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+import 'dart:async';
+import 'dart:convert';
+import 'dart:io';
+import 'dart:typed_data';
+
+import 'package:mutex/mutex.dart';
+import 'package:stackwallet/utilities/logger.dart';
+
+// hacky fix to receive large jsonrpc responses
+class JsonRPC {
+  JsonRPC({
+    required this.host,
+    required this.port,
+    this.useSSL = false,
+    this.connectionTimeout = const Duration(seconds: 60),
+  });
+  final bool useSSL;
+  final String host;
+  final int port;
+  final Duration connectionTimeout;
+
+  final _JsonRPCRequestQueue _requestQueue = _JsonRPCRequestQueue();
+  Socket? _socket;
+  StreamSubscription<Uint8List>? _subscription;
+
+  void _dataHandler(List<int> data) {
+    if (_requestQueue.isEmpty) {
+      // probably just return although this case should never actually hit
+      // TODO anything else here?
+      return;
+    }
+
+    final req = _requestQueue.next;
+    req.appendDataAndCheckIfComplete(data);
+
+    if (req.isComplete) {
+      _onReqCompleted(req);
+    }
+  }
+
+  void _errorHandler(Object error, StackTrace trace) {
+    Logging.instance.log(
+      "JsonRPC errorHandler: $error\n$trace",
+      level: LogLevel.Error,
+    );
+
+    final req = _requestQueue.next;
+    req.completer.completeError(error, trace);
+    _onReqCompleted(req);
+  }
+
+  void _doneHandler() {
+    Logging.instance.log(
+      "JsonRPC doneHandler: "
+      "connection closed to ${_socket?.address}:${_socket?.port}",
+      level: LogLevel.Info,
+    );
+  }
+
+  Future<void> _onReqCompleted(_JsonRPCRequest req) async {
+    await _requestQueue.remove(req);
+    if (_requestQueue.isNotEmpty) {
+      _sendNextAvailableRequest();
+    }
+  }
+
+  void _sendNextAvailableRequest() {
+    if (_requestQueue.isEmpty) {
+      // TODO handle properly
+      throw Exception("reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee");
+    }
+
+    final req = _requestQueue.next;
+
+    _socket!.write('${req.jsonRequest}\r\n');
+    Logging.instance.log(
+      "JsonRPC request: wrote request ${req.jsonRequest} "
+      "to socket ${_socket?.address}:${_socket?.port}",
+      level: LogLevel.Info,
+    );
+  }
+
+  Future<dynamic> request(String jsonRpcRequest) async {
+    // todo: handle this better?
+    // Do we need to check the subscription, too?
+    if (_socket == null) {
+      Logging.instance.log(
+        "JsonRPC request: opening socket $host:$port",
+        level: LogLevel.Info,
+      );
+      await connect();
+    }
+
+    final req = _JsonRPCRequest(
+      jsonRequest: jsonRpcRequest,
+      completer: Completer<dynamic>(),
+    );
+
+    await _requestQueue.add(req);
+
+    // if this is the only/first request then send it right away
+    if (_requestQueue.length == 1) {
+      _sendNextAvailableRequest();
+    } else {
+      Logging.instance.log(
+        "JsonRPC request: queued request $jsonRpcRequest "
+        "to socket ${_socket?.address}:${_socket?.port}",
+        level: LogLevel.Info,
+      );
+    }
+
+    return req.completer.future;
+  }
+
+  Future<void> disconnect() async {
+    await _subscription?.cancel();
+    _subscription = null;
+    _socket?.destroy();
+  }
+
+  Future<void> connect() async {
+    if (useSSL) {
+      _socket ??= await SecureSocket.connect(
+        host,
+        port,
+        timeout: connectionTimeout,
+        onBadCertificate: (_) => true,
+      ); // TODO do not automatically trust bad certificates
+    } else {
+      _socket ??= await Socket.connect(
+        host,
+        port,
+        timeout: connectionTimeout,
+      );
+    }
+    await _subscription?.cancel();
+    _subscription = _socket!.listen(
+      _dataHandler,
+      onError: _errorHandler,
+      onDone: _doneHandler,
+      cancelOnError: true,
+    );
+  }
+}
+
+// mutex *may* not be needed as the protected functions are not async
+class _JsonRPCRequestQueue {
+  final _m = Mutex();
+  final List<_JsonRPCRequest> _rq = [];
+
+  Future<void> add(_JsonRPCRequest req) async {
+    await _m.protect(() async => _rq.add(req));
+  }
+
+  Future<void> remove(_JsonRPCRequest req) async {
+    await _m.protect(() async => _rq.remove(req));
+  }
+
+  bool get isEmpty => _rq.isEmpty;
+  bool get isNotEmpty => _rq.isNotEmpty;
+  int get length => _rq.length;
+  _JsonRPCRequest get next => _rq.first;
+}
+
+class _JsonRPCRequest {
+  final String jsonRequest;
+  final Completer<dynamic> completer;
+  final List<int> _responseData = [];
+
+  _JsonRPCRequest({required this.jsonRequest, required this.completer});
+
+  void appendDataAndCheckIfComplete(List<int> data) {
+    _responseData.addAll(data);
+    // 0x0A is newline
+    // https://electrumx-spesmilo.readthedocs.io/en/latest/protocol-basics.html
+    if (data.last == 0x0A) {
+      try {
+        final response = json.decode(String.fromCharCodes(_responseData));
+        completer.complete(response);
+      } catch (e, s) {
+        Logging.instance.log(
+          "JsonRPC json.decode: $e\n$s",
+          level: LogLevel.Error,
+        );
+        completer.completeError(e, s);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  bool get isComplete => completer.isCompleted;
+}