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Documentation improvements for assumeutxo

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Ryan Ofsky
2023-06-16 20:42:24 -04:00
committed by Suhas Daftuar
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@@ -17,10 +17,9 @@ respectively generate and load UTXO snapshots. The utility script
- A new block index `nStatus` flag is introduced, `BLOCK_ASSUMED_VALID`, to mark block
index entries that are required to be assumed-valid by a chainstate created
from a UTXO snapshot. This flag is mostly used as a way to modify certain
from a UTXO snapshot. This flag is used as a way to modify certain
CheckBlockIndex() logic to account for index entries that are pending validation by a
chainstate running asynchronously in the background. We also use this flag to control
which index entries are added to setBlockIndexCandidates during LoadBlockIndex().
chainstate running asynchronously in the background.
- The concept of UTXO snapshots is treated as an implementation detail that lives
behind the ChainstateManager interface. The external presentation of the changes