diff --git a/qa/rpc-tests/test_framework/mininode.py b/qa/rpc-tests/test_framework/mininode.py
index 67aaab698e..caffab3535 100755
--- a/qa/rpc-tests/test_framework/mininode.py
+++ b/qa/rpc-tests/test_framework/mininode.py
@@ -36,9 +36,10 @@ from threading import RLock
 from threading import Thread
 import logging
 import copy
+from test_framework.siphash import siphash256
 
 BIP0031_VERSION = 60000
-MY_VERSION = 60001  # past bip-31 for ping/pong
+MY_VERSION = 70014  # past bip-31 for ping/pong
 MY_SUBVERSION = b"/python-mininode-tester:0.0.3/"
 
 MAX_INV_SZ = 50000
@@ -52,7 +53,7 @@ NODE_BLOOM = (1 << 2)
 NODE_WITNESS = (1 << 3)
 
 # Keep our own socket map for asyncore, so that we can track disconnects
-# ourselves (to workaround an issue with closing an asyncore socket when 
+# ourselves (to workaround an issue with closing an asyncore socket when
 # using select)
 mininode_socket_map = dict()
 
@@ -247,7 +248,8 @@ class CInv(object):
         1: "TX",
         2: "Block",
         1|MSG_WITNESS_FLAG: "WitnessTx",
-        2|MSG_WITNESS_FLAG : "WitnessBlock"
+        2|MSG_WITNESS_FLAG : "WitnessBlock",
+        4: "CompactBlock"
     }
 
     def __init__(self, t=0, h=0):
@@ -734,6 +736,187 @@ class CAlert(object):
             % (len(self.vchMsg), len(self.vchSig))
 
 
+class PrefilledTransaction(object):
+    def __init__(self, index=0, tx = None):
+        self.index = index
+        self.tx = tx
+
+    def deserialize(self, f):
+        self.index = deser_compact_size(f)
+        self.tx = CTransaction()
+        self.tx.deserialize(f)
+
+    def serialize(self, with_witness=False):
+        r = b""
+        r += ser_compact_size(self.index)
+        if with_witness:
+            r += self.tx.serialize_with_witness()
+        else:
+            r += self.tx.serialize_without_witness()
+        return r
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return "PrefilledTransaction(index=%d, tx=%s)" % (self.index, repr(self.tx))
+
+# This is what we send on the wire, in a cmpctblock message.
+class P2PHeaderAndShortIDs(object):
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.header = CBlockHeader()
+        self.nonce = 0
+        self.shortids_length = 0
+        self.shortids = []
+        self.prefilled_txn_length = 0
+        self.prefilled_txn = []
+
+    def deserialize(self, f):
+        self.header.deserialize(f)
+        self.nonce = struct.unpack("<Q", f.read(8))[0]
+        self.shortids_length = deser_compact_size(f)
+        for i in range(self.shortids_length):
+            # shortids are defined to be 6 bytes in the spec, so append
+            # two zero bytes and read it in as an 8-byte number
+            self.shortids.append(struct.unpack("<Q", f.read(6) + b'\x00\x00')[0])
+        self.prefilled_txn = deser_vector(f, PrefilledTransaction)
+        self.prefilled_txn_length = len(self.prefilled_txn)
+
+    def serialize(self, with_witness=False):
+        r = b""
+        r += self.header.serialize()
+        r += struct.pack("<Q", self.nonce)
+        r += ser_compact_size(self.shortids_length)
+        for x in self.shortids:
+            # We only want the first 6 bytes
+            r += struct.pack("<Q", x)[0:6]
+        r += ser_vector(self.prefilled_txn)
+        return r
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return "P2PHeaderAndShortIDs(header=%s, nonce=%d, shortids_length=%d, shortids=%s, prefilled_txn_length=%d, prefilledtxn=%s" % (repr(self.header), self.nonce, self.shortids_length, repr(self.shortids), self.prefilled_txn_length, repr(self.prefilled_txn))
+
+
+# Calculate the BIP 152-compact blocks shortid for a given transaction hash
+def calculate_shortid(k0, k1, tx_hash):
+    expected_shortid = siphash256(k0, k1, tx_hash)
+    expected_shortid &= 0x0000ffffffffffff
+    return expected_shortid
+
+# This version gets rid of the array lengths, and reinterprets the differential
+# encoding into indices that can be used for lookup.
+class HeaderAndShortIDs(object):
+    def __init__(self, p2pheaders_and_shortids = None):
+        self.header = CBlockHeader()
+        self.nonce = 0
+        self.shortids = []
+        self.prefilled_txn = []
+
+        if p2pheaders_and_shortids != None:
+            self.header = p2pheaders_and_shortids.header
+            self.nonce = p2pheaders_and_shortids.nonce
+            self.shortids = p2pheaders_and_shortids.shortids
+            last_index = -1
+            for x in p2pheaders_and_shortids.prefilled_txn:
+                self.prefilled_txn.append(PrefilledTransaction(x.index + last_index + 1, x.tx))
+                last_index = self.prefilled_txn[-1].index
+
+    def to_p2p(self):
+        ret = P2PHeaderAndShortIDs()
+        ret.header = self.header
+        ret.nonce = self.nonce
+        ret.shortids_length = len(self.shortids)
+        ret.shortids = self.shortids
+        ret.prefilled_txn_length = len(self.prefilled_txn)
+        ret.prefilled_txn = []
+        last_index = -1
+        for x in self.prefilled_txn:
+            ret.prefilled_txn.append(PrefilledTransaction(x.index - last_index - 1, x.tx))
+            last_index = x.index
+        return ret
+
+    def get_siphash_keys(self):
+        header_nonce = self.header.serialize()
+        header_nonce += struct.pack("<Q", self.nonce)
+        hash_header_nonce_as_str = sha256(header_nonce)
+        key0 = struct.unpack("<Q", hash_header_nonce_as_str[0:8])[0]
+        key1 = struct.unpack("<Q", hash_header_nonce_as_str[8:16])[0]
+        return [ key0, key1 ]
+
+    def initialize_from_block(self, block, nonce=0, prefill_list = [0]):
+        self.header = CBlockHeader(block)
+        self.nonce = nonce
+        self.prefilled_txn = [ PrefilledTransaction(i, block.vtx[i]) for i in prefill_list ]
+        self.shortids = []
+        [k0, k1] = self.get_siphash_keys()
+        for i in range(len(block.vtx)):
+            if i not in prefill_list:
+                self.shortids.append(calculate_shortid(k0, k1, block.vtx[i].sha256))
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return "HeaderAndShortIDs(header=%s, nonce=%d, shortids=%s, prefilledtxn=%s" % (repr(self.header), self.nonce, repr(self.shortids), repr(self.prefilled_txn))
+
+
+class BlockTransactionsRequest(object):
+
+    def __init__(self, blockhash=0, indexes = None):
+        self.blockhash = blockhash
+        self.indexes = indexes if indexes != None else []
+
+    def deserialize(self, f):
+        self.blockhash = deser_uint256(f)
+        indexes_length = deser_compact_size(f)
+        for i in range(indexes_length):
+            self.indexes.append(deser_compact_size(f))
+
+    def serialize(self):
+        r = b""
+        r += ser_uint256(self.blockhash)
+        r += ser_compact_size(len(self.indexes))
+        for x in self.indexes:
+            r += ser_compact_size(x)
+        return r
+
+    # helper to set the differentially encoded indexes from absolute ones
+    def from_absolute(self, absolute_indexes):
+        self.indexes = []
+        last_index = -1
+        for x in absolute_indexes:
+            self.indexes.append(x-last_index-1)
+            last_index = x
+
+    def to_absolute(self):
+        absolute_indexes = []
+        last_index = -1
+        for x in self.indexes:
+            absolute_indexes.append(x+last_index+1)
+            last_index = absolute_indexes[-1]
+        return absolute_indexes
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return "BlockTransactionsRequest(hash=%064x indexes=%s)" % (self.blockhash, repr(self.indexes))
+
+
+class BlockTransactions(object):
+
+    def __init__(self, blockhash=0, transactions = None):
+        self.blockhash = blockhash
+        self.transactions = transactions if transactions != None else []
+
+    def deserialize(self, f):
+        self.blockhash = deser_uint256(f)
+        self.transactions = deser_vector(f, CTransaction)
+
+    def serialize(self, with_witness=False):
+        r = b""
+        r += ser_uint256(self.blockhash)
+        if with_witness:
+            r += ser_vector(self.transactions, "serialize_with_witness")
+        else:
+            r += ser_vector(self.transactions)
+        return r
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return "BlockTransactions(hash=%064x transactions=%s)" % (self.blockhash, repr(self.transactions))
+
+
 # Objects that correspond to messages on the wire
 class msg_version(object):
     command = b"version"
@@ -1168,6 +1351,79 @@ class msg_feefilter(object):
     def __repr__(self):
         return "msg_feefilter(feerate=%08x)" % self.feerate
 
+class msg_sendcmpct(object):
+    command = b"sendcmpct"
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.announce = False
+        self.version = 1
+
+    def deserialize(self, f):
+        self.announce = struct.unpack("<?", f.read(1))[0]
+        self.version = struct.unpack("<Q", f.read(8))[0]
+
+    def serialize(self):
+        r = b""
+        r += struct.pack("<?", self.announce)
+        r += struct.pack("<Q", self.version)
+        return r
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return "msg_sendcmpct(announce=%s, version=%lu)" % (self.announce, self.version)
+
+class msg_cmpctblock(object):
+    command = b"cmpctblock"
+
+    def __init__(self, header_and_shortids = None):
+        self.header_and_shortids = header_and_shortids
+
+    def deserialize(self, f):
+        self.header_and_shortids = P2PHeaderAndShortIDs()
+        self.header_and_shortids.deserialize(f)
+
+    def serialize(self):
+        r = b""
+        r += self.header_and_shortids.serialize()
+        return r
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return "msg_cmpctblock(HeaderAndShortIDs=%s)" % repr(self.header_and_shortids)
+
+class msg_getblocktxn(object):
+    command = b"getblocktxn"
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.block_txn_request = None
+
+    def deserialize(self, f):
+        self.block_txn_request = BlockTransactionsRequest()
+        self.block_txn_request.deserialize(f)
+
+    def serialize(self):
+        r = b""
+        r += self.block_txn_request.serialize()
+        return r
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return "msg_getblocktxn(block_txn_request=%s)" % (repr(self.block_txn_request))
+
+class msg_blocktxn(object):
+    command = b"blocktxn"
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.block_transactions = BlockTransactions()
+
+    def deserialize(self, f):
+        self.block_transactions.deserialize(f)
+
+    def serialize(self):
+        r = b""
+        r += self.block_transactions.serialize()
+        return r
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return "msg_blocktxn(block_transactions=%s)" % (repr(self.block_transactions))
+
 # This is what a callback should look like for NodeConn
 # Reimplement the on_* functions to provide handling for events
 class NodeConnCB(object):
@@ -1248,6 +1504,10 @@ class NodeConnCB(object):
     def on_pong(self, conn, message): pass
     def on_feefilter(self, conn, message): pass
     def on_sendheaders(self, conn, message): pass
+    def on_sendcmpct(self, conn, message): pass
+    def on_cmpctblock(self, conn, message): pass
+    def on_getblocktxn(self, conn, message): pass
+    def on_blocktxn(self, conn, message): pass
 
 # More useful callbacks and functions for NodeConnCB's which have a single NodeConn
 class SingleNodeConnCB(NodeConnCB):
@@ -1264,6 +1524,10 @@ class SingleNodeConnCB(NodeConnCB):
     def send_message(self, message):
         self.connection.send_message(message)
 
+    def send_and_ping(self, message):
+        self.send_message(message)
+        self.sync_with_ping()
+
     def on_pong(self, conn, message):
         self.last_pong = message
 
@@ -1297,7 +1561,11 @@ class NodeConn(asyncore.dispatcher):
         b"reject": msg_reject,
         b"mempool": msg_mempool,
         b"feefilter": msg_feefilter,
-        b"sendheaders": msg_sendheaders
+        b"sendheaders": msg_sendheaders,
+        b"sendcmpct": msg_sendcmpct,
+        b"cmpctblock": msg_cmpctblock,
+        b"getblocktxn": msg_getblocktxn,
+        b"blocktxn": msg_blocktxn
     }
     MAGIC_BYTES = {
         "mainnet": b"\xf9\xbe\xb4\xd9",   # mainnet