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+# Simple scripts for investigating reconciliation failures.
+# Usage help: python3 scripts/reconciliation_debugging.py --help
+
+import requests
+import argparse
+
+
+def wrap_response(response):
+    if response.status_code != 200:
+        raise ValueError("Request failed: ", response.text)
+    return response.json()
+
+
+def network_req_from_chain_id(chain_id):
+    return {"blockchain": "celo", "network": f"{chain_id}"}
+
+
+def request_account_balance(node_url, network_id, address, block_number):
+    return wrap_response(
+        requests.post(
+            f"{node_url}/account/balance",
+            json={
+                "network_identifier": network_id,
+                "account_identifier": {
+                    "address": address,
+                },
+                "block_identifier": {"index": block_number},
+            },
+        )
+    )
+
+
+def request_block(node_url, network_id, block_number):
+    """
+    Query blockscout API for block_tx
+    """
+    req_json = {
+        "network_identifier": network_id,
+        "block_identifier": {"index": block_number},
+    }
+    return wrap_response(requests.post(f"{node_url}/block", json=req_json))
+
+
+def request_block_tx(node_url, network_id, address, block_number, block_hash, tx_hash):
+    return wrap_response(
+        requests.post(
+            f"{node_url}/block/transaction",
+            json={
+                "network_identifier": network_id,
+                "account_identifier": {
+                    "address": address,
+                },
+                "block_identifier": {"index": block_number, "hash": block_hash},
+                "transaction_identifier": {"hash": tx_hash},
+            },
+        )
+    )
+
+
+def account_balance(
+    block_number,
+    node_url,
+    reconcile_address,
+    network_id,
+):
+    # get account/balance balance
+    resp = request_account_balance(
+        node_url, network_id, reconcile_address, block_number
+    )
+
+    balances = resp["balances"]
+
+    # if not, let's investigate this
+    assert len(balances) == 1
+    return int(balances[0]["value"])
+
+
+def block_tx_balance_change(
+    block_number,
+    block_hash,
+    tx_hash,
+    node_url,
+    reconcile_address,
+    network_id,
+):
+    resp = request_block_tx(
+        node_url,
+        network_id,
+        reconcile_address,
+        block_number,
+        block_hash,
+        tx_hash,
+    )
+    try:
+        ops = resp["transaction"].get("operations", [])  # or []
+        return sum(
+            [
+                int(op["amount"]["value"])
+                for op in ops
+                if op["account"]["address"] == reconcile_address
+                and op["status"] == "success"
+            ]
+        )
+
+    except Exception as e:
+        print(f"Exception for response: {resp}")
+        raise e
+
+
+# Useful when trying to shrink the range to search over and reconcile,
+# i.e. when it's not yet known when exactly the reconciliation error occurs.
+def scan_account_balance_changes(
+    start_block,
+    end_block,
+    step,
+    node_url,
+    reconcile_address,
+    network_id,
+):
+    balance = None
+    balance_changes = []
+    for block_number in range(start_block, end_block, step):
+        curr_balance = account_balance(
+            block_number, node_url, reconcile_address, network_id
+        )
+        if balance != curr_balance:
+            print(f"balance change at: {block_number}, curr_balance: {curr_balance}")
+            balance_changes.append(balance)
+        balance = curr_balance
+    return balance_changes
+
+
+# Performs targetted balance reconciliation (same idea as Rosetta CLI checks)
+# over a restricted range and for a particular address.
+def reconcile_range(
+    start_block,
+    end_block,
+    node_url,
+    reconcile_address,
+    network_id,
+):
+    assert start_block > 0
+    curr_balance = account_balance(
+        start_block - 1, node_url, reconcile_address, network_id
+    )
+    print(f"starting balance: {curr_balance}")
+
+    for i in range(start_block, end_block):
+        print(f"beginning block {i}")
+        # fetch account_balance changes
+        new_balance = account_balance(i, node_url, reconcile_address, network_id)
+        block = request_block(node_url, network_id, i)
+        block_hash = block["block"]["block_identifier"]["hash"]
+
+        sum_ops_change = sum(
+            [
+                block_tx_balance_change(
+                    i,
+                    block_hash,
+                    tx["hash"],
+                    node_url,
+                    reconcile_address,
+                    network_id,
+                )
+                for tx in block.get("other_transactions", [])
+            ]
+        )
+        assert (
+            curr_balance + sum_ops_change == new_balance
+        ), f"failure for block {i}, curr_balance: {curr_balance}, new_balance: {new_balance}, sum_ops_change: {sum_ops_change}"
+        curr_balance = new_balance
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    parser.add_argument("start", type=int, help="starting block in range")
+    parser.add_argument("end", type=int, help="ending block in range")
+    parser.add_argument("chain_id", type=int, help="chain ID in genesis.json")
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "address", type=str, help="address whose balance to reconcile over range"
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "-n", "--node_url", default="http://localhost:8080", help="rosetta RPC URL"
+    )
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+    network_req = network_req_from_chain_id(args.chain_id)
+
+    reconcile_range(args.start, args.end, args.node_url, args.address, network_req)