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I have two addresses in my regtest.

A address is the P2SH-P2PKH. (sender)

B address is the P2SH-P2PKH, but with OP_CHECKLOCKTIMEVERIFY block height 201. (receiver)

My regtest doesen't have any block before it, Then I create some blocks (101) for A and transfer some bitcoins to B. A Wants that the UTXO is available after block with height 201 for that reason B creates this kind of script

$ bitcoin-cli decodescript 04C9000000B17576a914697c78eb51aadd3d977c1407e99baf9fe772240588AC
{
  "asm": "201 OP_CHECKLOCKTIMEVERIFY OP_DROP OP_DUP OP_HASH160 697c78eb51aadd3d977c1407e99baf9fe7722405 OP_EQUALVERIFY OP_CHECKSIG",
  "type": "nonstandard",
  "p2sh": "2N9X4FL8mg9Tc88FuHgPzBqFXa6U1etuUck",
  "segwit": {
    "asm": "0 30ff9dbf6bab02945016f39e95aa5d67e0f2e6adc7392d1066a1e171513bcb33",
    "hex": "002030ff9dbf6bab02945016f39e95aa5d67e0f2e6adc7392d1066a1e171513bcb33",
    "reqSigs": 1,
    "type": "witness_v0_scripthash",
    "addresses": [
      "bcrt1qxrlem0mt4vpfg5qk7w0ft2javls09e4dcuuj6yrx58shz5fmeves2tkaxf"
    ],
    "p2sh-segwit": "2MtXn1EgzySHEw8BQXLG8n58dxss6NGRsGU"
  }
}

B wants spend his bitcoins, it's the UTXO

[
  {
    "txid": "8cfc83e28fa520fed13a4199b72f588bf95fa84679d44b94efdff5d1f9f7812f",
    "vout": 0,
    "address": "2N9X4FL8mg9Tc88FuHgPzBqFXa6U1etuUck",
    "label": "",
    "scriptPubKey": "a914b2808972cf93673354475ece46820a2b3060978487",
    "amount": 49.99100000,
    "confirmations": 600,
    "spendable": false,
    "solvable": false,
    "safe": true
  }
]

And the current tip

$ bitcoin-cli getchaintips
[
  {
    "height": 701,
    "hash": "1967a98ea0cca367a3699d09a30d046d31ed711989bc6f1a2ae61d7ade910866",
    "branchlen": 0,
    "status": "active"
  }
]

Then B creates the transaction like this

02000000012f81f7f9d1f5dfef944bd47946a85ff98b582fb799413ad1fe20a58fe283fc8c000000008B47304402204cdc56d5be942d05edc218e40de872c9f50e78e018bbbbc9c11a05590aa54e8d02204163ce5796789fe4a7c9d1b1f0b3145ccca1eabb9489b92a4c6bc05508d5cbe6012102839f6ea8422639336f208a2cd2c199872f3e628bff39545eda72d8f71d4b45e42004C9000000B17576a914697c78eb51aadd3d977c1407e99baf9fe772240588ACfeffffff01c07aea290100000017a914d872ea0250c832eca1d7a75434db807397670ccd87C9000000

and uses C9000000 in Locktime field

{
  "txid": "d45d54d3cdae6c22f44cacfd705b2c1234658759f390d387186794240a77b16c",
  "hash": "d45d54d3cdae6c22f44cacfd705b2c1234658759f390d387186794240a77b16c",
  "version": 2,
  "size": 222,
  "vsize": 222,
  "weight": 888,
  "locktime": 201,
  "vin": [
    {
      "txid": "8cfc83e28fa520fed13a4199b72f588bf95fa84679d44b94efdff5d1f9f7812f",
      "vout": 0,
      "scriptSig": {
        "asm": "304402204cdc56d5be942d05edc218e40de872c9f50e78e018bbbbc9c11a05590aa54e8d02204163ce5796789fe4a7c9d1b1f0b3145ccca1eabb9489b92a4c6bc05508d5cbe6[ALL] 02839f6ea8422639336f208a2cd2c199872f3e628bff39545eda72d8f71d4b45e4 04c9000000b17576a914697c78eb51aadd3d977c1407e99baf9fe772240588ac",
        "hex": "47304402204cdc56d5be942d05edc218e40de872c9f50e78e018bbbbc9c11a05590aa54e8d02204163ce5796789fe4a7c9d1b1f0b3145ccca1eabb9489b92a4c6bc05508d5cbe6012102839f6ea8422639336f208a2cd2c199872f3e628bff39545eda72d8f71d4b45e42004c9000000b17576a914697c78eb51aadd3d977c1407e99baf9fe772240588ac"
      },
      "sequence": 4294967294
    }
  ],
  "vout": [
    {
      "value": 49.982,
      "n": 0,
      "scriptPubKey": {
        "asm": "OP_HASH160 d872ea0250c832eca1d7a75434db807397670ccd OP_EQUAL",
        "hex": "a914d872ea0250c832eca1d7a75434db807397670ccd87",
        "reqSigs": 1,
        "type": "scripthash",
        "addresses": [
          "2NCyhc6DkujYJE6ui1sVFCJAiSa79BDWqKv"
        ]
      }
    }
  ]
}

But When I try to send Transaction I get that error:

non-mandatory-script-verify-flag (unknown error) (code 64)

With help of btcdeb I can see that error "error: exception thrown: non-minimally encoded script. number". The same logic BUT with date works.

One more question: Is it correct flow? B(receiver) creates P2SH with 201 OP_CHECKLOCKTIMEVERIFY OP_DROP in order to satisfy A (sender) requirements?

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The problem is with your script. If you want to push 201, you should use 02C900 rather than 04C9000000. The argument to OP_CHECKLOCKTIMEVERIFY is a number, not a byte array, so you must use the shortest encoding possible for it.

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  • Thanks again for your time. the scenario is correct? I Mean, B(receiver) creates P2SH with 201 OP_CHECKLOCKTIMEVERIFY OP_DROP in order to satisfy A (sender) requirements?
    – monkeyUser
    Commented May 8, 2020 at 8:46
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    The top bit is a sign bit, so C9 would be interpreted as the number -73.
    – Pieter Wuille
    Commented May 20, 2020 at 15:51
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    Because 0x66 has top bit 0, so it's interpreted as a positive number.
    – Pieter Wuille
    Commented May 22, 2020 at 20:30
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    I don't know what that means. The number is of course already in binary in the script. Bytes in a computer contain bits...
    – Pieter Wuille
    Commented May 22, 2020 at 21:52
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    Ah, I see. Now, when stack elements are interpreted as numbers, they use a sign and magnitude representation, not two's complement.
    – Pieter Wuille
    Commented May 22, 2020 at 22:09

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