In the functional tests there are lots of cases where we assert != which
this new util will replace, we also are adding the imports and the new assertion
The "connect to ourself" detection logic has been first introduced
by Satoshi in October 2009, together with a couple of other changes
and a version bump to "v0.1.6 BETA" (see commit
cc0b4c3b62).
If we reuse the same port when disconnecting and establishing connections
again, we might hit this scenario:
- disconnection is done on python side for P2PConnection
- disconnection is not complete on c++ side for TestNode
- we're trying to establish a new connection on same port again
Prevent this scenario from happening by ensuring disconnection on c++
side for TestNode as well.
The test requires that limited nodes are not peered with when
the node's system time exceeds ~ 24h of the node's chaintip
timestamp, as per PeerManagerImpl::GetDesirableServiceFlags.
By patching this test to modify the timestamp of the chaintip as
opposed to mocking the node's system time, we make it resilient
to future commits where the node raises a warning if it detects
its system time is too much out of sync with its outbound peers.
See https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/29623
