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2d9d752e4fc30aabf2ddd36ca7a63432d26d4fea scripted-diff: Replace uint256S("str") -> uint256{"str"} (Hodlinator)
c06f2368e2346b087b72064a4f1e9817a680ef5f refactor: Hand-replace some uint256S -> uint256 (Hodlinator)
b74d8d58fa4e620e24c30a1786e968604423a028 refactor: Add consteval uint256(hex_str) (Hodlinator)
Pull request description:
Motivation:
* Validates and converts the hex string at compile time instead of at runtime into the resulting bytes.
* Makes it possible to derive other compile time constants from `uint256`.
* Potentially eliminates runtime dependencies (`SetHexDeprecated()` is called in less places).
* Has stricter requirements than the deprecated `uint256S()` (requiring 64 chars exactly, disallows garbage at the end) and replaces it in a bunch of places.
* Makes the binary smaller (tested Guix-built x86_64-linux-gnu bitcoind binary).
* Minor: should shave off a few cycles of start-up time.
Extracted from #30377 which diverged into exploring `consteval` `ParseHex()` solutions.
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