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MarcoFalke 99d6a5be8b Merge #17999: refactor: Add ChainClient setMockTime, getWallets methods
3ce16ad2f9 refactor: Use psbt forward declaration (Russell Yanofsky)
1dde238f2c Add ChainClient setMockTime, getWallets methods (Russell Yanofsky)

Pull request description:

  This PR is part of the [process separation project](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/projects/10).

  These changes are needed to set mock times, and get wallet interface pointers correctly when
  wallet code is running in a different process from node code in #10102

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Internal c++ interfaces

The following interfaces are defined here:

  • Chain — used by wallet to access blockchain and mempool state. Added in #14437, #14711, #15288, and #10973.

  • ChainClient — used by node to start & stop Chain clients. Added in #14437.

  • Node — used by GUI to start & stop bitcoin node. Added in #10244.

  • Wallet — used by GUI to access wallets. Added in #10244.

  • Handler — returned by handleEvent methods on interfaces above and used to manage lifetimes of event handlers.

  • Init — used by multiprocess code to access interfaces above on startup. Added in #10102.

The interfaces above define boundaries between major components of bitcoin code (node, wallet, and gui), making it possible for them to run in different processes, and be tested, developed, and understood independently. These interfaces are not currently designed to be stable or to be used externally.