrapf(errorNil, "KaspadMessage_RequestIBDChainBlockLocator is nil")
+	}
+	return x.RequestIBDChainBlockLocator.toAppMessage()
+}
+
+func (x *RequestIBDChainBlockLocatorMessage) toAppMessage() (appmessage.Message, error) {
+	if x == nil {
+		return nil, errors.Wrapf(errorNil, "RequestIBDChainBlockLocatorMessage is nil")
+	}
+	var err error
+	var highHash, lowHash *externalapi.DomainHash
+	if x.HighHash != nil {
+		highHash, err = x.HighHash.toDomain()
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+	}
+	if x.LowHash != nil {
+		lowHash, err = x.LowHash.toDomain()
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+	}
+	return &appmessage.MsgRequestIBDChainBlockLocator{
+		HighHash: highHash,
+		LowHash:  lowHash,
+	}, nil
+
+}
+
+func (x *KaspadMessage_RequestIBDChainBlockLocator) fromAppMessage(msgGetBlockLocator *appmessage.MsgRequestIBDChainBlockLocator) error {
+	var highHash, lowHash *Hash
+	if msgGetBlockLocator.HighHash != nil {
+		highHash = domainHashToProto(msgGetBlockLocator.HighHash)
+	}
+	if msgGetBlockLocator.LowHash != nil {
+		lowHash = domainHashToProto(msgGetBlockLocator.LowHash)
+	}
+	x.RequestIBDChainBlockLocator = &RequestIBDChainBlockLocatorMessage{
+		HighHash: highHash,
+		LowHash:  lowHash,
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}

infrastructure/network/netadapter/server/grpcserver/protowire/p2p_request_next_pruning_point_and_its_anticone_blocks.go

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+package protowire
+
+import (
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/app/appmessage"
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+)
+
+func (x *KaspadMessage_RequestNextPruningPointAndItsAnticoneBlocks) toAppMessage() (appmessage.Message, error) {
+	if x == nil {
+		return nil, errors.Wrapf(errorNil, "KaspadMessage_DonePruningPointAndItsAnticoneBlocks is nil")
+	}
+	return &appmessage.MsgRequestNextPruningPointAndItsAnticoneBlocks{}, nil
+}
+
+func (x *KaspadMessage_RequestNextPruningPointAndItsAnticoneBlocks) fromAppMessage(_ *appmessage.MsgRequestNextPruningPointAndItsAnticoneBlocks) error {
+	return nil
+}

infrastructure/network/netadapter/server/grpcserver/protowire/wire.go

@@ -331,6 +331,34 @@ func toP2PPayload(message appmessage.Message) (isKaspadMessage_Payload, error) {
 			return nil, err
 		}
 		return payload, nil
+	case *appmessage.MsgRequestNextPruningPointAndItsAnticoneBlocks:
+		payload := new(KaspadMessage_RequestNextPruningPointAndItsAnticoneBlocks)
+		err := payload.fromAppMessage(message)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		return payload, nil
+	case *appmessage.MsgRequestIBDChainBlockLocator:
+		payload := new(KaspadMessage_RequestIBDChainBlockLocator)
+		err := payload.fromAppMessage(message)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		return payload, nil
+	case *appmessage.MsgIBDChainBlockLocator:
+		payload := new(KaspadMessage_IbdChainBlockLocator)
+		err := payload.fromAppMessage(message)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		return payload, nil
+	case *appmessage.MsgRequestAnticone:
+		payload := new(KaspadMessage_RequestAnticone)
+		err := payload.fromAppMessage(message)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		return payload, nil
 	default:
 		return nil, nil
 	}

stability-tests/netsync/fast-pruning-ibd-test/fast-pruning-ibd-test-params.json

@@ -1 +1,7 @@
-{"skipProofOfWork":true, "mergeSetSizeLimit": 30, "finalityDuration": 30000, "hardForkOmitGenesisFromParentsDaaScore": 2505}
+{
+  "skipProofOfWork": true,
+  "mergeSetSizeLimit": 30,
+  "finalityDuration": 200000,
+  "hardForkOmitGenesisFromParentsDaaScore": 2505,
+  "k": 0
+}

stability-tests/netsync/fast-pruning-ibd-test/generate_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,148 @@
+package fast_pruning_ibd_test
+
+import (
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain/consensus"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain/consensus/model/externalapi"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain/consensus/utils/testutils"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain/dagconfig"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"os"
+	"path"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+)
+
+// TestGenerateFastPruningIBDTest generates the json needed for dag-for-fast-pruning-ibd-test.json.gz
+func TestGenerateFastPruningIBDTest(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Skip()
+	testutils.ForAllNets(t, true, func(t *testing.T, consensusConfig *consensus.Config) {
+		if consensusConfig.Name != dagconfig.DevnetParams.Name {
+			return
+		}
+
+		factory := consensus.NewFactory()
+
+		// This is done to reduce the pruning depth to 6 blocks
+		finalityDepth := 200
+		consensusConfig.FinalityDuration = time.Duration(finalityDepth) * consensusConfig.TargetTimePerBlock
+		consensusConfig.K = 0
+		consensusConfig.PruningProofM = 1
+		consensusConfig.MergeSetSizeLimit = 30
+
+		tc, teardownSyncer, err := factory.NewTestConsensus(consensusConfig, "TestValidateAndInsertPruningPointSyncer")
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("Error setting up tc: %+v", err)
+		}
+		defer teardownSyncer(false)
+
+		numBlocks := finalityDepth
+		tipHash := consensusConfig.GenesisHash
+		for i := 0; i < numBlocks; i++ {
+			tipHash, _, err = tc.AddBlock([]*externalapi.DomainHash{tipHash}, nil, nil)
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatal(err)
+			}
+		}
+
+		tip, err := tc.GetBlock(tipHash)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+
+		header := tip.Header.ToMutable()
+
+		for i := uint64(1); i < 1000; i++ {
+			if i%100 == 0 {
+				t.Logf("Added %d tips", i)
+			}
+			header.SetNonce(tip.Header.Nonce() + i)
+			block := &externalapi.DomainBlock{Header: header.ToImmutable(), Transactions: tip.Transactions}
+			_, err = tc.ValidateAndInsertBlock(block, true)
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("ValidateAndInsertBlock: %+v", err)
+			}
+		}
+
+		emptyCoinbase := &externalapi.DomainCoinbaseData{
+			ScriptPublicKey: &externalapi.ScriptPublicKey{
+				Script:  nil,
+				Version: 0,
+			},
+		}
+
+		pruningPoint, err := tc.PruningPoint()
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+
+		for i := 0; ; i++ {
+			currentPruningPoint, err := tc.PruningPoint()
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatal(err)
+			}
+
+			if !pruningPoint.Equal(currentPruningPoint) {
+				t.Fatalf("Pruning point unexpectedly changed")
+			}
+
+			tips, err := tc.Tips()
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatal(err)
+			}
+
+			if len(tips) == 1 {
+				break
+			}
+
+			if i%10 == 0 {
+				t.Logf("Number of tips: %d", len(tips))
+			}
+
+			block, err := tc.BuildBlock(emptyCoinbase, nil)
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatal(err)
+			}
+
+			_, err = tc.ValidateAndInsertBlock(block, true)
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("ValidateAndInsertBlock: %+v", err)
+			}
+		}
+
+		for {
+			currentPruningPoint, err := tc.PruningPoint()
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatal(err)
+			}
+
+			if !pruningPoint.Equal(currentPruningPoint) {
+				break
+			}
+
+			block, err := tc.BuildBlock(emptyCoinbase, nil)
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatal(err)
+			}
+
+			_, err = tc.ValidateAndInsertBlock(block, true)
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("ValidateAndInsertBlock: %+v", err)
+			}
+		}
+
+		file, err := ioutil.TempFile("", "")
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+
+		err = tc.ToJSON(file)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		stat, err := file.Stat()
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		t.Logf("DAG saved at %s", path.Join(os.TempDir(), stat.Name()))
+	})
+}