Adds sanity checks to make sure pisad and bitcoind are configured in the same way

pisa-btc/pisa/pisad.py

@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ from getopt import getopt
 from conf import SERVER_LOG_FILE
 from threading import Thread
 from pisa.api import start_api
+from pisa.tools import can_connect_to_bitcoind, in_correct_network
+from utils.authproxy import AuthServiceProxy
+from conf import BTC_RPC_USER, BTC_RPC_PASSWD, BTC_RPC_HOST, BTC_RPC_PORT, BTC_NETWORK
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
@@ -19,8 +22,15 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
         logging.StreamHandler()
     ])
 
+    bitcoin_cli = AuthServiceProxy("http://%s:%s@%s:%d" % (BTC_RPC_USER, BTC_RPC_PASSWD, BTC_RPC_HOST,
+                                                           BTC_RPC_PORT))
+
+    if can_connect_to_bitcoind(bitcoin_cli):
+        if in_correct_network(bitcoin_cli, BTC_NETWORK):
             api_thread = Thread(target=start_api, args=[debug, logging])
             api_thread.start()
-
-    # ToDO: Run sanity checks to ensure that bitcoin rpc requests can be run, if the bitcoin.conf is not consistent with
-    #   conf.py the pisa daemon will fail upon performing the first rpc request.
+        else:
+            logging.error("[Pisad] bitcoind is running on a different network, check conf.py and bitcoin.conf. "
+                          "Shutting down")
+    else:
+        logging.error("[Pisad] can't connect to bitcoind. Shutting down")

pisa-btc/pisa/tools.py

@@ -25,3 +25,32 @@ def check_tx_in_chain(bitcoin_cli, tx_id, debug, logging, parent='', tx_label='t
             logging.error("[{}] JSONRPCException. Error code {}".format(parent, e))
 
     return tx_in_chain, confirmations
+
+
+def can_connect_to_bitcoind(bitcoin_cli):
+    can_connect = True
+
+    try:
+        bitcoin_cli.help()
+    except ConnectionRefusedError:
+        can_connect = False
+
+    return can_connect
+
+
+def in_correct_network(bitcoin_cli, network):
+    mainnet_genesis_block_hash = "000000000019d6689c085ae165831e934ff763ae46a2a6c172b3f1b60a8ce26f"
+    testnet3_genesis_block_hash = "000000000933ea01ad0ee984209779baaec3ced90fa3f408719526f8d77f4943"
+    correct_network = False
+
+    genesis_block_hash = bitcoin_cli.getblockhash(0)
+
+    if network == 'mainnet' and genesis_block_hash == mainnet_genesis_block_hash:
+        correct_network = True
+    elif network == 'testnet' and genesis_block_hash == testnet3_genesis_block_hash:
+        correct_network = True
+    elif network == 'regtest' and genesis_block_hash not in [mainnet_genesis_block_hash, testnet3_genesis_block_hash]:
+        correct_network = True
+
+    return correct_network
+

pisa-btc/sample_conf.py

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ BTC_RPC_USER = None
 BTC_RPC_PASSWD = None
 BTC_RPC_HOST = None
 BTC_RPC_PORT = None
+BTC_NETWORK = None
 
 
 # ZMQ
@@ -22,4 +23,3 @@ CLIENT_LOG_FILE = 'pisa.log'
 # CRYPTO
 SUPPORTED_HASH_FUNCTIONS = ["SHA256"]
 SUPPORTED_CIPHERS = ["AES-GCM-128"]
-SALT = "lightningwatcher"