diff --git a/test/functional/test_framework/util.py b/test/functional/test_framework/util.py
index cca1e2b89..8080c8c97 100644
--- a/test/functional/test_framework/util.py
+++ b/test/functional/test_framework/util.py
@@ -19,6 +19,147 @@ from .authproxy import AuthServiceProxy, JSONRPCException
 
 logger = logging.getLogger("TestFramework.utils")
 
+# Assert functions
+##################
+
+def assert_fee_amount(fee, tx_size, fee_per_kB):
+    """Assert the fee was in range"""
+    target_fee = tx_size * fee_per_kB / 1000
+    if fee < target_fee:
+        raise AssertionError("Fee of %s BTC too low! (Should be %s BTC)" % (str(fee), str(target_fee)))
+    # allow the wallet's estimation to be at most 2 bytes off
+    if fee > (tx_size + 2) * fee_per_kB / 1000:
+        raise AssertionError("Fee of %s BTC too high! (Should be %s BTC)" % (str(fee), str(target_fee)))
+
+def assert_equal(thing1, thing2, *args):
+    if thing1 != thing2 or any(thing1 != arg for arg in args):
+        raise AssertionError("not(%s)" % " == ".join(str(arg) for arg in (thing1, thing2) + args))
+
+def assert_greater_than(thing1, thing2):
+    if thing1 <= thing2:
+        raise AssertionError("%s <= %s" % (str(thing1), str(thing2)))
+
+def assert_greater_than_or_equal(thing1, thing2):
+    if thing1 < thing2:
+        raise AssertionError("%s < %s" % (str(thing1), str(thing2)))
+
+def assert_raises(exc, fun, *args, **kwds):
+    assert_raises_message(exc, None, fun, *args, **kwds)
+
+def assert_raises_message(exc, message, fun, *args, **kwds):
+    try:
+        fun(*args, **kwds)
+    except exc as e:
+        if message is not None and message not in e.error['message']:
+            raise AssertionError("Expected substring not found:" + e.error['message'])
+    except Exception as e:
+        raise AssertionError("Unexpected exception raised: " + type(e).__name__)
+    else:
+        raise AssertionError("No exception raised")
+
+def assert_raises_jsonrpc(code, message, fun, *args, **kwds):
+    """Run an RPC and verify that a specific JSONRPC exception code and message is raised.
+
+    Calls function `fun` with arguments `args` and `kwds`. Catches a JSONRPCException
+    and verifies that the error code and message are as expected. Throws AssertionError if
+    no JSONRPCException was returned or if the error code/message are not as expected.
+
+    Args:
+        code (int), optional: the error code returned by the RPC call (defined
+            in src/rpc/protocol.h). Set to None if checking the error code is not required.
+        message (string), optional: [a substring of] the error string returned by the
+            RPC call. Set to None if checking the error string is not required
+        fun (function): the function to call. This should be the name of an RPC.
+        args*: positional arguments for the function.
+        kwds**: named arguments for the function.
+    """
+    try:
+        fun(*args, **kwds)
+    except JSONRPCException as e:
+        # JSONRPCException was thrown as expected. Check the code and message values are correct.
+        if (code is not None) and (code != e.error["code"]):
+            raise AssertionError("Unexpected JSONRPC error code %i" % e.error["code"])
+        if (message is not None) and (message not in e.error['message']):
+            raise AssertionError("Expected substring not found:" + e.error['message'])
+    except Exception as e:
+        raise AssertionError("Unexpected exception raised: " + type(e).__name__)
+    else:
+        raise AssertionError("No exception raised")
+
+def assert_is_hex_string(string):
+    try:
+        int(string, 16)
+    except Exception as e:
+        raise AssertionError(
+            "Couldn't interpret %r as hexadecimal; raised: %s" % (string, e))
+
+def assert_is_hash_string(string, length=64):
+    if not isinstance(string, str):
+        raise AssertionError("Expected a string, got type %r" % type(string))
+    elif length and len(string) != length:
+        raise AssertionError(
+            "String of length %d expected; got %d" % (length, len(string)))
+    elif not re.match('[abcdef0-9]+$', string):
+        raise AssertionError(
+            "String %r contains invalid characters for a hash." % string)
+
+def assert_array_result(object_array, to_match, expected, should_not_find=False):
+    """
+        Pass in array of JSON objects, a dictionary with key/value pairs
+        to match against, and another dictionary with expected key/value
+        pairs.
+        If the should_not_find flag is true, to_match should not be found
+        in object_array
+        """
+    if should_not_find:
+        assert_equal(expected, {})
+    num_matched = 0
+    for item in object_array:
+        all_match = True
+        for key, value in to_match.items():
+            if item[key] != value:
+                all_match = False
+        if not all_match:
+            continue
+        elif should_not_find:
+            num_matched = num_matched + 1
+        for key, value in expected.items():
+            if item[key] != value:
+                raise AssertionError("%s : expected %s=%s" % (str(item), str(key), str(value)))
+            num_matched = num_matched + 1
+    if num_matched == 0 and not should_not_find:
+        raise AssertionError("No objects matched %s" % (str(to_match)))
+    if num_matched > 0 and should_not_find:
+        raise AssertionError("Objects were found %s" % (str(to_match)))
+
+# Utility functions
+###################
+
+def check_json_precision():
+    """Make sure json library being used does not lose precision converting BTC values"""
+    n = Decimal("20000000.00000003")
+    satoshis = int(json.loads(json.dumps(float(n))) * 1.0e8)
+    if satoshis != 2000000000000003:
+        raise RuntimeError("JSON encode/decode loses precision")
+
+def count_bytes(hex_string):
+    return len(bytearray.fromhex(hex_string))
+
+def bytes_to_hex_str(byte_str):
+    return hexlify(byte_str).decode('ascii')
+
+def hex_str_to_bytes(hex_str):
+    return unhexlify(hex_str.encode('ascii'))
+
+def str_to_b64str(string):
+    return b64encode(string.encode('utf-8')).decode('ascii')
+
+def satoshi_round(amount):
+    return Decimal(amount).quantize(Decimal('0.00000001'), rounding=ROUND_DOWN)
+
+# RPC/P2P connection constants and functions
+############################################
+
 # The maximum number of nodes a single test can spawn
 MAX_NODES = 8
 # Don't assign rpc or p2p ports lower than this
@@ -55,7 +196,6 @@ def get_rpc_proxy(url, node_number, timeout=None, coveragedir=None):
 
     return coverage.AuthServiceProxyWrapper(proxy, coverage_logfile)
 
-
 def p2p_port(n):
     assert(n <= MAX_NODES)
     return PORT_MIN + n + (MAX_NODES * PortSeed.n) % (PORT_RANGE - 1 - MAX_NODES)
@@ -63,78 +203,23 @@ def p2p_port(n):
 def rpc_port(n):
     return PORT_MIN + PORT_RANGE + n + (MAX_NODES * PortSeed.n) % (PORT_RANGE - 1 - MAX_NODES)
 
-def check_json_precision():
-    """Make sure json library being used does not lose precision converting BTC values"""
-    n = Decimal("20000000.00000003")
-    satoshis = int(json.loads(json.dumps(float(n))) * 1.0e8)
-    if satoshis != 2000000000000003:
-        raise RuntimeError("JSON encode/decode loses precision")
-
-def count_bytes(hex_string):
-    return len(bytearray.fromhex(hex_string))
-
-def bytes_to_hex_str(byte_str):
-    return hexlify(byte_str).decode('ascii')
-
-def hex_str_to_bytes(hex_str):
-    return unhexlify(hex_str.encode('ascii'))
+def rpc_auth_pair(n):
+    return 'rpcuser💻' + str(n), 'rpcpass🔑' + str(n)
 
-def str_to_b64str(string):
-    return b64encode(string.encode('utf-8')).decode('ascii')
-
-def sync_blocks(rpc_connections, *, wait=1, timeout=60):
-    """
-    Wait until everybody has the same tip.
-
-    sync_blocks needs to be called with an rpc_connections set that has least
-    one node already synced to the latest, stable tip, otherwise there's a
-    chance it might return before all nodes are stably synced.
-    """
-    # Use getblockcount() instead of waitforblockheight() to determine the
-    # initial max height because the two RPCs look at different internal global
-    # variables (chainActive vs latestBlock) and the former gets updated
-    # earlier.
-    maxheight = max(x.getblockcount() for x in rpc_connections)
-    start_time = cur_time = time.time()
-    while cur_time <= start_time + timeout:
-        tips = [r.waitforblockheight(maxheight, int(wait * 1000)) for r in rpc_connections]
-        if all(t["height"] == maxheight for t in tips):
-            if all(t["hash"] == tips[0]["hash"] for t in tips):
-                return
-            raise AssertionError("Block sync failed, mismatched block hashes:{}".format(
-                                 "".join("\n  {!r}".format(tip) for tip in tips)))
-        cur_time = time.time()
-    raise AssertionError("Block sync to height {} timed out:{}".format(
-                         maxheight, "".join("\n  {!r}".format(tip) for tip in tips)))
+def rpc_url(datadir, i, rpchost=None):
+    rpc_u, rpc_p = get_auth_cookie(datadir, i)
+    host = '127.0.0.1'
+    port = rpc_port(i)
+    if rpchost:
+        parts = rpchost.split(':')
+        if len(parts) == 2:
+            host, port = parts
+        else:
+            host = rpchost
+    return "http://%s:%s@%s:%d" % (rpc_u, rpc_p, host, int(port))
 
-def sync_chain(rpc_connections, *, wait=1, timeout=60):
-    """
-    Wait until everybody has the same best block
-    """
-    while timeout > 0:
-        best_hash = [x.getbestblockhash() for x in rpc_connections]
-        if best_hash == [best_hash[0]] * len(best_hash):
-            return
-        time.sleep(wait)
-        timeout -= wait
-    raise AssertionError("Chain sync failed: Best block hashes don't match")
-
-def sync_mempools(rpc_connections, *, wait=1, timeout=60):
-    """
-    Wait until everybody has the same transactions in their memory
-    pools
-    """
-    while timeout > 0:
-        pool = set(rpc_connections[0].getrawmempool())
-        num_match = 1
-        for i in range(1, len(rpc_connections)):
-            if set(rpc_connections[i].getrawmempool()) == pool:
-                num_match = num_match + 1
-        if num_match == len(rpc_connections):
-            return
-        time.sleep(wait)
-        timeout -= wait
-    raise AssertionError("Mempool sync failed")
+# Node functions
+################
 
 def initialize_datadir(dirname, n):
     datadir = os.path.join(dirname, "node" + str(n))
@@ -172,21 +257,13 @@ def get_auth_cookie(datadir, n):
         raise ValueError("No RPC credentials")
     return user, password
 
-def rpc_url(datadir, i, rpchost=None):
-    rpc_u, rpc_p = get_auth_cookie(datadir, i)
-    host = '127.0.0.1'
-    port = rpc_port(i)
-    if rpchost:
-        parts = rpchost.split(':')
-        if len(parts) == 2:
-            host, port = parts
-        else:
-            host = rpchost
-    return "http://%s:%s@%s:%d" % (rpc_u, rpc_p, host, int(port))
-
 def log_filename(dirname, n_node, logname):
     return os.path.join(dirname, "node" + str(n_node), "regtest", logname)
 
+def get_bip9_status(node, key):
+    info = node.getblockchaininfo()
+    return info['bip9_softforks'][key]
+
 def set_node_times(nodes, t):
     for node in nodes:
         node.setmocktime(t)
@@ -214,6 +291,63 @@ def connect_nodes_bi(nodes, a, b):
     connect_nodes(nodes[a], b)
     connect_nodes(nodes[b], a)
 
+def sync_blocks(rpc_connections, *, wait=1, timeout=60):
+    """
+    Wait until everybody has the same tip.
+
+    sync_blocks needs to be called with an rpc_connections set that has least
+    one node already synced to the latest, stable tip, otherwise there's a
+    chance it might return before all nodes are stably synced.
+    """
+    # Use getblockcount() instead of waitforblockheight() to determine the
+    # initial max height because the two RPCs look at different internal global
+    # variables (chainActive vs latestBlock) and the former gets updated
+    # earlier.
+    maxheight = max(x.getblockcount() for x in rpc_connections)
+    start_time = cur_time = time.time()
+    while cur_time <= start_time + timeout:
+        tips = [r.waitforblockheight(maxheight, int(wait * 1000)) for r in rpc_connections]
+        if all(t["height"] == maxheight for t in tips):
+            if all(t["hash"] == tips[0]["hash"] for t in tips):
+                return
+            raise AssertionError("Block sync failed, mismatched block hashes:{}".format(
+                                 "".join("\n  {!r}".format(tip) for tip in tips)))
+        cur_time = time.time()
+    raise AssertionError("Block sync to height {} timed out:{}".format(
+                         maxheight, "".join("\n  {!r}".format(tip) for tip in tips)))
+
+def sync_chain(rpc_connections, *, wait=1, timeout=60):
+    """
+    Wait until everybody has the same best block
+    """
+    while timeout > 0:
+        best_hash = [x.getbestblockhash() for x in rpc_connections]
+        if best_hash == [best_hash[0]] * len(best_hash):
+            return
+        time.sleep(wait)
+        timeout -= wait
+    raise AssertionError("Chain sync failed: Best block hashes don't match")
+
+def sync_mempools(rpc_connections, *, wait=1, timeout=60):
+    """
+    Wait until everybody has the same transactions in their memory
+    pools
+    """
+    while timeout > 0:
+        pool = set(rpc_connections[0].getrawmempool())
+        num_match = 1
+        for i in range(1, len(rpc_connections)):
+            if set(rpc_connections[i].getrawmempool()) == pool:
+                num_match = num_match + 1
+        if num_match == len(rpc_connections):
+            return
+        time.sleep(wait)
+        timeout -= wait
+    raise AssertionError("Mempool sync failed")
+
+# Transaction/Block functions
+#############################
+
 def find_output(node, txid, amount):
     """
     Return index to output of txid with value amount
@@ -278,119 +412,6 @@ def random_transaction(nodes, amount, min_fee, fee_increment, fee_variants):
 
     return (txid, signresult["hex"], fee)
 
-def assert_fee_amount(fee, tx_size, fee_per_kB):
-    """Assert the fee was in range"""
-    target_fee = tx_size * fee_per_kB / 1000
-    if fee < target_fee:
-        raise AssertionError("Fee of %s BTC too low! (Should be %s BTC)" % (str(fee), str(target_fee)))
-    # allow the wallet's estimation to be at most 2 bytes off
-    if fee > (tx_size + 2) * fee_per_kB / 1000:
-        raise AssertionError("Fee of %s BTC too high! (Should be %s BTC)" % (str(fee), str(target_fee)))
-
-def assert_equal(thing1, thing2, *args):
-    if thing1 != thing2 or any(thing1 != arg for arg in args):
-        raise AssertionError("not(%s)" % " == ".join(str(arg) for arg in (thing1, thing2) + args))
-
-def assert_greater_than(thing1, thing2):
-    if thing1 <= thing2:
-        raise AssertionError("%s <= %s" % (str(thing1), str(thing2)))
-
-def assert_greater_than_or_equal(thing1, thing2):
-    if thing1 < thing2:
-        raise AssertionError("%s < %s" % (str(thing1), str(thing2)))
-
-def assert_raises(exc, fun, *args, **kwds):
-    assert_raises_message(exc, None, fun, *args, **kwds)
-
-def assert_raises_message(exc, message, fun, *args, **kwds):
-    try:
-        fun(*args, **kwds)
-    except exc as e:
-        if message is not None and message not in e.error['message']:
-            raise AssertionError("Expected substring not found:" + e.error['message'])
-    except Exception as e:
-        raise AssertionError("Unexpected exception raised: " + type(e).__name__)
-    else:
-        raise AssertionError("No exception raised")
-
-def assert_raises_jsonrpc(code, message, fun, *args, **kwds):
-    """Run an RPC and verify that a specific JSONRPC exception code and message is raised.
-
-    Calls function `fun` with arguments `args` and `kwds`. Catches a JSONRPCException
-    and verifies that the error code and message are as expected. Throws AssertionError if
-    no JSONRPCException was returned or if the error code/message are not as expected.
-
-    Args:
-        code (int), optional: the error code returned by the RPC call (defined
-            in src/rpc/protocol.h). Set to None if checking the error code is not required.
-        message (string), optional: [a substring of] the error string returned by the
-            RPC call. Set to None if checking the error string is not required
-        fun (function): the function to call. This should be the name of an RPC.
-        args*: positional arguments for the function.
-        kwds**: named arguments for the function.
-    """
-    try:
-        fun(*args, **kwds)
-    except JSONRPCException as e:
-        # JSONRPCException was thrown as expected. Check the code and message values are correct.
-        if (code is not None) and (code != e.error["code"]):
-            raise AssertionError("Unexpected JSONRPC error code %i" % e.error["code"])
-        if (message is not None) and (message not in e.error['message']):
-            raise AssertionError("Expected substring not found:" + e.error['message'])
-    except Exception as e:
-        raise AssertionError("Unexpected exception raised: " + type(e).__name__)
-    else:
-        raise AssertionError("No exception raised")
-
-def assert_is_hex_string(string):
-    try:
-        int(string, 16)
-    except Exception as e:
-        raise AssertionError(
-            "Couldn't interpret %r as hexadecimal; raised: %s" % (string, e))
-
-def assert_is_hash_string(string, length=64):
-    if not isinstance(string, str):
-        raise AssertionError("Expected a string, got type %r" % type(string))
-    elif length and len(string) != length:
-        raise AssertionError(
-            "String of length %d expected; got %d" % (length, len(string)))
-    elif not re.match('[abcdef0-9]+$', string):
-        raise AssertionError(
-            "String %r contains invalid characters for a hash." % string)
-
-def assert_array_result(object_array, to_match, expected, should_not_find=False):
-    """
-        Pass in array of JSON objects, a dictionary with key/value pairs
-        to match against, and another dictionary with expected key/value
-        pairs.
-        If the should_not_find flag is true, to_match should not be found
-        in object_array
-        """
-    if should_not_find:
-        assert_equal(expected, {})
-    num_matched = 0
-    for item in object_array:
-        all_match = True
-        for key, value in to_match.items():
-            if item[key] != value:
-                all_match = False
-        if not all_match:
-            continue
-        elif should_not_find:
-            num_matched = num_matched + 1
-        for key, value in expected.items():
-            if item[key] != value:
-                raise AssertionError("%s : expected %s=%s" % (str(item), str(key), str(value)))
-            num_matched = num_matched + 1
-    if num_matched == 0 and not should_not_find:
-        raise AssertionError("No objects matched %s" % (str(to_match)))
-    if num_matched > 0 and should_not_find:
-        raise AssertionError("Objects were found %s" % (str(to_match)))
-
-def satoshi_round(amount):
-    return Decimal(amount).quantize(Decimal('0.00000001'), rounding=ROUND_DOWN)
-
 # Helper to create at least "count" utxos
 # Pass in a fee that is sufficient for relay and mining new transactions.
 def create_confirmed_utxos(fee, node, count):
@@ -480,7 +501,3 @@ def mine_large_block(node, utxos=None):
     fee = 100 * node.getnetworkinfo()["relayfee"]
     create_lots_of_big_transactions(node, txouts, utxos, num, fee=fee)
     node.generate(1)
-
-def get_bip9_status(node, key):
-    info = node.getblockchaininfo()
-    return info['bip9_softforks'][key]