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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+# Copyright (c) 2015-2016 The Bitcoin Core developers
+# Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
+# file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
+
+from test_framework.mininode import *
+from test_framework.test_framework import BitcoinTestFramework
+from test_framework.util import *
+import time
+
+class TestNode(NodeConnCB):
+    def __init__(self):
+        NodeConnCB.__init__(self)
+        self.connection = None
+        self.ping_counter = 1
+        self.last_pong = msg_pong()
+        self.block_receive_map = {}
+
+    def add_connection(self, conn):
+        self.connection = conn
+        self.peer_disconnected = False
+
+    def on_inv(self, conn, message):
+        pass
+
+    # Track the last getdata message we receive (used in the test)
+    def on_getdata(self, conn, message):
+        self.last_getdata = message
+
+    def on_block(self, conn, message):
+        message.block.calc_sha256()
+        try:
+            self.block_receive_map[message.block.sha256] += 1
+        except KeyError as e:
+            self.block_receive_map[message.block.sha256] = 1
+
+    # Spin until verack message is received from the node.
+    # We use this to signal that our test can begin. This
+    # is called from the testing thread, so it needs to acquire
+    # the global lock.
+    def wait_for_verack(self):
+        def veracked():
+            return self.verack_received
+        return wait_until(veracked, timeout=10)
+
+    def wait_for_disconnect(self):
+        def disconnected():
+            return self.peer_disconnected
+        return wait_until(disconnected, timeout=10)
+
+    # Wrapper for the NodeConn's send_message function
+    def send_message(self, message):
+        self.connection.send_message(message)
+
+    def on_pong(self, conn, message):
+        self.last_pong = message
+
+    def on_close(self, conn):
+        self.peer_disconnected = True
+
+    # Sync up with the node after delivery of a block
+    def sync_with_ping(self, timeout=30):
+        def received_pong():
+            return (self.last_pong.nonce == self.ping_counter)
+        self.connection.send_message(msg_ping(nonce=self.ping_counter))
+        success = wait_until(received_pong, timeout)
+        self.ping_counter += 1
+        return success
+
+    def send_mempool(self):
+        self.lastInv = []
+        self.send_message(msg_mempool())
+
+class P2PMempoolTests(BitcoinTestFramework):
+    def setup_chain(self):
+        initialize_chain_clean(self.options.tmpdir, 2)
+
+    def setup_network(self):
+        # Start a node with maxuploadtarget of 200 MB (/24h)
+        self.nodes = []
+        self.nodes.append(start_node(0, self.options.tmpdir, ["-debug", "-peerbloomfilters=0"]))
+
+    def run_test(self):
+        #connect a mininode
+        aTestNode = TestNode()
+        node = NodeConn('127.0.0.1', p2p_port(0), self.nodes[0], aTestNode)
+        aTestNode.add_connection(node)
+        NetworkThread().start()
+        aTestNode.wait_for_verack()
+
+        #request mempool
+        aTestNode.send_mempool()
+        aTestNode.wait_for_disconnect()
+
+        #mininode must be disconnected at this point
+        assert_equal(len(self.nodes[0].getpeerinfo()), 0)
+    
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    P2PMempoolTests().main()