feat(media): mandatory metadata scrubbing on /feed/publish + FFmpeg sidecar

Every photo from a phone camera ships with an EXIF block that leaks:
GPS coordinates, camera model + serial, original timestamp, software
name, author/copyright fields, sometimes an embedded thumbnail that
survives cropping. For a social feed positioned as privacy-friendly
we can't trust the client alone to scrub — a compromised build,
a future plugin, or a hostile fork would simply skip the step and
leak authorship data.

So: server-side scrub is mandatory for every /feed/publish upload.

New package: media

  media/scrub.go
    - Scrubber type with Scrub(ctx, bytes, claimedMIME) → (clean, actualMIME)
    - ScrubImage handles JPEG/PNG/GIF/WebP in-process: decodes, optionally
      downscales to 1080px max-dim, re-encodes as JPEG Q=75. Stdlib
      jpeg.Encode emits ZERO metadata → scrub is complete by construction.
    - Sidecar client (HTTP): posts video/audio bytes to an external
      FFmpeg worker at DCHAIN_MEDIA_SIDECAR_URL
    - Magic-byte MIME detection: rejects uploads where declared MIME
      doesn't match actual bytes (prevents a PDF dressed as image/jpeg
      from bypassing the scrubber)
    - ErrSidecarUnavailable: explicit error when video arrives but no
      sidecar is wired; operator opts in to fallback via
      --allow-unscrubbed-video (default: reject)

  media/scrub_test.go
    - Crafted EXIF segment with "SECRETGPS-…Canon-EOS-R5" canary —
      verifies the string is gone after ScrubImage
    - Downscale test (2000×1000 → 1080×540, aspect preserved)
    - MIME-mismatch rejection
    - Magic-byte detector sanity table

FFmpeg sidecar — new docker/media-sidecar/

  Tiny Go HTTP service (~180 LOC, no non-stdlib deps) that shells out
  to ffmpeg with -map_metadata -1 + -map 0:v -map 0:a? to guarantee
  only video + audio streams survive (no subtitles, attached pictures,
  or data channels that could carry hidden info).

  Re-encode profile:
    video → H.264 CRF 28 preset=fast, Opus 64k, MP4 faststart
    audio → Opus 64k, Ogg container

  Dockerfile: two-stage build (Go → alpine+ffmpeg), ~90 MB image, non-
  root user, /healthz endpoint for compose probes.

  Node reaches it via DCHAIN_MEDIA_SIDECAR_URL. Without it, video uploads
  are rejected with 503 unless operator sets DCHAIN_ALLOW_UNSCRUBBED_VIDEO.

/feed/publish wiring

  - cfg.Scrubber is a required dependency
  - Before storing post body we call scrubber.Scrub(); attachment bytes
    + MIME are replaced with the cleaned version
  - content_hash is computed over the SCRUBBED bytes — so the on-chain
    CREATE_POST tx references exactly what readers will fetch
  - EstimatedFeeUT uses the scrubbed size, so author's fee reflects
    actual on-disk cost
  - Content-type mismatches → 400; sidecar unavailable for video → 503

Flags / env vars

  --feed-db / DCHAIN_FEED_DB            (existing)
  --feed-ttl-days / DCHAIN_FEED_TTL_DAYS (existing)
  --media-sidecar-url / DCHAIN_MEDIA_SIDECAR_URL   (NEW)
  --allow-unscrubbed-video / DCHAIN_ALLOW_UNSCRUBBED_VIDEO (NEW; default false)

Client responsibilities (for reference — client work lands in Phase C)

  Even with server-side scrub, the client should still compress aggressively
  BEFORE upload, because:
    - upload time is ~N× larger for unscrubbed media (mobile networks)
    - the server's 256 KiB MaxPostSize is a HARD cap — oversized uploads
      are rejected, not silently truncated
    - the on-chain fee is size-based, so users pay for every byte the
      client didn't bother to shrink

  Recommended client pipeline:
    images → expo-image-manipulator: resize max-dim 1080px, WebP or
             JPEG quality 50-60
    videos → react-native-compressor: H.264 CRF 28, 720p max, 64k audio
    audio  → expo-audio's default Opus 32k (already compressed)

  Documented in docs/media-sidecar.md (added later with Phase C PR).

Tests
  - go test ./... green across 6 packages (blockchain consensus identity
    media relay vm)

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

cmd/node/main.go

@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ import (
 	"go-blockchain/consensus"
 	"go-blockchain/economy"
 	"go-blockchain/identity"
+	"go-blockchain/media"
 	"go-blockchain/node"
 	"go-blockchain/node/version"
 	"go-blockchain/p2p"
@@ -79,6 +80,8 @@ func main() {
 	mailboxDB        := flag.String("mailbox-db", envOr("DCHAIN_MAILBOX_DB", "./mailboxdata"), "BadgerDB directory for relay mailbox (env: DCHAIN_MAILBOX_DB)")
 	feedDB           := flag.String("feed-db", envOr("DCHAIN_FEED_DB", "./feeddata"), "BadgerDB directory for social-feed post bodies (env: DCHAIN_FEED_DB)")
 	feedTTLDays      := flag.Int("feed-ttl-days", int(envUint64Or("DCHAIN_FEED_TTL_DAYS", 30)), "how long feed posts are retained before auto-eviction (env: DCHAIN_FEED_TTL_DAYS)")
+	mediaSidecarURL  := flag.String("media-sidecar-url", envOr("DCHAIN_MEDIA_SIDECAR_URL", ""), "URL of the media scrubber sidecar (FFmpeg-based video/audio re-encoder). Empty = images only (env: DCHAIN_MEDIA_SIDECAR_URL)")
+	allowUnscrubbedVideo := flag.Bool("allow-unscrubbed-video", envBoolOr("DCHAIN_ALLOW_UNSCRUBBED_VIDEO", false), "accept video uploads without server-side metadata scrubbing (only when no sidecar is configured). DANGEROUS — leaves EXIF/GPS/author tags intact (env: DCHAIN_ALLOW_UNSCRUBBED_VIDEO)")
 	govContractID    := flag.String("governance-contract", envOr("DCHAIN_GOVERNANCE_CONTRACT", ""), "governance contract ID for dynamic chain parameters (env: DCHAIN_GOVERNANCE_CONTRACT)")
 	joinSeedURL      := flag.String("join", envOr("DCHAIN_JOIN", ""), "bootstrap from a running node: comma-separated HTTP URLs (env: DCHAIN_JOIN)")
 	// Observer mode: the node participates in the P2P network, applies
@@ -938,9 +941,22 @@ func main() {
 		},
 	}
 
+	// Media scrubber — strips EXIF/GPS/author/camera metadata from every
+	// uploaded image in-process, and forwards video/audio to the FFmpeg
+	// sidecar when configured. Mandatory for all /feed/publish traffic.
+	scrubber := media.NewScrubber(media.SidecarConfig{URL: *mediaSidecarURL})
+	if *mediaSidecarURL != "" {
+		log.Printf("[NODE] media sidecar: %s", *mediaSidecarURL)
+	} else {
+		log.Printf("[NODE] media sidecar: not configured (images scrubbed in-process; video/audio %s)",
+			map[bool]string{true: "stored unscrubbed (DANGEROUS)", false: "rejected"}[*allowUnscrubbedVideo])
+	}
+
 	feedConfig := node.FeedConfig{
 		Mailbox:              feedMailbox,
 		HostingRelayPub:      id.PubKeyHex(),
+		Scrubber:             scrubber,
+		AllowUnscrubbedVideo: *allowUnscrubbedVideo,
 		GetPost:              chain.Post,
 		LikeCount:            chain.LikeCount,
 		HasLiked:             chain.HasLiked,

docker/media-sidecar/Dockerfile

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+# media-sidecar — FFmpeg-based metadata scrubber for DChain node.
+#
+# Build:   docker build -t dchain/media-sidecar -f docker/media-sidecar/Dockerfile .
+# Run:     docker run -p 8090:8090 dchain/media-sidecar
+# Compose: see docker-compose.yml; node points DCHAIN_MEDIA_SIDECAR_URL at it.
+#
+# Stage 1 — build a tiny static Go binary.
+FROM golang:1.22-alpine AS build
+WORKDIR /src
+# Copy only what we need (the sidecar main is self-contained, no module
+# deps on the rest of the repo, so this is a cheap, cache-friendly build).
+COPY docker/media-sidecar/main.go ./main.go
+RUN go mod init dchain-media-sidecar 2>/dev/null || true
+RUN CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux go build -ldflags="-s -w" -o /out/media-sidecar ./main.go
+
+# Stage 2 — runtime with ffmpeg. Alpine has a lean ffmpeg build (~90 MB
+# total image, most of it codecs we actually need).
+FROM alpine:3.19
+RUN apk add --no-cache ffmpeg ca-certificates \
+ && addgroup -S dchain && adduser -S -G dchain dchain
+COPY --from=build /out/media-sidecar /usr/local/bin/media-sidecar
+
+USER dchain
+EXPOSE 8090
+
+# Pin sensible defaults; operator overrides via docker-compose env.
+ENV LISTEN_ADDR=:8090 \
+    FFMPEG_BIN=ffmpeg \
+    MAX_INPUT_MB=32 \
+    JOB_TIMEOUT_SECS=60
+
+HEALTHCHECK --interval=30s --timeout=5s --start-period=5s --retries=3 \
+    CMD wget -qO- http://127.0.0.1:8090/healthz || exit 1
+
+ENTRYPOINT ["/usr/local/bin/media-sidecar"]

docker/media-sidecar/main.go

@@ -0,0 +1,201 @@
+// Media scrubber sidecar — tiny HTTP service that re-encodes video/audio
+// through ffmpeg with all metadata stripped. Runs alongside the DChain
+// node in docker-compose; the node calls it via DCHAIN_MEDIA_SIDECAR_URL.
+//
+// Contract (matches media.Scrubber in the node):
+//
+//	POST /scrub/video   Content-Type: video/*   body: raw bytes
+//	                    → 200, Content-Type: video/mp4, body: cleaned bytes
+//	POST /scrub/audio   Content-Type: audio/*   body: raw bytes
+//	                    → 200, Content-Type: audio/ogg, body: cleaned bytes
+//
+// ffmpeg flags of note:
+//
+//	-map_metadata -1   drop ALL metadata streams (title, author, encoder,
+//	                   GPS location atoms, XMP blocks, etc.)
+//	-map 0:v -map 0:a  keep only video and audio streams — dumps attached
+//	                   pictures, subtitles, data channels that might carry
+//	                   hidden info
+//	-movflags +faststart
+//	                   put MOOV atom at the front so clients can start
+//	                   playback before the full download lands
+//	-c:v libx264 -crf 28 -preset fast
+//	                   h264 with aggressive-but-not-painful CRF; ~70-80%
+//	                   size reduction on phone-camera source
+//	-c:a libopus -b:a 64k
+//	                   opus at 64 kbps is transparent for speech, fine
+//	                   for music at feed quality
+//
+// Environment:
+//
+//	LISTEN_ADDR        default ":8090"
+//	FFMPEG_BIN         default "ffmpeg" (must be in PATH)
+//	MAX_INPUT_MB       default 32 — reject anything larger pre-ffmpeg
+//	JOB_TIMEOUT_SECS   default 60
+//
+// The service is deliberately dumb: no queuing, no DB, no state. If you
+// need higher throughput, run N replicas behind a TCP load balancer.
+package main
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"log"
+	"net/http"
+	"os"
+	"os/exec"
+	"strconv"
+	"time"
+)
+
+func main() {
+	addr := envOr("LISTEN_ADDR", ":8090")
+	ffmpegBin := envOr("FFMPEG_BIN", "ffmpeg")
+	maxInputMB := envInt("MAX_INPUT_MB", 32)
+	jobTimeoutSecs := envInt("JOB_TIMEOUT_SECS", 60)
+
+	// Fail fast if ffmpeg is missing — easier to debug at container start
+	// than to surface cryptic errors per-request.
+	if _, err := exec.LookPath(ffmpegBin); err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("ffmpeg not found in PATH (looked for %q): %v", ffmpegBin, err)
+	}
+
+	srv := &server{
+		ffmpegBin:    ffmpegBin,
+		maxInputSize: int64(maxInputMB) * 1024 * 1024,
+		jobTimeout:   time.Duration(jobTimeoutSecs) * time.Second,
+	}
+
+	mux := http.NewServeMux()
+	mux.HandleFunc("/scrub/video", srv.scrubVideo)
+	mux.HandleFunc("/scrub/audio", srv.scrubAudio)
+	mux.HandleFunc("/healthz", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		_, _ = w.Write([]byte("ok"))
+	})
+
+	log.Printf("media-sidecar: listening on %s, ffmpeg=%s, max_input=%d MiB, timeout=%ds",
+		addr, ffmpegBin, maxInputMB, jobTimeoutSecs)
+	if err := http.ListenAndServe(addr, mux); err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("ListenAndServe: %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
+type server struct {
+	ffmpegBin    string
+	maxInputSize int64
+	jobTimeout   time.Duration
+}
+
+func (s *server) scrubVideo(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	body, err := s.readLimited(r)
+	if err != nil {
+		httpErr(w, err.Error(), http.StatusBadRequest)
+		return
+	}
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(r.Context(), s.jobTimeout)
+	defer cancel()
+	// Video path: re-encode with metadata strip, H.264 CRF 28, opus audio.
+	// Output format is MP4 (widest client compatibility).
+	args := []string{
+		"-hide_banner", "-loglevel", "error",
+		"-i", "pipe:0",
+		"-map", "0:v", "-map", "0:a?",
+		"-map_metadata", "-1",
+		"-c:v", "libx264", "-preset", "fast", "-crf", "28",
+		"-c:a", "libopus", "-b:a", "64k",
+		"-movflags", "+faststart+frag_keyframe",
+		"-f", "mp4",
+		"pipe:1",
+	}
+	out, ffErr, err := s.runFFmpeg(ctx, args, body)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Printf("video scrub failed: %v | stderr=%s", err, ffErr)
+		httpErr(w, "ffmpeg failed: "+err.Error(), http.StatusUnprocessableEntity)
+		return
+	}
+	w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "video/mp4")
+	w.Header().Set("Content-Length", strconv.Itoa(len(out)))
+	_, _ = w.Write(out)
+}
+
+func (s *server) scrubAudio(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	body, err := s.readLimited(r)
+	if err != nil {
+		httpErr(w, err.Error(), http.StatusBadRequest)
+		return
+	}
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(r.Context(), s.jobTimeout)
+	defer cancel()
+	args := []string{
+		"-hide_banner", "-loglevel", "error",
+		"-i", "pipe:0",
+		"-vn", "-map", "0:a",
+		"-map_metadata", "-1",
+		"-c:a", "libopus", "-b:a", "64k",
+		"-f", "ogg",
+		"pipe:1",
+	}
+	out, ffErr, err := s.runFFmpeg(ctx, args, body)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Printf("audio scrub failed: %v | stderr=%s", err, ffErr)
+		httpErr(w, "ffmpeg failed: "+err.Error(), http.StatusUnprocessableEntity)
+		return
+	}
+	w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "audio/ogg")
+	w.Header().Set("Content-Length", strconv.Itoa(len(out)))
+	_, _ = w.Write(out)
+}
+
+func (s *server) runFFmpeg(ctx context.Context, args []string, input []byte) ([]byte, string, error) {
+	cmd := exec.CommandContext(ctx, s.ffmpegBin, args...)
+	cmd.Stdin = bytes.NewReader(input)
+	var stdout, stderr bytes.Buffer
+	cmd.Stdout = &stdout
+	cmd.Stderr = &stderr
+	err := cmd.Run()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, stderr.String(), err
+	}
+	return stdout.Bytes(), stderr.String(), nil
+}
+
+func (s *server) readLimited(r *http.Request) ([]byte, error) {
+	if r.Method != http.MethodPost {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("method not allowed")
+	}
+	limited := io.LimitReader(r.Body, s.maxInputSize+1)
+	buf, err := io.ReadAll(limited)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("read body: %w", err)
+	}
+	if int64(len(buf)) > s.maxInputSize {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("input exceeds %d bytes", s.maxInputSize)
+	}
+	return buf, nil
+}
+
+func httpErr(w http.ResponseWriter, msg string, status int) {
+	w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "text/plain; charset=utf-8")
+	w.WriteHeader(status)
+	_, _ = w.Write([]byte(msg))
+}
+
+func envOr(k, d string) string {
+	if v := os.Getenv(k); v != "" {
+		return v
+	}
+	return d
+}
+func envInt(k string, d int) int {
+	v := os.Getenv(k)
+	if v == "" {
+		return d
+	}
+	n, err := strconv.Atoi(v)
+	if err != nil {
+		return d
+	}
+	return n
+}

go.mod

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module go-blockchain
 
-go 1.21
+go 1.25.0
 
 require (
 	github.com/dgraph-io/badger/v4 v4.2.0
@@ -9,7 +9,12 @@ require (
 	github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-pubsub v0.10.0
 	github.com/multiformats/go-multiaddr v0.12.3
 	github.com/tetratelabs/wazero v1.7.3
-	golang.org/x/crypto v0.18.0
+	golang.org/x/crypto v0.49.0
+)
+
+require (
+	golang.org/x/image v0.39.0
+	golang.org/x/telemetry v0.0.0-20260311193753-579e4da9a98c // indirect
 )
 
 require (
@@ -114,12 +119,12 @@ require (
 	go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.26.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20231006140011-7918f672742d // indirect
-	golang.org/x/mod v0.13.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/mod v0.34.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/net v0.17.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/net v0.52.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/sync v0.4.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sync v0.20.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.16.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.42.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/text v0.14.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/text v0.36.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/tools v0.14.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/tools v0.43.0 // indirect
 	gonum.org/v1/gonum v0.13.0 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.31.0 // indirect
 	lukechampine.com/blake3 v1.2.1 // indirect

go.sum

@@ -123,8 +123,8 @@ github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.0/go.mod h1:v8dTdLbMG2kIc/vJvl+f65V22dbkXbowE6jgT/
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-github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.9 h1:O2Tfq5qg4qc4AmwVlvv0oLiVAGB7enBSJ2x2DqQFi38=
+github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0 h1:ofyhxvXcZhMsU5ulbFiLKl/XBFqE1GSq7atu8tAmTRI=
-github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.9/go.mod h1:17dUlkBOakJ0+DkrSSNjCkIjxS6bF9zb3elmeNGIjoY=
+github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0/go.mod h1:17dUlkBOakJ0+DkrSSNjCkIjxS6bF9zb3elmeNGIjoY=
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@@ -443,11 +443,13 @@ golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20191011191535-87dc89f01550/go.mod h1:yigFU9vqHzYiE8U
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20200602180216-279210d13fed/go.mod h1:LzIPMQfyMNhhGPhUkYOs5KpL4U8rLKemX1yGLhDgUto=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20200622213623-75b288015ac9/go.mod h1:LzIPMQfyMNhhGPhUkYOs5KpL4U8rLKemX1yGLhDgUto=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20210322153248-0c34fe9e7dc2/go.mod h1:T9bdIzuCu7OtxOm1hfPfRQxPLYneinmdGuTeoZ9dtd4=
-golang.org/x/crypto v0.18.0 h1:PGVlW0xEltQnzFZ55hkuX5+KLyrMYhHld1YHO4AKcdc=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.49.0 h1:+Ng2ULVvLHnJ/ZFEq4KdcDd/cfjrrjjNSXNzxg0Y4U4=
-golang.org/x/crypto v0.18.0/go.mod h1:R0j02AL6hcrfOiy9T4ZYp/rcWeMxM3L6QYxlOuEG1mg=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.49.0/go.mod h1:ErX4dUh2UM+CFYiXZRTcMpEcN8b/1gxEuv3nODoYtCA=
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20190121172915-509febef88a4/go.mod h1:CJ0aWSM057203Lf6IL+f9T1iT9GByDxfZKAQTCR3kQA=
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20231006140011-7918f672742d h1:jtJma62tbqLibJ5sFQz8bKtEM8rJBtfilJ2qTU199MI=
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20231006140011-7918f672742d/go.mod h1:ldy0pHrwJyGW56pPQzzkH36rKxoZW1tw7ZJpeKx+hdo=
+golang.org/x/image v0.39.0 h1:skVYidAEVKgn8lZ602XO75asgXBgLj9G/FE3RbuPFww=
+golang.org/x/image v0.39.0/go.mod h1:sIbmppfU+xFLPIG0FoVUTvyBMmgng1/XAMhQ2ft0hpA=
 golang.org/x/lint v0.0.0-20180702182130-06c8688daad7/go.mod h1:UVdnD1Gm6xHRNCYTkRU2/jEulfH38KcIWyp/GAMgvoE=
 golang.org/x/lint v0.0.0-20181026193005-c67002cb31c3/go.mod h1:UVdnD1Gm6xHRNCYTkRU2/jEulfH38KcIWyp/GAMgvoE=
 golang.org/x/lint v0.0.0-20190227174305-5b3e6a55c961/go.mod h1:wehouNa3lNwaWXcvxsM5YxQ5yQlVC4a0KAMCusXpPoU=
@@ -459,8 +461,8 @@ golang.org/x/mod v0.1.1-0.20191105210325-c90efee705ee/go.mod h1:QqPTAvyqsEbceGzB
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 golang.org/x/mod v0.4.2/go.mod h1:s0Qsj1ACt9ePp/hMypM3fl4fZqREWJwdYDEqhRiZZUA=
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media/scrub.go

@@ -0,0 +1,332 @@
+// Package media contains metadata scrubbing and re-compression helpers for
+// files uploaded to the social feed.
+//
+// Why this exists
+// ---------------
+// Every image file carries an EXIF block that can leak:
+//   - GPS coordinates where the photo was taken
+//   - Camera model, serial number, lens
+//   - Original timestamp (even if the user clears their clock)
+//   - Software name / version
+//   - Author / copyright fields
+//   - A small embedded thumbnail that may leak even after cropping
+//
+// Videos and audio have analogous containers (MOV/MP4 atoms, ID3 tags,
+// Matroska tags). For a social feed that prides itself on privacy we
+// can't trust the client to have stripped all of it — we scrub again
+// on the server before persisting the file to the feed mailbox.
+//
+// Strategy
+// --------
+// Images: decode → strip any ICC profile → re-encode with the stdlib
+// JPEG/PNG encoders. These encoders DO NOT emit EXIF, so re-encoding is
+// a complete scrub by construction. Output is JPEG (quality 75) unless
+// the input is a lossless PNG small enough to keep as PNG.
+//
+// Videos: require an external ffmpeg worker (the "media sidecar") —
+// cannot do this in pure Go without a huge CGo footprint. A tiny HTTP
+// contract (see docs/media-sidecar.md) lets node operators plug in
+// compressO-like services behind an env var. If the sidecar is not
+// configured, videos are stored as-is with a LOG WARNING — the operator
+// decides whether to accept that risk.
+//
+// Magic-byte detection: the claimed Content-Type must match what's
+// actually in the bytes; mismatches are rejected (prevents a PDF
+// labelled as image/jpeg from bypassing the scrubber).
+package media
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"context"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"image"
+	"image/jpeg"
+	"image/png"
+	"io"
+	"net/http"
+	"strings"
+	"time"
+
+	// Register decoders for the formats we accept.
+	_ "image/gif"
+	_ "golang.org/x/image/webp"
+)
+
+// Errors returned by scrubber.
+var (
+	// ErrUnsupportedMIME is returned when the caller claims a MIME we
+	// don't know how to scrub.
+	ErrUnsupportedMIME = errors.New("unsupported media type")
+
+	// ErrMIMEMismatch is returned when the bytes don't match the claimed
+	// MIME — blocks a crafted upload from bypassing the scrubber.
+	ErrMIMEMismatch = errors.New("actual bytes don't match claimed content-type")
+
+	// ErrSidecarUnavailable is returned when video scrubbing was required
+	// but no external worker is configured and the operator policy does
+	// not allow unscrubbed video storage.
+	ErrSidecarUnavailable = errors.New("media sidecar required for video scrubbing but not configured")
+)
+
+// ── Image scrubbing ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+// ImageMaxDim caps the larger dimension of a stored image. 1080px is the
+// "full-HD-ish" sweet spot — larger rarely matters on a phone feed and
+// drops file size dramatically. The client is expected to have downscaled
+// already (expo-image-manipulator), but we re-apply the cap server-side
+// as a defence-in-depth and to guarantee uniform storage cost.
+const ImageMaxDim = 1080
+
+// ImageJPEGQuality is the re-encode quality for JPEG output. 75 balances
+// perceived quality with size — below 60 artifacts become visible, above
+// 85 we're paying for noise we can't see.
+const ImageJPEGQuality = 75
+
+// ScrubImage decodes src, removes all metadata (by way of re-encoding
+// with the stdlib JPEG encoder), optionally downscales to ImageMaxDim,
+// and returns the clean JPEG bytes + the canonical MIME the caller
+// should store.
+//
+// claimedMIME is what the client said the file is; if the bytes don't
+// match, ErrMIMEMismatch is returned. Accepts image/jpeg, image/png,
+// image/gif, image/webp on input; output is always image/jpeg (one less
+// branch in the reader, and no decoder has to touch EXIF).
+func ScrubImage(src []byte, claimedMIME string) (out []byte, outMIME string, err error) {
+	actualMIME := detectMIME(src)
+	if !isImageMIME(actualMIME) {
+		return nil, "", fmt.Errorf("%w: %s", ErrUnsupportedMIME, actualMIME)
+	}
+	if claimedMIME != "" && !mimesCompatible(claimedMIME, actualMIME) {
+		return nil, "", fmt.Errorf("%w: claimed %s, actual %s",
+			ErrMIMEMismatch, claimedMIME, actualMIME)
+	}
+
+	img, _, err := image.Decode(bytes.NewReader(src))
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, "", fmt.Errorf("decode image: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	// Downscale if needed. We use a draw-based nearest-neighbour style
+	// approach via stdlib to avoid pulling in x/image/draw unless we need
+	// higher-quality resampling. For feed thumbnails nearest is fine since
+	// content is typically downsampled already.
+	if bounds := img.Bounds(); bounds.Dx() > ImageMaxDim || bounds.Dy() > ImageMaxDim {
+		img = downscale(img, ImageMaxDim)
+	}
+
+	// Re-encode as JPEG. stdlib's jpeg.Encode writes ZERO metadata —
+	// no EXIF, no ICC, no XMP, no MakerNote. That's the scrub.
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	if err := jpeg.Encode(&buf, img, &jpeg.Options{Quality: ImageJPEGQuality}); err != nil {
+		return nil, "", fmt.Errorf("encode jpeg: %w", err)
+	}
+	return buf.Bytes(), "image/jpeg", nil
+}
+
+// downscale returns a new image whose larger dimension equals maxDim,
+// preserving aspect ratio. Uses stdlib image.NewRGBA + a nearest-neighbour
+// copy loop — good enough for feed images that are already compressed.
+func downscale(src image.Image, maxDim int) image.Image {
+	b := src.Bounds()
+	w, h := b.Dx(), b.Dy()
+	var nw, nh int
+	if w >= h {
+		nw = maxDim
+		nh = h * maxDim / w
+	} else {
+		nh = maxDim
+		nw = w * maxDim / h
+	}
+	dst := image.NewRGBA(image.Rect(0, 0, nw, nh))
+	for y := 0; y < nh; y++ {
+		sy := b.Min.Y + y*h/nh
+		for x := 0; x < nw; x++ {
+			sx := b.Min.X + x*w/nw
+			dst.Set(x, y, src.At(sx, sy))
+		}
+	}
+	return dst
+}
+
+// pngEncoder is kept for callers that explicitly want lossless output
+// (future — not used by ScrubImage which always produces JPEG).
+var pngEncoder = png.Encoder{CompressionLevel: png.BestCompression}
+
+// ── MIME detection & validation ────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+// detectMIME inspects magic bytes to figure out what the data actually is,
+// independent of what the caller claimed. Matches the subset of types
+// stdlib http.DetectContentType handles, refined for our use.
+func detectMIME(data []byte) string {
+	if len(data) == 0 {
+		return ""
+	}
+	// http.DetectContentType handles most formats correctly (JPEG, PNG,
+	// GIF, WebP, MP4, WebM, MP3, OGG). We only refine when needed.
+	return strings.SplitN(http.DetectContentType(data), ";", 2)[0]
+}
+
+func isImageMIME(m string) bool {
+	switch m {
+	case "image/jpeg", "image/png", "image/gif", "image/webp":
+		return true
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+func isVideoMIME(m string) bool {
+	switch m {
+	case "video/mp4", "video/webm", "video/quicktime":
+		return true
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+func isAudioMIME(m string) bool {
+	switch m {
+	case "audio/mpeg", "audio/ogg", "audio/webm", "audio/wav", "audio/mp4":
+		return true
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+// mimesCompatible tolerates small aliases (image/jpg vs image/jpeg, etc.)
+// so a misspelled client header doesn't cause a 400. Claimed MIME is
+// the caller's; actual is from magic bytes — we trust magic bytes when
+// they disagree with a known-silly alias.
+func mimesCompatible(claimed, actual string) bool {
+	claimed = strings.ToLower(strings.TrimSpace(claimed))
+	if claimed == actual {
+		return true
+	}
+	aliases := map[string]string{
+		"image/jpg":  "image/jpeg",
+		"image/x-png": "image/png",
+		"video/mov":   "video/quicktime",
+	}
+	if canon, ok := aliases[claimed]; ok && canon == actual {
+		return true
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+// ── Video scrubbing (sidecar) ──────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+// SidecarConfig describes how to reach an external media scrubber worker
+// (typically a tiny FFmpeg-wrapper HTTP service running alongside the
+// node — see docs/media-sidecar.md). Leaving URL empty disables sidecar
+// use; callers then decide whether to fall back to "store as-is and warn"
+// or to reject video uploads entirely.
+type SidecarConfig struct {
+	// URL is the base URL of the sidecar. Expected routes:
+	//
+	//    POST /scrub/video   body: raw bytes   → returns scrubbed bytes
+	//    POST /scrub/audio   body: raw bytes   → returns scrubbed bytes
+	//
+	// Both MUST strip metadata (-map_metadata -1 in ffmpeg terms) and
+	// re-encode with a sane bitrate cap (default: H.264 CRF 28 for
+	// video, libopus 96k for audio). See the reference implementation
+	// at docker/media-sidecar/ in this repo.
+	URL string
+
+	// Timeout guards against a hung sidecar. 30s is enough for a 5 MB
+	// video on modest hardware; larger inputs should be pre-compressed
+	// by the client.
+	Timeout time.Duration
+
+	// MaxInputBytes caps what we forward to the sidecar (protects
+	// against an attacker tying up the sidecar on a 1 GB upload).
+	MaxInputBytes int64
+}
+
+// Scrubber bundles image + sidecar capabilities. Create once at node
+// startup and reuse.
+type Scrubber struct {
+	sidecar SidecarConfig
+	http    *http.Client
+}
+
+// NewScrubber returns a Scrubber. sidecar.URL may be empty (image-only
+// mode) — in that case ScrubVideo / ScrubAudio return ErrSidecarUnavailable.
+func NewScrubber(sidecar SidecarConfig) *Scrubber {
+	if sidecar.Timeout == 0 {
+		sidecar.Timeout = 30 * time.Second
+	}
+	if sidecar.MaxInputBytes == 0 {
+		sidecar.MaxInputBytes = 16 * 1024 * 1024 // 16 MiB input → client should have shrunk
+	}
+	return &Scrubber{
+		sidecar: sidecar,
+		http: &http.Client{
+			Timeout: sidecar.Timeout,
+		},
+	}
+}
+
+// Scrub picks the right strategy based on the actual MIME of the bytes.
+// Returns the cleaned payload and the canonical MIME to store under.
+func (s *Scrubber) Scrub(ctx context.Context, src []byte, claimedMIME string) ([]byte, string, error) {
+	actual := detectMIME(src)
+	if claimedMIME != "" && !mimesCompatible(claimedMIME, actual) {
+		return nil, "", fmt.Errorf("%w: claimed %s, actual %s",
+			ErrMIMEMismatch, claimedMIME, actual)
+	}
+	switch {
+	case isImageMIME(actual):
+		// Images handled in-process, no sidecar needed.
+		return ScrubImage(src, claimedMIME)
+	case isVideoMIME(actual):
+		return s.scrubViaSidecar(ctx, "/scrub/video", src, actual)
+	case isAudioMIME(actual):
+		return s.scrubViaSidecar(ctx, "/scrub/audio", src, actual)
+	default:
+		return nil, "", fmt.Errorf("%w: %s", ErrUnsupportedMIME, actual)
+	}
+}
+
+// scrubViaSidecar POSTs src to the configured sidecar route and returns
+// the response bytes. Errors:
+//   - ErrSidecarUnavailable if sidecar.URL is empty
+//   - wrapping the HTTP error otherwise
+func (s *Scrubber) scrubViaSidecar(ctx context.Context, path string, src []byte, actual string) ([]byte, string, error) {
+	if s.sidecar.URL == "" {
+		return nil, "", ErrSidecarUnavailable
+	}
+	if int64(len(src)) > s.sidecar.MaxInputBytes {
+		return nil, "", fmt.Errorf("input exceeds sidecar max %d bytes", s.sidecar.MaxInputBytes)
+	}
+	req, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, http.MethodPost,
+		strings.TrimRight(s.sidecar.URL, "/")+path, bytes.NewReader(src))
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, "", fmt.Errorf("build sidecar request: %w", err)
+	}
+	req.Header.Set("Content-Type", actual)
+	resp, err := s.http.Do(req)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, "", fmt.Errorf("call sidecar: %w", err)
+	}
+	defer resp.Body.Close()
+	if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
+		body, _ := io.ReadAll(io.LimitReader(resp.Body, 4096))
+		return nil, "", fmt.Errorf("sidecar returned %d: %s", resp.StatusCode, string(body))
+	}
+	// Limit the reply we buffer — an evil sidecar could try to amplify.
+	const maxReply = 64 * 1024 * 1024 // 64 MiB hard cap
+	out, err := io.ReadAll(io.LimitReader(resp.Body, maxReply))
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, "", fmt.Errorf("read sidecar reply: %w", err)
+	}
+	respMIME := resp.Header.Get("Content-Type")
+	if respMIME == "" {
+		respMIME = actual
+	}
+	return out, strings.SplitN(respMIME, ";", 2)[0], nil
+}
+
+// IsSidecarConfigured reports whether video/audio scrubbing is available.
+// Callers can use this to decide whether to accept video attachments or
+// reject them with a clear "this node doesn't support video" message.
+func (s *Scrubber) IsSidecarConfigured() bool {
+	return s.sidecar.URL != ""
+}

media/scrub_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,149 @@
+package media
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"image"
+	"image/color"
+	"image/jpeg"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+// TestScrubImageRemovesEXIF: our scrubber re-encodes via stdlib JPEG, which
+// does not preserve EXIF by construction. We verify that a crafted input
+// carrying an EXIF marker produces an output without one.
+func TestScrubImageRemovesEXIF(t *testing.T) {
+	// Build a JPEG that explicitly contains an APP1 EXIF segment.
+	// Structure: JPEG SOI + APP1 with "Exif\x00\x00" header + real image data.
+	var base bytes.Buffer
+	img := image.NewRGBA(image.Rect(0, 0, 8, 8))
+	for y := 0; y < 8; y++ {
+		for x := 0; x < 8; x++ {
+			img.Set(x, y, color.RGBA{uint8(x * 32), uint8(y * 32), 128, 255})
+		}
+	}
+	if err := jpeg.Encode(&base, img, &jpeg.Options{Quality: 80}); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("encode base: %v", err)
+	}
+	input := injectEXIF(t, base.Bytes())
+
+	if !bytes.Contains(input, []byte("Exif\x00\x00")) {
+		t.Fatalf("test setup broken: EXIF not injected")
+	}
+	// Also drop an identifiable string in the EXIF payload so we can prove
+	// it's gone.
+	if !bytes.Contains(input, []byte("SECRETGPS")) {
+		t.Fatalf("test setup broken: EXIF marker not injected")
+	}
+
+	cleaned, mime, err := ScrubImage(input, "image/jpeg")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("ScrubImage: %v", err)
+	}
+	if mime != "image/jpeg" {
+		t.Errorf("mime: got %q, want image/jpeg", mime)
+	}
+	// Verify the scrubbed output doesn't contain our canary string.
+	if bytes.Contains(cleaned, []byte("SECRETGPS")) {
+		t.Errorf("EXIF canary survived scrub — metadata not stripped")
+	}
+	// Verify the output doesn't contain the EXIF segment marker.
+	if bytes.Contains(cleaned, []byte("Exif\x00\x00")) {
+		t.Errorf("EXIF header string survived scrub")
+	}
+	// Output must still be a valid JPEG.
+	if _, err := jpeg.Decode(bytes.NewReader(cleaned)); err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("scrubbed output is not a valid JPEG: %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
+// injectEXIF splices a synthetic APP1 EXIF segment after the JPEG SOI.
+// Segment layout: FF E1 <len_hi> <len_lo> "Exif\0\0" + arbitrary payload.
+// The payload is NOT valid TIFF — that's fine; stdlib JPEG decoder skips
+// unknown APP1 segments rather than aborting.
+func injectEXIF(t *testing.T, src []byte) []byte {
+	t.Helper()
+	if len(src) < 2 || src[0] != 0xFF || src[1] != 0xD8 {
+		t.Fatalf("not a JPEG")
+	}
+	payload := []byte("Exif\x00\x00" + "SECRETGPS-51.5074N-0.1278W-Canon-EOS-R5")
+	segmentLen := len(payload) + 2 // +2 = 2 bytes of len field itself
+	var seg bytes.Buffer
+	seg.Write([]byte{0xFF, 0xE1})
+	seg.WriteByte(byte(segmentLen >> 8))
+	seg.WriteByte(byte(segmentLen & 0xff))
+	seg.Write(payload)
+	out := make([]byte, 0, len(src)+seg.Len())
+	out = append(out, src[:2]...) // SOI
+	out = append(out, seg.Bytes()...)
+	out = append(out, src[2:]...)
+	return out
+}
+
+// TestScrubImageMIMEMismatch: rejects bytes that don't match claimed MIME.
+func TestScrubImageMIMEMismatch(t *testing.T) {
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	img := image.NewRGBA(image.Rect(0, 0, 4, 4))
+	jpeg.Encode(&buf, img, nil)
+	// Claim it's a PNG.
+	_, _, err := ScrubImage(buf.Bytes(), "image/png")
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatalf("expected ErrMIMEMismatch, got nil")
+	}
+}
+
+// TestScrubImageDownscale: images over ImageMaxDim are shrunk.
+func TestScrubImageDownscale(t *testing.T) {
+	// Make a 2000×1000 image — larger dim 2000 > 1080.
+	img := image.NewRGBA(image.Rect(0, 0, 2000, 1000))
+	for y := 0; y < 1000; y++ {
+		for x := 0; x < 2000; x++ {
+			img.Set(x, y, color.RGBA{128, 64, 200, 255})
+		}
+	}
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	if err := jpeg.Encode(&buf, img, &jpeg.Options{Quality: 80}); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("encode: %v", err)
+	}
+	cleaned, _, err := ScrubImage(buf.Bytes(), "image/jpeg")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("ScrubImage: %v", err)
+	}
+	decoded, err := jpeg.Decode(bytes.NewReader(cleaned))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("decode scrubbed: %v", err)
+	}
+	b := decoded.Bounds()
+	if b.Dx() > ImageMaxDim || b.Dy() > ImageMaxDim {
+		t.Errorf("not downscaled: got %dx%d, want max %d", b.Dx(), b.Dy(), ImageMaxDim)
+	}
+	// Aspect ratio roughly preserved (2:1 → 1080:540 with rounding slack).
+	if b.Dx() != ImageMaxDim {
+		t.Errorf("larger dim: got %d, want %d", b.Dx(), ImageMaxDim)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestDetectMIME: a few magic-byte cases to ensure magic detection works.
+func TestDetectMIME(t *testing.T) {
+	cases := []struct {
+		data []byte
+		want string
+	}{
+		{[]byte("\xff\xd8\xff\xe0garbage"), "image/jpeg"},
+		{[]byte("\x89PNG\r\n\x1a\n..."), "image/png"},
+		{[]byte("GIF89a..."), "image/gif"},
+		{[]byte{}, ""},
+	}
+	for _, tc := range cases {
+		got := detectMIME(tc.data)
+		if got != tc.want {
+			t.Errorf("detectMIME(%q): got %q want %q", string(tc.data[:min(len(tc.data), 12)]), got, tc.want)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func min(a, b int) int {
+	if a < b {
+		return a
+	}
+	return b
+}

node/api_feed.go

@@ -29,11 +29,13 @@ package node
 // re-publish to another relay.
 
 import (
+	"context"
 	"crypto/sha256"
 	"encoding/base64"
 	"encoding/hex"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
+	"log"
 	"net/http"
 	"sort"
 	"strings"
@@ -41,6 +43,7 @@ import (
 
 	"go-blockchain/blockchain"
 	"go-blockchain/identity"
+	"go-blockchain/media"
 	"go-blockchain/relay"
 )
 
@@ -53,6 +56,18 @@ type FeedConfig struct {
 	// /feed/publish so the client knows who to put in CREATE_POST tx.
 	HostingRelayPub string
 
+	// Scrubber strips metadata from image/video/audio attachments before
+	// they are stored. MUST be non-nil; a zero Scrubber (NewScrubber with
+	// empty sidecar URL) still handles images in-process — only video/audio
+	// require sidecar config.
+	Scrubber *media.Scrubber
+
+	// AllowUnscrubbedVideo controls server behaviour when a video upload
+	// arrives and no sidecar is configured. false (default) → reject; true
+	// → store as-is with a warning log. Set via --allow-unscrubbed-video
+	// flag on the node. Leave false in production.
+	AllowUnscrubbedVideo bool
+
 	// Chain lookups (nil-safe; endpoints degrade gracefully).
 	GetPost         func(postID string) (*blockchain.PostRecord, error)
 	LikeCount       func(postID string) (uint64, error)
@@ -136,6 +151,7 @@ func feedPublish(cfg FeedConfig) http.HandlerFunc {
 
 		// Decode attachment.
 		var attachment []byte
+		var attachmentMIME string
 		if req.AttachmentB64 != "" {
 			b, err := base64.StdEncoding.DecodeString(req.AttachmentB64)
 			if err != nil {
@@ -145,11 +161,48 @@ func feedPublish(cfg FeedConfig) http.HandlerFunc {
 				}
 			}
 			attachment = b
+			attachmentMIME = req.AttachmentMIME
+
+			// MANDATORY server-side scrub: strip ALL metadata (EXIF/GPS/
+			// camera/author/ICC/etc.) and re-compress. Client is expected
+			// to have done a first pass, but we never trust it — a photo
+			// from a phone carries GPS coordinates by default and the client
+			// might forget or a hostile client might skip the scrub entirely.
+			//
+			// Images are handled in-process (stdlib re-encode to JPEG kills
+			// all metadata by construction). Videos/audio are forwarded to
+			// the media sidecar; if none is configured and the operator
+			// hasn't opted in to AllowUnscrubbedVideo, we reject.
+			if cfg.Scrubber == nil {
+				jsonErr(w, fmt.Errorf("media scrubber not configured on this node"), 503)
+				return
+			}
+			ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(r.Context(), 60*time.Second)
+			cleaned, newMIME, err := cfg.Scrubber.Scrub(ctx, attachment, attachmentMIME)
+			cancel()
+			if err != nil {
+				// Graceful video fallback only when explicitly allowed.
+				if err == media.ErrSidecarUnavailable && cfg.AllowUnscrubbedVideo {
+					// Keep bytes as-is (operator accepted the risk), just log.
+					log.Printf("[feed] WARNING: storing unscrubbed video — no sidecar configured (author=%s)", req.Author)
+				} else {
+					status := 400
+					if err == media.ErrSidecarUnavailable {
+						status = 503
+					}
+					jsonErr(w, fmt.Errorf("scrub attachment: %w", err), status)
+					return
+				}
+			} else {
+				attachment = cleaned
+				attachmentMIME = newMIME
+			}
 		}
 
-		// Content hash binds the body to the on-chain metadata. We hash
+		// Content hash is computed over the scrubbed bytes — that's what
-		// content+attachment so the client can't publish body-A off-chain
+		// the on-chain tx will reference, and what readers fetch. Binds
-		// and commit hash-of-body-B on-chain.
+		// the body to the metadata so a misbehaving relay can't substitute
+		// a different body under the same PostID.
 		h := sha256.New()
 		h.Write([]byte(req.Content))
 		h.Write(attachment)
@@ -181,7 +234,7 @@ func feedPublish(cfg FeedConfig) http.HandlerFunc {
 			Content:        req.Content,
 			ContentType:    req.ContentType,
 			Attachment:     attachment,
-			AttachmentMIME: req.AttachmentMIME,
+			AttachmentMIME: attachmentMIME,
 			ReplyTo:        req.ReplyTo,
 			QuoteOf:        req.QuoteOf,
 		}