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AFS may complete the locktime-branch with all sequence values as Sequence::MAX, making AFS a no-op #70

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There is a clause in the BIP-326 spec that has been excluded in our AFS implementation:

    # Initialize all nsequence to indicate the requested RBF state
    # nsequence can not be 2**32 - 1 in order for nlocktime to take effect
    for input in transaction.inputs:
        if rbf_set:
            input.nsequence = 2**32 - 3
        else:
            input.nsequence = 2**32 - 2

This is bad.

When all input nSequence values are Sequence::MAX, the nLockTime value has no effect (still consensus-valid, but nLockTime is not enforced), essentially making the locktime-branch of AFS a no-op.

Expected behavior

AFS should never complete the locktime-branch with all input sequence values as Sequence::MAX.

Proposed Solution

The claude in BIP-326 is aggressive with setting nSequence values. For us, I think it's better to retain as much user intent as possible. I.e. what if the input needs to satisfy CSV?

I propose only changing nSequence if it is set to Sequence::MAX, and only doing so in the AFS locktime-branch.

I think it's better to have #66 and #65 merged before tackling this issue.

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