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2026-02-21 11:17:05 +00:00 · 2020-11-09 07:26:26 +00:00
748 changed files with 23790 additions and 90531 deletions
--- a/.codecov.yml
+++ b/.codecov.yml
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-coverage:
-  status:
-    patch: off
-
-    project:
-      default:
-        informational: true
-ignore:
-  - "**/*.pb.go" # Ignore all auto generated protobuf structures.
--- a/.github/workflows/SetPageFileSize.ps1
+++ b/.github/workflows/SetPageFileSize.ps1
@@ -1,196 +0,0 @@
-<#
-# MIT License (MIT) Copyright (c) 2020 Maxim Lobanov and contributors
-# Source: https://github.com/al-cheb/configure-pagefile-action/blob/master/scripts/SetPageFileSize.ps1
-.SYNOPSIS
-  Configure Pagefile on Windows machine
-.NOTES
-  Author:         Aleksandr Chebotov
-
-.EXAMPLE
-  SetPageFileSize.ps1 -MinimumSize 4GB -MaximumSize 8GB -DiskRoot "D:"
-#>
-
-param(
-    [System.UInt64] $MinimumSize = 8gb ,
-    [System.UInt64] $MaximumSize = 8gb ,
-    [System.String] $DiskRoot = "D:"
-)
-
-# https://referencesource.microsoft.com/#System.IdentityModel/System/IdentityModel/NativeMethods.cs,619688d876febbe1
-# https://www.geoffchappell.com/studies/windows/km/ntoskrnl/api/mm/modwrite/create.htm
-# https://referencesource.microsoft.com/#mscorlib/microsoft/win32/safehandles/safefilehandle.cs,9b08210f3be75520
-# https://referencesource.microsoft.com/#mscorlib/system/security/principal/tokenaccesslevels.cs,6eda91f498a38586
-# https://www.autoitscript.com/forum/topic/117993-api-ntcreatepagingfile/
-
-$source = @'
-using System;
-using System.ComponentModel;
-using System.Diagnostics;
-using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
-using System.Security.Principal;
-using System.Text;
-using Microsoft.Win32;
-using Microsoft.Win32.SafeHandles;
-
-namespace Util
-{
-    class NativeMethods
-    {
-        [StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
-        internal struct LUID
-        {
-            internal uint LowPart;
-            internal uint HighPart;
-        }
-    
-        [StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
-        internal struct LUID_AND_ATTRIBUTES
-        {
-            internal LUID Luid;
-            internal uint Attributes;
-        }
-    
-        [StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
-        internal struct TOKEN_PRIVILEGE
-        {
-            internal uint PrivilegeCount;
-            internal LUID_AND_ATTRIBUTES Privilege;
-    
-            internal static readonly uint Size = (uint)Marshal.SizeOf(typeof(TOKEN_PRIVILEGE));
-        }
-
-        [StructLayoutAttribute(LayoutKind.Sequential, CharSet = CharSet.Unicode)]
-        internal struct UNICODE_STRING
-        {
-            internal UInt16 length;
-            internal UInt16 maximumLength;
-            internal string buffer;
-        }
-
-        [DllImport("kernel32.dll", SetLastError=true)]
-        internal static extern IntPtr LocalFree(IntPtr handle);
-
-        [DllImport("advapi32.dll", ExactSpelling = true, CharSet = CharSet.Unicode, SetLastError = true, PreserveSig = false)]
-        internal static extern bool LookupPrivilegeValueW(
-            [In] string lpSystemName,
-            [In] string lpName,
-            [Out] out LUID luid
-        );
-
-        [DllImport("advapi32.dll", SetLastError = true, PreserveSig = false)]
-        internal static extern bool AdjustTokenPrivileges(
-            [In] SafeCloseHandle tokenHandle,
-            [In] bool disableAllPrivileges,
-            [In] ref TOKEN_PRIVILEGE newState,
-            [In] uint bufferLength,
-            [Out] out TOKEN_PRIVILEGE previousState,
-            [Out] out uint returnLength
-        );
-
-        [DllImport("advapi32.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Auto, SetLastError = true, PreserveSig = false)]
-        internal static extern bool OpenProcessToken(
-            [In] IntPtr processToken,
-            [In] int desiredAccess,
-            [Out] out SafeCloseHandle tokenHandle
-        );
-
-        [DllImport("ntdll.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Unicode, SetLastError = true, CallingConvention = CallingConvention.StdCall)]
-        internal static extern Int32 NtCreatePagingFile(
-            [In] ref UNICODE_STRING pageFileName, 
-            [In] ref Int64 minimumSize, 
-            [In] ref Int64 maximumSize, 
-            [In] UInt32 flags
-        );
-
-        [DllImport("kernel32.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Unicode, SetLastError = true)]
-        internal static extern uint QueryDosDeviceW(
-            string lpDeviceName,
-            StringBuilder lpTargetPath,
-            int ucchMax
-        );
-    }
-
-    public sealed class SafeCloseHandle: SafeHandleZeroOrMinusOneIsInvalid 
-    {
-        [DllImport("kernel32.dll", ExactSpelling = true, SetLastError = true)]
-        internal extern static bool CloseHandle(IntPtr handle);
-
-        private SafeCloseHandle() : base(true)
-        {
-        }
- 
-        public SafeCloseHandle(IntPtr preexistingHandle, bool ownsHandle) : base(ownsHandle) 
-        {
-            SetHandle(preexistingHandle);
-        }
-
-        override protected bool ReleaseHandle()
-        {
-            return CloseHandle(handle);
-        }
-    }
-
-    public class PageFile
-    {
-        public static void SetPageFileSize(long minimumValue, long maximumValue, string lpDeviceName)
-        {
-            SetPageFilePrivilege();
-            StringBuilder lpTargetPath = new StringBuilder(260);
-
-            UInt32 resultQueryDosDevice = NativeMethods.QueryDosDeviceW(lpDeviceName, lpTargetPath, lpTargetPath.Capacity);
-            if (resultQueryDosDevice == 0)
-            {
-                throw new Win32Exception(Marshal.GetLastWin32Error());
-            }
-
-            string pageFilePath = lpTargetPath.ToString() + "\\pagefile.sys";
-
-            NativeMethods.UNICODE_STRING pageFileName = new NativeMethods.UNICODE_STRING
-            {
-                length = (ushort)(pageFilePath.Length * 2),
-                maximumLength = (ushort)(2 * (pageFilePath.Length + 1)),
-                buffer = pageFilePath
-            };
-
-            Int32 resultNtCreatePagingFile = NativeMethods.NtCreatePagingFile(ref pageFileName, ref minimumValue, ref maximumValue, 0);
-            if (resultNtCreatePagingFile != 0)
-            {
-                throw new Win32Exception(Marshal.GetLastWin32Error());
-            }
-
-            Console.WriteLine("PageFile: {0} / {1} bytes for {2}", minimumValue, maximumValue, pageFilePath);
-        }
-
-        static void SetPageFilePrivilege()
-        {
-            const int SE_PRIVILEGE_ENABLED = 0x00000002;
-            const int AdjustPrivileges = 0x00000020;
-            const int Query = 0x00000008;
-
-            NativeMethods.LUID luid;
-            NativeMethods.LookupPrivilegeValueW(null, "SeCreatePagefilePrivilege", out luid);
-
-            SafeCloseHandle hToken;
-            NativeMethods.OpenProcessToken(
-                Process.GetCurrentProcess().Handle,
-                AdjustPrivileges | Query,
-                out hToken
-            );
-
-            NativeMethods.TOKEN_PRIVILEGE previousState;
-            NativeMethods.TOKEN_PRIVILEGE newState;
-            uint previousSize = 0;
-            newState.PrivilegeCount = 1;
-            newState.Privilege.Luid = luid;
-            newState.Privilege.Attributes = SE_PRIVILEGE_ENABLED;
-
-            NativeMethods.AdjustTokenPrivileges(hToken, false, ref newState, NativeMethods.TOKEN_PRIVILEGE.Size, out previousState, out previousSize);
-        }
-    }
-}
-'@
-
-Add-Type -TypeDefinition $source
-
-# Set SetPageFileSize
-[Util.PageFile]::SetPageFileSize($minimumSize, $maximumSize, $diskRoot)
--- a/.github/workflows/go-deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/go-deploy.yml
@@ -1,68 +0,0 @@
-name: Build and Upload assets
-on:
-  release:
-    types: [published]
-
-jobs:
-  build:
-    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix:
-        os: [ ubuntu-latest, windows-latest, macos-latest ]
-    name: Building For ${{ matrix.os }}
-    steps:
-      - name: Fix windows CRLF
-        run: git config --global core.autocrlf false
-
-      - name: Check out code into the Go module directory
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
-
-      # We need to increase the page size because the tests run out of memory on github CI windows.
-      # Use the powershell script from this github action: https://github.com/al-cheb/configure-pagefile-action/blob/master/scripts/SetPageFileSize.ps1
-      # MIT License (MIT) Copyright (c) 2020 Maxim Lobanov and contributors
-      - name: Increase page size on windows
-        if: runner.os == 'Windows'
-        shell: powershell
-        run: powershell -command .\.github\workflows\SetPageFileSize.ps1
-
-
-      - name: Set up Go 1.x
-        uses: actions/setup-go@v2
-        with:
-          go-version: 1.16
-
-      - name: Build on linux
-        if: runner.os == 'Linux'
-        # `-extldflags=-static` - means static link everything, `-tags netgo,osusergo` means use pure go replacements for "os/user" and "net"
-        # `-s -w` strips the binary to produce smaller size binaries
-        run: |
-          binary="kaspad-${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}-linux"
-          echo "binary=${binary}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-          go build -v -ldflags="-s -w -extldflags=-static" -tags netgo,osusergo -o "${binary}"
-
-      - name: Build on Windows
-        if: runner.os == 'Windows'
-        shell: bash
-        run: |
-          binary="kaspad-${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}-win64.exe"
-          echo "binary=${binary}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-          go build -v -ldflags="-s -w" -o "${binary}"
-
-      - name: Build on MacOS
-        if: runner.os == 'macOS'
-        run: |
-          binary="kaspad-${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}-osx"
-          echo "binary=${binary}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-          go build -v -ldflags="-s -w" -o "${binary}"
-
-
-      - name: Upload Release Asset
-        uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        with:
-          upload_url: ${{ github.event.release.upload_url }}
-          asset_path: "./${{ env.binary }}"
-          asset_name: "${{ env.binary }}"
-          asset_content_type: application/zip
--- a/.github/workflows/go-race.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/go-race.yml
@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-name: Go-Race
-
-on:
-  schedule:
-    - cron: "0 0 * * *"
-  workflow_dispatch:
-
-jobs:
-  race_test:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix:
-        branch: [ master, latest ]
-    name: Race detection on ${{ matrix.branch }}
-    steps:
-      - name: Check out code into the Go module directory
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
-
-      - name: Set up Go 1.x
-        uses: actions/setup-go@v2
-        with:
-          go-version: 1.15
-
-      - name: Set scheduled branch name
-        shell: bash
-        if: github.event_name == 'schedule'
-        run: |
-          if [ "${{ matrix.branch }}" == "master" ]; then
-            echo "run_on=master" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-          fi
-          if [ "${{ matrix.branch }}" == "latest" ]; then
-            branch=$(git branch -r | grep 'v\([0-9]\+\.\)\([0-9]\+\.\)\([0-9]\+\)-dev' | sort -Vr | head -1 | xargs)
-            echo "run_on=${branch}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-          fi
-
-      - name: Set manual branch name
-        shell: bash
-        if: github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch'
-        run: echo "run_on=${{ github.ref }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-
-      - name: Test with race detector
-        shell: bash
-        run: |
-          git checkout "${{ env.run_on }}"
-          git status
-          go test -race ./...
--- a/.github/workflows/go.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/go.yml
@@ -1,70 +0,0 @@
-name: Go
-
-on:
-  push:
-  pull_request:
-    # edtited - "title, body, or the base branch of the PR is modified"
-    # synchronize - "commit(s) pushed to the pull request"
-    types: [opened, synchronize, edited, reopened]
-
-jobs:
-  build:
-    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix:
-        os: [ ubuntu-16.04, macos-10.15 ]
-    name: Testing on on ${{ matrix.os }}
-    steps:
-
-      - name: Fix windows CRLF
-        run: git config --global core.autocrlf false
-
-      - name: Check out code into the Go module directory
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
-
-      # We need to increase the page size because the tests run out of memory on github CI windows.
-      # Use the powershell script from this github action: https://github.com/al-cheb/configure-pagefile-action/blob/master/scripts/SetPageFileSize.ps1
-      # MIT License (MIT) Copyright (c) 2020 Maxim Lobanov and contributors
-      - name: Increase page size on windows
-        if: runner.os == 'Windows'
-        shell: powershell
-        run: powershell -command .\.github\workflows\SetPageFileSize.ps1
-
-
-      - name: Set up Go 1.x
-        uses: actions/setup-go@v2
-        with:
-          go-version: 1.16
-
-
-      # Source: https://github.com/actions/cache/blob/main/examples.md#go---modules
-      - name: Go Cache
-        uses: actions/cache@v2
-        with:
-          path: ~/go/pkg/mod
-          key: ${{ runner.os }}-go-${{ hashFiles('**/go.sum') }}
-          restore-keys: |
-            ${{ runner.os }}-go-
-
-      - name: Test
-        shell: bash
-        run: ./build_and_test.sh -v
-
-  coverage:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
-    name: Produce code coverage
-    steps:
-      - name: Check out code into the Go module directory
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
-
-      - name: Set up Go 1.x
-        uses: actions/setup-go@v2
-        with:
-          go-version: 1.16
-
-      - name: Create coverage file
-        run: go test -v -covermode=atomic -coverpkg=./... -coverprofile coverage.txt ./...
-
-      - name: Upload coverage file
-        run: bash <(curl -s https://codecov.io/bash)
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -13,21 +13,6 @@ kaspad.db
 *.o
 *.a
 *.so
-*.dylib
-
-# Test binary, built with `go test -c`
-*.test
-
-# Real binaries, build with `go build .`
-kaspad
-cmd/gencerts/gencerts
-cmd/kaspactl/kaspactl
-cmd/kasminer/kaspaminer
-*.exe
-*.exe~
-
-# Output of the go coverage tool
-*.out

 # Folders
 _obj
@@ -46,7 +31,8 @@ _cgo_export.*

 _testmain.go

-
+*.exe
+ 
 # IDE
 .idea
 .vscode
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-# Contributing to Kaspad
-
-Any contribution to Kaspad is very welcome.
-
-## Getting started
-
-If you want to start contributing to Kaspad and don't know where to start, you can pick an issue from
-the [list](https://github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/issues).
-
-If you want to make a big change it's better to discuss it first by opening an issue or talk about it in
-[Discord](https://discord.gg/WmGhhzk) to avoid duplicate work.
-
-## Pull Request process
-
-Any pull request should be opened against the development branch of the target version. The development branch format is
-as follows: `vx.y.z-dev`, for example: `v0.8.5-dev`.
-
-All pull requests should pass the checks written in `build_and_test.sh`, so it's recommended to run this script before
-submitting your PR.
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -9,16 +9,12 @@ Warning: This is pre-alpha software. There's no guarantee anything works.

 Kaspad is the reference full node Kaspa implementation written in Go (golang).

-This project is currently under active development and is in a pre-Alpha state.
+This project is currently under active development and is in a pre-Alpha state. 
 Some things still don't work and APIs are far from finalized. The code is provided for reference only.

-## What is kaspa
-
-Kaspa is an attempt at a proof-of-work cryptocurrency with instant confirmations and sub-second block times. It is based on [the PHANTOM protocol](https://eprint.iacr.org/2018/104.pdf), a generalization of Nakamoto consensus.
-
 ## Requirements

-Go 1.16 or later.
+Latest version of [Go](http://golang.org) (currently 1.13).

 ## Installation

@@ -31,17 +27,23 @@ Go 1.16 or later.

 ```bash
 $ go version
+$ go env GOROOT GOPATH
 ```

+NOTE: The `GOROOT` and `GOPATH` above must not be the same path. It is
+recommended that `GOPATH` is set to a directory in your home directory such as
+`~/dev/go` to avoid write permission issues. It is also recommended to add
+`$GOPATH/bin` to your `PATH` at this point.
+
 - Run the following commands to obtain and install kaspad including all dependencies:

 ```bash
-$ git clone https://github.com/kaspanet/kaspad
-$ cd kaspad
+$ git clone https://github.com/kaspanet/kaspad $GOPATH/src/github.com/kaspanet/kaspad
+$ cd $GOPATH/src/github.com/kaspanet/kaspad
 $ go install . ./cmd/...
 ```

- Kaspad (and utilities) should now be installed in `$(go env GOPATH)/bin`. If you did
+- Kaspad (and utilities) should now be installed in `$GOPATH/bin`. If you did
  not already add the bin directory to your system path during Go installation,
  you are encouraged to do so now.

@@ -51,8 +53,10 @@ $ go install . ./cmd/...
 Kaspad has several configuration options available to tweak how it runs, but all
 of the basic operations work with zero configuration.

+#### Linux/BSD/POSIX/Source
+
 ```bash
-$ kaspad
+$ ./kaspad
 ```

 ## Discord
@@ -65,8 +69,9 @@ is used for this project.

 ## Documentation

-The [documentation](https://github.com/kaspanet/docs) is a work-in-progress
+The documentation is a work-in-progress. It is located in the [docs](https://github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/tree/master/docs) folder.

 ## License

 Kaspad is licensed under the copyfree [ISC License](https://choosealicense.com/licenses/isc/).
+
--- a/app/app.go
+++ b/app/app.go
@@ -7,20 +7,20 @@ import (
 	"runtime"
 	"time"

-	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/infrastructure/config"
 	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/infrastructure/db/database"
 	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/infrastructure/db/database/ldb"
-	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/infrastructure/logger"
-	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/infrastructure/os/execenv"
-	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/infrastructure/os/limits"
+
 	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/infrastructure/os/signal"
-	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/infrastructure/os/winservice"
-	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/util/panics"
 	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/util/profiling"
 	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/version"
-)

-const leveldbCacheSizeMiB = 256
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/util/panics"
+
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/infrastructure/config"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/infrastructure/os/execenv"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/infrastructure/os/limits"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/infrastructure/os/winservice"
+)

 var desiredLimits = &limits.DesiredLimits{
 	FileLimitWant: 2048,
@@ -46,10 +46,9 @@ func StartApp() error {
 	// initializes logging and configures it accordingly.
 	cfg, err := config.LoadConfig()
 	if err != nil {
-		fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, err)
+		fmt.Fprint(os.Stderr, err)
 		return err
 	}
-	defer logger.BackendLog.Close()
 	defer panics.HandlePanic(log, "MAIN", nil)

 	app := &kaspadApp{cfg: cfg}
@@ -182,5 +181,5 @@ func removeDatabase(cfg *config.Config) error {
 func openDB(cfg *config.Config) (database.Database, error) {
 	dbPath := databasePath(cfg)
 	log.Infof("Loading database from '%s'", dbPath)
-	return ldb.NewLevelDB(dbPath, leveldbCacheSizeMiB)
+	return ldb.NewLevelDB(dbPath)
 }
--- a/app/appmessage/common.go
+++ b/app/appmessage/common.go
@@ -5,12 +5,34 @@
 package appmessage

 import (
+	"encoding/binary"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"math"
+
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain/consensus/model/externalapi"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/infrastructure/network/netadapter/id"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/util/binaryserializer"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/util/mstime"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 )

+// MaxVarIntPayload is the maximum payload size for a variable length integer.
+const MaxVarIntPayload = 9
+
 // MaxInvPerMsg is the maximum number of inventory vectors that can be in any type of kaspa inv message.
 const MaxInvPerMsg = 1 << 17

+var (
+	// littleEndian is a convenience variable since binary.LittleEndian is
+	// quite long.
+	littleEndian = binary.LittleEndian
+
+	// bigEndian is a convenience variable since binary.BigEndian is quite
+	// long.
+	bigEndian = binary.BigEndian
+)
+
 // errNonCanonicalVarInt is the common format string used for non-canonically
 // encoded variable length integer errors.
 var errNonCanonicalVarInt = "non-canonical varint %x - discriminant %x must " +
@@ -18,3 +40,473 @@ var errNonCanonicalVarInt = "non-canonical varint %x - discriminant %x must " +

 // errNoEncodingForType signifies that there's no encoding for the given type.
 var errNoEncodingForType = errors.New("there's no encoding for this type")
+
+// int64Time represents a unix timestamp with milliseconds precision encoded with
+// an int64. It is used as a way to signal the readElement function how to decode
+// a timestamp into a Go mstime.Time since it is otherwise ambiguous.
+type int64Time mstime.Time
+
+// ReadElement reads the next sequence of bytes from r using little endian
+// depending on the concrete type of element pointed to.
+func ReadElement(r io.Reader, element interface{}) error {
+	// Attempt to read the element based on the concrete type via fast
+	// type assertions first.
+	switch e := element.(type) {
+	case *int32:
+		rv, err := binaryserializer.Uint32(r, littleEndian)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		*e = int32(rv)
+		return nil
+
+	case *uint32:
+		rv, err := binaryserializer.Uint32(r, littleEndian)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		*e = rv
+		return nil
+
+	case *int64:
+		rv, err := binaryserializer.Uint64(r, littleEndian)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		*e = int64(rv)
+		return nil
+
+	case *uint64:
+		rv, err := binaryserializer.Uint64(r, littleEndian)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		*e = rv
+		return nil
+
+	case *uint8:
+		rv, err := binaryserializer.Uint8(r)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		*e = rv
+		return nil
+
+	case *bool:
+		rv, err := binaryserializer.Uint8(r)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		if rv == 0x00 {
+			*e = false
+		} else {
+			*e = true
+		}
+		return nil
+
+	// Unix timestamp encoded as an int64.
+	case *int64Time:
+		rv, err := binaryserializer.Uint64(r, binary.LittleEndian)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		*e = int64Time(mstime.UnixMilliseconds(int64(rv)))
+		return nil
+
+	// Message header checksum.
+	case *[4]byte:
+		_, err := io.ReadFull(r, e[:])
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		return nil
+
+	// Message header command.
+	case *MessageCommand:
+		rv, err := binaryserializer.Uint32(r, littleEndian)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		*e = MessageCommand(rv)
+		return nil
+
+	// IP address.
+	case *[16]byte:
+		_, err := io.ReadFull(r, e[:])
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		return nil
+
+	case *externalapi.DomainHash:
+		_, err := io.ReadFull(r, e[:])
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		return nil
+
+	case *id.ID:
+		return e.Deserialize(r)
+
+	case *externalapi.DomainSubnetworkID:
+		_, err := io.ReadFull(r, e[:])
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		return nil
+
+	case *ServiceFlag:
+		rv, err := binaryserializer.Uint64(r, littleEndian)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		*e = ServiceFlag(rv)
+		return nil
+
+	case *KaspaNet:
+		rv, err := binaryserializer.Uint32(r, littleEndian)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		*e = KaspaNet(rv)
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	return errors.Wrapf(errNoEncodingForType, "couldn't find a way to read type %T", element)
+}
+
+// readElements reads multiple items from r. It is equivalent to multiple
+// calls to readElement.
+func readElements(r io.Reader, elements ...interface{}) error {
+	for _, element := range elements {
+		err := ReadElement(r, element)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// WriteElement writes the little endian representation of element to w.
+func WriteElement(w io.Writer, element interface{}) error {
+	// Attempt to write the element based on the concrete type via fast
+	// type assertions first.
+	switch e := element.(type) {
+	case int32:
+		err := binaryserializer.PutUint32(w, littleEndian, uint32(e))
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		return nil
+
+	case uint32:
+		err := binaryserializer.PutUint32(w, littleEndian, e)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		return nil
+
+	case int64:
+		err := binaryserializer.PutUint64(w, littleEndian, uint64(e))
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		return nil
+
+	case uint64:
+		err := binaryserializer.PutUint64(w, littleEndian, e)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		return nil
+
+	case uint8:
+		err := binaryserializer.PutUint8(w, e)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		return nil
+
+	case bool:
+		var err error
+		if e {
+			err = binaryserializer.PutUint8(w, 0x01)
+		} else {
+			err = binaryserializer.PutUint8(w, 0x00)
+		}
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		return nil
+
+	// Message header checksum.
+	case [4]byte:
+		_, err := w.Write(e[:])
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		return nil
+
+	// Message header command.
+	case MessageCommand:
+		err := binaryserializer.PutUint32(w, littleEndian, uint32(e))
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		return nil
+
+	// IP address.
+	case [16]byte:
+		_, err := w.Write(e[:])
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		return nil
+
+	case *externalapi.DomainHash:
+		_, err := w.Write(e[:])
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		return nil
+
+	case *id.ID:
+		return e.Serialize(w)
+
+	case *externalapi.DomainSubnetworkID:
+		_, err := w.Write(e[:])
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		return nil
+
+	case ServiceFlag:
+		err := binaryserializer.PutUint64(w, littleEndian, uint64(e))
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		return nil
+
+	case KaspaNet:
+		err := binaryserializer.PutUint32(w, littleEndian, uint32(e))
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	return errors.Wrapf(errNoEncodingForType, "couldn't find a way to write type %T", element)
+}
+
+// writeElements writes multiple items to w. It is equivalent to multiple
+// calls to writeElement.
+func writeElements(w io.Writer, elements ...interface{}) error {
+	for _, element := range elements {
+		err := WriteElement(w, element)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// ReadVarInt reads a variable length integer from r and returns it as a uint64.
+func ReadVarInt(r io.Reader) (uint64, error) {
+	discriminant, err := binaryserializer.Uint8(r)
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, err
+	}
+
+	var rv uint64
+	switch discriminant {
+	case 0xff:
+		sv, err := binaryserializer.Uint64(r, littleEndian)
+		if err != nil {
+			return 0, err
+		}
+		rv = sv
+
+		// The encoding is not canonical if the value could have been
+		// encoded using fewer bytes.
+		min := uint64(0x100000000)
+		if rv < min {
+			return 0, messageError("readVarInt", fmt.Sprintf(
+				errNonCanonicalVarInt, rv, discriminant, min))
+		}
+
+	case 0xfe:
+		sv, err := binaryserializer.Uint32(r, littleEndian)
+		if err != nil {
+			return 0, err
+		}
+		rv = uint64(sv)
+
+		// The encoding is not canonical if the value could have been
+		// encoded using fewer bytes.
+		min := uint64(0x10000)
+		if rv < min {
+			return 0, messageError("readVarInt", fmt.Sprintf(
+				errNonCanonicalVarInt, rv, discriminant, min))
+		}
+
+	case 0xfd:
+		sv, err := binaryserializer.Uint16(r, littleEndian)
+		if err != nil {
+			return 0, err
+		}
+		rv = uint64(sv)
+
+		// The encoding is not canonical if the value could have been
+		// encoded using fewer bytes.
+		min := uint64(0xfd)
+		if rv < min {
+			return 0, messageError("readVarInt", fmt.Sprintf(
+				errNonCanonicalVarInt, rv, discriminant, min))
+		}
+
+	default:
+		rv = uint64(discriminant)
+	}
+
+	return rv, nil
+}
+
+// WriteVarInt serializes val to w using a variable number of bytes depending
+// on its value.
+func WriteVarInt(w io.Writer, val uint64) error {
+	if val < 0xfd {
+		_, err := w.Write([]byte{uint8(val)})
+		return errors.WithStack(err)
+	}
+
+	if val <= math.MaxUint16 {
+		var buf [3]byte
+		buf[0] = 0xfd
+		littleEndian.PutUint16(buf[1:], uint16(val))
+		_, err := w.Write(buf[:])
+		return errors.WithStack(err)
+	}
+
+	if val <= math.MaxUint32 {
+		var buf [5]byte
+		buf[0] = 0xfe
+		littleEndian.PutUint32(buf[1:], uint32(val))
+		_, err := w.Write(buf[:])
+		return errors.WithStack(err)
+	}
+
+	var buf [9]byte
+	buf[0] = 0xff
+	littleEndian.PutUint64(buf[1:], val)
+	_, err := w.Write(buf[:])
+	return errors.WithStack(err)
+}
+
+// VarIntSerializeSize returns the number of bytes it would take to serialize
+// val as a variable length integer.
+func VarIntSerializeSize(val uint64) int {
+	// The value is small enough to be represented by itself, so it's
+	// just 1 byte.
+	if val < 0xfd {
+		return 1
+	}
+
+	// Discriminant 1 byte plus 2 bytes for the uint16.
+	if val <= math.MaxUint16 {
+		return 3
+	}
+
+	// Discriminant 1 byte plus 4 bytes for the uint32.
+	if val <= math.MaxUint32 {
+		return 5
+	}
+
+	// Discriminant 1 byte plus 8 bytes for the uint64.
+	return 9
+}
+
+// ReadVarString reads a variable length string from r and returns it as a Go
+// string. A variable length string is encoded as a variable length integer
+// containing the length of the string followed by the bytes that represent the
+// string itself. An error is returned if the length is greater than the
+// maximum block payload size since it helps protect against memory exhaustion
+// attacks and forced panics through malformed messages.
+func ReadVarString(r io.Reader, pver uint32) (string, error) {
+	count, err := ReadVarInt(r)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	// Prevent variable length strings that are larger than the maximum
+	// message size. It would be possible to cause memory exhaustion and
+	// panics without a sane upper bound on this count.
+	if count > MaxMessagePayload {
+		str := fmt.Sprintf("variable length string is too long "+
+			"[count %d, max %d]", count, MaxMessagePayload)
+		return "", messageError("ReadVarString", str)
+	}
+
+	buf := make([]byte, count)
+	_, err = io.ReadFull(r, buf)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	return string(buf), nil
+}
+
+// WriteVarString serializes str to w as a variable length integer containing
+// the length of the string followed by the bytes that represent the string
+// itself.
+func WriteVarString(w io.Writer, str string) error {
+	err := WriteVarInt(w, uint64(len(str)))
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	_, err = w.Write([]byte(str))
+	return err
+}
+
+// ReadVarBytes reads a variable length byte array. A byte array is encoded
+// as a varInt containing the length of the array followed by the bytes
+// themselves. An error is returned if the length is greater than the
+// passed maxAllowed parameter which helps protect against memory exhaustion
+// attacks and forced panics through malformed messages. The fieldName
+// parameter is only used for the error message so it provides more context in
+// the error.
+func ReadVarBytes(r io.Reader, pver uint32, maxAllowed uint32,
+	fieldName string) ([]byte, error) {
+
+	count, err := ReadVarInt(r)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	// Prevent byte array larger than the max message size. It would
+	// be possible to cause memory exhaustion and panics without a sane
+	// upper bound on this count.
+	if count > uint64(maxAllowed) {
+		str := fmt.Sprintf("%s is larger than the max allowed size "+
+			"[count %d, max %d]", fieldName, count, maxAllowed)
+		return nil, messageError("ReadVarBytes", str)
+	}
+
+	b := make([]byte, count)
+	_, err = io.ReadFull(r, b)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return b, nil
+}
+
+// WriteVarBytes serializes a variable length byte array to w as a varInt
+// containing the number of bytes, followed by the bytes themselves.
+func WriteVarBytes(w io.Writer, pver uint32, bytes []byte) error {
+	slen := uint64(len(bytes))
+	err := WriteVarInt(w, slen)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	_, err = w.Write(bytes)
+	return err
+}
--- a/app/appmessage/common_test.go
+++ b/app/appmessage/common_test.go
@@ -1,44 +1,696 @@
+// 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"
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"io"
+	"reflect"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain/consensus/model/externalapi"
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+
+	"github.com/davecgh/go-spew/spew"
+)

 // mainnetGenesisHash is the hash of the first block in the block DAG for the
 // main network (genesis block).
-var mainnetGenesisHash = externalapi.NewDomainHashFromByteArray(&[externalapi.DomainHashSize]byte{
+var mainnetGenesisHash = &externalapi.DomainHash{
 	0xdc, 0x5f, 0x5b, 0x5b, 0x1d, 0xc2, 0xa7, 0x25,
 	0x49, 0xd5, 0x1d, 0x4d, 0xee, 0xd7, 0xa4, 0x8b,
 	0xaf, 0xd3, 0x14, 0x4b, 0x56, 0x78, 0x98, 0xb1,
 	0x8c, 0xfd, 0x9f, 0x69, 0xdd, 0xcf, 0xbb, 0x63,
-})
+}

 // simnetGenesisHash is the hash of the first block in the block DAG for the
 // simulation test network.
-var simnetGenesisHash = externalapi.NewDomainHashFromByteArray(&[externalapi.DomainHashSize]byte{
+var simnetGenesisHash = &externalapi.DomainHash{
 	0x9d, 0x89, 0xb0, 0x6e, 0xb3, 0x47, 0xb5, 0x6e,
 	0xcd, 0x6c, 0x63, 0x99, 0x45, 0x91, 0xd5, 0xce,
 	0x9b, 0x43, 0x05, 0xc1, 0xa5, 0x5e, 0x2a, 0xda,
 	0x90, 0x4c, 0xf0, 0x6c, 0x4d, 0x5f, 0xd3, 0x62,
-})
+}

 // mainnetGenesisMerkleRoot is the hash of the first transaction in the genesis
 // block for the main network.
-var mainnetGenesisMerkleRoot = externalapi.NewDomainHashFromByteArray(&[externalapi.DomainHashSize]byte{
+var mainnetGenesisMerkleRoot = &externalapi.DomainHash{
 	0x4a, 0x5e, 0x1e, 0x4b, 0xaa, 0xb8, 0x9f, 0x3a,
 	0x32, 0x51, 0x8a, 0x88, 0xc3, 0x1b, 0xc8, 0x7f,
 	0x61, 0x8f, 0x76, 0x67, 0x3e, 0x2c, 0xc7, 0x7a,
 	0xb2, 0x12, 0x7b, 0x7a, 0xfd, 0xed, 0xa3, 0x3b,
-})
+}

-var exampleAcceptedIDMerkleRoot = externalapi.NewDomainHashFromByteArray(&[externalapi.DomainHashSize]byte{
+var exampleAcceptedIDMerkleRoot = &externalapi.DomainHash{
 	0x09, 0x3B, 0xC7, 0xE3, 0x67, 0x11, 0x7B, 0x3C,
 	0x30, 0xC1, 0xF8, 0xFD, 0xD0, 0xD9, 0x72, 0x87,
 	0x7F, 0x16, 0xC5, 0x96, 0x2E, 0x8B, 0xD9, 0x63,
 	0x65, 0x9C, 0x79, 0x3C, 0xE3, 0x70, 0xD9, 0x5F,
-})
+}

-var exampleUTXOCommitment = externalapi.NewDomainHashFromByteArray(&[externalapi.DomainHashSize]byte{
+var exampleUTXOCommitment = &externalapi.DomainHash{
 	0x10, 0x3B, 0xC7, 0xE3, 0x67, 0x11, 0x7B, 0x3C,
 	0x30, 0xC1, 0xF8, 0xFD, 0xD0, 0xD9, 0x72, 0x87,
 	0x7F, 0x16, 0xC5, 0x96, 0x2E, 0x8B, 0xD9, 0x63,
 	0x65, 0x9C, 0x79, 0x3C, 0xE3, 0x70, 0xD9, 0x5F,
-})
+}
+
+// TestElementEncoding tests appmessage encode and decode for various element types. This
+// is mainly to test the "fast" paths in readElement and writeElement which use
+// type assertions to avoid reflection when possible.
+func TestElementEncoding(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		in  interface{} // Value to encode
+		buf []byte      // Encoded value
+	}{
+		{int32(1), []byte{0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00}},
+		{uint32(256), []byte{0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00}},
+		{
+			int64(65536),
+			[]byte{0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00},
+		},
+		{
+			uint64(4294967296),
+			[]byte{0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00},
+		},
+		{
+			true,
+			[]byte{0x01},
+		},
+		{
+			false,
+			[]byte{0x00},
+		},
+		{
+			[4]byte{0x01, 0x02, 0x03, 0x04},
+			[]byte{0x01, 0x02, 0x03, 0x04},
+		},
+		{
+			MessageCommand(0x10),
+			[]byte{
+				0x10, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			[16]byte{
+				0x01, 0x02, 0x03, 0x04, 0x05, 0x06, 0x07, 0x08,
+				0x09, 0x0a, 0x0b, 0x0c, 0x0d, 0x0e, 0x0f, 0x10,
+			},
+			[]byte{
+				0x01, 0x02, 0x03, 0x04, 0x05, 0x06, 0x07, 0x08,
+				0x09, 0x0a, 0x0b, 0x0c, 0x0d, 0x0e, 0x0f, 0x10,
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			(*externalapi.DomainHash)(&[externalapi.DomainHashSize]byte{
+				0x01, 0x02, 0x03, 0x04, 0x05, 0x06, 0x07, 0x08,
+				0x09, 0x0a, 0x0b, 0x0c, 0x0d, 0x0e, 0x0f, 0x10,
+				0x11, 0x12, 0x13, 0x14, 0x15, 0x16, 0x17, 0x18,
+				0x19, 0x1a, 0x1b, 0x1c, 0x1d, 0x1e, 0x1f, 0x20,
+			}),
+			[]byte{
+				0x01, 0x02, 0x03, 0x04, 0x05, 0x06, 0x07, 0x08,
+				0x09, 0x0a, 0x0b, 0x0c, 0x0d, 0x0e, 0x0f, 0x10,
+				0x11, 0x12, 0x13, 0x14, 0x15, 0x16, 0x17, 0x18,
+				0x19, 0x1a, 0x1b, 0x1c, 0x1d, 0x1e, 0x1f, 0x20,
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			ServiceFlag(SFNodeNetwork),
+			[]byte{0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00},
+		},
+		{
+			KaspaNet(Mainnet),
+			[]byte{0x1d, 0xf7, 0xdc, 0x3d},
+		},
+	}
+
+	t.Logf("Running %d tests", len(tests))
+	for i, test := range tests {
+		// Write to appmessage format.
+		var buf bytes.Buffer
+		err := WriteElement(&buf, test.in)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("writeElement #%d error %v", i, err)
+			continue
+		}
+		if !bytes.Equal(buf.Bytes(), test.buf) {
+			t.Errorf("writeElement #%d\n got: %s want: %s", i,
+				spew.Sdump(buf.Bytes()), spew.Sdump(test.buf))
+			continue
+		}
+
+		// Read from appmessage format.
+		rbuf := bytes.NewReader(test.buf)
+		val := test.in
+		if reflect.ValueOf(test.in).Kind() != reflect.Ptr {
+			val = reflect.New(reflect.TypeOf(test.in)).Interface()
+		}
+		err = ReadElement(rbuf, val)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("readElement #%d error %v", i, err)
+			continue
+		}
+		ival := val
+		if reflect.ValueOf(test.in).Kind() != reflect.Ptr {
+			ival = reflect.Indirect(reflect.ValueOf(val)).Interface()
+		}
+		if !reflect.DeepEqual(ival, test.in) {
+			t.Errorf("readElement #%d\n got: %s want: %s", i,
+				spew.Sdump(ival), spew.Sdump(test.in))
+			continue
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// TestElementEncodingErrors performs negative tests against appmessage encode and decode
+// of various element types to confirm error paths work correctly.
+func TestElementEncodingErrors(t *testing.T) {
+	type writeElementReflect int32
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		in       interface{} // Value to encode
+		max      int         // Max size of fixed buffer to induce errors
+		writeErr error       // Expected write error
+		readErr  error       // Expected read error
+	}{
+		{int32(1), 0, io.ErrShortWrite, io.EOF},
+		{uint32(256), 0, io.ErrShortWrite, io.EOF},
+		{int64(65536), 0, io.ErrShortWrite, io.EOF},
+		{true, 0, io.ErrShortWrite, io.EOF},
+		{[4]byte{0x01, 0x02, 0x03, 0x04}, 0, io.ErrShortWrite, io.EOF},
+		{
+			MessageCommand(10),
+			0, io.ErrShortWrite, io.EOF,
+		},
+		{
+			[16]byte{
+				0x01, 0x02, 0x03, 0x04, 0x05, 0x06, 0x07, 0x08,
+				0x09, 0x0a, 0x0b, 0x0c, 0x0d, 0x0e, 0x0f, 0x10,
+			},
+			0, io.ErrShortWrite, io.EOF,
+		},
+		{
+			(*externalapi.DomainHash)(&[externalapi.DomainHashSize]byte{
+				0x01, 0x02, 0x03, 0x04, 0x05, 0x06, 0x07, 0x08,
+				0x09, 0x0a, 0x0b, 0x0c, 0x0d, 0x0e, 0x0f, 0x10,
+				0x11, 0x12, 0x13, 0x14, 0x15, 0x16, 0x17, 0x18,
+				0x19, 0x1a, 0x1b, 0x1c, 0x1d, 0x1e, 0x1f, 0x20,
+			}),
+			0, io.ErrShortWrite, io.EOF,
+		},
+		{ServiceFlag(SFNodeNetwork), 0, io.ErrShortWrite, io.EOF},
+		{KaspaNet(Mainnet), 0, io.ErrShortWrite, io.EOF},
+		// Type with no supported encoding.
+		{writeElementReflect(0), 0, errNoEncodingForType, errNoEncodingForType},
+	}
+
+	t.Logf("Running %d tests", len(tests))
+	for i, test := range tests {
+		// Encode to appmessage format.
+		w := newFixedWriter(test.max)
+		err := WriteElement(w, test.in)
+		if !errors.Is(err, test.writeErr) {
+			t.Errorf("writeElement #%d wrong error got: %v, want: %v",
+				i, err, test.writeErr)
+			continue
+		}
+
+		// Decode from appmessage format.
+		r := newFixedReader(test.max, nil)
+		val := test.in
+		if reflect.ValueOf(test.in).Kind() != reflect.Ptr {
+			val = reflect.New(reflect.TypeOf(test.in)).Interface()
+		}
+		err = ReadElement(r, val)
+		if !errors.Is(err, test.readErr) {
+			t.Errorf("readElement #%d wrong error got: %v, want: %v",
+				i, err, test.readErr)
+			continue
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// TestVarIntEncoding tests appmessage encode and decode for variable length integers.
+func TestVarIntEncoding(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		value uint64 // Value to encode
+		buf   []byte // Encoded value
+	}{
+		// Latest protocol version.
+		// Single byte
+		{0, []byte{0x00}},
+		// Max single byte
+		{0xfc, []byte{0xfc}},
+		// Min 2-byte
+		{0xfd, []byte{0xfd, 0x0fd, 0x00}},
+		// Max 2-byte
+		{0xffff, []byte{0xfd, 0xff, 0xff}},
+		// Min 4-byte
+		{0x10000, []byte{0xfe, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00}},
+		// Max 4-byte
+		{0xffffffff, []byte{0xfe, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff}},
+		// Min 8-byte
+		{
+			0x100000000,
+			[]byte{0xff, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00},
+		},
+		// Max 8-byte
+		{
+			0xffffffffffffffff,
+			[]byte{0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff},
+		},
+	}
+
+	t.Logf("Running %d tests", len(tests))
+	for i, test := range tests {
+		// Encode to appmessage format.
+		buf := &bytes.Buffer{}
+		err := WriteVarInt(buf, test.value)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("WriteVarInt #%d error %v", i, err)
+			continue
+		}
+		if !bytes.Equal(buf.Bytes(), test.buf) {
+			t.Errorf("WriteVarInt #%d\n got: %s want: %s", i,
+				spew.Sdump(buf.Bytes()), spew.Sdump(test.buf))
+			continue
+		}
+
+		// Decode from appmessage format.
+		rbuf := bytes.NewReader(test.buf)
+		val, err := ReadVarInt(rbuf)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("ReadVarInt #%d error %v", i, err)
+			continue
+		}
+		if val != test.value {
+			t.Errorf("ReadVarInt #%d\n got: %x want: %x", i,
+				val, test.value)
+			continue
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// TestVarIntEncodingErrors performs negative tests against appmessage encode and decode
+// of variable length integers to confirm error paths work correctly.
+func TestVarIntEncodingErrors(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		in       uint64 // Value to encode
+		buf      []byte // Encoded value
+		max      int    // Max size of fixed buffer to induce errors
+		writeErr error  // Expected write error
+		readErr  error  // Expected read error
+	}{
+		// Force errors on discriminant.
+		{0, []byte{0x00}, 0, io.ErrShortWrite, io.EOF},
+		// Force errors on 2-byte read/write.
+		{0xfd, []byte{0xfd}, 0, io.ErrShortWrite, io.EOF},              // error on writing length
+		{0xfd, []byte{0xfd}, 2, io.ErrShortWrite, io.ErrUnexpectedEOF}, // error on writing actual data
+		// Force errors on 4-byte read/write.
+		{0x10000, []byte{0xfe}, 0, io.ErrShortWrite, io.EOF},              // error on writing length
+		{0x10000, []byte{0xfe}, 2, io.ErrShortWrite, io.ErrUnexpectedEOF}, // error on writing actual data
+		// Force errors on 8-byte read/write.
+		{0x100000000, []byte{0xff}, 0, io.ErrShortWrite, io.EOF},              // error on writing length
+		{0x100000000, []byte{0xff}, 2, io.ErrShortWrite, io.ErrUnexpectedEOF}, // error on writing actual data
+	}
+
+	t.Logf("Running %d tests", len(tests))
+	for i, test := range tests {
+		// Encode to appmessage format.
+		w := newFixedWriter(test.max)
+		err := WriteVarInt(w, test.in)
+		if !errors.Is(err, test.writeErr) {
+			t.Errorf("WriteVarInt #%d wrong error got: %v, want: %v",
+				i, err, test.writeErr)
+			continue
+		}
+
+		// Decode from appmessage format.
+		r := newFixedReader(test.max, test.buf)
+		_, err = ReadVarInt(r)
+		if !errors.Is(err, test.readErr) {
+			t.Errorf("ReadVarInt #%d wrong error got: %v, want: %v",
+				i, err, test.readErr)
+			continue
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// TestVarIntNonCanonical ensures variable length integers that are not encoded
+// canonically return the expected error.
+func TestVarIntNonCanonical(t *testing.T) {
+	pver := ProtocolVersion
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name string // Test name for easier identification
+		in   []byte // Value to decode
+		pver uint32 // Protocol version for appmessage encoding
+	}{
+		{
+			"0 encoded with 3 bytes", []byte{0xfd, 0x00, 0x00},
+			pver,
+		},
+		{
+			"max single-byte value encoded with 3 bytes",
+			[]byte{0xfd, 0xfc, 0x00}, pver,
+		},
+		{
+			"0 encoded with 5 bytes",
+			[]byte{0xfe, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00}, pver,
+		},
+		{
+			"max three-byte value encoded with 5 bytes",
+			[]byte{0xfe, 0xff, 0xff, 0x00, 0x00}, pver,
+		},
+		{
+			"0 encoded with 9 bytes",
+			[]byte{0xff, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00},
+			pver,
+		},
+		{
+			"max five-byte value encoded with 9 bytes",
+			[]byte{0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00},
+			pver,
+		},
+	}
+
+	t.Logf("Running %d tests", len(tests))
+	for i, test := range tests {
+		// Decode from appmessage format.
+		rbuf := bytes.NewReader(test.in)
+		val, err := ReadVarInt(rbuf)
+		if msgErr := &(MessageError{}); !errors.As(err, &msgErr) {
+			t.Errorf("ReadVarInt #%d (%s) unexpected error %v", i,
+				test.name, err)
+			continue
+		}
+		if val != 0 {
+			t.Errorf("ReadVarInt #%d (%s)\n got: %d want: 0", i,
+				test.name, val)
+			continue
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// TestVarIntEncoding tests the serialize size for variable length integers.
+func TestVarIntSerializeSize(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		val  uint64 // Value to get the serialized size for
+		size int    // Expected serialized size
+	}{
+		// Single byte
+		{0, 1},
+		// Max single byte
+		{0xfc, 1},
+		// Min 2-byte
+		{0xfd, 3},
+		// Max 2-byte
+		{0xffff, 3},
+		// Min 4-byte
+		{0x10000, 5},
+		// Max 4-byte
+		{0xffffffff, 5},
+		// Min 8-byte
+		{0x100000000, 9},
+		// Max 8-byte
+		{0xffffffffffffffff, 9},
+	}
+
+	t.Logf("Running %d tests", len(tests))
+	for i, test := range tests {
+		serializedSize := VarIntSerializeSize(test.val)
+		if serializedSize != test.size {
+			t.Errorf("VarIntSerializeSize #%d got: %d, want: %d", i,
+				serializedSize, test.size)
+			continue
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// TestVarStringEncoding tests appmessage encode and decode for variable length strings.
+func TestVarStringEncoding(t *testing.T) {
+	pver := ProtocolVersion
+
+	// str256 is a string that takes a 2-byte varint to encode.
+	str256 := strings.Repeat("test", 64)
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		in   string // String to encode
+		out  string // String to decoded value
+		buf  []byte // Encoded value
+		pver uint32 // Protocol version for appmessage encoding
+	}{
+		// Latest protocol version.
+		// Empty string
+		{"", "", []byte{0x00}, pver},
+		// Single byte varint + string
+		{"Test", "Test", append([]byte{0x04}, []byte("Test")...), pver},
+		// 2-byte varint + string
+		{str256, str256, append([]byte{0xfd, 0x00, 0x01}, []byte(str256)...), pver},
+	}
+
+	t.Logf("Running %d tests", len(tests))
+	for i, test := range tests {
+		// Encode to appmessage format.
+		var buf bytes.Buffer
+		err := WriteVarString(&buf, test.in)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("WriteVarString #%d error %v", i, err)
+			continue
+		}
+		if !bytes.Equal(buf.Bytes(), test.buf) {
+			t.Errorf("WriteVarString #%d\n got: %s want: %s", i,
+				spew.Sdump(buf.Bytes()), spew.Sdump(test.buf))
+			continue
+		}
+
+		// Decode from appmessage format.
+		rbuf := bytes.NewReader(test.buf)
+		val, err := ReadVarString(rbuf, test.pver)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("ReadVarString #%d error %v", i, err)
+			continue
+		}
+		if val != test.out {
+			t.Errorf("ReadVarString #%d\n got: %s want: %s", i,
+				val, test.out)
+			continue
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// TestVarStringEncodingErrors performs negative tests against appmessage encode and
+// decode of variable length strings to confirm error paths work correctly.
+func TestVarStringEncodingErrors(t *testing.T) {
+	pver := ProtocolVersion
+
+	// str256 is a string that takes a 2-byte varint to encode.
+	str256 := strings.Repeat("test", 64)
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		in       string // Value to encode
+		buf      []byte // Encoded value
+		pver     uint32 // Protocol version for appmessage encoding
+		max      int    // Max size of fixed buffer to induce errors
+		writeErr error  // Expected write error
+		readErr  error  // Expected read error
+	}{
+		// Latest protocol version with intentional read/write errors.
+		// Force errors on empty string.
+		{"", []byte{0x00}, pver, 0, io.ErrShortWrite, io.EOF},
+		// Force error on single byte varint + string.
+		{"Test", []byte{0x04}, pver, 2, io.ErrShortWrite, io.ErrUnexpectedEOF},
+		// Force errors on 2-byte varint + string.
+		{str256, []byte{0xfd}, pver, 2, io.ErrShortWrite, io.ErrUnexpectedEOF},
+	}
+
+	t.Logf("Running %d tests", len(tests))
+	for i, test := range tests {
+		// Encode to appmessage format.
+		w := newFixedWriter(test.max)
+		err := WriteVarString(w, test.in)
+		if !errors.Is(err, test.writeErr) {
+			t.Errorf("WriteVarString #%d wrong error got: %v, want: %v",
+				i, err, test.writeErr)
+			continue
+		}
+
+		// Decode from appmessage format.
+		r := newFixedReader(test.max, test.buf)
+		_, err = ReadVarString(r, test.pver)
+		if !errors.Is(err, test.readErr) {
+			t.Errorf("ReadVarString #%d wrong error got: %v, want: %v",
+				i, err, test.readErr)
+			continue
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// TestVarStringOverflowErrors performs tests to ensure deserializing variable
+// length strings intentionally crafted to use large values for the string
+// length are handled properly. This could otherwise potentially be used as an
+// attack vector.
+func TestVarStringOverflowErrors(t *testing.T) {
+	pver := ProtocolVersion
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		buf  []byte // Encoded value
+		pver uint32 // Protocol version for appmessage encoding
+		err  error  // Expected error
+	}{
+		{[]byte{0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff},
+			pver, &MessageError{}},
+		{[]byte{0xff, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01},
+			pver, &MessageError{}},
+	}
+
+	t.Logf("Running %d tests", len(tests))
+	for i, test := range tests {
+		// Decode from appmessage format.
+		rbuf := bytes.NewReader(test.buf)
+		_, err := ReadVarString(rbuf, test.pver)
+		if reflect.TypeOf(err) != reflect.TypeOf(test.err) {
+			t.Errorf("ReadVarString #%d wrong error got: %v, "+
+				"want: %v", i, err, reflect.TypeOf(test.err))
+			continue
+		}
+	}
+
+}
+
+// TestVarBytesEncoding tests appmessage encode and decode for variable length byte array.
+func TestVarBytesEncoding(t *testing.T) {
+	pver := ProtocolVersion
+
+	// bytes256 is a byte array that takes a 2-byte varint to encode.
+	bytes256 := bytes.Repeat([]byte{0x01}, 256)
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		in   []byte // Byte Array to write
+		buf  []byte // Encoded value
+		pver uint32 // Protocol version for appmessage encoding
+	}{
+		// Latest protocol version.
+		// Empty byte array
+		{[]byte{}, []byte{0x00}, pver},
+		// Single byte varint + byte array
+		{[]byte{0x01}, []byte{0x01, 0x01}, pver},
+		// 2-byte varint + byte array
+		{bytes256, append([]byte{0xfd, 0x00, 0x01}, bytes256...), pver},
+	}
+
+	t.Logf("Running %d tests", len(tests))
+	for i, test := range tests {
+		// Encode to appmessage format.
+		var buf bytes.Buffer
+		err := WriteVarBytes(&buf, test.pver, test.in)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("WriteVarBytes #%d error %v", i, err)
+			continue
+		}
+		if !bytes.Equal(buf.Bytes(), test.buf) {
+			t.Errorf("WriteVarBytes #%d\n got: %s want: %s", i,
+				spew.Sdump(buf.Bytes()), spew.Sdump(test.buf))
+			continue
+		}
+
+		// Decode from appmessage format.
+		rbuf := bytes.NewReader(test.buf)
+		val, err := ReadVarBytes(rbuf, test.pver, MaxMessagePayload,
+			"test payload")
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("ReadVarBytes #%d error %v", i, err)
+			continue
+		}
+		if !bytes.Equal(buf.Bytes(), test.buf) {
+			t.Errorf("ReadVarBytes #%d\n got: %s want: %s", i,
+				val, test.buf)
+			continue
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// TestVarBytesEncodingErrors performs negative tests against appmessage encode and
+// decode of variable length byte arrays to confirm error paths work correctly.
+func TestVarBytesEncodingErrors(t *testing.T) {
+	pver := ProtocolVersion
+
+	// bytes256 is a byte array that takes a 2-byte varint to encode.
+	bytes256 := bytes.Repeat([]byte{0x01}, 256)
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		in       []byte // Byte Array to write
+		buf      []byte // Encoded value
+		pver     uint32 // Protocol version for appmessage encoding
+		max      int    // Max size of fixed buffer to induce errors
+		writeErr error  // Expected write error
+		readErr  error  // Expected read error
+	}{
+		// Latest protocol version with intentional read/write errors.
+		// Force errors on empty byte array.
+		{[]byte{}, []byte{0x00}, pver, 0, io.ErrShortWrite, io.EOF},
+		// Force error on single byte varint + byte array.
+		{[]byte{0x01, 0x02, 0x03}, []byte{0x04}, pver, 2, io.ErrShortWrite, io.ErrUnexpectedEOF},
+		// Force errors on 2-byte varint + byte array.
+		{bytes256, []byte{0xfd}, pver, 2, io.ErrShortWrite, io.ErrUnexpectedEOF},
+	}
+
+	t.Logf("Running %d tests", len(tests))
+	for i, test := range tests {
+		// Encode to appmessage format.
+		w := newFixedWriter(test.max)
+		err := WriteVarBytes(w, test.pver, test.in)
+		if !errors.Is(err, test.writeErr) {
+			t.Errorf("WriteVarBytes #%d wrong error got: %v, want: %v",
+				i, err, test.writeErr)
+			continue
+		}
+
+		// Decode from appmessage format.
+		r := newFixedReader(test.max, test.buf)
+		_, err = ReadVarBytes(r, test.pver, MaxMessagePayload,
+			"test payload")
+		if !errors.Is(err, test.readErr) {
+			t.Errorf("ReadVarBytes #%d wrong error got: %v, want: %v",
+				i, err, test.readErr)
+			continue
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// TestVarBytesOverflowErrors performs tests to ensure deserializing variable
+// length byte arrays intentionally crafted to use large values for the array
+// length are handled properly. This could otherwise potentially be used as an
+// attack vector.
+func TestVarBytesOverflowErrors(t *testing.T) {
+	pver := ProtocolVersion
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		buf  []byte // Encoded value
+		pver uint32 // Protocol version for appmessage encoding
+		err  error  // Expected error
+	}{
+		{[]byte{0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff},
+			pver, &MessageError{}},
+		{[]byte{0xff, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01},
+			pver, &MessageError{}},
+	}
+
+	t.Logf("Running %d tests", len(tests))
+	for i, test := range tests {
+		// Decode from appmessage format.
+		rbuf := bytes.NewReader(test.buf)
+		_, err := ReadVarBytes(rbuf, test.pver, MaxMessagePayload,
+			"test payload")
+		if reflect.TypeOf(err) != reflect.TypeOf(test.err) {
+			t.Errorf("ReadVarBytes #%d wrong error got: %v, "+
+				"want: %v", i, err, reflect.TypeOf(test.err))
+			continue
+		}
+	}
+
+}
--- a/app/appmessage/domainconverters.go
+++ b/app/appmessage/domainconverters.go
@@ -1,13 +1,7 @@
 package appmessage

 import (
-	"encoding/hex"
-	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain/consensus/utils/blockheader"
-	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain/consensus/utils/utxo"
-
 	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain/consensus/model/externalapi"
-	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain/consensus/utils/subnetworks"
-	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain/consensus/utils/transactionid"
 	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/util/mstime"
 )

@@ -23,17 +17,17 @@ func DomainBlockToMsgBlock(domainBlock *externalapi.DomainBlock) *MsgBlock {
 	}
 }

-// DomainBlockHeaderToBlockHeader converts an externalapi.BlockHeader to MsgBlockHeader
-func DomainBlockHeaderToBlockHeader(domainBlockHeader externalapi.BlockHeader) *MsgBlockHeader {
-	return &MsgBlockHeader{
-		Version:              domainBlockHeader.Version(),
-		ParentHashes:         domainBlockHeader.ParentHashes(),
-		HashMerkleRoot:       domainBlockHeader.HashMerkleRoot(),
-		AcceptedIDMerkleRoot: domainBlockHeader.AcceptedIDMerkleRoot(),
-		UTXOCommitment:       domainBlockHeader.UTXOCommitment(),
-		Timestamp:            mstime.UnixMilliseconds(domainBlockHeader.TimeInMilliseconds()),
-		Bits:                 domainBlockHeader.Bits(),
-		Nonce:                domainBlockHeader.Nonce(),
+// DomainBlockHeaderToBlockHeader converts an externalapi.DomainBlockHeader to BlockHeader
+func DomainBlockHeaderToBlockHeader(domainBlockHeader *externalapi.DomainBlockHeader) *BlockHeader {
+	return &BlockHeader{
+		Version:              domainBlockHeader.Version,
+		ParentHashes:         domainBlockHeader.ParentHashes,
+		HashMerkleRoot:       &domainBlockHeader.HashMerkleRoot,
+		AcceptedIDMerkleRoot: &domainBlockHeader.AcceptedIDMerkleRoot,
+		UTXOCommitment:       &domainBlockHeader.UTXOCommitment,
+		Timestamp:            mstime.UnixMilliseconds(domainBlockHeader.TimeInMilliseconds),
+		Bits:                 domainBlockHeader.Bits,
+		Nonce:                domainBlockHeader.Nonce,
 	}
 }

@@ -50,18 +44,18 @@ func MsgBlockToDomainBlock(msgBlock *MsgBlock) *externalapi.DomainBlock {
 	}
 }

-// BlockHeaderToDomainBlockHeader converts a MsgBlockHeader to externalapi.BlockHeader
-func BlockHeaderToDomainBlockHeader(blockHeader *MsgBlockHeader) externalapi.BlockHeader {
-	return blockheader.NewImmutableBlockHeader(
-		blockHeader.Version,
-		blockHeader.ParentHashes,
-		blockHeader.HashMerkleRoot,
-		blockHeader.AcceptedIDMerkleRoot,
-		blockHeader.UTXOCommitment,
-		blockHeader.Timestamp.UnixMilliseconds(),
-		blockHeader.Bits,
-		blockHeader.Nonce,
-	)
+// BlockHeaderToDomainBlockHeader converts a BlockHeader to externalapi.DomainBlockHeader
+func BlockHeaderToDomainBlockHeader(blockHeader *BlockHeader) *externalapi.DomainBlockHeader {
+	return &externalapi.DomainBlockHeader{
+		Version:              blockHeader.Version,
+		ParentHashes:         blockHeader.ParentHashes,
+		HashMerkleRoot:       *blockHeader.HashMerkleRoot,
+		AcceptedIDMerkleRoot: *blockHeader.AcceptedIDMerkleRoot,
+		UTXOCommitment:       *blockHeader.UTXOCommitment,
+		TimeInMilliseconds:   blockHeader.Timestamp.UnixMilliseconds(),
+		Bits:                 blockHeader.Bits,
+		Nonce:                blockHeader.Nonce,
+	}
 }

 // DomainTransactionToMsgTx converts an externalapi.DomainTransaction into an MsgTx
@@ -83,7 +77,7 @@ func DomainTransactionToMsgTx(domainTransaction *externalapi.DomainTransaction)
 		LockTime:     domainTransaction.LockTime,
 		SubnetworkID: domainTransaction.SubnetworkID,
 		Gas:          domainTransaction.Gas,
-		PayloadHash:  domainTransaction.PayloadHash,
+		PayloadHash:  &domainTransaction.PayloadHash,
 		Payload:      domainTransaction.Payload,
 	}
 }
@@ -120,12 +114,6 @@ func MsgTxToDomainTransaction(msgTx *MsgTx) *externalapi.DomainTransaction {
 	for _, txOut := range msgTx.TxOut {
 		transactionOutputs = append(transactionOutputs, txOutToDomainTransactionOutput(txOut))
 	}
-
-	payload := make([]byte, 0)
-	if msgTx.Payload != nil {
-		payload = msgTx.Payload
-	}
-
 	return &externalapi.DomainTransaction{
 		Version:      msgTx.Version,
 		Inputs:       transactionInputs,
@@ -133,8 +121,8 @@ func MsgTxToDomainTransaction(msgTx *MsgTx) *externalapi.DomainTransaction {
 		LockTime:     msgTx.LockTime,
 		SubnetworkID: msgTx.SubnetworkID,
 		Gas:          msgTx.Gas,
-		PayloadHash:  msgTx.PayloadHash,
-		Payload:      payload,
+		PayloadHash:  *msgTx.PayloadHash,
+		Payload:      msgTx.Payload,
 	}
 }

@@ -159,147 +147,3 @@ func outpointToDomainOutpoint(outpoint *Outpoint) *externalapi.DomainOutpoint {
 		Index:         outpoint.Index,
 	}
 }
-
-// RPCTransactionToDomainTransaction converts RPCTransactions to DomainTransactions
-func RPCTransactionToDomainTransaction(rpcTransaction *RPCTransaction) (*externalapi.DomainTransaction, error) {
-	inputs := make([]*externalapi.DomainTransactionInput, len(rpcTransaction.Inputs))
-	for i, input := range rpcTransaction.Inputs {
-		transactionID, err := transactionid.FromString(input.PreviousOutpoint.TransactionID)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-		previousOutpoint := &externalapi.DomainOutpoint{
-			TransactionID: *transactionID,
-			Index:         input.PreviousOutpoint.Index,
-		}
-		signatureScript, err := hex.DecodeString(input.SignatureScript)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-		inputs[i] = &externalapi.DomainTransactionInput{
-			PreviousOutpoint: *previousOutpoint,
-			SignatureScript:  signatureScript,
-			Sequence:         input.Sequence,
-		}
-	}
-	outputs := make([]*externalapi.DomainTransactionOutput, len(rpcTransaction.Outputs))
-	for i, output := range rpcTransaction.Outputs {
-		scriptPublicKey, err := hex.DecodeString(output.ScriptPublicKey.Script)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-		outputs[i] = &externalapi.DomainTransactionOutput{
-			Value:           output.Amount,
-			ScriptPublicKey: &externalapi.ScriptPublicKey{Script: scriptPublicKey, Version: output.ScriptPublicKey.Version},
-		}
-	}
-
-	subnetworkID, err := subnetworks.FromString(rpcTransaction.SubnetworkID)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	payloadHash, err := externalapi.NewDomainHashFromString(rpcTransaction.PayloadHash)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	payload, err := hex.DecodeString(rpcTransaction.Payload)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	return &externalapi.DomainTransaction{
-		Version:      rpcTransaction.Version,
-		Inputs:       inputs,
-		Outputs:      outputs,
-		LockTime:     rpcTransaction.LockTime,
-		SubnetworkID: *subnetworkID,
-		Gas:          rpcTransaction.LockTime,
-		PayloadHash:  *payloadHash,
-		Payload:      payload,
-	}, nil
-}
-
-// DomainTransactionToRPCTransaction converts DomainTransactions to RPCTransactions
-func DomainTransactionToRPCTransaction(transaction *externalapi.DomainTransaction) *RPCTransaction {
-	inputs := make([]*RPCTransactionInput, len(transaction.Inputs))
-	for i, input := range transaction.Inputs {
-		transactionID := input.PreviousOutpoint.TransactionID.String()
-		previousOutpoint := &RPCOutpoint{
-			TransactionID: transactionID,
-			Index:         input.PreviousOutpoint.Index,
-		}
-		signatureScript := hex.EncodeToString(input.SignatureScript)
-		inputs[i] = &RPCTransactionInput{
-			PreviousOutpoint: previousOutpoint,
-			SignatureScript:  signatureScript,
-			Sequence:         input.Sequence,
-		}
-	}
-	outputs := make([]*RPCTransactionOutput, len(transaction.Outputs))
-	for i, output := range transaction.Outputs {
-		scriptPublicKey := hex.EncodeToString(output.ScriptPublicKey.Script)
-		outputs[i] = &RPCTransactionOutput{
-			Amount:          output.Value,
-			ScriptPublicKey: &RPCScriptPublicKey{Script: scriptPublicKey, Version: output.ScriptPublicKey.Version},
-		}
-	}
-	subnetworkID := transaction.SubnetworkID.String()
-	payloadHash := transaction.PayloadHash.String()
-	payload := hex.EncodeToString(transaction.Payload)
-	return &RPCTransaction{
-		Version:      transaction.Version,
-		Inputs:       inputs,
-		Outputs:      outputs,
-		LockTime:     transaction.LockTime,
-		SubnetworkID: subnetworkID,
-		Gas:          transaction.LockTime,
-		PayloadHash:  payloadHash,
-		Payload:      payload,
-	}
-}
-
-// OutpointAndUTXOEntryPairsToDomainOutpointAndUTXOEntryPairs converts
-// OutpointAndUTXOEntryPairs to domain OutpointAndUTXOEntryPairs
-func OutpointAndUTXOEntryPairsToDomainOutpointAndUTXOEntryPairs(
-	outpointAndUTXOEntryPairs []*OutpointAndUTXOEntryPair) []*externalapi.OutpointAndUTXOEntryPair {
-
-	domainOutpointAndUTXOEntryPairs := make([]*externalapi.OutpointAndUTXOEntryPair, len(outpointAndUTXOEntryPairs))
-	for i, outpointAndUTXOEntryPair := range outpointAndUTXOEntryPairs {
-		domainOutpointAndUTXOEntryPairs[i] = &externalapi.OutpointAndUTXOEntryPair{
-			Outpoint: &externalapi.DomainOutpoint{
-				TransactionID: outpointAndUTXOEntryPair.Outpoint.TxID,
-				Index:         outpointAndUTXOEntryPair.Outpoint.Index,
-			},
-			UTXOEntry: utxo.NewUTXOEntry(
-				outpointAndUTXOEntryPair.UTXOEntry.Amount,
-				outpointAndUTXOEntryPair.UTXOEntry.ScriptPublicKey,
-				outpointAndUTXOEntryPair.UTXOEntry.IsCoinbase,
-				outpointAndUTXOEntryPair.UTXOEntry.BlockBlueScore,
-			),
-		}
-	}
-	return domainOutpointAndUTXOEntryPairs
-}
-
-// DomainOutpointAndUTXOEntryPairsToOutpointAndUTXOEntryPairs converts
-// domain OutpointAndUTXOEntryPairs to OutpointAndUTXOEntryPairs
-func DomainOutpointAndUTXOEntryPairsToOutpointAndUTXOEntryPairs(
-	outpointAndUTXOEntryPairs []*externalapi.OutpointAndUTXOEntryPair) []*OutpointAndUTXOEntryPair {
-
-	domainOutpointAndUTXOEntryPairs := make([]*OutpointAndUTXOEntryPair, len(outpointAndUTXOEntryPairs))
-	for i, outpointAndUTXOEntryPair := range outpointAndUTXOEntryPairs {
-		domainOutpointAndUTXOEntryPairs[i] = &OutpointAndUTXOEntryPair{
-			Outpoint: &Outpoint{
-				TxID:  outpointAndUTXOEntryPair.Outpoint.TransactionID,
-				Index: outpointAndUTXOEntryPair.Outpoint.Index,
-			},
-			UTXOEntry: &UTXOEntry{
-				Amount:          outpointAndUTXOEntryPair.UTXOEntry.Amount(),
-				ScriptPublicKey: outpointAndUTXOEntryPair.UTXOEntry.ScriptPublicKey(),
-				IsCoinbase:      outpointAndUTXOEntryPair.UTXOEntry.IsCoinbase(),
-				BlockBlueScore:  outpointAndUTXOEntryPair.UTXOEntry.BlockBlueScore(),
-			},
-		}
-	}
-	return domainOutpointAndUTXOEntryPairs
-}
--- a/app/appmessage/message.go
+++ b/app/appmessage/message.go
@@ -34,35 +34,24 @@ const (
 	CmdVerAck
 	CmdRequestAddresses
 	CmdAddresses
-	CmdRequestHeaders
+	CmdRequestIBDBlocks
 	CmdBlock
 	CmdTx
 	CmdPing
 	CmdPong
 	CmdRequestBlockLocator
 	CmdBlockLocator
+	CmdSelectedTip
+	CmdRequestSelectedTip
 	CmdInvRelayBlock
 	CmdRequestRelayBlocks
 	CmdInvTransaction
 	CmdRequestTransactions
 	CmdIBDBlock
-	CmdDoneHeaders
+	CmdRequestNextIBDBlocks
+	CmdDoneIBDBlocks
 	CmdTransactionNotFound
 	CmdReject
-	CmdHeader
-	CmdRequestNextHeaders
-	CmdRequestPruningPointUTXOSetAndBlock
-	CmdPruningPointUTXOSetChunk
-	CmdRequestIBDBlocks
-	CmdUnexpectedPruningPoint
-	CmdRequestPruningPointHash
-	CmdPruningPointHash
-	CmdIBDBlockLocator
-	CmdIBDBlockLocatorHighestHash
-	CmdIBDBlockLocatorHighestHashNotFound
-	CmdBlockHeaders
-	CmdRequestNextPruningPointUTXOSetChunk
-	CmdDonePruningPointUTXOSetChunks

 	// rpc
 	CmdGetCurrentNetworkRequestMessage
@@ -87,15 +76,15 @@ const (
 	CmdAddPeerResponseMessage
 	CmdSubmitTransactionRequestMessage
 	CmdSubmitTransactionResponseMessage
-	CmdNotifyVirtualSelectedParentChainChangedRequestMessage
-	CmdNotifyVirtualSelectedParentChainChangedResponseMessage
-	CmdVirtualSelectedParentChainChangedNotificationMessage
+	CmdNotifyChainChangedRequestMessage
+	CmdNotifyChainChangedResponseMessage
+	CmdChainChangedNotificationMessage
 	CmdGetBlockRequestMessage
 	CmdGetBlockResponseMessage
 	CmdGetSubnetworkRequestMessage
 	CmdGetSubnetworkResponseMessage
-	CmdGetVirtualSelectedParentChainFromBlockRequestMessage
-	CmdGetVirtualSelectedParentChainFromBlockResponseMessage
+	CmdGetChainFromBlockRequestMessage
+	CmdGetChainFromBlockResponseMessage
 	CmdGetBlocksRequestMessage
 	CmdGetBlocksResponseMessage
 	CmdGetBlockCountRequestMessage
@@ -114,140 +103,83 @@ const (
 	CmdShutDownResponseMessage
 	CmdGetHeadersRequestMessage
 	CmdGetHeadersResponseMessage
-	CmdNotifyUTXOsChangedRequestMessage
-	CmdNotifyUTXOsChangedResponseMessage
-	CmdUTXOsChangedNotificationMessage
-	CmdStopNotifyingUTXOsChangedRequestMessage
-	CmdStopNotifyingUTXOsChangedResponseMessage
-	CmdGetUTXOsByAddressesRequestMessage
-	CmdGetUTXOsByAddressesResponseMessage
-	CmdGetVirtualSelectedParentBlueScoreRequestMessage
-	CmdGetVirtualSelectedParentBlueScoreResponseMessage
-	CmdNotifyVirtualSelectedParentBlueScoreChangedRequestMessage
-	CmdNotifyVirtualSelectedParentBlueScoreChangedResponseMessage
-	CmdVirtualSelectedParentBlueScoreChangedNotificationMessage
-	CmdBanRequestMessage
-	CmdBanResponseMessage
-	CmdUnbanRequestMessage
-	CmdUnbanResponseMessage
-	CmdGetInfoRequestMessage
-	CmdGetInfoResponseMessage
-	CmdNotifyPruningPointUTXOSetOverrideRequestMessage
-	CmdNotifyPruningPointUTXOSetOverrideResponseMessage
-	CmdPruningPointUTXOSetOverrideNotificationMessage
-	CmdStopNotifyingPruningPointUTXOSetOverrideRequestMessage
-	CmdStopNotifyingPruningPointUTXOSetOverrideResponseMessage
 )

 // ProtocolMessageCommandToString maps all MessageCommands to their string representation
 var ProtocolMessageCommandToString = map[MessageCommand]string{
-	CmdVersion:                             "Version",
-	CmdVerAck:                              "VerAck",
-	CmdRequestAddresses:                    "RequestAddresses",
-	CmdAddresses:                           "Addresses",
-	CmdRequestHeaders:                      "RequestHeaders",
-	CmdBlock:                               "Block",
-	CmdTx:                                  "Tx",
-	CmdPing:                                "Ping",
-	CmdPong:                                "Pong",
-	CmdRequestBlockLocator:                 "RequestBlockLocator",
-	CmdBlockLocator:                        "BlockLocator",
-	CmdInvRelayBlock:                       "InvRelayBlock",
-	CmdRequestRelayBlocks:                  "RequestRelayBlocks",
-	CmdInvTransaction:                      "InvTransaction",
-	CmdRequestTransactions:                 "RequestTransactions",
-	CmdIBDBlock:                            "IBDBlock",
-	CmdDoneHeaders:                         "DoneHeaders",
-	CmdTransactionNotFound:                 "TransactionNotFound",
-	CmdReject:                              "Reject",
-	CmdHeader:                              "Header",
-	CmdRequestNextHeaders:                  "RequestNextHeaders",
-	CmdRequestPruningPointUTXOSetAndBlock:  "RequestPruningPointUTXOSetAndBlock",
-	CmdPruningPointUTXOSetChunk:            "PruningPointUTXOSetChunk",
-	CmdRequestIBDBlocks:                    "RequestIBDBlocks",
-	CmdUnexpectedPruningPoint:              "UnexpectedPruningPoint",
-	CmdRequestPruningPointHash:             "RequestPruningPointHashHash",
-	CmdPruningPointHash:                    "PruningPointHash",
-	CmdIBDBlockLocator:                     "IBDBlockLocator",
-	CmdIBDBlockLocatorHighestHash:          "IBDBlockLocatorHighestHash",
-	CmdIBDBlockLocatorHighestHashNotFound:  "IBDBlockLocatorHighestHashNotFound",
-	CmdBlockHeaders:                        "BlockHeaders",
-	CmdRequestNextPruningPointUTXOSetChunk: "RequestNextPruningPointUTXOSetChunk",
-	CmdDonePruningPointUTXOSetChunks:       "DonePruningPointUTXOSetChunks",
+	CmdVersion:              "Version",
+	CmdVerAck:               "VerAck",
+	CmdRequestAddresses:     "RequestAddresses",
+	CmdAddresses:            "Addresses",
+	CmdRequestIBDBlocks:     "RequestBlocks",
+	CmdBlock:                "Block",
+	CmdTx:                   "Tx",
+	CmdPing:                 "Ping",
+	CmdPong:                 "Pong",
+	CmdRequestBlockLocator:  "RequestBlockLocator",
+	CmdBlockLocator:         "BlockLocator",
+	CmdSelectedTip:          "SelectedTip",
+	CmdRequestSelectedTip:   "RequestSelectedTip",
+	CmdInvRelayBlock:        "InvRelayBlock",
+	CmdRequestRelayBlocks:   "RequestRelayBlocks",
+	CmdInvTransaction:       "InvTransaction",
+	CmdRequestTransactions:  "RequestTransactions",
+	CmdIBDBlock:             "IBDBlock",
+	CmdRequestNextIBDBlocks: "RequestNextIBDBlocks",
+	CmdDoneIBDBlocks:        "DoneIBDBlocks",
+	CmdTransactionNotFound:  "TransactionNotFound",
+	CmdReject:               "Reject",
 }

 // RPCMessageCommandToString maps all MessageCommands to their string representation
 var RPCMessageCommandToString = map[MessageCommand]string{
-	CmdGetCurrentNetworkRequestMessage:                            "GetCurrentNetworkRequest",
-	CmdGetCurrentNetworkResponseMessage:                           "GetCurrentNetworkResponse",
-	CmdSubmitBlockRequestMessage:                                  "SubmitBlockRequest",
-	CmdSubmitBlockResponseMessage:                                 "SubmitBlockResponse",
-	CmdGetBlockTemplateRequestMessage:                             "GetBlockTemplateRequest",
-	CmdGetBlockTemplateResponseMessage:                            "GetBlockTemplateResponse",
-	CmdGetBlockTemplateTransactionMessage:                         "CmdGetBlockTemplateTransaction",
-	CmdNotifyBlockAddedRequestMessage:                             "NotifyBlockAddedRequest",
-	CmdNotifyBlockAddedResponseMessage:                            "NotifyBlockAddedResponse",
-	CmdBlockAddedNotificationMessage:                              "BlockAddedNotification",
-	CmdGetPeerAddressesRequestMessage:                             "GetPeerAddressesRequest",
-	CmdGetPeerAddressesResponseMessage:                            "GetPeerAddressesResponse",
-	CmdGetSelectedTipHashRequestMessage:                           "GetSelectedTipHashRequest",
-	CmdGetSelectedTipHashResponseMessage:                          "GetSelectedTipHashResponse",
-	CmdGetMempoolEntryRequestMessage:                              "GetMempoolEntryRequest",
-	CmdGetMempoolEntryResponseMessage:                             "GetMempoolEntryResponse",
-	CmdGetConnectedPeerInfoRequestMessage:                         "GetConnectedPeerInfoRequest",
-	CmdGetConnectedPeerInfoResponseMessage:                        "GetConnectedPeerInfoResponse",
-	CmdAddPeerRequestMessage:                                      "AddPeerRequest",
-	CmdAddPeerResponseMessage:                                     "AddPeerResponse",
-	CmdSubmitTransactionRequestMessage:                            "SubmitTransactionRequest",
-	CmdSubmitTransactionResponseMessage:                           "SubmitTransactionResponse",
-	CmdNotifyVirtualSelectedParentChainChangedRequestMessage:      "NotifyVirtualSelectedParentChainChangedRequest",
-	CmdNotifyVirtualSelectedParentChainChangedResponseMessage:     "NotifyVirtualSelectedParentChainChangedResponse",
-	CmdVirtualSelectedParentChainChangedNotificationMessage:       "VirtualSelectedParentChainChangedNotification",
-	CmdGetBlockRequestMessage:                                     "GetBlockRequest",
-	CmdGetBlockResponseMessage:                                    "GetBlockResponse",
-	CmdGetSubnetworkRequestMessage:                                "GetSubnetworkRequest",
-	CmdGetSubnetworkResponseMessage:                               "GetSubnetworkResponse",
-	CmdGetVirtualSelectedParentChainFromBlockRequestMessage:       "GetVirtualSelectedParentChainFromBlockRequest",
-	CmdGetVirtualSelectedParentChainFromBlockResponseMessage:      "GetVirtualSelectedParentChainFromBlockResponse",
-	CmdGetBlocksRequestMessage:                                    "GetBlocksRequest",
-	CmdGetBlocksResponseMessage:                                   "GetBlocksResponse",
-	CmdGetBlockCountRequestMessage:                                "GetBlockCountRequest",
-	CmdGetBlockCountResponseMessage:                               "GetBlockCountResponse",
-	CmdGetBlockDAGInfoRequestMessage:                              "GetBlockDAGInfoRequest",
-	CmdGetBlockDAGInfoResponseMessage:                             "GetBlockDAGInfoResponse",
-	CmdResolveFinalityConflictRequestMessage:                      "ResolveFinalityConflictRequest",
-	CmdResolveFinalityConflictResponseMessage:                     "ResolveFinalityConflictResponse",
-	CmdNotifyFinalityConflictsRequestMessage:                      "NotifyFinalityConflictsRequest",
-	CmdNotifyFinalityConflictsResponseMessage:                     "NotifyFinalityConflictsResponse",
-	CmdFinalityConflictNotificationMessage:                        "FinalityConflictNotification",
-	CmdFinalityConflictResolvedNotificationMessage:                "FinalityConflictResolvedNotification",
-	CmdGetMempoolEntriesRequestMessage:                            "GetMempoolEntriesRequest",
-	CmdGetMempoolEntriesResponseMessage:                           "GetMempoolEntriesResponse",
-	CmdGetHeadersRequestMessage:                                   "GetHeadersRequest",
-	CmdGetHeadersResponseMessage:                                  "GetHeadersResponse",
-	CmdNotifyUTXOsChangedRequestMessage:                           "NotifyUTXOsChangedRequest",
-	CmdNotifyUTXOsChangedResponseMessage:                          "NotifyUTXOsChangedResponse",
-	CmdUTXOsChangedNotificationMessage:                            "UTXOsChangedNotification",
-	CmdStopNotifyingUTXOsChangedRequestMessage:                    "StopNotifyingUTXOsChangedRequest",
-	CmdStopNotifyingUTXOsChangedResponseMessage:                   "StopNotifyingUTXOsChangedResponse",
-	CmdGetUTXOsByAddressesRequestMessage:                          "GetUTXOsByAddressesRequest",
-	CmdGetUTXOsByAddressesResponseMessage:                         "GetUTXOsByAddressesResponse",
-	CmdGetVirtualSelectedParentBlueScoreRequestMessage:            "GetVirtualSelectedParentBlueScoreRequest",
-	CmdGetVirtualSelectedParentBlueScoreResponseMessage:           "GetVirtualSelectedParentBlueScoreResponse",
-	CmdNotifyVirtualSelectedParentBlueScoreChangedRequestMessage:  "NotifyVirtualSelectedParentBlueScoreChangedRequest",
-	CmdNotifyVirtualSelectedParentBlueScoreChangedResponseMessage: "NotifyVirtualSelectedParentBlueScoreChangedResponse",
-	CmdVirtualSelectedParentBlueScoreChangedNotificationMessage:   "VirtualSelectedParentBlueScoreChangedNotification",
-	CmdBanRequestMessage:                                          "BanRequest",
-	CmdBanResponseMessage:                                         "BanResponse",
-	CmdUnbanRequestMessage:                                        "UnbanRequest",
-	CmdUnbanResponseMessage:                                       "UnbanResponse",
-	CmdGetInfoRequestMessage:                                      "GetInfoRequest",
-	CmdGetInfoResponseMessage:                                     "GeInfoResponse",
-	CmdNotifyPruningPointUTXOSetOverrideRequestMessage:            "NotifyPruningPointUTXOSetOverrideRequest",
-	CmdNotifyPruningPointUTXOSetOverrideResponseMessage:           "NotifyPruningPointUTXOSetOverrideResponse",
-	CmdPruningPointUTXOSetOverrideNotificationMessage:             "PruningPointUTXOSetOverrideNotification",
-	CmdStopNotifyingPruningPointUTXOSetOverrideRequestMessage:     "StopNotifyingPruningPointUTXOSetOverrideRequest",
-	CmdStopNotifyingPruningPointUTXOSetOverrideResponseMessage:    "StopNotifyingPruningPointUTXOSetOverrideResponse",
+	CmdGetCurrentNetworkRequestMessage:             "GetCurrentNetworkRequest",
+	CmdGetCurrentNetworkResponseMessage:            "GetCurrentNetworkResponse",
+	CmdSubmitBlockRequestMessage:                   "SubmitBlockRequest",
+	CmdSubmitBlockResponseMessage:                  "SubmitBlockResponse",
+	CmdGetBlockTemplateRequestMessage:              "GetBlockTemplateRequest",
+	CmdGetBlockTemplateResponseMessage:             "GetBlockTemplateResponse",
+	CmdGetBlockTemplateTransactionMessage:          "CmdGetBlockTemplateTransaction",
+	CmdNotifyBlockAddedRequestMessage:              "NotifyBlockAddedRequest",
+	CmdNotifyBlockAddedResponseMessage:             "NotifyBlockAddedResponse",
+	CmdBlockAddedNotificationMessage:               "BlockAddedNotification",
+	CmdGetPeerAddressesRequestMessage:              "GetPeerAddressesRequest",
+	CmdGetPeerAddressesResponseMessage:             "GetPeerAddressesResponse",
+	CmdGetSelectedTipHashRequestMessage:            "GetSelectedTipHashRequest",
+	CmdGetSelectedTipHashResponseMessage:           "GetSelectedTipHashResponse",
+	CmdGetMempoolEntryRequestMessage:               "GetMempoolEntryRequest",
+	CmdGetMempoolEntryResponseMessage:              "GetMempoolEntryResponse",
+	CmdGetConnectedPeerInfoRequestMessage:          "GetConnectedPeerInfoRequest",
+	CmdGetConnectedPeerInfoResponseMessage:         "GetConnectedPeerInfoResponse",
+	CmdAddPeerRequestMessage:                       "AddPeerRequest",
+	CmdAddPeerResponseMessage:                      "AddPeerResponse",
+	CmdSubmitTransactionRequestMessage:             "SubmitTransactionRequest",
+	CmdSubmitTransactionResponseMessage:            "SubmitTransactionResponse",
+	CmdNotifyChainChangedRequestMessage:            "NotifyChainChangedRequest",
+	CmdNotifyChainChangedResponseMessage:           "NotifyChainChangedResponse",
+	CmdChainChangedNotificationMessage:             "ChainChangedNotification",
+	CmdGetBlockRequestMessage:                      "GetBlockRequest",
+	CmdGetBlockResponseMessage:                     "GetBlockResponse",
+	CmdGetSubnetworkRequestMessage:                 "GetSubnetworkRequest",
+	CmdGetSubnetworkResponseMessage:                "GetSubnetworkResponse",
+	CmdGetChainFromBlockRequestMessage:             "GetChainFromBlockRequest",
+	CmdGetChainFromBlockResponseMessage:            "GetChainFromBlockResponse",
+	CmdGetBlocksRequestMessage:                     "GetBlocksRequest",
+	CmdGetBlocksResponseMessage:                    "GetBlocksResponse",
+	CmdGetBlockCountRequestMessage:                 "GetBlockCountRequest",
+	CmdGetBlockCountResponseMessage:                "GetBlockCountResponse",
+	CmdGetBlockDAGInfoRequestMessage:               "GetBlockDAGInfoRequest",
+	CmdGetBlockDAGInfoResponseMessage:              "GetBlockDAGInfoResponse",
+	CmdResolveFinalityConflictRequestMessage:       "ResolveFinalityConflictRequest",
+	CmdResolveFinalityConflictResponseMessage:      "ResolveFinalityConflictResponse",
+	CmdNotifyFinalityConflictsRequestMessage:       "NotifyFinalityConflictsRequest",
+	CmdNotifyFinalityConflictsResponseMessage:      "NotifyFinalityConflictsResponse",
+	CmdFinalityConflictNotificationMessage:         "FinalityConflictNotification",
+	CmdFinalityConflictResolvedNotificationMessage: "FinalityConflictResolvedNotification",
+	CmdGetMempoolEntriesRequestMessage:             "GetMempoolEntriesRequestMessage",
+	CmdGetMempoolEntriesResponseMessage:            "GetMempoolEntriesResponseMessage",
+	CmdGetHeadersRequestMessage:                    "GetHeadersRequest",
+	CmdGetHeadersResponseMessage:                   "GetHeadersResponse",
 }

 // Message is an interface that describes a kaspa message. A type that
--- a/app/appmessage/p2p_msgblockheader.go
+++ b/app/appmessage/p2p_msgblockheader.go
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ package appmessage
 import (
 	"math"

-	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain/consensus/utils/consensushashing"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain/consensus/utils/consensusserialization"

 	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain/consensus/model/externalapi"
 	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/util/mstime"
@@ -31,13 +31,11 @@ const MaxNumParentBlocks = 255
 // BaseBlockHeaderPayload + up to MaxNumParentBlocks hashes of parent blocks
 const MaxBlockHeaderPayload = BaseBlockHeaderPayload + (MaxNumParentBlocks * externalapi.DomainHashSize)

-// MsgBlockHeader defines information about a block and is used in the kaspa
+// BlockHeader defines information about a block and is used in the kaspa
 // block (MsgBlock) and headers (MsgHeader) messages.
-type MsgBlockHeader struct {
-	baseMessage
-
+type BlockHeader struct {
 	// Version of the block. This is not the same as the protocol version.
-	Version uint16
+	Version int32

 	// Hashes of the parent block headers in the blockDAG.
 	ParentHashes []*externalapi.DomainHash
@@ -63,7 +61,7 @@ type MsgBlockHeader struct {
 }

 // NumParentBlocks return the number of entries in ParentHashes
-func (h *MsgBlockHeader) NumParentBlocks() byte {
+func (h *BlockHeader) NumParentBlocks() byte {
 	numParents := len(h.ParentHashes)
 	if numParents > math.MaxUint8 {
 		panic(errors.Errorf("number of parents is %d, which is more than one byte can fit", numParents))
@@ -72,30 +70,24 @@ func (h *MsgBlockHeader) NumParentBlocks() byte {
 }

 // BlockHash computes the block identifier hash for the given block header.
-func (h *MsgBlockHeader) BlockHash() *externalapi.DomainHash {
-	return consensushashing.HeaderHash(BlockHeaderToDomainBlockHeader(h))
+func (h *BlockHeader) BlockHash() *externalapi.DomainHash {
+	return consensusserialization.HeaderHash(BlockHeaderToDomainBlockHeader(h))
 }

 // IsGenesis returns true iff this block is a genesis block
-func (h *MsgBlockHeader) IsGenesis() bool {
+func (h *BlockHeader) IsGenesis() bool {
 	return h.NumParentBlocks() == 0
 }

-// Command returns the protocol command string for the message. This is part
-// of the Message interface implementation.
-func (h *MsgBlockHeader) Command() MessageCommand {
-	return CmdHeader
-}
-
-// NewBlockHeader returns a new MsgBlockHeader using the provided version, previous
+// NewBlockHeader returns a new BlockHeader using the provided version, previous
 // block hash, hash merkle root, accepted ID merkle root, difficulty bits, and nonce used to generate the
 // block with defaults or calclulated values for the remaining fields.
-func NewBlockHeader(version uint16, parentHashes []*externalapi.DomainHash, hashMerkleRoot *externalapi.DomainHash,
-	acceptedIDMerkleRoot *externalapi.DomainHash, utxoCommitment *externalapi.DomainHash, bits uint32, nonce uint64) *MsgBlockHeader {
+func NewBlockHeader(version int32, parentHashes []*externalapi.DomainHash, hashMerkleRoot *externalapi.DomainHash,
+	acceptedIDMerkleRoot *externalapi.DomainHash, utxoCommitment *externalapi.DomainHash, bits uint32, nonce uint64) *BlockHeader {

 	// Limit the timestamp to one millisecond precision since the protocol
 	// doesn't support better.
-	return &MsgBlockHeader{
+	return &BlockHeader{
 		Version:              version,
 		ParentHashes:         parentHashes,
 		HashMerkleRoot:       hashMerkleRoot,
--- a/app/appmessage/p2p_msgblockheader_test.go
+++ b/app/appmessage/p2p_msgblockheader_test.go
@@ -11,11 +11,15 @@ import (
 	"github.com/davecgh/go-spew/spew"
 	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain/consensus/model/externalapi"
 	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/util/mstime"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/util/random"
 )

-// TestBlockHeader tests the MsgBlockHeader API.
+// TestBlockHeader tests the BlockHeader API.
 func TestBlockHeader(t *testing.T) {
-	nonce := uint64(0xba4d87a69924a93d)
+	nonce, err := random.Uint64()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("random.Uint64: Error generating nonce: %v", err)
+	}

 	hashes := []*externalapi.DomainHash{mainnetGenesisHash, simnetGenesisHash}

@@ -48,7 +52,7 @@ func TestIsGenesis(t *testing.T) {
 	bits := uint32(0x1d00ffff)
 	timestamp := mstime.UnixMilliseconds(0x495fab29000)

-	baseBlockHdr := &MsgBlockHeader{
+	baseBlockHdr := &BlockHeader{
 		Version:        1,
 		ParentHashes:   []*externalapi.DomainHash{mainnetGenesisHash, simnetGenesisHash},
 		HashMerkleRoot: mainnetGenesisMerkleRoot,
@@ -56,7 +60,7 @@ func TestIsGenesis(t *testing.T) {
 		Bits:           bits,
 		Nonce:          nonce,
 	}
-	genesisBlockHdr := &MsgBlockHeader{
+	genesisBlockHdr := &BlockHeader{
 		Version:        1,
 		ParentHashes:   []*externalapi.DomainHash{},
 		HashMerkleRoot: mainnetGenesisMerkleRoot,
@@ -66,8 +70,8 @@ func TestIsGenesis(t *testing.T) {
 	}

 	tests := []struct {
-		in        *MsgBlockHeader // Block header to encode
-		isGenesis bool            // Expected result for call of .IsGenesis
+		in        *BlockHeader // Block header to encode
+		isGenesis bool         // Expected result for call of .IsGenesis
 	}{
 		{genesisBlockHdr, true},
 		{baseBlockHdr, false},
@@ -77,7 +81,7 @@ func TestIsGenesis(t *testing.T) {
 	for i, test := range tests {
 		isGenesis := test.in.IsGenesis()
 		if isGenesis != test.isGenesis {
-			t.Errorf("MsgBlockHeader.IsGenesis: #%d got: %t, want: %t",
+			t.Errorf("BlockHeader.IsGenesis: #%d got: %t, want: %t",
 				i, isGenesis, test.isGenesis)
 		}
 	}
--- a/app/appmessage/p2p_blockheaders.go
+++ b/app/appmessage/p2p_blockheaders.go
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-package appmessage
-
-// BlockHeadersMessage represents a kaspa BlockHeaders message
-type BlockHeadersMessage struct {
-	baseMessage
-	BlockHeaders []*MsgBlockHeader
-}
-
-// Command returns the protocol command string for the message
-func (msg *BlockHeadersMessage) Command() MessageCommand {
-	return CmdBlockHeaders
-}
-
-// NewBlockHeadersMessage returns a new kaspa BlockHeaders message
-func NewBlockHeadersMessage(blockHeaders []*MsgBlockHeader) *BlockHeadersMessage {
-	return &BlockHeadersMessage{
-		BlockHeaders: blockHeaders,
-	}
-}
--- a/app/appmessage/p2p_msgaddresses.go
+++ b/app/appmessage/p2p_msgaddresses.go
@@ -4,15 +4,59 @@

 package appmessage

+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain/consensus/model/externalapi"
+)
+
 // MaxAddressesPerMsg is the maximum number of addresses that can be in a single
 // kaspa Addresses message (MsgAddresses).
 const MaxAddressesPerMsg = 1000

 // MsgAddresses implements the Message interface and represents a kaspa
-// Addresses message.
+// Addresses message. It is used to provide a list of known active peers on the
+// network. An active peer is considered one that has transmitted a message
+// within the last 3 hours. Nodes which have not transmitted in that time
+// frame should be forgotten. Each message is limited to a maximum number of
+// addresses, which is currently 1000. As a result, multiple messages must
+// be used to relay the full list.
+//
+// Use the AddAddress function to build up the list of known addresses when
+// sending an Addresses message to another peer.
 type MsgAddresses struct {
 	baseMessage
-	AddressList []*NetAddress
+	IncludeAllSubnetworks bool
+	SubnetworkID          *externalapi.DomainSubnetworkID
+	AddrList              []*NetAddress
+}
+
+// AddAddress adds a known active peer to the message.
+func (msg *MsgAddresses) AddAddress(na *NetAddress) error {
+	if len(msg.AddrList)+1 > MaxAddressesPerMsg {
+		str := fmt.Sprintf("too many addresses in message [max %d]",
+			MaxAddressesPerMsg)
+		return messageError("MsgAddresses.AddAddress", str)
+	}
+
+	msg.AddrList = append(msg.AddrList, na)
+	return nil
+}
+
+// AddAddresses adds multiple known active peers to the message.
+func (msg *MsgAddresses) AddAddresses(netAddrs ...*NetAddress) error {
+	for _, na := range netAddrs {
+		err := msg.AddAddress(na)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// ClearAddresses removes all addresses from the message.
+func (msg *MsgAddresses) ClearAddresses() {
+	msg.AddrList = []*NetAddress{}
 }

 // Command returns the protocol command string for the message. This is part
@@ -23,8 +67,10 @@ func (msg *MsgAddresses) Command() MessageCommand {

 // NewMsgAddresses returns a new kaspa Addresses message that conforms to the
 // Message interface. See MsgAddresses for details.
-func NewMsgAddresses(addressList []*NetAddress) *MsgAddresses {
+func NewMsgAddresses(includeAllSubnetworks bool, subnetworkID *externalapi.DomainSubnetworkID) *MsgAddresses {
 	return &MsgAddresses{
-		AddressList: addressList,
+		IncludeAllSubnetworks: includeAllSubnetworks,
+		SubnetworkID:          subnetworkID,
+		AddrList:              make([]*NetAddress, 0, MaxAddressesPerMsg),
 	}
 }
--- a/app/appmessage/p2p_msgaddresses_test.go
+++ b/app/appmessage/p2p_msgaddresses_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+// 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 (
+	"net"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/davecgh/go-spew/spew"
+)
+
+// TestAddresses tests the MsgAddresses API.
+func TestAddresses(t *testing.T) {
+	// Ensure the command is expected value.
+	wantCmd := MessageCommand(3)
+	msg := NewMsgAddresses(false, nil)
+	if cmd := msg.Command(); cmd != wantCmd {
+		t.Errorf("NewMsgAddresses: wrong command - got %v want %v",
+			cmd, wantCmd)
+	}
+
+	// Ensure NetAddresses are added properly.
+	tcpAddr := &net.TCPAddr{IP: net.ParseIP("127.0.0.1"), Port: 16111}
+	na := NewNetAddress(tcpAddr, SFNodeNetwork)
+	err := msg.AddAddress(na)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("AddAddress: %v", err)
+	}
+	if msg.AddrList[0] != na {
+		t.Errorf("AddAddress: wrong address added - got %v, want %v",
+			spew.Sprint(msg.AddrList[0]), spew.Sprint(na))
+	}
+
+	// Ensure the address list is cleared properly.
+	msg.ClearAddresses()
+	if len(msg.AddrList) != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("ClearAddresses: address list is not empty - "+
+			"got %v [%v], want %v", len(msg.AddrList),
+			spew.Sprint(msg.AddrList[0]), 0)
+	}
+
+	// Ensure adding more than the max allowed addresses per message returns
+	// error.
+	for i := 0; i < MaxAddressesPerMsg+1; i++ {
+		err = msg.AddAddress(na)
+	}
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Errorf("AddAddress: expected error on too many addresses " +
+			"not received")
+	}
+	err = msg.AddAddresses(na)
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Errorf("AddAddresses: expected error on too many addresses " +
+			"not received")
+	}
+}
--- a/app/appmessage/p2p_msgblock.go
+++ b/app/appmessage/p2p_msgblock.go
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ type TxLoc struct {
 // response to a getdata message (MsgGetData) for a given block hash.
 type MsgBlock struct {
 	baseMessage
-	Header       MsgBlockHeader
+	Header       BlockHeader
 	Transactions []*MsgTx
 }

@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ func (msg *MsgBlock) MaxPayloadLength(pver uint32) uint32 {
 // Note: this operation modifies the block in place.
 func (msg *MsgBlock) ConvertToPartial(subnetworkID *externalapi.DomainSubnetworkID) {
 	for _, tx := range msg.Transactions {
-		if !tx.SubnetworkID.Equal(subnetworkID) {
+		if tx.SubnetworkID != *subnetworkID {
 			tx.Payload = []byte{}
 		}
 	}
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ func (msg *MsgBlock) ConvertToPartial(subnetworkID *externalapi.DomainSubnetwork

 // NewMsgBlock returns a new kaspa block message that conforms to the
 // Message interface. See MsgBlock for details.
-func NewMsgBlock(blockHeader *MsgBlockHeader) *MsgBlock {
+func NewMsgBlock(blockHeader *BlockHeader) *MsgBlock {
 	return &MsgBlock{
 		Header:       *blockHeader,
 		Transactions: make([]*MsgTx, 0, defaultTransactionAlloc),
--- a/app/appmessage/p2p_msgblock_test.go
+++ b/app/appmessage/p2p_msgblock_test.go
@@ -5,15 +5,15 @@
 package appmessage

 import (
-	"github.com/davecgh/go-spew/spew"
-	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/util/mstime"
 	"math"
 	"reflect"
 	"testing"

 	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain/consensus/utils/subnetworks"

+	"github.com/davecgh/go-spew/spew"
 	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain/consensus/model/externalapi"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/util/mstime"
 )

 // TestBlock tests the MsgBlock API.
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ func TestConvertToPartial(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, testTransaction := range transactions {
 		var subnetworkTx *MsgTx
 		for _, blockTransaction := range block.Transactions {
-			if blockTransaction.SubnetworkID.Equal(testTransaction.subnetworkID) {
+			if blockTransaction.SubnetworkID == *testTransaction.subnetworkID {
 				subnetworkTx = blockTransaction
 			}
 		}
@@ -127,10 +127,10 @@ func TestConvertToPartial(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }

-//blockOne is the first block in the mainnet block DAG.
+// blockOne is the first block in the mainnet block DAG.
 var blockOne = MsgBlock{
-	Header: MsgBlockHeader{
-		Version:              0,
+	Header: BlockHeader{
+		Version:              1,
 		ParentHashes:         []*externalapi.DomainHash{mainnetGenesisHash, simnetGenesisHash},
 		HashMerkleRoot:       mainnetGenesisMerkleRoot,
 		AcceptedIDMerkleRoot: exampleAcceptedIDMerkleRoot,
@@ -156,21 +156,19 @@ var blockOne = MsgBlock{
 			[]*TxOut{
 				{
 					Value: 0x12a05f200,
-					ScriptPubKey: &externalapi.ScriptPublicKey{
-						Script: []byte{
-							0x41, // OP_DATA_65
-							0x04, 0x96, 0xb5, 0x38, 0xe8, 0x53, 0x51, 0x9c,
-							0x72, 0x6a, 0x2c, 0x91, 0xe6, 0x1e, 0xc1, 0x16,
-							0x00, 0xae, 0x13, 0x90, 0x81, 0x3a, 0x62, 0x7c,
-							0x66, 0xfb, 0x8b, 0xe7, 0x94, 0x7b, 0xe6, 0x3c,
-							0x52, 0xda, 0x75, 0x89, 0x37, 0x95, 0x15, 0xd4,
-							0xe0, 0xa6, 0x04, 0xf8, 0x14, 0x17, 0x81, 0xe6,
-							0x22, 0x94, 0x72, 0x11, 0x66, 0xbf, 0x62, 0x1e,
-							0x73, 0xa8, 0x2c, 0xbf, 0x23, 0x42, 0xc8, 0x58,
-							0xee, // 65-byte signature
-							0xac, // OP_CHECKSIG
-						},
-						Version: 0},
+					ScriptPubKey: []byte{
+						0x41, // OP_DATA_65
+						0x04, 0x96, 0xb5, 0x38, 0xe8, 0x53, 0x51, 0x9c,
+						0x72, 0x6a, 0x2c, 0x91, 0xe6, 0x1e, 0xc1, 0x16,
+						0x00, 0xae, 0x13, 0x90, 0x81, 0x3a, 0x62, 0x7c,
+						0x66, 0xfb, 0x8b, 0xe7, 0x94, 0x7b, 0xe6, 0x3c,
+						0x52, 0xda, 0x75, 0x89, 0x37, 0x95, 0x15, 0xd4,
+						0xe0, 0xa6, 0x04, 0xf8, 0x14, 0x17, 0x81, 0xe6,
+						0x22, 0x94, 0x72, 0x11, 0x66, 0xbf, 0x62, 0x1e,
+						0x73, 0xa8, 0x2c, 0xbf, 0x23, 0x42, 0xc8, 0x58,
+						0xee, // 65-byte signature
+						0xac, // OP_CHECKSIG
+					},
 				},
 			}),
 	},
@@ -178,7 +176,7 @@ var blockOne = MsgBlock{

 // Block one serialized bytes.
 var blockOneBytes = []byte{
-	0x00, 0x00, // Version 0
+	0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, // Version 1
 	0x02,                                           // NumParentBlocks
 	0xdc, 0x5f, 0x5b, 0x5b, 0x1d, 0xc2, 0xa7, 0x25, // mainnetGenesisHash
 	0x49, 0xd5, 0x1d, 0x4d, 0xee, 0xd7, 0xa4, 0x8b,
@@ -204,7 +202,7 @@ var blockOneBytes = []byte{
 	0xff, 0xff, 0x00, 0x1d, // Bits
 	0x01, 0xe3, 0x62, 0x99, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, // Fake Nonce
 	0x01,                   // TxnCount
-	0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, // Version
+	0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, // Version
 	0x01, // Varint for number of transaction inputs
 	0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
 	0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
--- a/app/appmessage/p2p_msgblocklocator_test.go
+++ b/app/appmessage/p2p_msgblocklocator_test.go
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ package appmessage
 import (
 	"testing"

+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain/consensus/utils/hashes"
+
 	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain/consensus/model/externalapi"

 	"github.com/davecgh/go-spew/spew"
@@ -11,7 +13,7 @@ import (
 // TestBlockLocator tests the MsgBlockLocator API.
 func TestBlockLocator(t *testing.T) {
 	hashStr := "000000000002e7ad7b9eef9479e4aabc65cb831269cc20d2632c13684406dee0"
-	locatorHash, err := externalapi.NewDomainHashFromString(hashStr)
+	locatorHash, err := hashes.FromString(hashStr)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("NewHashFromStr: %v", err)
 	}
--- a/app/appmessage/p2p_msgdoneheaders.go
+++ b/app/appmessage/p2p_msgdoneheaders.go
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-package appmessage
-
-// MsgDoneHeaders implements the Message interface and represents a kaspa
-// DoneHeaders message. It is used to notify the IBD syncing peer that the
-// syncer sent all the requested headers.
-//
-// This message has no payload.
-type MsgDoneHeaders struct {
-	baseMessage
-}
-
-// Command returns the protocol command string for the message. This is part
-// of the Message interface implementation.
-func (msg *MsgDoneHeaders) Command() MessageCommand {
-	return CmdDoneHeaders
-}
-
-// NewMsgDoneHeaders returns a new kaspa DoneIBDBlocks message that conforms to the
-// Message interface.
-func NewMsgDoneHeaders() *MsgDoneHeaders {
-	return &MsgDoneHeaders{}
-}
--- a/app/appmessage/p2p_msgdoneibdblocks.go
+++ b/app/appmessage/p2p_msgdoneibdblocks.go
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+package appmessage
+
+// MsgDoneIBDBlocks implements the Message interface and represents a kaspa
+// DoneIBDBlocks message. It is used to notify the IBD syncing peer that the
+// syncer sent all the requested blocks.
+//
+// This message has no payload.
+type MsgDoneIBDBlocks struct {
+	baseMessage
+}
+
+// Command returns the protocol command string for the message. This is part
+// of the Message interface implementation.
+func (msg *MsgDoneIBDBlocks) Command() MessageCommand {
+	return CmdDoneIBDBlocks
+}
+
+// NewMsgDoneIBDBlocks returns a new kaspa DoneIBDBlocks message that conforms to the
+// Message interface.
+func NewMsgDoneIBDBlocks() *MsgDoneIBDBlocks {
+	return &MsgDoneIBDBlocks{}
+}
--- a/app/appmessage/p2p_msgdonepruningpointutxosetchunks.go
+++ b/app/appmessage/p2p_msgdonepruningpointutxosetchunks.go
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-package appmessage
-
-// MsgDonePruningPointUTXOSetChunks represents a kaspa DonePruningPointUTXOSetChunks message
-type MsgDonePruningPointUTXOSetChunks struct {
-	baseMessage
-}
-
-// Command returns the protocol command string for the message
-func (msg *MsgDonePruningPointUTXOSetChunks) Command() MessageCommand {
-	return CmdDonePruningPointUTXOSetChunks
-}
-
-// NewMsgDonePruningPointUTXOSetChunks returns a new MsgDonePruningPointUTXOSetChunks.
-func NewMsgDonePruningPointUTXOSetChunks() *MsgDonePruningPointUTXOSetChunks {
-	return &MsgDonePruningPointUTXOSetChunks{}
-}
--- a/app/appmessage/p2p_msgibdblock_test.go
+++ b/app/appmessage/p2p_msgibdblock_test.go
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ func TestIBDBlock(t *testing.T) {
 	bh := NewBlockHeader(1, parentHashes, hashMerkleRoot, acceptedIDMerkleRoot, utxoCommitment, bits, nonce)

 	// Ensure the command is expected value.
-	wantCmd := MessageCommand(15)
+	wantCmd := MessageCommand(17)
 	msg := NewMsgIBDBlock(NewMsgBlock(bh))
 	if cmd := msg.Command(); cmd != wantCmd {
 		t.Errorf("NewMsgIBDBlock: wrong command - got %v want %v",
--- a/app/appmessage/p2p_msgibdblocklocator.go
+++ b/app/appmessage/p2p_msgibdblocklocator.go
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-package appmessage
-
-import (
-	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain/consensus/model/externalapi"
-)
-
-// MsgIBDBlockLocator represents a kaspa ibdBlockLocator message
-type MsgIBDBlockLocator struct {
-	baseMessage
-	TargetHash         *externalapi.DomainHash
-	BlockLocatorHashes []*externalapi.DomainHash
-}
-
-// Command returns the protocol command string for the message
-func (msg *MsgIBDBlockLocator) Command() MessageCommand {
-	return CmdIBDBlockLocator
-}
-
-// NewMsgIBDBlockLocator returns a new kaspa ibdBlockLocator message
-func NewMsgIBDBlockLocator(targetHash *externalapi.DomainHash,
-	blockLocatorHashes []*externalapi.DomainHash) *MsgIBDBlockLocator {
-
-	return &MsgIBDBlockLocator{
-		TargetHash:         targetHash,
-		BlockLocatorHashes: blockLocatorHashes,
-	}
-}
--- a/app/appmessage/p2p_msgibdblocklocatorhighesthash.go
+++ b/app/appmessage/p2p_msgibdblocklocatorhighesthash.go
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-package appmessage
-
-import (
-	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain/consensus/model/externalapi"
-)
-
-// MsgIBDBlockLocatorHighestHash represents a kaspa BlockLocatorHighestHash message
-type MsgIBDBlockLocatorHighestHash struct {
-	baseMessage
-	HighestHash *externalapi.DomainHash
-}
-
-// Command returns the protocol command string for the message
-func (msg *MsgIBDBlockLocatorHighestHash) Command() MessageCommand {
-	return CmdIBDBlockLocatorHighestHash
-}
-
-// NewMsgIBDBlockLocatorHighestHash returns a new BlockLocatorHighestHash message
-func NewMsgIBDBlockLocatorHighestHash(highestHash *externalapi.DomainHash) *MsgIBDBlockLocatorHighestHash {
-	return &MsgIBDBlockLocatorHighestHash{
-		HighestHash: highestHash,
-	}
-}
--- a/app/appmessage/p2p_msgibdblocklocatorhighesthashnotfound.go
+++ b/app/appmessage/p2p_msgibdblocklocatorhighesthashnotfound.go
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-package appmessage
-
-// MsgIBDBlockLocatorHighestHashNotFound represents a kaspa BlockLocatorHighestHashNotFound message
-type MsgIBDBlockLocatorHighestHashNotFound struct {
-	baseMessage
-}
-
-// Command returns the protocol command string for the message
-func (msg *MsgIBDBlockLocatorHighestHashNotFound) Command() MessageCommand {
-	return CmdIBDBlockLocatorHighestHashNotFound
-}
-
-// NewMsgIBDBlockLocatorHighestHashNotFound returns a new IBDBlockLocatorHighestHashNotFound message
-func NewMsgIBDBlockLocatorHighestHashNotFound() *MsgIBDBlockLocatorHighestHashNotFound {
-	return &MsgIBDBlockLocatorHighestHashNotFound{}
-}
--- a/app/appmessage/p2p_msgping_test.go
+++ b/app/appmessage/p2p_msgping_test.go
@@ -6,12 +6,17 @@ package appmessage

 import (
 	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/util/random"
 )

 // TestPing tests the MsgPing API against the latest protocol version.
 func TestPing(t *testing.T) {
 	// Ensure we get the same nonce back out.
-	nonce := uint64(0x61c2c5535902862)
+	nonce, err := random.Uint64()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("random.Uint64: Error generating nonce: %v", err)
+	}
 	msg := NewMsgPing(nonce)
 	if msg.Nonce != nonce {
 		t.Errorf("NewMsgPing: wrong nonce - got %v, want %v",
--- a/app/appmessage/p2p_msgpong_test.go
+++ b/app/appmessage/p2p_msgpong_test.go
@@ -6,11 +6,16 @@ package appmessage

 import (
 	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/util/random"
 )

 // TestPongLatest tests the MsgPong API against the latest protocol version.
 func TestPongLatest(t *testing.T) {
-	nonce := uint64(0x1a05b581a5182c)
+	nonce, err := random.Uint64()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("random.Uint64: error generating nonce: %v", err)
+	}
 	msg := NewMsgPong(nonce)
 	if msg.Nonce != nonce {
 		t.Errorf("NewMsgPong: wrong nonce - got %v, want %v",
--- a/app/appmessage/p2p_msgpruningpointhash.go
+++ b/app/appmessage/p2p_msgpruningpointhash.go
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-package appmessage
-
-import (
-	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain/consensus/model/externalapi"
-)
-
-// MsgPruningPointHashMessage represents a kaspa PruningPointHash message
-type MsgPruningPointHashMessage struct {
-	baseMessage
-	Hash *externalapi.DomainHash
-}
-
-// Command returns the protocol command string for the message
-func (msg *MsgPruningPointHashMessage) Command() MessageCommand {
-	return CmdPruningPointHash
-}
-
-// NewPruningPointHashMessage returns a new kaspa PruningPointHash message
-func NewPruningPointHashMessage(hash *externalapi.DomainHash) *MsgPruningPointHashMessage {
-	return &MsgPruningPointHashMessage{
-		Hash: hash,
-	}
-}
--- a/app/appmessage/p2p_msgpruningpointutxosetchunk.go
+++ b/app/appmessage/p2p_msgpruningpointutxosetchunk.go
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-package appmessage
-
-import "github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain/consensus/model/externalapi"
-
-// MsgPruningPointUTXOSetChunk represents a kaspa PruningPointUTXOSetChunk message
-type MsgPruningPointUTXOSetChunk struct {
-	baseMessage
-	OutpointAndUTXOEntryPairs []*OutpointAndUTXOEntryPair
-}
-
-// Command returns the protocol command string for the message
-func (msg *MsgPruningPointUTXOSetChunk) Command() MessageCommand {
-	return CmdPruningPointUTXOSetChunk
-}
-
-// NewMsgPruningPointUTXOSetChunk returns a new MsgPruningPointUTXOSetChunk.
-func NewMsgPruningPointUTXOSetChunk(outpointAndUTXOEntryPairs []*OutpointAndUTXOEntryPair) *MsgPruningPointUTXOSetChunk {
-	return &MsgPruningPointUTXOSetChunk{
-		OutpointAndUTXOEntryPairs: outpointAndUTXOEntryPairs,
-	}
-}
-
-// OutpointAndUTXOEntryPair is an outpoint along with its
-// respective UTXO entry
-type OutpointAndUTXOEntryPair struct {
-	Outpoint  *Outpoint
-	UTXOEntry *UTXOEntry
-}
-
-// UTXOEntry houses details about an individual transaction output in a UTXO
-type UTXOEntry struct {
-	Amount          uint64
-	ScriptPublicKey *externalapi.ScriptPublicKey
-	BlockBlueScore  uint64
-	IsCoinbase      bool
-}
--- a/app/appmessage/p2p_msgrequestblocklocator.go
+++ b/app/appmessage/p2p_msgrequestblocklocator.go
@@ -5,14 +5,13 @@ import (
 )

 // MsgRequestBlockLocator implements the Message interface and represents a kaspa
-// RequestBlockLocator message. It is used to request a block locator between low
-// and high hash.
+// RequestBlockLocator message. It is used to request a block locator between high
+// and low hash.
 // The locator is returned via a locator message (MsgBlockLocator).
 type MsgRequestBlockLocator struct {
 	baseMessage
-	LowHash  *externalapi.DomainHash
 	HighHash *externalapi.DomainHash
-	Limit    uint32
+	LowHash  *externalapi.DomainHash
 }

 // Command returns the protocol command string for the message. This is part
@@ -24,10 +23,9 @@ func (msg *MsgRequestBlockLocator) Command() MessageCommand {
 // NewMsgRequestBlockLocator returns a new RequestBlockLocator message that conforms to the
 // Message interface using the passed parameters and defaults for the remaining
 // fields.
-func NewMsgRequestBlockLocator(lowHash, highHash *externalapi.DomainHash, limit uint32) *MsgRequestBlockLocator {
+func NewMsgRequestBlockLocator(highHash, lowHash *externalapi.DomainHash) *MsgRequestBlockLocator {
 	return &MsgRequestBlockLocator{
-		LowHash:  lowHash,
 		HighHash: highHash,
-		Limit:    limit,
+		LowHash:  lowHash,
 	}
 }
--- a/app/appmessage/p2p_msgrequestblocklocator_test.go
+++ b/app/appmessage/p2p_msgrequestblocklocator_test.go
@@ -4,19 +4,21 @@ import (
 	"testing"

 	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain/consensus/model/externalapi"
+
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain/consensus/utils/hashes"
 )

 // TestRequestBlockLocator tests the MsgRequestBlockLocator API.
 func TestRequestBlockLocator(t *testing.T) {
 	hashStr := "000000000002e7ad7b9eef9479e4aabc65cb831269cc20d2632c13684406dee0"
-	highHash, err := externalapi.NewDomainHashFromString(hashStr)
+	highHash, err := hashes.FromString(hashStr)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("NewHashFromStr: %v", err)
 	}

 	// Ensure the command is expected value.
 	wantCmd := MessageCommand(9)
-	msg := NewMsgRequestBlockLocator(highHash, &externalapi.DomainHash{}, 0)
+	msg := NewMsgRequestBlockLocator(highHash, &externalapi.DomainHash{})
 	if cmd := msg.Command(); cmd != wantCmd {
 		t.Errorf("NewMsgRequestBlockLocator: wrong command - got %v want %v",
 			cmd, wantCmd)
--- a/app/appmessage/p2p_msgrequestheaders.go
+++ b/app/appmessage/p2p_msgrequestheaders.go
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-// 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"
-)
-
-// MsgRequestHeaders implements the Message interface and represents a kaspa
-// RequestHeaders message. It is used to request a list of blocks starting after the
-// low hash and until the high hash.
-type MsgRequestHeaders struct {
-	baseMessage
-	LowHash  *externalapi.DomainHash
-	HighHash *externalapi.DomainHash
-}
-
-// Command returns the protocol command string for the message. This is part
-// of the Message interface implementation.
-func (msg *MsgRequestHeaders) Command() MessageCommand {
-	return CmdRequestHeaders
-}
-
-// NewMsgRequstHeaders returns a new kaspa RequestHeaders message that conforms to the
-// Message interface using the passed parameters and defaults for the remaining
-// fields.
-func NewMsgRequstHeaders(lowHash, highHash *externalapi.DomainHash) *MsgRequestHeaders {
-	return &MsgRequestHeaders{
-		LowHash:  lowHash,
-		HighHash: highHash,
-	}
-}
--- a/app/appmessage/p2p_msgrequestibdblocks.go
+++ b/app/appmessage/p2p_msgrequestibdblocks.go
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+// 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 (
@@ -5,11 +9,12 @@ import (
 )

 // MsgRequestIBDBlocks implements the Message interface and represents a kaspa
-// RequestIBDBlocks message. It is used to request blocks as part of the IBD
-// protocol.
+// RequestIBDBlocks message. It is used to request a list of blocks starting after the
+// low hash and until the high hash.
 type MsgRequestIBDBlocks struct {
 	baseMessage
-	Hashes []*externalapi.DomainHash
+	LowHash  *externalapi.DomainHash
+	HighHash *externalapi.DomainHash
 }

 // Command returns the protocol command string for the message. This is part
@@ -18,9 +23,12 @@ func (msg *MsgRequestIBDBlocks) Command() MessageCommand {
 	return CmdRequestIBDBlocks
 }

-// NewMsgRequestIBDBlocks returns a new MsgRequestIBDBlocks.
-func NewMsgRequestIBDBlocks(hashes []*externalapi.DomainHash) *MsgRequestIBDBlocks {
+// NewMsgRequstIBDBlocks returns a new kaspa RequestIBDBlocks message that conforms to the
+// Message interface using the passed parameters and defaults for the remaining
+// fields.
+func NewMsgRequstIBDBlocks(lowHash, highHash *externalapi.DomainHash) *MsgRequestIBDBlocks {
 	return &MsgRequestIBDBlocks{
-		Hashes: hashes,
+		LowHash:  lowHash,
+		HighHash: highHash,
 	}
 }
--- a/app/appmessage/p2p_msgrequestibdblocks_test.go
+++ b/app/appmessage/p2p_msgrequestibdblocks_test.go
@@ -7,34 +7,34 @@ package appmessage
 import (
 	"testing"

-	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain/consensus/model/externalapi"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain/consensus/utils/hashes"
 )

-// TestRequstIBDBlocks tests the MsgRequestHeaders API.
+// TestRequstIBDBlocks tests the MsgRequestIBDBlocks API.
 func TestRequstIBDBlocks(t *testing.T) {
 	hashStr := "000000000002e7ad7b9eef9479e4aabc65cb831269cc20d2632c13684406dee0"
-	lowHash, err := externalapi.NewDomainHashFromString(hashStr)
+	lowHash, err := hashes.FromString(hashStr)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("NewHashFromStr: %v", err)
 	}

 	hashStr = "000000000003ba27aa200b1cecaad478d2b00432346c3f1f3986da1afd33e506"
-	highHash, err := externalapi.NewDomainHashFromString(hashStr)
+	highHash, err := hashes.FromString(hashStr)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("NewHashFromStr: %v", err)
 	}

 	// Ensure we get the same data back out.
-	msg := NewMsgRequstHeaders(lowHash, highHash)
-	if !msg.HighHash.Equal(highHash) {
-		t.Errorf("NewMsgRequstHeaders: wrong high hash - got %v, want %v",
+	msg := NewMsgRequstIBDBlocks(lowHash, highHash)
+	if *msg.HighHash != *highHash {
+		t.Errorf("NewMsgRequstIBDBlocks: wrong high hash - got %v, want %v",
 			msg.HighHash, highHash)
 	}

 	// Ensure the command is expected value.
 	wantCmd := MessageCommand(4)
 	if cmd := msg.Command(); cmd != wantCmd {
-		t.Errorf("NewMsgRequstHeaders: wrong command - got %v want %v",
+		t.Errorf("NewMsgRequstIBDBlocks: wrong command - got %v want %v",
 			cmd, wantCmd)
 	}
 }
--- a/app/appmessage/p2p_msgrequestnextheaders.go
+++ b/app/appmessage/p2p_msgrequestnextheaders.go
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-package appmessage
-
-// MsgRequestNextHeaders implements the Message interface and represents a kaspa
-// RequestNextHeaders message. It is used to notify the IBD syncer peer to send
-// more headers.
-//
-// This message has no payload.
-type MsgRequestNextHeaders struct {
-	baseMessage
-}
-
-// Command returns the protocol command string for the message. This is part
-// of the Message interface implementation.
-func (msg *MsgRequestNextHeaders) Command() MessageCommand {
-	return CmdRequestNextHeaders
-}
-
-// NewMsgRequestNextHeaders returns a new kaspa RequestNextHeaders message that conforms to the
-// Message interface.
-func NewMsgRequestNextHeaders() *MsgRequestNextHeaders {
-	return &MsgRequestNextHeaders{}
-}
--- a/app/appmessage/p2p_msgrequestnextibdblocks.go
+++ b/app/appmessage/p2p_msgrequestnextibdblocks.go
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+package appmessage
+
+// MsgRequestNextIBDBlocks implements the Message interface and represents a kaspa
+// RequestNextIBDBlocks message. It is used to notify the IBD syncer peer to send
+// more blocks.
+//
+// This message has no payload.
+type MsgRequestNextIBDBlocks struct {
+	baseMessage
+}
+
+// Command returns the protocol command string for the message. This is part
+// of the Message interface implementation.
+func (msg *MsgRequestNextIBDBlocks) Command() MessageCommand {
+	return CmdRequestNextIBDBlocks
+}
+
+// NewMsgRequestNextIBDBlocks returns a new kaspa RequestNextIBDBlocks message that conforms to the
+// Message interface.
+func NewMsgRequestNextIBDBlocks() *MsgRequestNextIBDBlocks {
+	return &MsgRequestNextIBDBlocks{}
+}
--- a/app/appmessage/p2p_msgrequestnextpruningpointutxosetchunk.go
+++ b/app/appmessage/p2p_msgrequestnextpruningpointutxosetchunk.go
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-package appmessage
-
-// MsgRequestNextPruningPointUTXOSetChunk represents a kaspa RequestNextPruningPointUTXOSetChunk message
-type MsgRequestNextPruningPointUTXOSetChunk struct {
-	baseMessage
-}
-
-// Command returns the protocol command string for the message
-func (msg *MsgRequestNextPruningPointUTXOSetChunk) Command() MessageCommand {
-	return CmdRequestNextPruningPointUTXOSetChunk
-}
-
-// NewMsgRequestNextPruningPointUTXOSetChunk returns a new MsgRequestNextPruningPointUTXOSetChunk.
-func NewMsgRequestNextPruningPointUTXOSetChunk() *MsgRequestNextPruningPointUTXOSetChunk {
-	return &MsgRequestNextPruningPointUTXOSetChunk{}
-}
--- a/app/appmessage/p2p_msgrequestpruningpointutxosetandblock.go
+++ b/app/appmessage/p2p_msgrequestpruningpointutxosetandblock.go
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-package appmessage
-
-import (
-	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain/consensus/model/externalapi"
-)
-
-// MsgRequestPruningPointUTXOSetAndBlock represents a kaspa RequestPruningPointUTXOSetAndBlock message
-type MsgRequestPruningPointUTXOSetAndBlock struct {
-	baseMessage
-	PruningPointHash *externalapi.DomainHash
-}
-
-// Command returns the protocol command string for the message
-func (msg *MsgRequestPruningPointUTXOSetAndBlock) Command() MessageCommand {
-	return CmdRequestPruningPointUTXOSetAndBlock
-}
-
-// NewMsgRequestPruningPointUTXOSetAndBlock returns a new MsgRequestPruningPointUTXOSetAndBlock
-func NewMsgRequestPruningPointUTXOSetAndBlock(pruningPointHash *externalapi.DomainHash) *MsgRequestPruningPointUTXOSetAndBlock {
-	return &MsgRequestPruningPointUTXOSetAndBlock{
-		PruningPointHash: pruningPointHash,
-	}
-}
--- a/app/appmessage/p2p_msgrequestrelayblocks.go
+++ b/app/appmessage/p2p_msgrequestrelayblocks.go
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ import (
 	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain/consensus/model/externalapi"
 )

-// MaxRequestRelayBlocksHashes is the maximum number of hashes that can
+// MsgRequestRelayBlocksHashes is the maximum number of hashes that can
 // be in a single RequestRelayBlocks message.
-const MaxRequestRelayBlocksHashes = MaxInvPerMsg
+const MsgRequestRelayBlocksHashes = MaxInvPerMsg

 // MsgRequestRelayBlocks implements the Message interface and represents a kaspa
 // RequestRelayBlocks message. It is used to request blocks as part of the block
--- a/app/appmessage/p2p_msgrequestselectedtip.go
+++ b/app/appmessage/p2p_msgrequestselectedtip.go
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+package appmessage
+
+// MsgRequestSelectedTip implements the Message interface and represents a kaspa
+// RequestSelectedTip message. It is used to request the selected tip of another peer.
+//
+// This message has no payload.
+type MsgRequestSelectedTip struct {
+	baseMessage
+}
+
+// Command returns the protocol command string for the message. This is part
+// of the Message interface implementation.
+func (msg *MsgRequestSelectedTip) Command() MessageCommand {
+	return CmdRequestSelectedTip
+}
+
+// NewMsgRequestSelectedTip returns a new kaspa RequestSelectedTip message that conforms to the
+// Message interface.
+func NewMsgRequestSelectedTip() *MsgRequestSelectedTip {
+	return &MsgRequestSelectedTip{}
+}
--- a/app/appmessage/p2p_msgrequestselectedtip_test.go
+++ b/app/appmessage/p2p_msgrequestselectedtip_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+// 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 (
+	"testing"
+)
+
+// TestRequestSelectedTip tests the MsgRequestSelectedTip API.
+func TestRequestSelectedTip(t *testing.T) {
+	// Ensure the command is expected value.
+	wantCmd := MessageCommand(12)
+	msg := NewMsgRequestSelectedTip()
+	if cmd := msg.Command(); cmd != wantCmd {
+		t.Errorf("NewMsgRequestSelectedTip: wrong command - got %v want %v",
+			cmd, wantCmd)
+	}
+}
--- a/app/appmessage/p2p_msgselectedtip.go
+++ b/app/appmessage/p2p_msgselectedtip.go
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+package appmessage
+
+import (
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain/consensus/model/externalapi"
+)
+
+// MsgSelectedTip implements the Message interface and represents a kaspa
+// selectedtip message. It is used to answer getseltip messages and tell
+// the asking peer what is the selected tip of this peer.
+type MsgSelectedTip struct {
+	baseMessage
+	// The selected tip hash of the generator of the message.
+	SelectedTipHash *externalapi.DomainHash
+}
+
+// Command returns the protocol command string for the message. This is part
+// of the Message interface implementation.
+func (msg *MsgSelectedTip) Command() MessageCommand {
+	return CmdSelectedTip
+}
+
+// NewMsgSelectedTip returns a new kaspa selectedtip message that conforms to the
+// Message interface.
+func NewMsgSelectedTip(selectedTipHash *externalapi.DomainHash) *MsgSelectedTip {
+	return &MsgSelectedTip{
+		SelectedTipHash: selectedTipHash,
+	}
+}
--- a/app/appmessage/p2p_msgselectedtip_test.go
+++ b/app/appmessage/p2p_msgselectedtip_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+package appmessage
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain/consensus/model/externalapi"
+)
+
+// TestSelectedTip tests the MsgSelectedTip API.
+func TestSelectedTip(t *testing.T) {
+	// Ensure the command is expected value.
+	wantCmd := MessageCommand(11)
+	msg := NewMsgSelectedTip(&externalapi.DomainHash{})
+	if cmd := msg.Command(); cmd != wantCmd {
+		t.Errorf("NewMsgSelectedTip: wrong command - got %v want %v",
+			cmd, wantCmd)
+	}
+}
--- a/app/appmessage/p2p_msgtx.go
+++ b/app/appmessage/p2p_msgtx.go
@@ -6,10 +6,12 @@ package appmessage

 import (
 	"encoding/binary"
-	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain/consensus/utils/hashes"
+	"math"
 	"strconv"

-	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain/consensus/utils/consensushashing"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain/consensus/utils/consensusserialization"
+
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain/consensus/utils/hashes"

 	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain/consensus/utils/subnetworks"

@@ -17,10 +19,38 @@ import (
 )

 const (
+	// TxVersion is the current latest supported transaction version.
+	TxVersion = 1
+
+	// MaxTxInSequenceNum is the maximum sequence number the sequence field
+	// of a transaction input can be.
+	MaxTxInSequenceNum uint64 = math.MaxUint64
+
 	// MaxPrevOutIndex is the maximum index the index field of a previous
 	// outpoint can be.
 	MaxPrevOutIndex uint32 = 0xffffffff

+	// SequenceLockTimeDisabled is a flag that if set on a transaction
+	// input's sequence number, the sequence number will not be interpreted
+	// as a relative locktime.
+	SequenceLockTimeDisabled = 1 << 31
+
+	// SequenceLockTimeIsSeconds is a flag that if set on a transaction
+	// input's sequence number, the relative locktime has units of 512
+	// seconds.
+	SequenceLockTimeIsSeconds = 1 << 22
+
+	// SequenceLockTimeMask is a mask that extracts the relative locktime
+	// when masked against the transaction input sequence number.
+	SequenceLockTimeMask = 0x0000ffff
+
+	// SequenceLockTimeGranularity is the defined time based granularity
+	// for milliseconds-based relative time locks. When converting from milliseconds
+	// to a sequence number, the value is right shifted by this amount,
+	// therefore the granularity of relative time locks in 524288 or 2^19
+	// seconds. Enforced relative lock times are multiples of 524288 milliseconds.
+	SequenceLockTimeGranularity = 19
+
 	// defaultTxInOutAlloc is the default size used for the backing array for
 	// transaction inputs and outputs. The array will dynamically grow as needed,
 	// but this figure is intended to provide enough space for the number of
@@ -38,8 +68,8 @@ const (
 	maxTxInPerMessage = (MaxMessagePayload / minTxInPayload) + 1

 	// MinTxOutPayload is the minimum payload size for a transaction output.
-	// Value 8 bytes + version 2 bytes + Varint for ScriptPublicKey length 1 byte.
-	MinTxOutPayload = 11
+	// Value 8 bytes + Varint for ScriptPubKey length 1 byte.
+	MinTxOutPayload = 9

 	// maxTxOutPerMessage is the maximum number of transactions outputs that
 	// a transaction which fits into a message could possibly have.
@@ -96,23 +126,23 @@ type TxIn struct {
 // NewTxIn returns a new kaspa transaction input with the provided
 // previous outpoint point and signature script with a default sequence of
 // MaxTxInSequenceNum.
-func NewTxIn(prevOut *Outpoint, signatureScript []byte, sequence uint64) *TxIn {
+func NewTxIn(prevOut *Outpoint, signatureScript []byte) *TxIn {
 	return &TxIn{
 		PreviousOutpoint: *prevOut,
 		SignatureScript:  signatureScript,
-		Sequence:         sequence,
+		Sequence:         MaxTxInSequenceNum,
 	}
 }

 // TxOut defines a kaspa transaction output.
 type TxOut struct {
 	Value        uint64
-	ScriptPubKey *externalapi.ScriptPublicKey
+	ScriptPubKey []byte
 }

 // NewTxOut returns a new kaspa transaction output with the provided
 // transaction value and public key script.
-func NewTxOut(value uint64, scriptPubKey *externalapi.ScriptPublicKey) *TxOut {
+func NewTxOut(value uint64, scriptPubKey []byte) *TxOut {
 	return &TxOut{
 		Value:        value,
 		ScriptPubKey: scriptPubKey,
@@ -127,13 +157,13 @@ func NewTxOut(value uint64, scriptPubKey *externalapi.ScriptPublicKey) *TxOut {
 // inputs and outputs.
 type MsgTx struct {
 	baseMessage
-	Version      uint16
+	Version      int32
 	TxIn         []*TxIn
 	TxOut        []*TxOut
 	LockTime     uint64
 	SubnetworkID externalapi.DomainSubnetworkID
 	Gas          uint64
-	PayloadHash  externalapi.DomainHash
+	PayloadHash  *externalapi.DomainHash
 	Payload      []byte
 }

@@ -159,12 +189,12 @@ func (msg *MsgTx) IsCoinBase() bool {

 // TxHash generates the Hash for the transaction.
 func (msg *MsgTx) TxHash() *externalapi.DomainHash {
-	return consensushashing.TransactionHash(MsgTxToDomainTransaction(msg))
+	return consensusserialization.TransactionHash(MsgTxToDomainTransaction(msg))
 }

 // TxID generates the Hash for the transaction without the signature script, gas and payload fields.
 func (msg *MsgTx) TxID() *externalapi.DomainTransactionID {
-	return consensushashing.TransactionID(MsgTxToDomainTransaction(msg))
+	return consensusserialization.TransactionID(MsgTxToDomainTransaction(msg))
 }

 // Copy creates a deep copy of a transaction so that the original does not get
@@ -217,20 +247,20 @@ func (msg *MsgTx) Copy() *MsgTx {

 	// Deep copy the old TxOut data.
 	for _, oldTxOut := range msg.TxOut {
-		// Deep copy the old ScriptPublicKey
-		var newScript externalapi.ScriptPublicKey
+		// Deep copy the old ScriptPubKey
+		var newScript []byte
 		oldScript := oldTxOut.ScriptPubKey
-		oldScriptLen := len(oldScript.Script)
+		oldScriptLen := len(oldScript)
 		if oldScriptLen > 0 {
-			newScript = externalapi.ScriptPublicKey{Script: make([]byte, oldScriptLen), Version: oldScript.Version}
-			copy(newScript.Script, oldScript.Script[:oldScriptLen])
+			newScript = make([]byte, oldScriptLen)
+			copy(newScript, oldScript[:oldScriptLen])
 		}

 		// Create new txOut with the deep copied data and append it to
 		// new Tx.
 		newTxOut := TxOut{
 			Value:        oldTxOut.Value,
-			ScriptPubKey: &newScript,
+			ScriptPubKey: newScript,
 		}
 		newTx.TxOut = append(newTx.TxOut, &newTxOut)
 	}
@@ -256,8 +286,8 @@ func (msg *MsgTx) MaxPayloadLength(pver uint32) uint32 {
 // 3. The transaction's subnetwork
 func (msg *MsgTx) IsSubnetworkCompatible(subnetworkID *externalapi.DomainSubnetworkID) bool {
 	return subnetworkID == nil ||
-		subnetworkID.Equal(&subnetworks.SubnetworkIDNative) ||
-		subnetworkID.Equal(&msg.SubnetworkID)
+		*subnetworkID == subnetworks.SubnetworkIDNative ||
+		*subnetworkID == msg.SubnetworkID
 }

 // newMsgTx returns a new tx message that conforms to the Message interface.
@@ -269,7 +299,7 @@ func (msg *MsgTx) IsSubnetworkCompatible(subnetworkID *externalapi.DomainSubnetw
 // The payload hash is calculated automatically according to provided payload.
 // Also, the lock time is set to zero to indicate the transaction is valid
 // immediately as opposed to some time in future.
-func newMsgTx(version uint16, txIn []*TxIn, txOut []*TxOut, subnetworkID *externalapi.DomainSubnetworkID,
+func newMsgTx(version int32, txIn []*TxIn, txOut []*TxOut, subnetworkID *externalapi.DomainSubnetworkID,
 	gas uint64, payload []byte, lockTime uint64) *MsgTx {

 	if txIn == nil {
@@ -280,9 +310,9 @@ func newMsgTx(version uint16, txIn []*TxIn, txOut []*TxOut, subnetworkID *extern
 		txOut = make([]*TxOut, 0, defaultTxInOutAlloc)
 	}

-	var payloadHash externalapi.DomainHash
+	var payloadHash *externalapi.DomainHash
 	if *subnetworkID != subnetworks.SubnetworkIDNative {
-		payloadHash = *hashes.PayloadHash(payload)
+		payloadHash = hashes.HashData(payload)
 	}

 	return &MsgTx{
@@ -298,12 +328,12 @@ func newMsgTx(version uint16, txIn []*TxIn, txOut []*TxOut, subnetworkID *extern
 }

 // NewNativeMsgTx returns a new tx message in the native subnetwork
-func NewNativeMsgTx(version uint16, txIn []*TxIn, txOut []*TxOut) *MsgTx {
+func NewNativeMsgTx(version int32, txIn []*TxIn, txOut []*TxOut) *MsgTx {
 	return newMsgTx(version, txIn, txOut, &subnetworks.SubnetworkIDNative, 0, nil, 0)
 }

 // NewSubnetworkMsgTx returns a new tx message in the specified subnetwork with specified gas and payload
-func NewSubnetworkMsgTx(version uint16, txIn []*TxIn, txOut []*TxOut, subnetworkID *externalapi.DomainSubnetworkID,
+func NewSubnetworkMsgTx(version int32, txIn []*TxIn, txOut []*TxOut, subnetworkID *externalapi.DomainSubnetworkID,
 	gas uint64, payload []byte) *MsgTx {

 	return newMsgTx(version, txIn, txOut, subnetworkID, gas, payload, 0)
@@ -312,12 +342,12 @@ func NewSubnetworkMsgTx(version uint16, txIn []*TxIn, txOut []*TxOut, subnetwork
 // NewNativeMsgTxWithLocktime returns a new tx message in the native subnetwork with a locktime.
 //
 // See newMsgTx for further documntation of the parameters
-func NewNativeMsgTxWithLocktime(version uint16, txIn []*TxIn, txOut []*TxOut, locktime uint64) *MsgTx {
+func NewNativeMsgTxWithLocktime(version int32, txIn []*TxIn, txOut []*TxOut, locktime uint64) *MsgTx {
 	return newMsgTx(version, txIn, txOut, &subnetworks.SubnetworkIDNative, 0, nil, locktime)
 }

 // NewRegistryMsgTx creates a new MsgTx that registers a new subnetwork
-func NewRegistryMsgTx(version uint16, txIn []*TxIn, txOut []*TxOut, gasLimit uint64) *MsgTx {
+func NewRegistryMsgTx(version int32, txIn []*TxIn, txOut []*TxOut, gasLimit uint64) *MsgTx {
 	payload := make([]byte, 8)
 	binary.LittleEndian.PutUint64(payload, gasLimit)

--- a/app/appmessage/p2p_msgtx_test.go
+++ b/app/appmessage/p2p_msgtx_test.go
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"reflect"
 	"testing"

-	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain/consensus/utils/constants"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain/consensus/utils/hashes"

 	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain/consensus/utils/subnetworks"
 	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain/consensus/utils/transactionid"
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ func TestTx(t *testing.T) {
 	// testing package functionality.
 	prevOutIndex := uint32(1)
 	prevOut := NewOutpoint(txID, prevOutIndex)
-	if !prevOut.TxID.Equal(txID) {
+	if prevOut.TxID != *txID {
 		t.Errorf("NewOutpoint: wrong ID - got %v, want %v",
 			spew.Sprint(&prevOut.TxID), spew.Sprint(txID))
 	}
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ func TestTx(t *testing.T) {

 	// Ensure we get the same transaction input back out.
 	sigScript := []byte{0x04, 0x31, 0xdc, 0x00, 0x1b, 0x01, 0x62}
-	txIn := NewTxIn(prevOut, sigScript, constants.MaxTxInSequenceNum)
+	txIn := NewTxIn(prevOut, sigScript)
 	if !reflect.DeepEqual(&txIn.PreviousOutpoint, prevOut) {
 		t.Errorf("NewTxIn: wrong prev outpoint - got %v, want %v",
 			spew.Sprint(&txIn.PreviousOutpoint),
@@ -82,28 +82,26 @@ func TestTx(t *testing.T) {

 	// Ensure we get the same transaction output back out.
 	txValue := uint64(5000000000)
-	scriptPubKey := &externalapi.ScriptPublicKey{
-		Script: []byte{
-			0x41, // OP_DATA_65
-			0x04, 0xd6, 0x4b, 0xdf, 0xd0, 0x9e, 0xb1, 0xc5,
-			0xfe, 0x29, 0x5a, 0xbd, 0xeb, 0x1d, 0xca, 0x42,
-			0x81, 0xbe, 0x98, 0x8e, 0x2d, 0xa0, 0xb6, 0xc1,
-			0xc6, 0xa5, 0x9d, 0xc2, 0x26, 0xc2, 0x86, 0x24,
-			0xe1, 0x81, 0x75, 0xe8, 0x51, 0xc9, 0x6b, 0x97,
-			0x3d, 0x81, 0xb0, 0x1c, 0xc3, 0x1f, 0x04, 0x78,
-			0x34, 0xbc, 0x06, 0xd6, 0xd6, 0xed, 0xf6, 0x20,
-			0xd1, 0x84, 0x24, 0x1a, 0x6a, 0xed, 0x8b, 0x63,
-			0xa6, // 65-byte signature
-			0xac, // OP_CHECKSIG
-		},
-		Version: 0}
+	scriptPubKey := []byte{
+		0x41, // OP_DATA_65
+		0x04, 0xd6, 0x4b, 0xdf, 0xd0, 0x9e, 0xb1, 0xc5,
+		0xfe, 0x29, 0x5a, 0xbd, 0xeb, 0x1d, 0xca, 0x42,
+		0x81, 0xbe, 0x98, 0x8e, 0x2d, 0xa0, 0xb6, 0xc1,
+		0xc6, 0xa5, 0x9d, 0xc2, 0x26, 0xc2, 0x86, 0x24,
+		0xe1, 0x81, 0x75, 0xe8, 0x51, 0xc9, 0x6b, 0x97,
+		0x3d, 0x81, 0xb0, 0x1c, 0xc3, 0x1f, 0x04, 0x78,
+		0x34, 0xbc, 0x06, 0xd6, 0xd6, 0xed, 0xf6, 0x20,
+		0xd1, 0x84, 0x24, 0x1a, 0x6a, 0xed, 0x8b, 0x63,
+		0xa6, // 65-byte signature
+		0xac, // OP_CHECKSIG
+	}
 	txOut := NewTxOut(txValue, scriptPubKey)
 	if txOut.Value != txValue {
 		t.Errorf("NewTxOut: wrong scriptPubKey - got %v, want %v",
 			txOut.Value, txValue)

 	}
-	if !bytes.Equal(txOut.ScriptPubKey.Script, scriptPubKey.Script) {
+	if !bytes.Equal(txOut.ScriptPubKey, scriptPubKey) {
 		t.Errorf("NewTxOut: wrong scriptPubKey - got %v, want %v",
 			spew.Sdump(txOut.ScriptPubKey),
 			spew.Sdump(scriptPubKey))
@@ -133,15 +131,11 @@ func TestTx(t *testing.T) {

 // TestTxHash tests the ability to generate the hash of a transaction accurately.
 func TestTxHashAndID(t *testing.T) {
-	txHash1Str := "4bee9ee495bd93a755de428376bd582a2bb6ec37c041753b711c0606d5745c13"
-	txID1Str := "f868bd20e816256b80eac976821be4589d24d21141bd1cec6e8005d0c16c6881"
+	txID1Str := "a3d29c39bfb578235e4813cc8138a9ba10def63acad193a7a880159624840d7f"
 	wantTxID1, err := transactionid.FromString(txID1Str)
 	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("NewTxIDFromStr: %v", err)
-	}
-	wantTxHash1, err := transactionid.FromString(txHash1Str)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("NewTxIDFromStr: %v", err)
+		t.Errorf("NewTxIDFromStr: %v", err)
+		return
 	}

 	// A coinbase transaction
@@ -155,7 +149,7 @@ func TestTxHashAndID(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	txOut := &TxOut{
 		Value: 5000000000,
-		ScriptPubKey: &externalapi.ScriptPublicKey{Script: []byte{
+		ScriptPubKey: []byte{
 			0x41, // OP_DATA_65
 			0x04, 0xd6, 0x4b, 0xdf, 0xd0, 0x9e, 0xb1, 0xc5,
 			0xfe, 0x29, 0x5a, 0xbd, 0xeb, 0x1d, 0xca, 0x42,
@@ -167,32 +161,32 @@ func TestTxHashAndID(t *testing.T) {
 			0xd1, 0x84, 0x24, 0x1a, 0x6a, 0xed, 0x8b, 0x63,
 			0xa6, // 65-byte signature
 			0xac, // OP_CHECKSIG
-		}, Version: 0},
+		},
 	}
-	tx1 := NewSubnetworkMsgTx(0, []*TxIn{txIn}, []*TxOut{txOut}, &subnetworks.SubnetworkIDCoinbase, 0, nil)
+	tx1 := NewSubnetworkMsgTx(1, []*TxIn{txIn}, []*TxOut{txOut}, &subnetworks.SubnetworkIDCoinbase, 0, nil)

 	// Ensure the hash produced is expected.
 	tx1Hash := tx1.TxHash()
-	if *tx1Hash != (externalapi.DomainHash)(*wantTxHash1) {
+	if *tx1Hash != (externalapi.DomainHash)(*wantTxID1) {
 		t.Errorf("TxHash: wrong hash - got %v, want %v",
-			spew.Sprint(tx1Hash), spew.Sprint(wantTxHash1))
+			spew.Sprint(tx1Hash), spew.Sprint(wantTxID1))
 	}

 	// Ensure the TxID for coinbase transaction is the same as TxHash.
 	tx1ID := tx1.TxID()
-	if !tx1ID.Equal(wantTxID1) {
+	if *tx1ID != *wantTxID1 {
 		t.Errorf("TxID: wrong ID - got %v, want %v",
 			spew.Sprint(tx1ID), spew.Sprint(wantTxID1))
 	}

-	hash2Str := "cb1bdb4a83d4885535fb3cceb5c96597b7df903db83f0ffcd779d703affd8efd"
-	wantHash2, err := externalapi.NewDomainHashFromString(hash2Str)
+	hash2Str := "c84f3009b337aaa3adeb2ffd41010d5f62dd773ca25b39c908a77da91f87b729"
+	wantHash2, err := hashes.FromString(hash2Str)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("NewTxIDFromStr: %v", err)
 		return
 	}

-	id2Str := "ca080073d4ddf5b84443a0964af633f3c70a5b290fd3bc35a7e6f93fd33f9330"
+	id2Str := "7c919f676109743a1271a88beeb43849a6f9cc653f6082e59a7266f3df4802b9"
 	wantID2, err := transactionid.FromString(id2Str)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("NewTxIDFromStr: %v", err)
@@ -202,7 +196,7 @@ func TestTxHashAndID(t *testing.T) {
 	txIns := []*TxIn{{
 		PreviousOutpoint: Outpoint{
 			Index: 0,
-			TxID:  *externalapi.NewDomainTransactionIDFromByteArray(&[externalapi.DomainHashSize]byte{1, 2, 3}),
+			TxID:  externalapi.DomainTransactionID{1, 2, 3},
 		},
 		SignatureScript: []byte{
 			0x49, 0x30, 0x46, 0x02, 0x21, 0x00, 0xDA, 0x0D, 0xC6, 0xAE, 0xCE, 0xFE, 0x1E, 0x06, 0xEF, 0xDF,
@@ -220,42 +214,42 @@ func TestTxHashAndID(t *testing.T) {
 	txOuts := []*TxOut{
 		{
 			Value: 244623243,
-			ScriptPubKey: &externalapi.ScriptPublicKey{Script: []byte{
+			ScriptPubKey: []byte{
 				0x76, 0xA9, 0x14, 0xBA, 0xDE, 0xEC, 0xFD, 0xEF, 0x05, 0x07, 0x24, 0x7F, 0xC8, 0xF7, 0x42, 0x41,
 				0xD7, 0x3B, 0xC0, 0x39, 0x97, 0x2D, 0x7B, 0x88, 0xAC,
-			}, Version: 0},
+			},
 		},
 		{
 			Value: 44602432,
-			ScriptPubKey: &externalapi.ScriptPublicKey{Script: []byte{
+			ScriptPubKey: []byte{
 				0x76, 0xA9, 0x14, 0xC1, 0x09, 0x32, 0x48, 0x3F, 0xEC, 0x93, 0xED, 0x51, 0xF5, 0xFE, 0x95, 0xE7,
 				0x25, 0x59, 0xF2, 0xCC, 0x70, 0x43, 0xF9, 0x88, 0xAC,
-			}, Version: 0},
+			},
 		},
 	}
 	tx2 := NewSubnetworkMsgTx(1, txIns, txOuts, &externalapi.DomainSubnetworkID{1, 2, 3}, 0, payload)

 	// Ensure the hash produced is expected.
 	tx2Hash := tx2.TxHash()
-	if !tx2Hash.Equal(wantHash2) {
+	if *tx2Hash != *wantHash2 {
 		t.Errorf("TxHash: wrong hash - got %v, want %v",
 			spew.Sprint(tx2Hash), spew.Sprint(wantHash2))
 	}

 	// Ensure the TxID for coinbase transaction is the same as TxHash.
 	tx2ID := tx2.TxID()
-	if !tx2ID.Equal(wantID2) {
+	if *tx2ID != *wantID2 {
 		t.Errorf("TxID: wrong ID - got %v, want %v",
 			spew.Sprint(tx2ID), spew.Sprint(wantID2))
 	}

-	if tx2ID.Equal((*externalapi.DomainTransactionID)(tx2Hash)) {
+	if *tx2ID == (externalapi.DomainTransactionID)(*tx2Hash) {
 		t.Errorf("tx2ID and tx2Hash shouldn't be the same for non-coinbase transaction with signature and/or payload")
 	}

 	tx2.TxIn[0].SignatureScript = []byte{}
 	newTx2Hash := tx2.TxHash()
-	if *tx2ID == (externalapi.DomainTransactionID)(*newTx2Hash) {
-		t.Errorf("tx2ID and newTx2Hash should not be the same even for transaction with an empty signature")
+	if *tx2ID != (externalapi.DomainTransactionID)(*newTx2Hash) {
+		t.Errorf("tx2ID and newTx2Hash should be the same for transaction with an empty signature")
 	}
 }
--- a/app/appmessage/p2p_msgversion.go
+++ b/app/appmessage/p2p_msgversion.go
@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@ type MsgVersion struct {
 	// on the appmessage. This has a max length of MaxUserAgentLen.
 	UserAgent string

+	// The selected tip hash of the generator of the version message.
+	SelectedTipHash *externalapi.DomainHash
+
 	// Don't announce transactions to peer.
 	DisableRelayTx bool

@@ -82,7 +85,7 @@ func (msg *MsgVersion) Command() MessageCommand {
 // Message interface using the passed parameters and defaults for the remaining
 // fields.
 func NewMsgVersion(addr *NetAddress, id *id.ID, network string,
-	subnetworkID *externalapi.DomainSubnetworkID) *MsgVersion {
+	selectedTipHash *externalapi.DomainHash, subnetworkID *externalapi.DomainSubnetworkID) *MsgVersion {

 	// Limit the timestamp to one millisecond precision since the protocol
 	// doesn't support better.
@@ -94,6 +97,7 @@ func NewMsgVersion(addr *NetAddress, id *id.ID, network string,
 		Address:         addr,
 		ID:              id,
 		UserAgent:       DefaultUserAgent,
+		SelectedTipHash: selectedTipHash,
 		DisableRelayTx:  false,
 		SubnetworkID:    subnetworkID,
 	}
--- a/app/appmessage/p2p_msgversion_test.go
+++ b/app/appmessage/p2p_msgversion_test.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"testing"

 	"github.com/davecgh/go-spew/spew"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain/consensus/model/externalapi"
 	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/infrastructure/network/netadapter/id"
 )

@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ func TestVersion(t *testing.T) {
 	pver := ProtocolVersion

 	// Create version message data.
+	selectedTipHash := &externalapi.DomainHash{12, 34}
 	tcpAddrMe := &net.TCPAddr{IP: net.ParseIP("127.0.0.1"), Port: 16111}
 	me := NewNetAddress(tcpAddrMe, SFNodeNetwork)
 	generatedID, err := id.GenerateID()
@@ -26,7 +28,7 @@ func TestVersion(t *testing.T) {
 	}

 	// Ensure we get the correct data back out.
-	msg := NewMsgVersion(me, generatedID, "mainnet", nil)
+	msg := NewMsgVersion(me, generatedID, "mainnet", selectedTipHash, nil)
 	if msg.ProtocolVersion != pver {
 		t.Errorf("NewMsgVersion: wrong protocol version - got %v, want %v",
 			msg.ProtocolVersion, pver)
@@ -43,6 +45,10 @@ func TestVersion(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("NewMsgVersion: wrong user agent - got %v, want %v",
 			msg.UserAgent, DefaultUserAgent)
 	}
+	if *msg.SelectedTipHash != *selectedTipHash {
+		t.Errorf("NewMsgVersion: wrong selected tip hash - got %s, want %s",
+			msg.SelectedTipHash, selectedTipHash)
+	}
 	if msg.DisableRelayTx {
 		t.Errorf("NewMsgVersion: disable relay tx is not false by "+
 			"default - got %v, want %v", msg.DisableRelayTx, false)
--- a/app/appmessage/p2p_requestpruningpointhash.go
+++ b/app/appmessage/p2p_requestpruningpointhash.go
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-package appmessage
-
-// MsgRequestPruningPointHashMessage represents a kaspa RequestPruningPointHashMessage message
-type MsgRequestPruningPointHashMessage struct {
-	baseMessage
-}
-
-// Command returns the protocol command string for the message
-func (msg *MsgRequestPruningPointHashMessage) Command() MessageCommand {
-	return CmdRequestPruningPointHash
-}
-
-// NewMsgRequestPruningPointHashMessage returns a new kaspa RequestPruningPointHash message
-func NewMsgRequestPruningPointHashMessage() *MsgRequestPruningPointHashMessage {
-	return &MsgRequestPruningPointHashMessage{}
-}
--- a/app/appmessage/p2p_unexpectedpruningpoint.go
+++ b/app/appmessage/p2p_unexpectedpruningpoint.go
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-package appmessage
-
-// MsgUnexpectedPruningPoint represents a kaspa UnexpectedPruningPoint message
-type MsgUnexpectedPruningPoint struct {
-	baseMessage
-}
-
-// Command returns the protocol command string for the message
-func (msg *MsgUnexpectedPruningPoint) Command() MessageCommand {
-	return CmdUnexpectedPruningPoint
-}
-
-// NewMsgUnexpectedPruningPoint returns a new kaspa UnexpectedPruningPoint message
-func NewMsgUnexpectedPruningPoint() *MsgUnexpectedPruningPoint {
-	return &MsgUnexpectedPruningPoint{}
-}
--- a/app/appmessage/rpc_ban.go
+++ b/app/appmessage/rpc_ban.go
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-package appmessage
-
-// BanRequestMessage is an appmessage corresponding to
-// its respective RPC message
-type BanRequestMessage struct {
-	baseMessage
-
-	IP string
-}
-
-// Command returns the protocol command string for the message
-func (msg *BanRequestMessage) Command() MessageCommand {
-	return CmdBanRequestMessage
-}
-
-// NewBanRequestMessage returns an instance of the message
-func NewBanRequestMessage(ip string) *BanRequestMessage {
-	return &BanRequestMessage{
-		IP: ip,
-	}
-}
-
-// BanResponseMessage is an appmessage corresponding to
-// its respective RPC message
-type BanResponseMessage struct {
-	baseMessage
-
-	Error *RPCError
-}
-
-// Command returns the protocol command string for the message
-func (msg *BanResponseMessage) Command() MessageCommand {
-	return CmdBanResponseMessage
-}
-
-// NewBanResponseMessage returns a instance of the message
-func NewBanResponseMessage() *BanResponseMessage {
-	return &BanResponseMessage{}
-}
--- a/app/appmessage/rpc_get_block.go
+++ b/app/appmessage/rpc_get_block.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ package appmessage
 type GetBlockRequestMessage struct {
 	baseMessage
 	Hash                          string
+	SubnetworkID                  string
 	IncludeTransactionVerboseData bool
 }

@@ -14,9 +15,10 @@ func (msg *GetBlockRequestMessage) Command() MessageCommand {
 }

 // NewGetBlockRequestMessage returns a instance of the message
-func NewGetBlockRequestMessage(hash string, includeTransactionVerboseData bool) *GetBlockRequestMessage {
+func NewGetBlockRequestMessage(hash string, subnetworkID string, includeTransactionVerboseData bool) *GetBlockRequestMessage {
 	return &GetBlockRequestMessage{
 		Hash:                          hash,
+		SubnetworkID:                  subnetworkID,
 		IncludeTransactionVerboseData: includeTransactionVerboseData,
 	}
 }
@@ -43,7 +45,7 @@ func NewGetBlockResponseMessage() *GetBlockResponseMessage {
 // BlockVerboseData holds verbose data about a block
 type BlockVerboseData struct {
 	Hash                   string
-	Version                uint16
+	Version                int32
 	VersionHex             string
 	HashMerkleRoot         string
 	AcceptedIDMerkleRoot   string
@@ -55,10 +57,7 @@ type BlockVerboseData struct {
 	Bits                   string
 	Difficulty             float64
 	ParentHashes           []string
-	ChildrenHashes         []string
 	SelectedParentHash     string
-	BlueScore              uint64
-	IsHeaderOnly           bool
 }

 // TransactionVerboseData holds verbose data about a transaction
@@ -66,7 +65,7 @@ type TransactionVerboseData struct {
 	TxID                      string
 	Hash                      string
 	Size                      uint64
-	Version                   uint16
+	Version                   int32
 	LockTime                  uint64
 	SubnetworkID              string
 	Gas                       uint64
@@ -102,8 +101,8 @@ type TransactionVerboseOutput struct {

 // ScriptPubKeyResult holds data about a script public key
 type ScriptPubKeyResult struct {
+	Asm     string
 	Hex     string
 	Type    string
 	Address string
-	Version uint16
 }
--- a/app/appmessage/rpc_get_block_count.go
+++ b/app/appmessage/rpc_get_block_count.go
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 package appmessage

-import "github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain/consensus/model/externalapi"
-
 // GetBlockCountRequestMessage is an appmessage corresponding to
 // its respective RPC message
 type GetBlockCountRequestMessage struct {
@@ -22,8 +20,7 @@ func NewGetBlockCountRequestMessage() *GetBlockCountRequestMessage {
 // its respective RPC message
 type GetBlockCountResponseMessage struct {
 	baseMessage
-	BlockCount  uint64
-	HeaderCount uint64
+	BlockCount uint64

 	Error *RPCError
 }
@@ -34,9 +31,8 @@ func (msg *GetBlockCountResponseMessage) Command() MessageCommand {
 }

 // NewGetBlockCountResponseMessage returns a instance of the message
-func NewGetBlockCountResponseMessage(syncInfo *externalapi.SyncInfo) *GetBlockCountResponseMessage {
+func NewGetBlockCountResponseMessage(blockCount uint64) *GetBlockCountResponseMessage {
 	return &GetBlockCountResponseMessage{
-		BlockCount:  syncInfo.BlockCount,
-		HeaderCount: syncInfo.HeaderCount,
+		BlockCount: blockCount,
 	}
 }
--- a/app/appmessage/rpc_get_block_dag_info.go
+++ b/app/appmessage/rpc_get_block_dag_info.go
@@ -22,12 +22,10 @@ type GetBlockDAGInfoResponseMessage struct {
 	baseMessage
 	NetworkName         string
 	BlockCount          uint64
-	HeaderCount         uint64
 	TipHashes           []string
 	VirtualParentHashes []string
 	Difficulty          float64
 	PastMedianTime      int64
-	PruningPointHash    string

 	Error *RPCError
 }
--- a/app/appmessage/rpc_get_block_template.go
+++ b/app/appmessage/rpc_get_block_template.go
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ func NewGetBlockTemplateRequestMessage(payAddress string) *GetBlockTemplateReque
 type GetBlockTemplateResponseMessage struct {
 	baseMessage
 	MsgBlock *MsgBlock
-	IsSynced bool

 	Error *RPCError
 }
@@ -35,9 +34,6 @@ func (msg *GetBlockTemplateResponseMessage) Command() MessageCommand {
 }

 // NewGetBlockTemplateResponseMessage returns a instance of the message
-func NewGetBlockTemplateResponseMessage(msgBlock *MsgBlock, isSynced bool) *GetBlockTemplateResponseMessage {
-	return &GetBlockTemplateResponseMessage{
-		MsgBlock: msgBlock,
-		IsSynced: isSynced,
-	}
+func NewGetBlockTemplateResponseMessage(msgBlock *MsgBlock) *GetBlockTemplateResponseMessage {
+	return &GetBlockTemplateResponseMessage{MsgBlock: msgBlock}
 }
--- a/app/appmessage/rpc_get_blocks.go
+++ b/app/appmessage/rpc_get_blocks.go
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ package appmessage
 // its respective RPC message
 type GetBlocksRequestMessage struct {
 	baseMessage
-	LowHash                       string
-	IncludeBlockVerboseData       bool
-	IncludeTransactionVerboseData bool
+	LowHash                 string
+	IncludeBlockHexes       bool
+	IncludeBlockVerboseData bool
 }

 // Command returns the protocol command string for the message
@@ -15,12 +15,11 @@ func (msg *GetBlocksRequestMessage) Command() MessageCommand {
 }

 // NewGetBlocksRequestMessage returns a instance of the message
-func NewGetBlocksRequestMessage(lowHash string, includeBlockVerboseData bool,
-	includeTransactionVerboseData bool) *GetBlocksRequestMessage {
+func NewGetBlocksRequestMessage(lowHash string, includeBlockHexes bool, includeBlockVerboseData bool) *GetBlocksRequestMessage {
 	return &GetBlocksRequestMessage{
-		LowHash:                       lowHash,
-		IncludeBlockVerboseData:       includeBlockVerboseData,
-		IncludeTransactionVerboseData: includeTransactionVerboseData,
+		LowHash:                 lowHash,
+		IncludeBlockHexes:       includeBlockHexes,
+		IncludeBlockVerboseData: includeBlockVerboseData,
 	}
 }

@@ -29,6 +28,7 @@ func NewGetBlocksRequestMessage(lowHash string, includeBlockVerboseData bool,
 type GetBlocksResponseMessage struct {
 	baseMessage
 	BlockHashes      []string
+	BlockHexes       []string
 	BlockVerboseData []*BlockVerboseData

 	Error *RPCError
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ func NewGetBlocksResponseMessage(blockHashes []string, blockHexes []string,

 	return &GetBlocksResponseMessage{
 		BlockHashes:      blockHashes,
+		BlockHexes:       blockHexes,
 		BlockVerboseData: blockVerboseData,
 	}
 }
--- a/app/appmessage/rpc_get_chain_from_block.go
+++ b/app/appmessage/rpc_get_chain_from_block.go
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+package appmessage
+
+// GetChainFromBlockRequestMessage is an appmessage corresponding to
+// its respective RPC message
+type GetChainFromBlockRequestMessage struct {
+	baseMessage
+	StartHash               string
+	IncludeBlockVerboseData bool
+}
+
+// Command returns the protocol command string for the message
+func (msg *GetChainFromBlockRequestMessage) Command() MessageCommand {
+	return CmdGetChainFromBlockRequestMessage
+}
+
+// NewGetChainFromBlockRequestMessage returns a instance of the message
+func NewGetChainFromBlockRequestMessage(startHash string, includeBlockVerboseData bool) *GetChainFromBlockRequestMessage {
+	return &GetChainFromBlockRequestMessage{
+		StartHash:               startHash,
+		IncludeBlockVerboseData: includeBlockVerboseData,
+	}
+}
+
+// GetChainFromBlockResponseMessage is an appmessage corresponding to
+// its respective RPC message
+type GetChainFromBlockResponseMessage struct {
+	baseMessage
+	RemovedChainBlockHashes []string
+	AddedChainBlocks        []*ChainBlock
+	BlockVerboseData        []*BlockVerboseData
+
+	Error *RPCError
+}
+
+// Command returns the protocol command string for the message
+func (msg *GetChainFromBlockResponseMessage) Command() MessageCommand {
+	return CmdGetChainFromBlockResponseMessage
+}
+
+// NewGetChainFromBlockResponseMessage returns a instance of the message
+func NewGetChainFromBlockResponseMessage(removedChainBlockHashes []string,
+	addedChainBlocks []*ChainBlock, blockVerboseData []*BlockVerboseData) *GetChainFromBlockResponseMessage {
+
+	return &GetChainFromBlockResponseMessage{
+		RemovedChainBlockHashes: removedChainBlockHashes,
+		AddedChainBlocks:        addedChainBlocks,
+		BlockVerboseData:        blockVerboseData,
+	}
+}
--- a/app/appmessage/rpc_get_connected_peer_info.go
+++ b/app/appmessage/rpc_get_connected_peer_info.go
@@ -41,10 +41,11 @@ type GetConnectedPeerInfoMessage struct {
 	ID                        string
 	Address                   string
 	LastPingDuration          int64
+	SelectedTipHash           string
+	IsSyncNode                bool
 	IsOutbound                bool
 	TimeOffset                int64
 	UserAgent                 string
 	AdvertisedProtocolVersion uint32
 	TimeConnected             int64
-	IsIBDPeer                 bool
 }
--- a/app/appmessage/rpc_get_info.go
+++ b/app/appmessage/rpc_get_info.go
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-package appmessage
-
-// GetInfoRequestMessage is an appmessage corresponding to
-// its respective RPC message
-type GetInfoRequestMessage struct {
-	baseMessage
-}
-
-// Command returns the protocol command string for the message
-func (msg *GetInfoRequestMessage) Command() MessageCommand {
-	return CmdGetInfoRequestMessage
-}
-
-// NewGeInfoRequestMessage returns a instance of the message
-func NewGeInfoRequestMessage() *GetInfoRequestMessage {
-	return &GetInfoRequestMessage{}
-}
-
-// GetInfoResponseMessage is an appmessage corresponding to
-// its respective RPC message
-type GetInfoResponseMessage struct {
-	baseMessage
-	P2PID string
-
-	Error *RPCError
-}
-
-// Command returns the protocol command string for the message
-func (msg *GetInfoResponseMessage) Command() MessageCommand {
-	return CmdGetInfoResponseMessage
-}
-
-// NewGetInfoResponseMessage returns a instance of the message
-func NewGetInfoResponseMessage(p2pID string) *GetInfoResponseMessage {
-	return &GetInfoResponseMessage{
-		P2PID: p2pID,
-	}
-}
--- a/app/appmessage/rpc_get_peer_addresses.go
+++ b/app/appmessage/rpc_get_peer_addresses.go
@@ -20,8 +20,7 @@ func NewGetPeerAddressesRequestMessage() *GetPeerAddressesRequestMessage {
 // its respective RPC message
 type GetPeerAddressesResponseMessage struct {
 	baseMessage
-	Addresses       []*GetPeerAddressesKnownAddressMessage
-	BannedAddresses []*GetPeerAddressesKnownAddressMessage
+	Addresses []*GetPeerAddressesKnownAddressMessage

 	Error *RPCError
 }
@@ -32,10 +31,9 @@ func (msg *GetPeerAddressesResponseMessage) Command() MessageCommand {
 }

 // NewGetPeerAddressesResponseMessage returns a instance of the message
-func NewGetPeerAddressesResponseMessage(addresses []*GetPeerAddressesKnownAddressMessage, bannedAddresses []*GetPeerAddressesKnownAddressMessage) *GetPeerAddressesResponseMessage {
+func NewGetPeerAddressesResponseMessage(addresses []*GetPeerAddressesKnownAddressMessage) *GetPeerAddressesResponseMessage {
 	return &GetPeerAddressesResponseMessage{
-		Addresses:       addresses,
-		BannedAddresses: bannedAddresses,
+		Addresses: addresses,
 	}
 }

--- a/app/appmessage/rpc_get_utxos_by_addresses.go
+++ b/app/appmessage/rpc_get_utxos_by_addresses.go
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-package appmessage
-
-// GetUTXOsByAddressesRequestMessage is an appmessage corresponding to
-// its respective RPC message
-type GetUTXOsByAddressesRequestMessage struct {
-	baseMessage
-	Addresses []string
-}
-
-// Command returns the protocol command string for the message
-func (msg *GetUTXOsByAddressesRequestMessage) Command() MessageCommand {
-	return CmdGetUTXOsByAddressesRequestMessage
-}
-
-// NewGetUTXOsByAddressesRequestMessage returns a instance of the message
-func NewGetUTXOsByAddressesRequestMessage(addresses []string) *GetUTXOsByAddressesRequestMessage {
-	return &GetUTXOsByAddressesRequestMessage{
-		Addresses: addresses,
-	}
-}
-
-// GetUTXOsByAddressesResponseMessage is an appmessage corresponding to
-// its respective RPC message
-type GetUTXOsByAddressesResponseMessage struct {
-	baseMessage
-	Entries []*UTXOsByAddressesEntry
-
-	Error *RPCError
-}
-
-// Command returns the protocol command string for the message
-func (msg *GetUTXOsByAddressesResponseMessage) Command() MessageCommand {
-	return CmdGetUTXOsByAddressesResponseMessage
-}
-
-// NewGetUTXOsByAddressesResponseMessage returns a instance of the message
-func NewGetUTXOsByAddressesResponseMessage(entries []*UTXOsByAddressesEntry) *GetUTXOsByAddressesResponseMessage {
-	return &GetUTXOsByAddressesResponseMessage{
-		Entries: entries,
-	}
-}
--- a/app/appmessage/rpc_get_virtual_selected_parent_blue_score.go
+++ b/app/appmessage/rpc_get_virtual_selected_parent_blue_score.go
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-package appmessage
-
-// GetVirtualSelectedParentBlueScoreRequestMessage is an appmessage corresponding to
-// its respective RPC message
-type GetVirtualSelectedParentBlueScoreRequestMessage struct {
-	baseMessage
-}
-
-// Command returns the protocol command string for the message
-func (msg *GetVirtualSelectedParentBlueScoreRequestMessage) Command() MessageCommand {
-	return CmdGetVirtualSelectedParentBlueScoreRequestMessage
-}
-
-// NewGetVirtualSelectedParentBlueScoreRequestMessage returns a instance of the message
-func NewGetVirtualSelectedParentBlueScoreRequestMessage() *GetVirtualSelectedParentBlueScoreRequestMessage {
-	return &GetVirtualSelectedParentBlueScoreRequestMessage{}
-}
-
-// GetVirtualSelectedParentBlueScoreResponseMessage is an appmessage corresponding to
-// its respective RPC message
-type GetVirtualSelectedParentBlueScoreResponseMessage struct {
-	baseMessage
-	BlueScore uint64
-
-	Error *RPCError
-}
-
-// Command returns the protocol command string for the message
-func (msg *GetVirtualSelectedParentBlueScoreResponseMessage) Command() MessageCommand {
-	return CmdGetVirtualSelectedParentBlueScoreResponseMessage
-}
-
-// NewGetVirtualSelectedParentBlueScoreResponseMessage returns a instance of the message
-func NewGetVirtualSelectedParentBlueScoreResponseMessage(blueScore uint64) *GetVirtualSelectedParentBlueScoreResponseMessage {
-	return &GetVirtualSelectedParentBlueScoreResponseMessage{
-		BlueScore: blueScore,
-	}
-}
--- a/app/appmessage/rpc_get_virtual_selected_parent_chain_from_block.go
+++ b/app/appmessage/rpc_get_virtual_selected_parent_chain_from_block.go
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-package appmessage
-
-// GetVirtualSelectedParentChainFromBlockRequestMessage is an appmessage corresponding to
-// its respective RPC message
-type GetVirtualSelectedParentChainFromBlockRequestMessage struct {
-	baseMessage
-	StartHash string
-}
-
-// Command returns the protocol command string for the message
-func (msg *GetVirtualSelectedParentChainFromBlockRequestMessage) Command() MessageCommand {
-	return CmdGetVirtualSelectedParentChainFromBlockRequestMessage
-}
-
-// NewGetVirtualSelectedParentChainFromBlockRequestMessage returns a instance of the message
-func NewGetVirtualSelectedParentChainFromBlockRequestMessage(startHash string) *GetVirtualSelectedParentChainFromBlockRequestMessage {
-	return &GetVirtualSelectedParentChainFromBlockRequestMessage{
-		StartHash: startHash,
-	}
-}
-
-// GetVirtualSelectedParentChainFromBlockResponseMessage is an appmessage corresponding to
-// its respective RPC message
-type GetVirtualSelectedParentChainFromBlockResponseMessage struct {
-	baseMessage
-	RemovedChainBlockHashes []string
-	AddedChainBlocks        []*ChainBlock
-
-	Error *RPCError
-}
-
-// Command returns the protocol command string for the message
-func (msg *GetVirtualSelectedParentChainFromBlockResponseMessage) Command() MessageCommand {
-	return CmdGetVirtualSelectedParentChainFromBlockResponseMessage
-}
-
-// NewGetVirtualSelectedParentChainFromBlockResponseMessage returns a instance of the message
-func NewGetVirtualSelectedParentChainFromBlockResponseMessage(removedChainBlockHashes []string,
-	addedChainBlocks []*ChainBlock) *GetVirtualSelectedParentChainFromBlockResponseMessage {
-
-	return &GetVirtualSelectedParentChainFromBlockResponseMessage{
-		RemovedChainBlockHashes: removedChainBlockHashes,
-		AddedChainBlocks:        addedChainBlocks,
-	}
-}
--- a/app/appmessage/rpc_notify_block_added.go
+++ b/app/appmessage/rpc_notify_block_added.go
@@ -37,8 +37,7 @@ func NewNotifyBlockAddedResponseMessage() *NotifyBlockAddedResponseMessage {
 // its respective RPC message
 type BlockAddedNotificationMessage struct {
 	baseMessage
-	Block            *MsgBlock
-	BlockVerboseData *BlockVerboseData
+	Block *MsgBlock
 }

 // Command returns the protocol command string for the message
@@ -47,9 +46,8 @@ func (msg *BlockAddedNotificationMessage) Command() MessageCommand {
 }

 // NewBlockAddedNotificationMessage returns a instance of the message
-func NewBlockAddedNotificationMessage(block *MsgBlock, blockVerboseData *BlockVerboseData) *BlockAddedNotificationMessage {
+func NewBlockAddedNotificationMessage(block *MsgBlock) *BlockAddedNotificationMessage {
 	return &BlockAddedNotificationMessage{
-		Block:            block,
-		BlockVerboseData: blockVerboseData,
+		Block: block,
 	}
 }
--- a/app/appmessage/rpc_notify_chain_changed.go
+++ b/app/appmessage/rpc_notify_chain_changed.go
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+package appmessage
+
+// NotifyChainChangedRequestMessage is an appmessage corresponding to
+// its respective RPC message
+type NotifyChainChangedRequestMessage struct {
+	baseMessage
+}
+
+// Command returns the protocol command string for the message
+func (msg *NotifyChainChangedRequestMessage) Command() MessageCommand {
+	return CmdNotifyChainChangedRequestMessage
+}
+
+// NewNotifyChainChangedRequestMessage returns a instance of the message
+func NewNotifyChainChangedRequestMessage() *NotifyChainChangedRequestMessage {
+	return &NotifyChainChangedRequestMessage{}
+}
+
+// NotifyChainChangedResponseMessage is an appmessage corresponding to
+// its respective RPC message
+type NotifyChainChangedResponseMessage struct {
+	baseMessage
+	Error *RPCError
+}
+
+// Command returns the protocol command string for the message
+func (msg *NotifyChainChangedResponseMessage) Command() MessageCommand {
+	return CmdNotifyChainChangedResponseMessage
+}
+
+// NewNotifyChainChangedResponseMessage returns a instance of the message
+func NewNotifyChainChangedResponseMessage() *NotifyChainChangedResponseMessage {
+	return &NotifyChainChangedResponseMessage{}
+}
+
+// ChainChangedNotificationMessage is an appmessage corresponding to
+// its respective RPC message
+type ChainChangedNotificationMessage struct {
+	baseMessage
+	RemovedChainBlockHashes []string
+	AddedChainBlocks        []*ChainBlock
+}
+
+// ChainBlock represents a DAG chain-block
+type ChainBlock struct {
+	Hash           string
+	AcceptedBlocks []*AcceptedBlock
+}
+
+// AcceptedBlock represents a block accepted into the DAG
+type AcceptedBlock struct {
+	Hash          string
+	AcceptedTxIDs []string
+}
+
+// Command returns the protocol command string for the message
+func (msg *ChainChangedNotificationMessage) Command() MessageCommand {
+	return CmdChainChangedNotificationMessage
+}
+
+// NewChainChangedNotificationMessage returns a instance of the message
+func NewChainChangedNotificationMessage(removedChainBlockHashes []string,
+	addedChainBlocks []*ChainBlock) *ChainChangedNotificationMessage {
+
+	return &ChainChangedNotificationMessage{
+		RemovedChainBlockHashes: removedChainBlockHashes,
+		AddedChainBlocks:        addedChainBlocks,
+	}
+}
--- a/app/appmessage/rpc_notify_pruning_point_utxo_set_override.go
+++ b/app/appmessage/rpc_notify_pruning_point_utxo_set_override.go
@@ -1,83 +0,0 @@
-package appmessage
-
-// NotifyPruningPointUTXOSetOverrideRequestMessage is an appmessage corresponding to
-// its respective RPC message
-type NotifyPruningPointUTXOSetOverrideRequestMessage struct {
-	baseMessage
-}
-
-// Command returns the protocol command string for the message
-func (msg *NotifyPruningPointUTXOSetOverrideRequestMessage) Command() MessageCommand {
-	return CmdNotifyPruningPointUTXOSetOverrideRequestMessage
-}
-
-// NewNotifyPruningPointUTXOSetOverrideRequestMessage returns a instance of the message
-func NewNotifyPruningPointUTXOSetOverrideRequestMessage() *NotifyPruningPointUTXOSetOverrideRequestMessage {
-	return &NotifyPruningPointUTXOSetOverrideRequestMessage{}
-}
-
-// NotifyPruningPointUTXOSetOverrideResponseMessage is an appmessage corresponding to
-// its respective RPC message
-type NotifyPruningPointUTXOSetOverrideResponseMessage struct {
-	baseMessage
-	Error *RPCError
-}
-
-// Command returns the protocol command string for the message
-func (msg *NotifyPruningPointUTXOSetOverrideResponseMessage) Command() MessageCommand {
-	return CmdNotifyPruningPointUTXOSetOverrideResponseMessage
-}
-
-// NewNotifyPruningPointUTXOSetOverrideResponseMessage returns a instance of the message
-func NewNotifyPruningPointUTXOSetOverrideResponseMessage() *NotifyPruningPointUTXOSetOverrideResponseMessage {
-	return &NotifyPruningPointUTXOSetOverrideResponseMessage{}
-}
-
-// PruningPointUTXOSetOverrideNotificationMessage is an appmessage corresponding to
-// its respective RPC message
-type PruningPointUTXOSetOverrideNotificationMessage struct {
-	baseMessage
-}
-
-// Command returns the protocol command string for the message
-func (msg *PruningPointUTXOSetOverrideNotificationMessage) Command() MessageCommand {
-	return CmdPruningPointUTXOSetOverrideNotificationMessage
-}
-
-// NewPruningPointUTXOSetOverrideNotificationMessage returns a instance of the message
-func NewPruningPointUTXOSetOverrideNotificationMessage() *PruningPointUTXOSetOverrideNotificationMessage {
-	return &PruningPointUTXOSetOverrideNotificationMessage{}
-}
-
-// StopNotifyingPruningPointUTXOSetOverrideRequestMessage is an appmessage corresponding to
-// its respective RPC message
-type StopNotifyingPruningPointUTXOSetOverrideRequestMessage struct {
-	baseMessage
-}
-
-// Command returns the protocol command string for the message
-func (msg *StopNotifyingPruningPointUTXOSetOverrideRequestMessage) Command() MessageCommand {
-	return CmdNotifyPruningPointUTXOSetOverrideRequestMessage
-}
-
-// NewStopNotifyingPruningPointUTXOSetOverrideRequestMessage returns a instance of the message
-func NewStopNotifyingPruningPointUTXOSetOverrideRequestMessage() *StopNotifyingPruningPointUTXOSetOverrideRequestMessage {
-	return &StopNotifyingPruningPointUTXOSetOverrideRequestMessage{}
-}
-
-// StopNotifyingPruningPointUTXOSetOverrideResponseMessage is an appmessage corresponding to
-// its respective RPC message
-type StopNotifyingPruningPointUTXOSetOverrideResponseMessage struct {
-	baseMessage
-	Error *RPCError
-}
-
-// Command returns the protocol command string for the message
-func (msg *StopNotifyingPruningPointUTXOSetOverrideResponseMessage) Command() MessageCommand {
-	return CmdNotifyPruningPointUTXOSetOverrideResponseMessage
-}
-
-// NewStopNotifyingPruningPointUTXOSetOverrideResponseMessage returns a instance of the message
-func NewStopNotifyingPruningPointUTXOSetOverrideResponseMessage() *StopNotifyingPruningPointUTXOSetOverrideResponseMessage {
-	return &StopNotifyingPruningPointUTXOSetOverrideResponseMessage{}
-}
--- a/app/appmessage/rpc_notify_utxos_changed.go
+++ b/app/appmessage/rpc_notify_utxos_changed.go
@@ -1,62 +0,0 @@
-package appmessage
-
-// NotifyUTXOsChangedRequestMessage is an appmessage corresponding to
-// its respective RPC message
-type NotifyUTXOsChangedRequestMessage struct {
-	baseMessage
-	Addresses []string
-}
-
-// Command returns the protocol command string for the message
-func (msg *NotifyUTXOsChangedRequestMessage) Command() MessageCommand {
-	return CmdNotifyUTXOsChangedRequestMessage
-}
-
-// NewNotifyUTXOsChangedRequestMessage returns a instance of the message
-func NewNotifyUTXOsChangedRequestMessage(addresses []string) *NotifyUTXOsChangedRequestMessage {
-	return &NotifyUTXOsChangedRequestMessage{
-		Addresses: addresses,
-	}
-}
-
-// NotifyUTXOsChangedResponseMessage is an appmessage corresponding to
-// its respective RPC message
-type NotifyUTXOsChangedResponseMessage struct {
-	baseMessage
-	Error *RPCError
-}
-
-// Command returns the protocol command string for the message
-func (msg *NotifyUTXOsChangedResponseMessage) Command() MessageCommand {
-	return CmdNotifyUTXOsChangedResponseMessage
-}
-
-// NewNotifyUTXOsChangedResponseMessage returns a instance of the message
-func NewNotifyUTXOsChangedResponseMessage() *NotifyUTXOsChangedResponseMessage {
-	return &NotifyUTXOsChangedResponseMessage{}
-}
-
-// UTXOsChangedNotificationMessage is an appmessage corresponding to
-// its respective RPC message
-type UTXOsChangedNotificationMessage struct {
-	baseMessage
-	Added   []*UTXOsByAddressesEntry
-	Removed []*UTXOsByAddressesEntry
-}
-
-// UTXOsByAddressesEntry represents a UTXO of some address
-type UTXOsByAddressesEntry struct {
-	Address   string
-	Outpoint  *RPCOutpoint
-	UTXOEntry *RPCUTXOEntry
-}
-
-// Command returns the protocol command string for the message
-func (msg *UTXOsChangedNotificationMessage) Command() MessageCommand {
-	return CmdUTXOsChangedNotificationMessage
-}
-
-// NewUTXOsChangedNotificationMessage returns a instance of the message
-func NewUTXOsChangedNotificationMessage() *UTXOsChangedNotificationMessage {
-	return &UTXOsChangedNotificationMessage{}
-}
--- a/app/appmessage/rpc_notify_virtual_selected_parent_chain_blue_score_changed.go
+++ b/app/appmessage/rpc_notify_virtual_selected_parent_chain_blue_score_changed.go
@@ -1,55 +0,0 @@
-package appmessage
-
-// NotifyVirtualSelectedParentBlueScoreChangedRequestMessage is an appmessage corresponding to
-// its respective RPC message
-type NotifyVirtualSelectedParentBlueScoreChangedRequestMessage struct {
-	baseMessage
-}
-
-// Command returns the protocol command string for the message
-func (msg *NotifyVirtualSelectedParentBlueScoreChangedRequestMessage) Command() MessageCommand {
-	return CmdNotifyVirtualSelectedParentBlueScoreChangedRequestMessage
-}
-
-// NewNotifyVirtualSelectedParentBlueScoreChangedRequestMessage returns a instance of the message
-func NewNotifyVirtualSelectedParentBlueScoreChangedRequestMessage() *NotifyVirtualSelectedParentBlueScoreChangedRequestMessage {
-	return &NotifyVirtualSelectedParentBlueScoreChangedRequestMessage{}
-}
-
-// NotifyVirtualSelectedParentBlueScoreChangedResponseMessage is an appmessage corresponding to
-// its respective RPC message
-type NotifyVirtualSelectedParentBlueScoreChangedResponseMessage struct {
-	baseMessage
-	Error *RPCError
-}
-
-// Command returns the protocol command string for the message
-func (msg *NotifyVirtualSelectedParentBlueScoreChangedResponseMessage) Command() MessageCommand {
-	return CmdNotifyVirtualSelectedParentBlueScoreChangedResponseMessage
-}
-
-// NewNotifyVirtualSelectedParentBlueScoreChangedResponseMessage returns a instance of the message
-func NewNotifyVirtualSelectedParentBlueScoreChangedResponseMessage() *NotifyVirtualSelectedParentBlueScoreChangedResponseMessage {
-	return &NotifyVirtualSelectedParentBlueScoreChangedResponseMessage{}
-}
-
-// VirtualSelectedParentBlueScoreChangedNotificationMessage is an appmessage corresponding to
-// its respective RPC message
-type VirtualSelectedParentBlueScoreChangedNotificationMessage struct {
-	baseMessage
-	VirtualSelectedParentBlueScore uint64
-}
-
-// Command returns the protocol command string for the message
-func (msg *VirtualSelectedParentBlueScoreChangedNotificationMessage) Command() MessageCommand {
-	return CmdVirtualSelectedParentBlueScoreChangedNotificationMessage
-}
-
-// NewVirtualSelectedParentBlueScoreChangedNotificationMessage returns a instance of the message
-func NewVirtualSelectedParentBlueScoreChangedNotificationMessage(
-	virtualSelectedParentBlueScore uint64) *VirtualSelectedParentBlueScoreChangedNotificationMessage {
-
-	return &VirtualSelectedParentBlueScoreChangedNotificationMessage{
-		VirtualSelectedParentBlueScore: virtualSelectedParentBlueScore,
-	}
-}
--- a/app/appmessage/rpc_notify_virtual_selected_parent_chain_changed.go
+++ b/app/appmessage/rpc_notify_virtual_selected_parent_chain_changed.go
@@ -1,69 +0,0 @@
-package appmessage
-
-// NotifyVirtualSelectedParentChainChangedRequestMessage is an appmessage corresponding to
-// its respective RPC message
-type NotifyVirtualSelectedParentChainChangedRequestMessage struct {
-	baseMessage
-}
-
-// Command returns the protocol command string for the message
-func (msg *NotifyVirtualSelectedParentChainChangedRequestMessage) Command() MessageCommand {
-	return CmdNotifyVirtualSelectedParentChainChangedRequestMessage
-}
-
-// NewNotifyVirtualSelectedParentChainChangedRequestMessage returns a instance of the message
-func NewNotifyVirtualSelectedParentChainChangedRequestMessage() *NotifyVirtualSelectedParentChainChangedRequestMessage {
-	return &NotifyVirtualSelectedParentChainChangedRequestMessage{}
-}
-
-// NotifyVirtualSelectedParentChainChangedResponseMessage is an appmessage corresponding to
-// its respective RPC message
-type NotifyVirtualSelectedParentChainChangedResponseMessage struct {
-	baseMessage
-	Error *RPCError
-}
-
-// Command returns the protocol command string for the message
-func (msg *NotifyVirtualSelectedParentChainChangedResponseMessage) Command() MessageCommand {
-	return CmdNotifyVirtualSelectedParentChainChangedResponseMessage
-}
-
-// NewNotifyVirtualSelectedParentChainChangedResponseMessage returns a instance of the message
-func NewNotifyVirtualSelectedParentChainChangedResponseMessage() *NotifyVirtualSelectedParentChainChangedResponseMessage {
-	return &NotifyVirtualSelectedParentChainChangedResponseMessage{}
-}
-
-// VirtualSelectedParentChainChangedNotificationMessage is an appmessage corresponding to
-// its respective RPC message
-type VirtualSelectedParentChainChangedNotificationMessage struct {
-	baseMessage
-	RemovedChainBlockHashes []string
-	AddedChainBlocks        []*ChainBlock
-}
-
-// ChainBlock represents a DAG chain-block
-type ChainBlock struct {
-	Hash           string
-	AcceptedBlocks []*AcceptedBlock
-}
-
-// AcceptedBlock represents a block accepted into the DAG
-type AcceptedBlock struct {
-	Hash                   string
-	AcceptedTransactionIDs []string
-}
-
-// Command returns the protocol command string for the message
-func (msg *VirtualSelectedParentChainChangedNotificationMessage) Command() MessageCommand {
-	return CmdVirtualSelectedParentChainChangedNotificationMessage
-}
-
-// NewVirtualSelectedParentChainChangedNotificationMessage returns a instance of the message
-func NewVirtualSelectedParentChainChangedNotificationMessage(removedChainBlockHashes []string,
-	addedChainBlocks []*ChainBlock) *VirtualSelectedParentChainChangedNotificationMessage {
-
-	return &VirtualSelectedParentChainChangedNotificationMessage{
-		RemovedChainBlockHashes: removedChainBlockHashes,
-		AddedChainBlocks:        addedChainBlocks,
-	}
-}
--- a/app/appmessage/rpc_stop_notifying_utxos_changed.go
+++ b/app/appmessage/rpc_stop_notifying_utxos_changed.go
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-package appmessage
-
-// StopNotifyingUTXOsChangedRequestMessage is an appmessage corresponding to
-// its respective RPC message
-type StopNotifyingUTXOsChangedRequestMessage struct {
-	baseMessage
-	Addresses []string
-}
-
-// Command returns the protocol command string for the message
-func (msg *StopNotifyingUTXOsChangedRequestMessage) Command() MessageCommand {
-	return CmdStopNotifyingUTXOsChangedRequestMessage
-}
-
-// NewStopNotifyingUTXOsChangedRequestMessage returns a instance of the message
-func NewStopNotifyingUTXOsChangedRequestMessage(addresses []string) *StopNotifyingUTXOsChangedRequestMessage {
-	return &StopNotifyingUTXOsChangedRequestMessage{
-		Addresses: addresses,
-	}
-}
-
-// StopNotifyingUTXOsChangedResponseMessage is an appmessage corresponding to
-// its respective RPC message
-type StopNotifyingUTXOsChangedResponseMessage struct {
-	baseMessage
-	Error *RPCError
-}
-
-// Command returns the protocol command string for the message
-func (msg *StopNotifyingUTXOsChangedResponseMessage) Command() MessageCommand {
-	return CmdStopNotifyingUTXOsChangedResponseMessage
-}
-
-// NewStopNotifyingUTXOsChangedResponseMessage returns a instance of the message
-func NewStopNotifyingUTXOsChangedResponseMessage() *StopNotifyingUTXOsChangedResponseMessage {
-	return &StopNotifyingUTXOsChangedResponseMessage{}
-}
--- a/app/appmessage/rpc_submit_block.go
+++ b/app/appmessage/rpc_submit_block.go
@@ -19,33 +19,11 @@ func NewSubmitBlockRequestMessage(block *MsgBlock) *SubmitBlockRequestMessage {
 	}
 }

-// RejectReason describes the reason why a block sent by SubmitBlock was rejected
-type RejectReason byte
-
-// RejectReason constants
-// Not using iota, since in the .proto file those are hardcoded
-const (
-	RejectReasonNone         RejectReason = 0
-	RejectReasonBlockInvalid RejectReason = 1
-	RejectReasonIsInIBD      RejectReason = 2
-)
-
-var rejectReasonToString = map[RejectReason]string{
-	RejectReasonNone:         "None",
-	RejectReasonBlockInvalid: "Block is invalid",
-	RejectReasonIsInIBD:      "Node is in IBD",
-}
-
-func (rr RejectReason) String() string {
-	return rejectReasonToString[rr]
-}
-
 // SubmitBlockResponseMessage is an appmessage corresponding to
 // its respective RPC message
 type SubmitBlockResponseMessage struct {
 	baseMessage
-	RejectReason RejectReason
-	Error        *RPCError
+	Error *RPCError
 }

 // Command returns the protocol command string for the message
--- a/app/appmessage/rpc_submit_transaction.go
+++ b/app/appmessage/rpc_submit_transaction.go
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ package appmessage
 // its respective RPC message
 type SubmitTransactionRequestMessage struct {
 	baseMessage
-	Transaction *RPCTransaction
+	Transaction *MsgTx
 }

 // Command returns the protocol command string for the message
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ func (msg *SubmitTransactionRequestMessage) Command() MessageCommand {
 }

 // NewSubmitTransactionRequestMessage returns a instance of the message
-func NewSubmitTransactionRequestMessage(transaction *RPCTransaction) *SubmitTransactionRequestMessage {
+func NewSubmitTransactionRequestMessage(transaction *MsgTx) *SubmitTransactionRequestMessage {
 	return &SubmitTransactionRequestMessage{
 		Transaction: transaction,
 	}
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ func NewSubmitTransactionRequestMessage(transaction *RPCTransaction) *SubmitTran
 // its respective RPC message
 type SubmitTransactionResponseMessage struct {
 	baseMessage
-	TransactionID string
+	TxID string

 	Error *RPCError
 }
@@ -34,58 +34,8 @@ func (msg *SubmitTransactionResponseMessage) Command() MessageCommand {
 }

 // NewSubmitTransactionResponseMessage returns a instance of the message
-func NewSubmitTransactionResponseMessage(transactionID string) *SubmitTransactionResponseMessage {
+func NewSubmitTransactionResponseMessage(txID string) *SubmitTransactionResponseMessage {
 	return &SubmitTransactionResponseMessage{
-		TransactionID: transactionID,
+		TxID: txID,
 	}
 }
-
-// RPCTransaction is a kaspad transaction representation meant to be
-// used over RPC
-type RPCTransaction struct {
-	Version      uint16
-	Inputs       []*RPCTransactionInput
-	Outputs      []*RPCTransactionOutput
-	LockTime     uint64
-	SubnetworkID string
-	Gas          uint64
-	PayloadHash  string
-	Payload      string
-}
-
-// RPCTransactionInput is a kaspad transaction input representation
-// meant to be used over RPC
-type RPCTransactionInput struct {
-	PreviousOutpoint *RPCOutpoint
-	SignatureScript  string
-	Sequence         uint64
-}
-
-// RPCScriptPublicKey is a kaspad ScriptPublicKey representation
-type RPCScriptPublicKey struct {
-	Version uint16
-	Script  string
-}
-
-// RPCTransactionOutput is a kaspad transaction output representation
-// meant to be used over RPC
-type RPCTransactionOutput struct {
-	Amount          uint64
-	ScriptPublicKey *RPCScriptPublicKey
-}
-
-// RPCOutpoint is a kaspad outpoint representation meant to be used
-// over RPC
-type RPCOutpoint struct {
-	TransactionID string
-	Index         uint32
-}
-
-// RPCUTXOEntry is a kaspad utxo entry representation meant to be used
-// over RPC
-type RPCUTXOEntry struct {
-	Amount          uint64
-	ScriptPublicKey *RPCScriptPublicKey
-	BlockBlueScore  uint64
-	IsCoinbase      bool
-}
--- a/app/appmessage/rpc_unban.go
+++ b/app/appmessage/rpc_unban.go
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-package appmessage
-
-// UnbanRequestMessage is an appmessage corresponding to
-// its respective RPC message
-type UnbanRequestMessage struct {
-	baseMessage
-
-	IP string
-}
-
-// Command returns the protocol command string for the message
-func (msg *UnbanRequestMessage) Command() MessageCommand {
-	return CmdUnbanRequestMessage
-}
-
-// NewUnbanRequestMessage returns an instance of the message
-func NewUnbanRequestMessage(ip string) *UnbanRequestMessage {
-	return &UnbanRequestMessage{
-		IP: ip,
-	}
-}
-
-// UnbanResponseMessage is an appmessage corresponding to
-// its respective RPC message
-type UnbanResponseMessage struct {
-	baseMessage
-
-	Error *RPCError
-}
-
-// Command returns the protocol command string for the message
-func (msg *UnbanResponseMessage) Command() MessageCommand {
-	return CmdUnbanResponseMessage
-}
-
-// NewUnbanResponseMessage returns a instance of the message
-func NewUnbanResponseMessage() *UnbanResponseMessage {
-	return &UnbanResponseMessage{}
-}
--- a/app/component_manager.go
+++ b/app/component_manager.go
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"sync/atomic"

-	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain/utxoindex"
-
 	infrastructuredatabase "github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/infrastructure/db/database"

 	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain"
@@ -72,6 +70,11 @@ func (a *ComponentManager) Stop() {
 		log.Errorf("Error stopping the net adapter: %+v", err)
 	}

+	err = a.addressManager.Stop()
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Errorf("Error stopping address manager: %s", err)
+	}
+
 	return
 }

@@ -80,7 +83,7 @@ func (a *ComponentManager) Stop() {
 func NewComponentManager(cfg *config.Config, db infrastructuredatabase.Database, interrupt chan<- struct{}) (
 	*ComponentManager, error) {

-	domain, err := domain.New(cfg.ActiveNetParams, db, cfg.IsArchivalNode)
+	domain, err := domain.New(cfg.ActiveNetParams, db)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -89,22 +92,10 @@ func NewComponentManager(cfg *config.Config, db infrastructuredatabase.Database,
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-
-	addressManager, err := addressmanager.New(addressmanager.NewConfig(cfg), db)
+	addressManager, err := addressmanager.New(cfg, db)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-
-	var utxoIndex *utxoindex.UTXOIndex
-	if cfg.UTXOIndex {
-		utxoIndex, err = utxoindex.New(domain.Consensus(), db)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-
-		log.Infof("UTXO index started")
-	}
-
 	connectionManager, err := connmanager.New(cfg, netAdapter, addressManager)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -113,7 +104,7 @@ func NewComponentManager(cfg *config.Config, db infrastructuredatabase.Database,
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	rpcManager := setupRPC(cfg, domain, netAdapter, protocolManager, connectionManager, addressManager, utxoIndex, interrupt)
+	rpcManager := setupRPC(cfg, domain, netAdapter, protocolManager, connectionManager, addressManager, interrupt)

 	return &ComponentManager{
 		cfg:               cfg,
@@ -133,22 +124,12 @@ func setupRPC(
 	protocolManager *protocol.Manager,
 	connectionManager *connmanager.ConnectionManager,
 	addressManager *addressmanager.AddressManager,
-	utxoIndex *utxoindex.UTXOIndex,
 	shutDownChan chan<- struct{},
 ) *rpc.Manager {

 	rpcManager := rpc.NewManager(
-		cfg,
-		domain,
-		netAdapter,
-		protocolManager,
-		connectionManager,
-		addressManager,
-		utxoIndex,
-		shutDownChan,
-	)
+		cfg, domain, netAdapter, protocolManager, connectionManager, addressManager, shutDownChan)
 	protocolManager.SetOnBlockAddedToDAGHandler(rpcManager.NotifyBlockAddedToDAG)
-	protocolManager.SetOnPruningPointUTXOSetOverrideHandler(rpcManager.NotifyPruningPointUTXOSetOverride)

 	return rpcManager
 }
@@ -160,12 +141,14 @@ func (a *ComponentManager) maybeSeedFromDNS() {
 				// Kaspad uses a lookup of the dns seeder here. Since seeder returns
 				// IPs of nodes and not its own IP, we can not know real IP of
 				// source. So we'll take first returned address as source.
-				a.addressManager.AddAddresses(addresses...)
+				a.addressManager.AddAddresses(addresses, addresses[0], nil)
 			})
+	}

+	if a.cfg.GRPCSeed != "" {
 		dnsseed.SeedFromGRPC(a.cfg.NetParams(), a.cfg.GRPCSeed, appmessage.SFNodeNetwork, false, nil,
 			func(addresses []*appmessage.NetAddress) {
-				a.addressManager.AddAddresses(addresses...)
+				a.addressManager.AddAddresses(addresses, addresses[0], nil)
 			})
 	}
 }
--- a/app/log.go
+++ b/app/log.go
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ package app

 import (
 	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/infrastructure/logger"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/util/panics"
 )

-var log = logger.RegisterSubSystem("KASD")
+var log, _ = logger.Get(logger.SubsystemTags.KASD)
+var spawn = panics.GoroutineWrapperFunc(log)
--- a/app/protocol/blocklogger/blocklogger.go
+++ b/app/protocol/blocklogger/blocklogger.go
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2015-2017 The btcsuite developers
+// Use of this source code is governed by an ISC
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package blocklogger
+
+import (
+	"sync"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain/consensus/model/externalapi"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/util/mstime"
+)
+
+var (
+	receivedLogBlocks int64
+	receivedLogTx     int64
+	lastBlockLogTime  = mstime.Now()
+	mtx               sync.Mutex
+)
+
+// LogBlock logs a new block blue score as an information message
+// to show progress to the user. In order to prevent spam, it limits logging to
+// one message every 10 seconds with duration and totals included.
+func LogBlock(block *externalapi.DomainBlock) error {
+	mtx.Lock()
+	defer mtx.Unlock()
+
+	receivedLogBlocks++
+	receivedLogTx += int64(len(block.Transactions))
+
+	now := mstime.Now()
+	duration := now.Sub(lastBlockLogTime)
+	if duration < time.Second*10 {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	// Truncate the duration to 10s of milliseconds.
+	tDuration := duration.Round(10 * time.Millisecond)
+
+	// Log information about new block blue score.
+	blockStr := "blocks"
+	if receivedLogBlocks == 1 {
+		blockStr = "block"
+	}
+	txStr := "transactions"
+	if receivedLogTx == 1 {
+		txStr = "transaction"
+	}
+
+	log.Infof("Processed %d %s in the last %s (%d %s, %s)",
+		receivedLogBlocks, blockStr, tDuration, receivedLogTx,
+		txStr, mstime.UnixMilliseconds(block.Header.TimeInMilliseconds))
+
+	receivedLogBlocks = 0
+	receivedLogTx = 0
+	lastBlockLogTime = now
+	return nil
+}
--- a/domain/consensus/processes/blockprocessor/blocklogger/log.go
+++ b/domain/consensus/processes/blockprocessor/blocklogger/log.go
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@ import (
 	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/infrastructure/logger"
 )

-var log = logger.RegisterSubSystem("BDAG")
+var log, _ = logger.Get(logger.SubsystemTags.PROT)
--- a/app/protocol/flowcontext/blocks.go
+++ b/app/protocol/flowcontext/blocks.go
@@ -1,13 +1,10 @@
 package flowcontext

 import (
-	peerpkg "github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/app/protocol/peer"
-	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/app/protocol/protocolerrors"
-	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain/consensus/ruleerrors"
-	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+	"sync/atomic"

 	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain/consensus/model/externalapi"
-	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain/consensus/utils/consensushashing"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain/consensus/utils/consensusserialization"

 	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/app/appmessage"
 	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/app/protocol/flows/blockrelay"
@@ -16,63 +13,26 @@ import (
 // OnNewBlock updates the mempool after a new block arrival, and
 // relays newly unorphaned transactions and possibly rebroadcast
 // manually added transactions when not in IBD.
-func (f *FlowContext) OnNewBlock(block *externalapi.DomainBlock,
-	blockInsertionResult *externalapi.BlockInsertionResult) error {
+func (f *FlowContext) OnNewBlock(block *externalapi.DomainBlock) error {
+	f.Domain().MiningManager().HandleNewBlockTransactions(block.Transactions)

-	hash := consensushashing.BlockHash(block)
-	log.Debugf("OnNewBlock start for block %s", hash)
-	defer log.Debugf("OnNewBlock end for block %s", hash)
-
-	unorphaningResults, err := f.UnorphanBlocks(block)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	log.Debugf("OnNewBlock: block %s unorphaned %d blocks", hash, len(unorphaningResults))
-
-	newBlocks := []*externalapi.DomainBlock{block}
-	newBlockInsertionResults := []*externalapi.BlockInsertionResult{blockInsertionResult}
-	for _, unorphaningResult := range unorphaningResults {
-		newBlocks = append(newBlocks, unorphaningResult.block)
-		newBlockInsertionResults = append(newBlockInsertionResults, unorphaningResult.blockInsertionResult)
-	}
-
-	for i, newBlock := range newBlocks {
-		log.Debugf("OnNewBlock: passing block %s transactions to mining manager", hash)
-		_, err = f.Domain().MiningManager().HandleNewBlockTransactions(newBlock.Transactions)
+	if f.onBlockAddedToDAGHandler != nil {
+		err := f.onBlockAddedToDAGHandler(block)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
-
-		if f.onBlockAddedToDAGHandler != nil {
-			log.Debugf("OnNewBlock: calling f.onBlockAddedToDAGHandler for block %s", hash)
-			blockInsertionResult = newBlockInsertionResults[i]
-			err := f.onBlockAddedToDAGHandler(newBlock, blockInsertionResult)
-			if err != nil {
-				return err
-			}
-		}
 	}

 	return nil
 }

-// OnPruningPointUTXOSetOverride calls the handler function whenever the UTXO set
-// resets due to pruning point change via IBD.
-func (f *FlowContext) OnPruningPointUTXOSetOverride() error {
-	if f.onPruningPointUTXOSetOverrideHandler != nil {
-		return f.onPruningPointUTXOSetOverrideHandler()
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
 func (f *FlowContext) broadcastTransactionsAfterBlockAdded(
 	block *externalapi.DomainBlock, transactionsAcceptedToMempool []*externalapi.DomainTransaction) error {

 	f.updateTransactionsToRebroadcast(block)

 	// Don't relay transactions when in IBD.
-	if f.IsIBDRunning() {
+	if atomic.LoadUint32(&f.isInIBD) != 0 {
 		return nil
 	}

@@ -83,7 +43,7 @@ func (f *FlowContext) broadcastTransactionsAfterBlockAdded(

 	txIDsToBroadcast := make([]*externalapi.DomainTransactionID, len(transactionsAcceptedToMempool)+len(txIDsToRebroadcast))
 	for i, tx := range transactionsAcceptedToMempool {
-		txIDsToBroadcast[i] = consensushashing.TransactionID(tx)
+		txIDsToBroadcast[i] = consensusserialization.TransactionID(tx)
 	}
 	offset := len(transactionsAcceptedToMempool)
 	for i, txID := range txIDsToRebroadcast {
@@ -108,65 +68,13 @@ func (f *FlowContext) SharedRequestedBlocks() *blockrelay.SharedRequestedBlocks

 // AddBlock adds the given block to the DAG and propagates it.
 func (f *FlowContext) AddBlock(block *externalapi.DomainBlock) error {
-	if len(block.Transactions) == 0 {
-		return protocolerrors.Errorf(false, "cannot add header only block")
-	}
-
-	blockInsertionResult, err := f.Domain().Consensus().ValidateAndInsertBlock(block)
-	if err != nil {
-		if errors.As(err, &ruleerrors.RuleError{}) {
-			log.Warnf("Validation failed for block %s: %s", consensushashing.BlockHash(block), err)
-		}
-		return err
-	}
-	err = f.OnNewBlock(block, blockInsertionResult)
+	err := f.Domain().Consensus().ValidateAndInsertBlock(block)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	return f.Broadcast(appmessage.NewMsgInvBlock(consensushashing.BlockHash(block)))
-}
-
-// IsIBDRunning returns true if IBD is currently marked as running
-func (f *FlowContext) IsIBDRunning() bool {
-	f.ibdPeerMutex.RLock()
-	defer f.ibdPeerMutex.RUnlock()
-
-	return f.ibdPeer != nil
-}
-
-// TrySetIBDRunning attempts to set `isInIBD`. Returns false
-// if it is already set
-func (f *FlowContext) TrySetIBDRunning(ibdPeer *peerpkg.Peer) bool {
-	f.ibdPeerMutex.Lock()
-	defer f.ibdPeerMutex.Unlock()
-
-	if f.ibdPeer != nil {
-		return false
+	err = f.OnNewBlock(block)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
 	}
-	f.ibdPeer = ibdPeer
-	log.Infof("IBD started")
-
-	return true
-}
-
-// UnsetIBDRunning unsets isInIBD
-func (f *FlowContext) UnsetIBDRunning() {
-	f.ibdPeerMutex.Lock()
-	defer f.ibdPeerMutex.Unlock()
-
-	if f.ibdPeer == nil {
-		panic("attempted to unset isInIBD when it was not set to begin with")
-	}
-
-	f.ibdPeer = nil
-	log.Infof("IBD finished")
-}
-
-// IBDPeer returns the current IBD peer or null if the node is not
-// in IBD
-func (f *FlowContext) IBDPeer() *peerpkg.Peer {
-	f.ibdPeerMutex.RLock()
-	defer f.ibdPeerMutex.RUnlock()
-
-	return f.ibdPeer
+	return f.Broadcast(appmessage.NewMsgInvBlock(consensusserialization.BlockHash(block)))
 }
--- a/app/protocol/flowcontext/errors.go
+++ b/app/protocol/flowcontext/errors.go
@@ -18,11 +18,11 @@ import (
 func (*FlowContext) HandleError(err error, flowName string, isStopping *uint32, errChan chan<- error) {
 	isErrRouteClosed := errors.Is(err, router.ErrRouteClosed)
 	if !isErrRouteClosed {
-		if protocolErr := (protocolerrors.ProtocolError{}); !errors.As(err, &protocolErr) {
+		if protocolErr := &(protocolerrors.ProtocolError{}); !errors.As(err, &protocolErr) {
 			panic(err)
 		}

-		log.Errorf("error from %s: %s", flowName, err)
+		log.Errorf("error from %s: %+v", flowName, err)
 	}

 	if atomic.AddUint32(isStopping, 1) == 1 {
--- a/app/protocol/flowcontext/flow_context.go
+++ b/app/protocol/flowcontext/flow_context.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package flowcontext

 import (
-	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/util/mstime"
 	"sync"
 	"time"

@@ -10,7 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain"

 	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/app/protocol/flows/blockrelay"
-	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/app/protocol/flows/transactionrelay"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/app/protocol/flows/relaytransactions"
 	peerpkg "github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/app/protocol/peer"
 	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/infrastructure/config"
 	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/infrastructure/network/addressmanager"
@@ -21,11 +20,7 @@ import (

 // OnBlockAddedToDAGHandler is a handler function that's triggered
 // when a block is added to the DAG
-type OnBlockAddedToDAGHandler func(block *externalapi.DomainBlock, blockInsertionResult *externalapi.BlockInsertionResult) error
-
-// OnPruningPointUTXOSetOverrideHandler is a handle function that's triggered whenever the UTXO set
-// resets due to pruning point change via IBD.
-type OnPruningPointUTXOSetOverrideHandler func() error
+type OnBlockAddedToDAGHandler func(block *externalapi.DomainBlock) error

 // OnTransactionAddedToMempoolHandler is a handler function that's triggered
 // when a transaction is added to the mempool
@@ -40,27 +35,22 @@ type FlowContext struct {
 	addressManager    *addressmanager.AddressManager
 	connectionManager *connmanager.ConnectionManager

-	timeStarted int64
-
-	onBlockAddedToDAGHandler             OnBlockAddedToDAGHandler
-	onPruningPointUTXOSetOverrideHandler OnPruningPointUTXOSetOverrideHandler
-	onTransactionAddedToMempoolHandler   OnTransactionAddedToMempoolHandler
+	onBlockAddedToDAGHandler           OnBlockAddedToDAGHandler
+	onTransactionAddedToMempoolHandler OnTransactionAddedToMempoolHandler

 	transactionsToRebroadcastLock sync.Mutex
 	transactionsToRebroadcast     map[externalapi.DomainTransactionID]*externalapi.DomainTransaction
 	lastRebroadcastTime           time.Time
-	sharedRequestedTransactions   *transactionrelay.SharedRequestedTransactions
+	sharedRequestedTransactions   *relaytransactions.SharedRequestedTransactions

 	sharedRequestedBlocks *blockrelay.SharedRequestedBlocks

-	ibdPeer      *peerpkg.Peer
-	ibdPeerMutex sync.RWMutex
+	isInIBD       uint32
+	startIBDMutex sync.Mutex
+	ibdPeer       *peerpkg.Peer

 	peers      map[id.ID]*peerpkg.Peer
 	peersMutex sync.RWMutex
-
-	orphans      map[externalapi.DomainHash]*externalapi.DomainBlock
-	orphansMutex sync.RWMutex
 }

 // New returns a new instance of FlowContext.
@@ -73,12 +63,10 @@ func New(cfg *config.Config, domain domain.Domain, addressManager *addressmanage
 		domain:                      domain,
 		addressManager:              addressManager,
 		connectionManager:           connectionManager,
-		sharedRequestedTransactions: transactionrelay.NewSharedRequestedTransactions(),
+		sharedRequestedTransactions: relaytransactions.NewSharedRequestedTransactions(),
 		sharedRequestedBlocks:       blockrelay.NewSharedRequestedBlocks(),
 		peers:                       make(map[id.ID]*peerpkg.Peer),
 		transactionsToRebroadcast:   make(map[externalapi.DomainTransactionID]*externalapi.DomainTransaction),
-		orphans:                     make(map[externalapi.DomainHash]*externalapi.DomainBlock),
-		timeStarted:                 mstime.Now().UnixMilliseconds(),
 	}
 }

@@ -87,11 +75,6 @@ func (f *FlowContext) SetOnBlockAddedToDAGHandler(onBlockAddedToDAGHandler OnBlo
 	f.onBlockAddedToDAGHandler = onBlockAddedToDAGHandler
 }

-// SetOnPruningPointUTXOSetOverrideHandler sets the onPruningPointUTXOSetOverrideHandler handler
-func (f *FlowContext) SetOnPruningPointUTXOSetOverrideHandler(onPruningPointUTXOSetOverrideHandler OnPruningPointUTXOSetOverrideHandler) {
-	f.onPruningPointUTXOSetOverrideHandler = onPruningPointUTXOSetOverrideHandler
-}
-
 // SetOnTransactionAddedToMempoolHandler sets the onTransactionAddedToMempool handler
 func (f *FlowContext) SetOnTransactionAddedToMempoolHandler(onTransactionAddedToMempoolHandler OnTransactionAddedToMempoolHandler) {
 	f.onTransactionAddedToMempoolHandler = onTransactionAddedToMempoolHandler
--- a/app/protocol/flowcontext/ibd.go
+++ b/app/protocol/flowcontext/ibd.go
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+package flowcontext
+
+import (
+	"sync/atomic"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/util/mstime"
+
+	peerpkg "github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/app/protocol/peer"
+)
+
+// StartIBDIfRequired selects a peer and starts IBD against it
+// if required
+func (f *FlowContext) StartIBDIfRequired() error {
+	f.startIBDMutex.Lock()
+	defer f.startIBDMutex.Unlock()
+
+	if f.IsInIBD() {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	peer, err := f.selectPeerForIBD()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if peer == nil {
+		spawn("StartIBDIfRequired-requestSelectedTipsIfRequired", f.requestSelectedTipsIfRequired)
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	atomic.StoreUint32(&f.isInIBD, 1)
+	f.ibdPeer = peer
+	spawn("StartIBDIfRequired-peer.StartIBD", peer.StartIBD)
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+// IsInIBD is true if IBD is currently running
+func (f *FlowContext) IsInIBD() bool {
+	return atomic.LoadUint32(&f.isInIBD) != 0
+}
+
+// selectPeerForIBD returns the first peer whose selected tip
+// hash is not in our DAG
+func (f *FlowContext) selectPeerForIBD() (*peerpkg.Peer, error) {
+	f.peersMutex.RLock()
+	defer f.peersMutex.RUnlock()
+
+	for _, peer := range f.peers {
+		peerSelectedTipHash := peer.SelectedTipHash()
+		blockInfo, err := f.domain.Consensus().GetBlockInfo(peerSelectedTipHash)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		if !blockInfo.Exists {
+			return peer, nil
+		}
+	}
+	return nil, nil
+}
+
+func (f *FlowContext) requestSelectedTipsIfRequired() {
+	dagTimeCurrent, err := f.shouldRequestSelectedTips()
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	if dagTimeCurrent {
+		return
+	}
+	f.requestSelectedTips()
+}
+
+func (f *FlowContext) shouldRequestSelectedTips() (bool, error) {
+	const minDurationToRequestSelectedTips = time.Minute
+	virtualSelectedParent, err := f.domain.Consensus().GetVirtualSelectedParent()
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, err
+	}
+	virtualSelectedParentTime := mstime.UnixMilliseconds(virtualSelectedParent.Header.TimeInMilliseconds)
+	return mstime.Now().Sub(virtualSelectedParentTime) > minDurationToRequestSelectedTips, nil
+}
+
+func (f *FlowContext) requestSelectedTips() {
+	f.peersMutex.RLock()
+	defer f.peersMutex.RUnlock()
+
+	for _, peer := range f.peers {
+		peer.RequestSelectedTipIfRequired()
+	}
+}
+
+// FinishIBD finishes the current IBD flow and starts a new one if required.
+func (f *FlowContext) FinishIBD() error {
+	f.ibdPeer = nil
+
+	atomic.StoreUint32(&f.isInIBD, 0)
+
+	return f.StartIBDIfRequired()
+}
+
+// IBDPeer returns the currently active IBD peer.
+// Returns nil if we aren't currently in IBD
+func (f *FlowContext) IBDPeer() *peerpkg.Peer {
+	if !f.IsInIBD() {
+		return nil
+	}
+	return f.ibdPeer
+}
--- a/app/protocol/flowcontext/log.go
+++ b/app/protocol/flowcontext/log.go
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ package flowcontext

 import (
 	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/infrastructure/logger"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/util/panics"
 )

-var log = logger.RegisterSubSystem("PROT")
+var log, _ = logger.Get(logger.SubsystemTags.PROT)
+var spawn = panics.GoroutineWrapperFunc(log)
--- a/app/protocol/flowcontext/orphans.go
+++ b/app/protocol/flowcontext/orphans.go
@@ -1,213 +0,0 @@
-package flowcontext
-
-import (
-	"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/logger"
-	"github.com/pkg/errors"
-)
-
-// maxOrphans is the maximum amount of orphans allowed in the
-// orphans collection. This number is an approximation of how
-// many orphans there can possibly be on average. It is based
-// on: 2^orphanResolutionRange * PHANTOM K.
-const maxOrphans = 600
-
-// UnorphaningResult is the result of unorphaning a block
-type UnorphaningResult struct {
-	block                *externalapi.DomainBlock
-	blockInsertionResult *externalapi.BlockInsertionResult
-}
-
-// AddOrphan adds the block to the orphan set
-func (f *FlowContext) AddOrphan(orphanBlock *externalapi.DomainBlock) {
-	f.orphansMutex.Lock()
-	defer f.orphansMutex.Unlock()
-
-	orphanHash := consensushashing.BlockHash(orphanBlock)
-	f.orphans[*orphanHash] = orphanBlock
-
-	if len(f.orphans) > maxOrphans {
-		log.Debugf("Orphan collection size exceeded. Evicting a random orphan")
-		f.evictRandomOrphan()
-	}
-
-	log.Infof("Received a block with missing parents, adding to orphan pool: %s", orphanHash)
-}
-
-func (f *FlowContext) evictRandomOrphan() {
-	var toEvict externalapi.DomainHash
-	for hash := range f.orphans {
-		toEvict = hash
-		break
-	}
-	delete(f.orphans, toEvict)
-	log.Debugf("Evicted %s from the orphan collection", toEvict)
-}
-
-// IsOrphan returns whether the given blockHash belongs to an orphan block
-func (f *FlowContext) IsOrphan(blockHash *externalapi.DomainHash) bool {
-	f.orphansMutex.RLock()
-	defer f.orphansMutex.RUnlock()
-
-	_, ok := f.orphans[*blockHash]
-	return ok
-}
-
-// UnorphanBlocks removes the block from the orphan set, and remove all of the blocks that are not orphans anymore.
-func (f *FlowContext) UnorphanBlocks(rootBlock *externalapi.DomainBlock) ([]*UnorphaningResult, error) {
-	f.orphansMutex.Lock()
-	defer f.orphansMutex.Unlock()
-
-	// Find all the children of rootBlock among the orphans
-	// and add them to the process queue
-	rootBlockHash := consensushashing.BlockHash(rootBlock)
-	processQueue := f.addChildOrphansToProcessQueue(rootBlockHash, []externalapi.DomainHash{})
-
-	var unorphaningResults []*UnorphaningResult
-	for len(processQueue) > 0 {
-		var orphanHash externalapi.DomainHash
-		orphanHash, processQueue = processQueue[0], processQueue[1:]
-		orphanBlock := f.orphans[orphanHash]
-
-		log.Debugf("Considering to unorphan block %s with parents %s",
-			orphanHash, orphanBlock.Header.ParentHashes())
-
-		canBeUnorphaned := true
-		for _, orphanBlockParentHash := range orphanBlock.Header.ParentHashes() {
-			orphanBlockParentInfo, err := f.domain.Consensus().GetBlockInfo(orphanBlockParentHash)
-			if err != nil {
-				return nil, err
-			}
-			if !orphanBlockParentInfo.Exists || orphanBlockParentInfo.BlockStatus == externalapi.StatusHeaderOnly {
-				log.Debugf("Cannot unorphan block %s. It's missing at "+
-					"least the following parent: %s", orphanHash, orphanBlockParentHash)
-
-				canBeUnorphaned = false
-				break
-			}
-		}
-		if canBeUnorphaned {
-			blockInsertionResult, unorphaningSucceeded, err := f.unorphanBlock(orphanHash)
-			if err != nil {
-				return nil, err
-			}
-			if unorphaningSucceeded {
-				unorphaningResults = append(unorphaningResults, &UnorphaningResult{
-					block:                orphanBlock,
-					blockInsertionResult: blockInsertionResult,
-				})
-				processQueue = f.addChildOrphansToProcessQueue(&orphanHash, processQueue)
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
-	return unorphaningResults, nil
-}
-
-// addChildOrphansToProcessQueue finds all child orphans of `blockHash`
-// and adds them to the given `processQueue` if they don't already exist
-// inside of it
-// Note that this method does not modify the given `processQueue`
-func (f *FlowContext) addChildOrphansToProcessQueue(blockHash *externalapi.DomainHash,
-	processQueue []externalapi.DomainHash) []externalapi.DomainHash {
-
-	blockChildren := f.findChildOrphansOfBlock(blockHash)
-	for _, blockChild := range blockChildren {
-		exists := false
-		for _, queueOrphan := range processQueue {
-			if queueOrphan == blockChild {
-				exists = true
-				break
-			}
-		}
-		if !exists {
-			processQueue = append(processQueue, blockChild)
-		}
-	}
-	return processQueue
-}
-
-func (f *FlowContext) findChildOrphansOfBlock(blockHash *externalapi.DomainHash) []externalapi.DomainHash {
-	var childOrphans []externalapi.DomainHash
-	for orphanHash, orphanBlock := range f.orphans {
-		for _, orphanBlockParentHash := range orphanBlock.Header.ParentHashes() {
-			if orphanBlockParentHash.Equal(blockHash) {
-				childOrphans = append(childOrphans, orphanHash)
-				break
-			}
-		}
-	}
-	return childOrphans
-}
-
-func (f *FlowContext) unorphanBlock(orphanHash externalapi.DomainHash) (*externalapi.BlockInsertionResult, bool, error) {
-	orphanBlock, ok := f.orphans[orphanHash]
-	if !ok {
-		return nil, false, errors.Errorf("attempted to unorphan a non-orphan block %s", orphanHash)
-	}
-	delete(f.orphans, orphanHash)
-
-	blockInsertionResult, err := f.domain.Consensus().ValidateAndInsertBlock(orphanBlock)
-	if err != nil {
-		if errors.As(err, &ruleerrors.RuleError{}) {
-			log.Warnf("Validation failed for orphan block %s: %s", orphanHash, err)
-			return nil, false, nil
-		}
-		return nil, false, err
-	}
-
-	log.Infof("Unorphaned block %s", orphanHash)
-	return blockInsertionResult, true, nil
-}
-
-// GetOrphanRoots returns the roots of the missing ancestors DAG of the given orphan
-func (f *FlowContext) GetOrphanRoots(orphan *externalapi.DomainHash) ([]*externalapi.DomainHash, bool, error) {
-	onEnd := logger.LogAndMeasureExecutionTime(log, "GetOrphanRoots")
-	defer onEnd()
-
-	f.orphansMutex.RLock()
-	defer f.orphansMutex.RUnlock()
-
-	_, ok := f.orphans[*orphan]
-	if !ok {
-		return nil, false, nil
-	}
-
-	queue := []*externalapi.DomainHash{orphan}
-	addedToQueueSet := hashset.New()
-	addedToQueueSet.Add(orphan)
-
-	roots := []*externalapi.DomainHash{}
-	for len(queue) > 0 {
-		var current *externalapi.DomainHash
-		current, queue = queue[0], queue[1:]
-
-		block, ok := f.orphans[*current]
-		if !ok {
-			blockInfo, err := f.domain.Consensus().GetBlockInfo(current)
-			if err != nil {
-				return nil, false, err
-			}
-
-			if !blockInfo.Exists || blockInfo.BlockStatus == externalapi.StatusHeaderOnly {
-				roots = append(roots, current)
-			} else {
-				log.Debugf("Block %s was skipped when checking for orphan roots: "+
-					"exists: %t, status: %s", current, blockInfo.Exists, blockInfo.BlockStatus)
-			}
-			continue
-		}
-
-		for _, parent := range block.Header.ParentHashes() {
-			if !addedToQueueSet.Contains(parent) {
-				queue = append(queue, parent)
-				addedToQueueSet.Add(parent)
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
-	return roots, true, nil
-}
--- a/app/protocol/flowcontext/should_mine.go
+++ b/app/protocol/flowcontext/should_mine.go
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-package flowcontext
-
-import "github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/util/mstime"
-
-const (
-	maxSelectedParentTimeDiffToAllowMiningInMilliSeconds = 60 * 60 * 1000 // 1 Hour
-)
-
-// ShouldMine returns whether it's ok to use block template from this node
-// for mining purposes.
-func (f *FlowContext) ShouldMine() (bool, error) {
-	peers := f.Peers()
-	if len(peers) == 0 {
-		log.Debugf("The node is not connected, so ShouldMine returns false")
-		return false, nil
-	}
-
-	if f.IsIBDRunning() {
-		log.Debugf("IBD is running, so ShouldMine returns false")
-		return false, nil
-	}
-
-	virtualSelectedParent, err := f.domain.Consensus().GetVirtualSelectedParent()
-	if err != nil {
-		return false, err
-	}
-
-	virtualSelectedParentHeader, err := f.domain.Consensus().GetBlockHeader(virtualSelectedParent)
-	if err != nil {
-		return false, err
-	}
-
-	now := mstime.Now().UnixMilliseconds()
-	if now-virtualSelectedParentHeader.TimeInMilliseconds() < maxSelectedParentTimeDiffToAllowMiningInMilliSeconds {
-		log.Debugf("The selected tip timestamp is recent (%d), so ShouldMine returns true",
-			virtualSelectedParentHeader.TimeInMilliseconds())
-		return true, nil
-	}
-
-	log.Debugf("The selected tip timestamp is old (%d), so ShouldMine returns false",
-		virtualSelectedParentHeader.TimeInMilliseconds())
-	return false, nil
-}
--- a/app/protocol/flowcontext/transactions.go
+++ b/app/protocol/flowcontext/transactions.go
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ import (
 	"time"

 	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/app/appmessage"
-	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/app/protocol/flows/transactionrelay"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/app/protocol/flows/relaytransactions"
 	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain/consensus/model/externalapi"
-	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain/consensus/utils/consensushashing"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain/consensus/utils/consensusserialization"
 )

 // AddTransaction adds transaction to the mempool and propagates it.
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ func (f *FlowContext) AddTransaction(tx *externalapi.DomainTransaction) error {
 		return err
 	}

-	transactionID := consensushashing.TransactionID(tx)
+	transactionID := consensusserialization.TransactionID(tx)
 	f.transactionsToRebroadcast[*transactionID] = tx
 	inv := appmessage.NewMsgInvTransaction([]*externalapi.DomainTransactionID{transactionID})
 	return f.Broadcast(inv)
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ func (f *FlowContext) updateTransactionsToRebroadcast(block *externalapi.DomainB
 	// anymore, although they are not included in the UTXO set.
 	// This is probably ok, since red blocks are quite rare.
 	for _, tx := range block.Transactions {
-		delete(f.transactionsToRebroadcast, *consensushashing.TransactionID(tx))
+		delete(f.transactionsToRebroadcast, *consensusserialization.TransactionID(tx))
 	}
 }

@@ -48,15 +48,15 @@ func (f *FlowContext) txIDsToRebroadcast() []*externalapi.DomainTransactionID {
 	txIDs := make([]*externalapi.DomainTransactionID, len(f.transactionsToRebroadcast))
 	i := 0
 	for _, tx := range f.transactionsToRebroadcast {
-		txIDs[i] = consensushashing.TransactionID(tx)
+		txIDs[i] = consensusserialization.TransactionID(tx)
 		i++
 	}
 	return txIDs
 }

-// SharedRequestedTransactions returns a *transactionrelay.SharedRequestedTransactions for sharing
+// SharedRequestedTransactions returns a *relaytransactions.SharedRequestedTransactions for sharing
 // data about requested transactions between different peers.
-func (f *FlowContext) SharedRequestedTransactions() *transactionrelay.SharedRequestedTransactions {
+func (f *FlowContext) SharedRequestedTransactions() *relaytransactions.SharedRequestedTransactions {
 	return f.sharedRequestedTransactions
 }

--- a/app/protocol/flows/addressexchange/receiveaddresses.go
+++ b/app/protocol/flows/addressexchange/receiveaddresses.go
@@ -5,12 +5,14 @@ import (
 	"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/config"
 	"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 {
+	Config() *config.Config
 	AddressManager() *addressmanager.AddressManager
 }

@@ -18,6 +20,10 @@ type ReceiveAddressesContext interface {
 func ReceiveAddresses(context ReceiveAddressesContext, incomingRoute *router.Route, outgoingRoute *router.Route,
 	peer *peerpkg.Peer) error {

+	if !context.AddressManager().NeedMoreAddresses() {
+		return nil
+	}
+
 	subnetworkID := peer.SubnetworkID()
 	msgGetAddresses := appmessage.NewMsgRequestAddresses(false, subnetworkID)
 	err := outgoingRoute.Enqueue(msgGetAddresses)
@@ -31,9 +37,21 @@ func ReceiveAddresses(context ReceiveAddressesContext, incomingRoute *router.Rou
 	}

 	msgAddresses := message.(*appmessage.MsgAddresses)
-	if len(msgAddresses.AddressList) > addressmanager.GetAddressesMax {
+	if len(msgAddresses.AddrList) > addressmanager.GetAddressesMax {
 		return protocolerrors.Errorf(true, "address count exceeded %d", addressmanager.GetAddressesMax)
 	}

-	return context.AddressManager().AddAddresses(msgAddresses.AddressList...)
+	if msgAddresses.IncludeAllSubnetworks {
+		return protocolerrors.Errorf(true, "got unexpected "+
+			"IncludeAllSubnetworks=true in [%s] command", msgAddresses.Command())
+	}
+	if msgAddresses.SubnetworkID != nil && *msgAddresses.SubnetworkID != *context.Config().SubnetworkID {
+		return protocolerrors.Errorf(false, "only full nodes and %s subnetwork IDs "+
+			"are allowed in [%s] command, but got subnetwork ID %s",
+			context.Config().SubnetworkID, msgAddresses.Command(), msgAddresses.SubnetworkID)
+	}
+
+	sourceAddress := peer.Connection().NetAddress()
+	context.AddressManager().AddAddresses(msgAddresses.AddrList, sourceAddress, msgAddresses.SubnetworkID)
+	return nil
 }
--- a/app/protocol/flows/addressexchange/sendaddresses.go
+++ b/app/protocol/flows/addressexchange/sendaddresses.go
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 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"
+	"math/rand"
 )

 // SendAddressesContext is the interface for the context needed for the SendAddresses flow.
@@ -15,20 +14,21 @@ type SendAddressesContext interface {

 // 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
-		}
+	message, err := incomingRoute.Dequeue()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
 	}
+
+	msgGetAddresses := message.(*appmessage.MsgRequestAddresses)
+	addresses := context.AddressManager().AddressCache(msgGetAddresses.IncludeAllSubnetworks,
+		msgGetAddresses.SubnetworkID)
+	msgAddresses := appmessage.NewMsgAddresses(msgGetAddresses.IncludeAllSubnetworks, msgGetAddresses.SubnetworkID)
+	err = msgAddresses.AddAddresses(shuffleAddresses(addresses)...)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return outgoingRoute.Enqueue(msgAddresses)
 }

 // shuffleAddresses randomizes the given addresses sent if there are more than the maximum allowed in one message.
--- a/app/protocol/flows/blockrelay/block_locator.go
+++ b/app/protocol/flows/blockrelay/block_locator.go
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-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(lowHash *externalapi.DomainHash,
-	highHash *externalapi.DomainHash, limit uint32) error {
-
-	msgGetBlockLocator := appmessage.NewMsgRequestBlockLocator(lowHash, highHash, limit)
-	return flow.outgoingRoute.Enqueue(msgGetBlockLocator)
-}
-
-func (flow *handleRelayInvsFlow) receiveBlockLocator() (blockLocatorHashes []*externalapi.DomainHash, err error) {
-	message, err := flow.dequeueIncomingMessageAndSkipInvs(common.DefaultTimeout)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	msgBlockLocator, ok := message.(*appmessage.MsgBlockLocator)
-	if !ok {
-		return nil,
-			protocolerrors.Errorf(true, "received unexpected message type. "+
-				"expected: %s, got: %s", appmessage.CmdBlockLocator, message.Command())
-	}
-	return msgBlockLocator.BlockLocatorHashes, nil
-}
--- a/app/protocol/flows/blockrelay/handle_ibd_block_locator.go
+++ b/app/protocol/flows/blockrelay/handle_ibd_block_locator.go
@@ -1,83 +0,0 @@
-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/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
-			}
-			if !blockInfo.Exists {
-				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
-			}
-		}
-	}
-}
--- a/app/protocol/flows/blockrelay/handle_ibd_block_requests.go
+++ b/app/protocol/flows/blockrelay/handle_ibd_block_requests.go
@@ -1,54 +0,0 @@
-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, len(msgRequestIBDBlocks.Hashes))
-		}
-	}
-}
--- a/app/protocol/flows/blockrelay/handle_pruning_point_hash_requests.go
+++ b/app/protocol/flows/blockrelay/handle_pruning_point_hash_requests.go
@@ -1,51 +0,0 @@
-package blockrelay
-
-import (
-	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/app/appmessage"
-	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain"
-	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/infrastructure/network/netadapter/router"
-)
-
-// HandlePruningPointHashRequestsFlowContext is the interface for the context needed for the handlePruningPointHashRequestsFlow flow.
-type HandlePruningPointHashRequestsFlowContext interface {
-	Domain() domain.Domain
-}
-
-type handlePruningPointHashRequestsFlow struct {
-	HandlePruningPointHashRequestsFlowContext
-	incomingRoute, outgoingRoute *router.Route
-}
-
-// HandlePruningPointHashRequests listens to appmessage.MsgRequestPruningPointHashMessage messages and sends
-// the pruning point hash as response.
-func HandlePruningPointHashRequests(context HandlePruningPointHashRequestsFlowContext, incomingRoute,
-	outgoingRoute *router.Route) error {
-	flow := &handlePruningPointHashRequestsFlow{
-		HandlePruningPointHashRequestsFlowContext: context,
-		incomingRoute: incomingRoute,
-		outgoingRoute: outgoingRoute,
-	}
-
-	return flow.start()
-}
-
-func (flow *handlePruningPointHashRequestsFlow) start() error {
-	for {
-		_, err := flow.incomingRoute.Dequeue()
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-		log.Debugf("Got request for a pruning point hash")
-
-		pruningPoint, err := flow.Domain().Consensus().PruningPoint()
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-
-		err = flow.outgoingRoute.Enqueue(appmessage.NewPruningPointHashMessage(pruningPoint))
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-		log.Debugf("Sent pruning point hash %s", pruningPoint)
-	}
-}
--- a/app/protocol/flows/blockrelay/handle_relay_block_requests.go
+++ b/app/protocol/flows/blockrelay/handle_relay_block_requests.go
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import (
 	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"
 )
@@ -26,14 +25,13 @@ func HandleRelayBlockRequests(context RelayBlockRequestsContext, incomingRoute *
 			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 {
+			if !blockInfo.Exists {
 				return protocolerrors.Errorf(true, "block %s not found", hash)
 			}
 			block, err := context.Domain().Consensus().GetBlock(hash)
@@ -47,7 +45,6 @@ func HandleRelayBlockRequests(context RelayBlockRequestsContext, incomingRoute *
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
-			log.Debugf("Relayed block with hash %s", hash)
 		}
 	}
 }
--- a/app/protocol/flows/blockrelay/handle_relay_invs.go
+++ b/app/protocol/flows/blockrelay/handle_relay_invs.go
@@ -2,37 +2,30 @@ package blockrelay

 import (
 	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/app/appmessage"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/app/protocol/blocklogger"
 	"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/domain/consensus/utils/blocks"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain/consensus/utils/consensusserialization"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/infrastructure/network/netadapter"
 	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/infrastructure/network/netadapter/router"
+	mathUtil "github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/util/math"
 	"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, blockInsertionResult *externalapi.BlockInsertionResult) error
-	OnPruningPointUTXOSetOverride() error
+	NetAdapter() *netadapter.NetAdapter
+	OnNewBlock(block *externalapi.DomainBlock) error
 	SharedRequestedBlocks() *SharedRequestedBlocks
+	StartIBDIfRequired() error
+	IsInIBD() bool
 	Broadcast(message appmessage.Message) error
-	AddOrphan(orphanBlock *externalapi.DomainBlock)
-	GetOrphanRoots(orphanHash *externalapi.DomainHash) ([]*externalapi.DomainHash, bool, error)
-	IsOrphan(blockHash *externalapi.DomainHash) bool
-	IsIBDRunning() bool
-	TrySetIBDRunning(ibdPeer *peerpkg.Peer) bool
-	UnsetIBDRunning()
 }

 type handleRelayInvsFlow struct {
@@ -59,7 +52,6 @@ func HandleRelayInvs(context RelayInvsContext, incomingRoute *router.Route, outg

 func (flow *handleRelayInvsFlow) start() error {
 	for {
-		log.Debugf("Waiting for inv")
 		inv, err := flow.readInv()
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
@@ -71,91 +63,37 @@ func (flow *handleRelayInvsFlow) start() error {
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
-		if blockInfo.Exists && blockInfo.BlockStatus != externalapi.StatusHeaderOnly {
+		if blockInfo.Exists {
 			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
 		}

-		if flow.IsOrphan(inv.Hash) {
-			log.Debugf("Block %s is a known orphan. Requesting its missing ancestors", inv.Hash)
-			err := flow.AddOrphanRootsToQueue(inv.Hash)
+		err = flow.StartIBDIfRequired()
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		if flow.IsInIBD() {
+			// Block relay is disabled during IBD
+			continue
+		}
+
+		requestQueue := newHashesQueueSet()
+		requestQueue.enqueueIfNotExists(inv.Hash)
+
+		for requestQueue.len() > 0 {
+			err := flow.requestBlocks(requestQueue)
 			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
-		}
-
-		log.Debugf("Processing block %s", inv.Hash)
-		missingParents, blockInsertionResult, 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, missingParents)
-			if err != nil {
-				return err
-			}
-			continue
-		}
-
-		log.Debugf("Relaying block %s", inv.Hash)
-		err = flow.relayBlock(block)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-		log.Infof("Accepted block %s via relay", inv.Hash)
-		err = flow.OnNewBlock(block, blockInsertionResult)
-		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:]
@@ -175,40 +113,76 @@ func (flow *handleRelayInvsFlow) readInv() (*appmessage.MsgInvRelayBlock, error)
 	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
+func (flow *handleRelayInvsFlow) requestBlocks(requestQueue *hashesQueueSet) error {
+	numHashesToRequest := mathUtil.MinInt(appmessage.MsgRequestRelayBlocksHashes, requestQueue.len())
+	hashesToRequest := requestQueue.dequeue(numHashesToRequest)
+
+	pendingBlocks := map[externalapi.DomainHash]struct{}{}
+	var filteredHashesToRequest []*externalapi.DomainHash
+	for _, hash := range hashesToRequest {
+		exists := flow.SharedRequestedBlocks().addIfNotExists(hash)
+		if exists {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		// The block can become known from another peer in the process of orphan resolution
+		blockInfo, err := flow.Domain().Consensus().GetBlockInfo(hash)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		if blockInfo.Exists {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		pendingBlocks[*hash] = struct{}{}
+		filteredHashesToRequest = append(filteredHashesToRequest, hash)
 	}

-	// 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)
+	// Exit early if we've filtered out all the hashes
+	if len(filteredHashesToRequest) == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}

-	getRelayBlocksMsg := appmessage.NewMsgRequestRelayBlocks([]*externalapi.DomainHash{requestHash})
+	// In case the function returns earlier than expected, we want to make sure requestedBlocks is
+	// clean from any pending blocks.
+	defer flow.SharedRequestedBlocks().removeSet(pendingBlocks)
+
+	getRelayBlocksMsg := appmessage.NewMsgRequestRelayBlocks(filteredHashesToRequest)
 	err := flow.outgoingRoute.Enqueue(getRelayBlocksMsg)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, false, err
+		return err
 	}

-	msgBlock, err := flow.readMsgBlock()
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, false, err
-	}
+	for len(pendingBlocks) > 0 {
+		msgBlock, err := flow.readMsgBlock()
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}

-	block := appmessage.MsgBlockToDomainBlock(msgBlock)
-	blockHash := consensushashing.BlockHash(block)
-	if !blockHash.Equal(requestHash) {
-		return nil, false, protocolerrors.Errorf(true, "got unrequested block %s", blockHash)
-	}
+		block := appmessage.MsgBlockToDomainBlock(msgBlock)
+		blockHash := consensusserialization.BlockHash(block)

-	return block, false, nil
+		if _, ok := pendingBlocks[*blockHash]; !ok {
+			return protocolerrors.Errorf(true, "got unrequested block %s", blockHash)
+		}
+
+		err = flow.processAndRelayBlock(requestQueue, block)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		delete(pendingBlocks, *blockHash)
+		flow.SharedRequestedBlocks().remove(blockHash)
+	}
+	return 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) {
+func (flow *handleRelayInvsFlow) readMsgBlock() (
+	msgBlock *appmessage.MsgBlock, err error) {
+
 	for {
 		message, err := flow.incomingRoute.DequeueWithTimeout(common.DefaultTimeout)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -226,104 +200,63 @@ func (flow *handleRelayInvsFlow) readMsgBlock() (msgBlock *appmessage.MsgBlock,
 	}
 }

-func (flow *handleRelayInvsFlow) processBlock(block *externalapi.DomainBlock) ([]*externalapi.DomainHash, *externalapi.BlockInsertionResult, error) {
-	blockHash := consensushashing.BlockHash(block)
-	blockInsertionResult, err := flow.Domain().Consensus().ValidateAndInsertBlock(block)
+func (flow *handleRelayInvsFlow) processAndRelayBlock(requestQueue *hashesQueueSet, block *externalapi.DomainBlock) error {
+	blockHash := consensusserialization.BlockHash(block)
+	err := flow.Domain().Consensus().ValidateAndInsertBlock(block)
 	if err != nil {
 		if !errors.As(err, &ruleerrors.RuleError{}) {
-			return nil, nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to process block %s", blockHash)
+			return errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to process block %s", blockHash)
 		}

 		missingParentsError := &ruleerrors.ErrMissingParents{}
 		if errors.As(err, missingParentsError) {
-			return missingParentsError.MissingParentHashes, nil, nil
+			blueScore, err := blocks.ExtractBlueScore(block)
+			if err != nil {
+				return protocolerrors.Errorf(true, "received an orphan "+
+					"block %s with malformed blue score", blockHash)
+			}
+
+			const maxOrphanBlueScoreDiff = 10000
+			virtualSelectedParent, err := flow.Domain().Consensus().GetVirtualSelectedParent()
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			selectedTipBlueScore, err := blocks.ExtractBlueScore(virtualSelectedParent)
+			if blueScore > selectedTipBlueScore+maxOrphanBlueScoreDiff {
+				log.Infof("Orphan block %s has blue score %d and the selected tip blue score is "+
+					"%d. Ignoring orphans with a blue score difference from the selected tip greater than %d",
+					blockHash, blueScore, selectedTipBlueScore, maxOrphanBlueScoreDiff)
+				return nil
+			}
+
+			// Request the parents for the orphan block from the peer that sent it.
+			for _, missingAncestor := range missingParentsError.MissingParentHashes {
+				requestQueue.enqueueIfNotExists(missingAncestor)
+			}
+			return 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, blockInsertionResult, nil
-}
+		log.Infof("Rejected block %s from %s: %s", blockHash, flow.peer, err)

-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, missingParents []*externalapi.DomainHash) 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
+		return protocolerrors.Wrapf(true, err, "got invalid block %s from relay", blockHash)
 	}

-	// Add the block to the orphan set if it's within orphan resolution range
-	isBlockInOrphanResolutionRange, err := flow.isBlockInOrphanResolutionRange(blockHash)
+	err = blocklogger.LogBlock(block)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	if isBlockInOrphanResolutionRange {
-		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)
-	return flow.runIBDIfNotRunning(blockHash)
-}
-
-// 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) {
-	lowHash := flow.Config().ActiveNetParams.GenesisHash
-	err := flow.sendGetBlockLocator(lowHash, 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)
+	err = flow.Broadcast(appmessage.NewMsgInvBlock(blockHash))
 	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)
+	err = flow.StartIBDIfRequired()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	err = flow.OnNewBlock(block)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
 	}

-	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
 }
--- a/app/protocol/flows/blockrelay/handle_request_headers.go
+++ b/app/protocol/flows/blockrelay/handle_request_headers.go
@@ -1,104 +0,0 @@
-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
-
-// RequestIBDBlocksContext is the interface for the context needed for the HandleRequestHeaders flow.
-type RequestIBDBlocksContext interface {
-	Domain() domain.Domain
-}
-
-type handleRequestHeadersFlow struct {
-	RequestIBDBlocksContext
-	incomingRoute, outgoingRoute *router.Route
-	peer                         *peer.Peer
-}
-
-// HandleRequestHeaders handles RequestHeaders messages
-func HandleRequestHeaders(context RequestIBDBlocksContext, incomingRoute *router.Route,
-	outgoingRoute *router.Route, peer *peer.Peer) error {
-
-	flow := &handleRequestHeadersFlow{
-		RequestIBDBlocksContext: 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
-			const maxBlueScoreDifference = 1 << 10
-			blockHashes, err := flow.Domain().Consensus().GetHashesBetween(lowHash, highHash, maxBlueScoreDifference)
-			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
-}
--- a/app/protocol/flows/blockrelay/handle_request_pruning_point_utxo_set_and_block.go
+++ b/app/protocol/flows/blockrelay/handle_request_pruning_point_utxo_set_and_block.go
@@ -1,144 +0,0 @@
-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"
-)
-
-// HandleRequestPruningPointUTXOSetAndBlockContext is the interface for the context needed for the HandleRequestPruningPointUTXOSetAndBlock flow.
-type HandleRequestPruningPointUTXOSetAndBlockContext interface {
-	Domain() domain.Domain
-}
-
-type handleRequestPruningPointUTXOSetAndBlockFlow struct {
-	HandleRequestPruningPointUTXOSetAndBlockContext
-	incomingRoute, outgoingRoute *router.Route
-}
-
-// HandleRequestPruningPointUTXOSetAndBlock listens to appmessage.MsgRequestPruningPointUTXOSetAndBlock messages and sends
-// the pruning point UTXO set and block body.
-func HandleRequestPruningPointUTXOSetAndBlock(context HandleRequestPruningPointUTXOSetAndBlockContext, incomingRoute,
-	outgoingRoute *router.Route) error {
-	flow := &handleRequestPruningPointUTXOSetAndBlockFlow{
-		HandleRequestPruningPointUTXOSetAndBlockContext: context,
-		incomingRoute: incomingRoute,
-		outgoingRoute: outgoingRoute,
-	}
-
-	return flow.start()
-}
-
-func (flow *handleRequestPruningPointUTXOSetAndBlockFlow) start() error {
-	for {
-		msgRequestPruningPointUTXOSetAndBlock, err := flow.waitForRequestPruningPointUTXOSetAndBlockMessages()
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-
-		err = flow.handleRequestPruningPointUTXOSetAndBlockMessage(msgRequestPruningPointUTXOSetAndBlock)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-func (flow *handleRequestPruningPointUTXOSetAndBlockFlow) handleRequestPruningPointUTXOSetAndBlockMessage(
-	msgRequestPruningPointUTXOSetAndBlock *appmessage.MsgRequestPruningPointUTXOSetAndBlock) error {
-
-	onEnd := logger.LogAndMeasureExecutionTime(log, "handleRequestPruningPointUTXOSetAndBlockFlow")
-	defer onEnd()
-
-	log.Debugf("Got request for PruningPointHash UTXOSet and Block")
-
-	err := flow.sendPruningPointBlock(msgRequestPruningPointUTXOSetAndBlock)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	return flow.sendPruningPointUTXOSet(msgRequestPruningPointUTXOSetAndBlock)
-}
-
-func (flow *handleRequestPruningPointUTXOSetAndBlockFlow) waitForRequestPruningPointUTXOSetAndBlockMessages() (
-	*appmessage.MsgRequestPruningPointUTXOSetAndBlock, error) {
-
-	message, err := flow.incomingRoute.Dequeue()
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	msgRequestPruningPointUTXOSetAndBlock, ok := message.(*appmessage.MsgRequestPruningPointUTXOSetAndBlock)
-	if !ok {
-		return nil, protocolerrors.Errorf(true, "received unexpected message type. "+
-			"expected: %s, got: %s", appmessage.CmdRequestPruningPointUTXOSetAndBlock, message.Command())
-	}
-	return msgRequestPruningPointUTXOSetAndBlock, nil
-}
-
-func (flow *handleRequestPruningPointUTXOSetAndBlockFlow) sendPruningPointBlock(
-	msgRequestPruningPointUTXOSetAndBlock *appmessage.MsgRequestPruningPointUTXOSetAndBlock) error {
-
-	block, err := flow.Domain().Consensus().GetBlock(msgRequestPruningPointUTXOSetAndBlock.PruningPointHash)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	log.Debugf("Retrieved pruning block %s", msgRequestPruningPointUTXOSetAndBlock.PruningPointHash)
-
-	return flow.outgoingRoute.Enqueue(appmessage.NewMsgIBDBlock(appmessage.DomainBlockToMsgBlock(block)))
-}
-
-func (flow *handleRequestPruningPointUTXOSetAndBlockFlow) sendPruningPointUTXOSet(
-	msgRequestPruningPointUTXOSetAndBlock *appmessage.MsgRequestPruningPointUTXOSetAndBlock) 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(
-			msgRequestPruningPointUTXOSetAndBlock.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), msgRequestPruningPointUTXOSetAndBlock.PruningPointHash)
-
-		outpointAndUTXOEntryPairs :=
-			appmessage.DomainOutpointAndUTXOEntryPairsToOutpointAndUTXOEntryPairs(pruningPointUTXOs)
-		err = flow.outgoingRoute.Enqueue(appmessage.NewMsgPruningPointUTXOSetChunk(outpointAndUTXOEntryPairs))
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-
-		if len(pruningPointUTXOs) < step {
-			log.Debugf("Finished sending UTXOs for pruning block %s",
-				msgRequestPruningPointUTXOSetAndBlock.PruningPointHash)
-
-			return flow.outgoingRoute.Enqueue(appmessage.NewMsgDonePruningPointUTXOSetChunks())
-		}
-
-		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 {
-				return protocolerrors.Errorf(true, "received unexpected message type. "+
-					"expected: %s, got: %s", appmessage.CmdRequestNextPruningPointUTXOSetChunk, message.Command())
-			}
-		}
-	}
-}
--- a/app/protocol/flows/blockrelay/hashes_queue_set.go
+++ b/app/protocol/flows/blockrelay/hashes_queue_set.go
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+package blockrelay
+
+import (
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain/consensus/model/externalapi"
+)
+
+type hashesQueueSet struct {
+	queue []*externalapi.DomainHash
+	set   map[externalapi.DomainHash]struct{}
+}
+
+func (r *hashesQueueSet) enqueueIfNotExists(hash *externalapi.DomainHash) {
+	if _, ok := r.set[*hash]; ok {
+		return
+	}
+	r.queue = append(r.queue, hash)
+	r.set[*hash] = struct{}{}
+}
+
+func (r *hashesQueueSet) dequeue(numItems int) []*externalapi.DomainHash {
+	var hashes []*externalapi.DomainHash
+	hashes, r.queue = r.queue[:numItems], r.queue[numItems:]
+	for _, hash := range hashes {
+		delete(r.set, *hash)
+	}
+	return hashes
+}
+
+func (r *hashesQueueSet) len() int {
+	return len(r.queue)
+}
+
+func newHashesQueueSet() *hashesQueueSet {
+	return &hashesQueueSet{
+		set: make(map[externalapi.DomainHash]struct{}),
+	}
+}
--- a/app/protocol/flows/blockrelay/ibd.go
+++ b/app/protocol/flows/blockrelay/ibd.go
@@ -1,577 +0,0 @@
-package blockrelay
-
-import (
-	"fmt"
-	"time"
-
-	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/infrastructure/logger"
-
-	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain/consensus/model"
-
-	"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"
-)
-
-func (flow *handleRelayInvsFlow) runIBDIfNotRunning(highHash *externalapi.DomainHash) error {
-	wasIBDNotRunning := flow.TrySetIBDRunning(flow.peer)
-	if !wasIBDNotRunning {
-		log.Debugf("IBD is already running")
-		return nil
-	}
-	defer flow.UnsetIBDRunning()
-
-	log.Debugf("IBD started with peer %s and highHash %s", flow.peer, highHash)
-
-	log.Debugf("Syncing headers up to %s", highHash)
-	headersSynced, err := flow.syncHeaders(highHash)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	if !headersSynced {
-		log.Debugf("Aborting IBD because the headers failed to sync")
-		return nil
-	}
-	log.Debugf("Finished syncing headers up to %s", highHash)
-
-	log.Debugf("Syncing the current pruning point UTXO set")
-	syncedPruningPointUTXOSetSuccessfully, err := flow.syncPruningPointUTXOSet()
-	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")
-
-	log.Debugf("Downloading block bodies up to %s", highHash)
-	err = flow.syncMissingBlockBodies(highHash)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	log.Debugf("Finished downloading block bodies up to %s", highHash)
-
-	return nil
-}
-
-// syncHeaders attempts to sync headers from the peer. This method may fail
-// because the peer and us have conflicting pruning points. In that case we
-// return (false, nil) so that we may stop IBD gracefully.
-func (flow *handleRelayInvsFlow) syncHeaders(highHash *externalapi.DomainHash) (bool, error) {
-	log.Debugf("Trying to find highest shared chain block with peer %s with high hash %s", flow.peer, highHash)
-	highestSharedBlockHash, highestSharedBlockFound, err := flow.findHighestSharedBlockHash(highHash)
-	if err != nil {
-		return false, err
-	}
-	if !highestSharedBlockFound {
-		return false, nil
-	}
-	log.Debugf("Found highest shared chain block %s with peer %s", highestSharedBlockHash, flow.peer)
-
-	err = flow.downloadHeaders(highestSharedBlockHash, highHash)
-	if err != nil {
-		return false, err
-	}
-
-	// If the highHash has not been received, the peer is misbehaving
-	highHashBlockInfo, err := flow.Domain().Consensus().GetBlockInfo(highHash)
-	if err != nil {
-		return false, err
-	}
-	if !highHashBlockInfo.Exists {
-		return false, protocolerrors.Errorf(true, "did not receive "+
-			"highHash header %s from peer %s during header download", highHash, flow.peer)
-	}
-	log.Debugf("Headers downloaded from peer %s", flow.peer)
-	return true, nil
-}
-
-// findHighestSharedBlock attempts to find the highest shared block between the peer
-// and this node. This method may fail because the peer and us have conflicting pruning
-// points. In that case we return (nil, false, nil) so that we may stop IBD gracefully.
-func (flow *handleRelayInvsFlow) findHighestSharedBlockHash(
-	targetHash *externalapi.DomainHash) (*externalapi.DomainHash, bool, error) {
-
-	log.Debugf("Sending a blockLocator to %s between pruning point and headers selected tip", flow.peer)
-	blockLocator, err := flow.Domain().Consensus().CreateFullHeadersSelectedChainBlockLocator()
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, false, err
-	}
-
-	for {
-		highestHash, highestHashFound, err := flow.fetchHighestHash(targetHash, blockLocator)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, false, err
-		}
-		if !highestHashFound {
-			return nil, false, nil
-		}
-		highestHashIndex, err := flow.findHighestHashIndex(highestHash, blockLocator)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, false, err
-		}
-
-		if highestHashIndex == 0 ||
-			// If the block locator contains only two adjacent chain blocks, the
-			// syncer will always find the same highest chain block, so to avoid
-			// an endless loop, we explicitly stop the loop in such situation.
-			(len(blockLocator) == 2 && highestHashIndex == 1) {
-
-			return highestHash, true, nil
-		}
-
-		locatorHashAboveHighestHash := highestHash
-		if highestHashIndex > 0 {
-			locatorHashAboveHighestHash = blockLocator[highestHashIndex-1]
-		}
-
-		blockLocator, err = flow.nextBlockLocator(highestHash, locatorHashAboveHighestHash)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, false, err
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-func (flow *handleRelayInvsFlow) nextBlockLocator(lowHash, highHash *externalapi.DomainHash) (externalapi.BlockLocator, error) {
-	log.Debugf("Sending a blockLocator to %s between %s and %s", flow.peer, lowHash, highHash)
-	blockLocator, err := flow.Domain().Consensus().CreateHeadersSelectedChainBlockLocator(lowHash, highHash)
-	if err != nil {
-		if errors.Is(model.ErrBlockNotInSelectedParentChain, err) {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-		log.Debugf("Headers selected parent chain moved since findHighestSharedBlockHash - " +
-			"restarting with full block locator")
-		blockLocator, err = flow.Domain().Consensus().CreateFullHeadersSelectedChainBlockLocator()
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-	}
-
-	return blockLocator, nil
-}
-
-func (flow *handleRelayInvsFlow) findHighestHashIndex(
-	highestHash *externalapi.DomainHash, blockLocator externalapi.BlockLocator) (int, error) {
-
-	highestHashIndex := 0
-	highestHashIndexFound := false
-	for i, blockLocatorHash := range blockLocator {
-		if highestHash.Equal(blockLocatorHash) {
-			highestHashIndex = i
-			highestHashIndexFound = true
-			break
-		}
-	}
-	if !highestHashIndexFound {
-		return 0, protocolerrors.Errorf(true, "highest hash %s "+
-			"returned from peer %s is not in the original blockLocator", highestHash, flow.peer)
-	}
-	log.Debugf("The index of the highest hash in the original "+
-		"blockLocator sent to %s is %d", flow.peer, highestHashIndex)
-
-	return highestHashIndex, nil
-}
-
-// fetchHighestHash attempts to fetch the highest hash the peer knows amongst the given
-// blockLocator. This method may fail because the peer and us have conflicting pruning
-// points. In that case we return (nil, false, nil) so that we may stop IBD gracefully.
-func (flow *handleRelayInvsFlow) fetchHighestHash(
-	targetHash *externalapi.DomainHash, blockLocator externalapi.BlockLocator) (*externalapi.DomainHash, bool, error) {
-
-	ibdBlockLocatorMessage := appmessage.NewMsgIBDBlockLocator(targetHash, blockLocator)
-	err := flow.outgoingRoute.Enqueue(ibdBlockLocatorMessage)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, false, err
-	}
-	message, err := flow.dequeueIncomingMessageAndSkipInvs(common.DefaultTimeout)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, false, err
-	}
-	switch message := message.(type) {
-	case *appmessage.MsgIBDBlockLocatorHighestHash:
-		highestHash := message.HighestHash
-		log.Debugf("The highest hash the peer %s knows is %s", flow.peer, highestHash)
-
-		return highestHash, true, nil
-	case *appmessage.MsgIBDBlockLocatorHighestHashNotFound:
-		log.Debugf("Peer %s does not know any block within our blockLocator. "+
-			"This should only happen if there's a DAG split deeper than the pruning point.", flow.peer)
-		return nil, false, nil
-	default:
-		return nil, false, protocolerrors.Errorf(true, "received unexpected message type. "+
-			"expected: %s, got: %s", appmessage.CmdIBDBlockLocatorHighestHash, message.Command())
-	}
-}
-
-func (flow *handleRelayInvsFlow) downloadHeaders(highestSharedBlockHash *externalapi.DomainHash,
-	highHash *externalapi.DomainHash) error {
-
-	err := flow.sendRequestHeaders(highestSharedBlockHash, highHash)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	// 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-downloadHeaders", 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 blockHeadersMessage, ok := <-blockHeadersMessageChan:
-			if !ok {
-				return nil
-			}
-			for _, header := range blockHeadersMessage.BlockHeaders {
-				err = flow.processHeader(header)
-				if err != nil {
-					return err
-				}
-			}
-		case err := <-errChan:
-			return err
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-func (flow *handleRelayInvsFlow) sendRequestHeaders(highestSharedBlockHash *externalapi.DomainHash,
-	peerSelectedTipHash *externalapi.DomainHash) error {
-
-	msgGetBlockInvs := appmessage.NewMsgRequstHeaders(highestSharedBlockHash, peerSelectedTipHash)
-	return flow.outgoingRoute.Enqueue(msgGetBlockInvs)
-}
-
-func (flow *handleRelayInvsFlow) receiveHeaders() (msgIBDBlock *appmessage.BlockHeadersMessage, doneIBD bool, err error) {
-	message, err := flow.dequeueIncomingMessageAndSkipInvs(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.CmdHeader, appmessage.CmdDoneHeaders, message.Command())
-	}
-}
-
-func (flow *handleRelayInvsFlow) processHeader(msgBlockHeader *appmessage.MsgBlockHeader) error {
-	header := appmessage.BlockHeaderToDomainBlockHeader(msgBlockHeader)
-	block := &externalapi.DomainBlock{
-		Header:       header,
-		Transactions: nil,
-	}
-
-	blockHash := consensushashing.BlockHash(block)
-	blockInfo, err := flow.Domain().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 = flow.Domain().Consensus().ValidateAndInsertBlock(block)
-	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 *handleRelayInvsFlow) syncPruningPointUTXOSet() (bool, error) {
-	log.Debugf("Checking if a new pruning point is available")
-	err := flow.outgoingRoute.Enqueue(appmessage.NewMsgRequestPruningPointHashMessage())
-	if err != nil {
-		return false, err
-	}
-	message, err := flow.dequeueIncomingMessageAndSkipInvs(common.DefaultTimeout)
-	if err != nil {
-		return false, err
-	}
-	msgPruningPointHash, ok := message.(*appmessage.MsgPruningPointHashMessage)
-	if !ok {
-		return false, protocolerrors.Errorf(true, "received unexpected message type. "+
-			"expected: %s, got: %s", appmessage.CmdPruningPointHash, message.Command())
-	}
-
-	blockInfo, err := flow.Domain().Consensus().GetBlockInfo(msgPruningPointHash.Hash)
-	if err != nil {
-		return false, err
-	}
-
-	if !blockInfo.Exists {
-		return false, errors.Errorf("The pruning point header is missing")
-	}
-
-	if blockInfo.BlockStatus != externalapi.StatusHeaderOnly {
-		log.Debugf("Already has the block data of the new suggested pruning point %s", msgPruningPointHash.Hash)
-		return true, nil
-	}
-
-	log.Infof("Checking if the suggested pruning point %s is compatible to the node DAG", msgPruningPointHash.Hash)
-	isValid, err := flow.Domain().Consensus().IsValidPruningPoint(msgPruningPointHash.Hash)
-	if err != nil {
-		return false, err
-	}
-
-	if !isValid {
-		log.Infof("The suggested pruning point %s is incompatible to this node DAG, so stopping IBD with this"+
-			" peer", msgPruningPointHash.Hash)
-		return false, nil
-	}
-
-	log.Info("Fetching the pruning point UTXO set")
-	succeed, err := flow.fetchMissingUTXOSet(msgPruningPointHash.Hash)
-	if err != nil {
-		return false, err
-	}
-
-	if !succeed {
-		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 *handleRelayInvsFlow) fetchMissingUTXOSet(pruningPointHash *externalapi.DomainHash) (succeed bool, err error) {
-	defer func() {
-		err := flow.Domain().Consensus().ClearImportedPruningPointData()
-		if err != nil {
-			panic(fmt.Sprintf("failed to clear imported pruning point data: %s", err))
-		}
-	}()
-
-	err = flow.outgoingRoute.Enqueue(appmessage.NewMsgRequestPruningPointUTXOSetAndBlock(pruningPointHash))
-	if err != nil {
-		return false, err
-	}
-
-	block, err := flow.receivePruningPointBlock()
-	if err != nil {
-		return false, err
-	}
-
-	receivedAll, err := flow.receiveAndInsertPruningPointUTXOSet(pruningPointHash)
-	if err != nil {
-		return false, err
-	}
-	if !receivedAll {
-		return false, nil
-	}
-
-	err = flow.Domain().Consensus().ValidateAndInsertImportedPruningPoint(block)
-	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")
-	}
-
-	err = flow.OnPruningPointUTXOSetOverride()
-	if err != nil {
-		return false, err
-	}
-
-	return true, nil
-}
-
-func (flow *handleRelayInvsFlow) receivePruningPointBlock() (*externalapi.DomainBlock, error) {
-	onEnd := logger.LogAndMeasureExecutionTime(log, "receivePruningPointBlock")
-	defer onEnd()
-
-	message, err := flow.dequeueIncomingMessageAndSkipInvs(common.DefaultTimeout)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	ibdBlockMessage, ok := message.(*appmessage.MsgIBDBlock)
-	if !ok {
-		return nil, protocolerrors.Errorf(true, "received unexpected message type. "+
-			"expected: %s, got: %s", appmessage.CmdIBDBlock, message.Command())
-	}
-	block := appmessage.MsgBlockToDomainBlock(ibdBlockMessage.MsgBlock)
-
-	log.Debugf("Received pruning point block %s", consensushashing.BlockHash(block))
-
-	return block, nil
-}
-
-func (flow *handleRelayInvsFlow) receiveAndInsertPruningPointUTXOSet(
-	pruningPointHash *externalapi.DomainHash) (bool, error) {
-
-	onEnd := logger.LogAndMeasureExecutionTime(log, "receiveAndInsertPruningPointUTXOSet")
-	defer onEnd()
-
-	receivedChunkCount := 0
-	receivedUTXOCount := 0
-	for {
-		message, err := flow.dequeueIncomingMessageAndSkipInvs(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 := flow.Domain().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 *handleRelayInvsFlow) 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
-	}
-
-	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.dequeueIncomingMessageAndSkipInvs(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
-			}
-
-			blockInsertionResult, err := flow.Domain().Consensus().ValidateAndInsertBlock(block)
-			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, blockInsertionResult)
-			if err != nil {
-				return err
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
-	return nil
-}
-
-// dequeueIncomingMessageAndSkipInvs is a convenience method to be used during
-// IBD. Inv messages are expected to arrive at any given moment, but should be
-// ignored while we're in IBD
-func (flow *handleRelayInvsFlow) dequeueIncomingMessageAndSkipInvs(timeout time.Duration) (appmessage.Message, error) {
-	for {
-		message, err := flow.incomingRoute.DequeueWithTimeout(timeout)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-		if _, ok := message.(*appmessage.MsgInvRelayBlock); !ok {
-			return message, nil
-		}
-	}
-}
--- a/app/protocol/flows/blockrelay/log.go
+++ b/app/protocol/flows/blockrelay/log.go
@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@ import (
 	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/util/panics"
 )

-var log = logger.RegisterSubSystem("PROT")
+var log, _ = logger.Get(logger.SubsystemTags.PROT)
 var spawn = panics.GoroutineWrapperFunc(log)
--- a/Show More
+++ b/Show More