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Informational 15 Bitcoin

p2p: add version message encoder/decoder

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Authored by yancy

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p2p: add version message encoder/decoder

* `VersionMessage` is a composition of 9 decoders, however, there is no
such `Decoder9`. Instead of creating a `Decoder9`, combine the first 3
decoders using a `Decoder3` and then the last 6 using a `Decoder6`.

* Replace `deserialize` in test with `decode_from_slice` since push based
encoding is planned to replace the current serialization provided by
`bitcoin::consensus::encode`.

* In the test cases, replace `serialize` with `encoding::encode_to_vec`
since the push encoding here is planned to replace the existing
`serialize` implementation.
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The short version

What changed, and why it matters

This commit adds a new way to encode and decode Bitcoin peer-to-peer 'version' messages in the rust-bitcoin library. It is a routine refactoring and feature addition: it introduces a new encoder/decoder implementation and updates one test to use the new code. There is no indication of a security bug being fixed.

Recommended action

No security action required. Review as normal code-quality/functional change.

Security signals we found

No strong security signals were identified.

Risk score

Why this scored 15/100

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Potential impact 0/30
Exploitability 0/25
Stealth signal 0/15
Affected reach 0/15
Confidence 10/10
Evidence quality 5/5
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