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f19fdd47a6test: add test for CChainState::ResizeCoinsCaches() (James O'Beirne)8ac3ef4699add ChainstateManager::MaybeRebalanceCaches() (James O'Beirne)f36aaa6392Add CChainState::ResizeCoinsCaches (James O'Beirne)b223111da2txdb: add CCoinsViewDB::ChangeCacheSize (James O'Beirne) Pull request description: This is part of the [assumeutxo project](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/projects/11): Parent PR: #15606 Issue: #15605 Specification: https://github.com/jamesob/assumeutxo-docs/tree/master/proposal --- In the assumeutxo implementation draft (#15056), once a UTXO snapshot is loaded, a new chainstate object is created after initialization. This means that we have to reclaim some of the cache that we've allocated to the original chainstate (per `dbcache=`) to repurpose for the snapshot chainstate. Furthermore, it makes sense to have different cache allocations depending on which chainstate is more active. While the snapshot chainstate is working to get to the network tip (and the background validation chainstate is idle), it makes sense that the snapshot chainstate should have the majority of cache allocation. And contrariwise once the snapshot has reached network tip, most of the cache should be given to the background validation chainstate. This set of changes (detailed in the commit messages) allows us to dynamically resize the various coins caches. None of the functionality introduced here is used at the moment, but will be in the next AU PR (which introduces `ActivateSnapshot`). `ChainstateManager::MaybeRebalanceCaches()` defines the (somewhat normative) cache allocations between the snapshot and background validation chainstates. I'd be interested in feedback if anyone has thoughts on the proportions I've set there. ACKs for top commit: ajtowns: weak utACKf19fdd47a6-- didn't find any major problems, but not super confident that I didn't miss anything fjahr: Code review ACKf19fdd4ryanofsky: Code review ACKf19fdd47a6. Only change since last review is constructor cleanup (no change in behavior). I think the suggestions here from ajtowns and others are good, but shouldn't delay merging the PR (and hold up assumeutxo) Tree-SHA512: fffb7847fb6993dd4a1a41cf11179b211b0b20b7eb5f7cf6266442136bfe9d43b830bbefcafd475bfd4af273f5573500594aa41fff03e0ed5c2a1e8562ff9269
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What is Bitcoin?
Bitcoin is an experimental digital currency that enables instant payments to anyone, anywhere in the world. Bitcoin uses peer-to-peer technology to operate with no central authority: managing transactions and issuing money are carried out collectively by the network. Bitcoin Core is the name of open source software which enables the use of this currency.
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