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merge-script 4f11ef058b Merge bitcoin/bitcoin#30214: refactor: Improve assumeutxo state representation
82be652e40 doc: Improve ChainstateManager documentation, use consistent terms (Ryan Ofsky)
af455dcb39 refactor: Simplify pruning functions (TheCharlatan)
ae85c495f1 refactor: Delete ChainstateManager::GetAll() method (Ryan Ofsky)
6a572dbda9 refactor: Add ChainstateManager::ActivateBestChains() method (Ryan Ofsky)
491d827d52 refactor: Add ChainstateManager::m_chainstates member (Ryan Ofsky)
e514fe6116 refactor: Delete ChainstateManager::SnapshotBlockhash() method (Ryan Ofsky)
ee35250683 refactor: Delete ChainstateManager::IsSnapshotValidated() method (Ryan Ofsky)
d9e82299fc refactor: Delete ChainstateManager::IsSnapshotActive() method (Ryan Ofsky)
4dfe383912 refactor: Convert ChainstateRole enum to struct (Ryan Ofsky)
352ad27fc1 refactor: Add ChainstateManager::ValidatedChainstate() method (Ryan Ofsky)
a229cb9477 refactor: Add ChainstateManager::CurrentChainstate() method (Ryan Ofsky)
a9b7f5614c refactor: Add Chainstate::StoragePath() method (Ryan Ofsky)
840bd2ef23 refactor: Pass chainstate parameters to MaybeCompleteSnapshotValidation (Ryan Ofsky)
1598a15aed refactor: Deduplicate Chainstate activation code (Ryan Ofsky)
9fe927b6d6 refactor: Add Chainstate m_assumeutxo and m_target_utxohash members (Ryan Ofsky)
6082c84713 refactor: Add Chainstate::m_target_blockhash member (Ryan Ofsky)
de00e87548 test: Fix broken chainstatemanager_snapshot_init check (Ryan Ofsky)

Pull request description:

  This PR contains the first part of #28608, which tries to make assumeutxo code more maintainable, and improve it by not locking `cs_main` for a long time when the snapshot block is connected, and by deleting the snapshot validation chainstate when it is no longer used, instead of waiting until the next restart.

  The changes in this PR are just refactoring. They make `Chainstate` objects self-contained, so for example, it is possible to determine what blocks to connect to a chainstate without querying `ChainstateManager`, and to determine whether a Chainstate is validated without basing it on inferences like `&cs != &ActiveChainstate()` or `GetAll().size() == 1`.

  The PR also tries to make assumeutxo terminology less confusing, using "current chainstate" to refer to the chainstate targeting the current network tip, and "historical chainstate" to refer to the chainstate downloading old blocks and validating the assumeutxo snapshot. It removes uses of the terms "active chainstate," "usable chainstate," "disabled chainstate," "ibd chainstate," and "snapshot chainstate" which are confusing for various reasons.

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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 #19160.

  • Ipc — used by multiprocess code to access Init interface across processes. Added in #19160.

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.