Mining
and BlockTemplate
implementation to miner
62fc42d475df4f23bd93313f95ee7b7eb0d4683f interfaces: refactor: move `waitTipChanged` implementation to miner (ismaelsadeeq) c39ca9d4f7bc9ca155692ac949be2e61c0598a97 interfaces: move getTip implementation to miner (Sjors Provoost) 720f201e652885b9e0aec8e62a1bf9590052b320 interfaces: refactor: move `waitNext` implementation to miner (ismaelsadeeq) e6c2f4ce7a841153510971f0236c527d1a499649 interfaces: refactor: move `submitSolution` implementation to miner (ismaelsadeeq) 02d4bc776bbe002ee624ec2c09d7c3f981be1b17 interfaces: remove redundant coinbase fee check in `waitNext` (ismaelsadeeq) Pull request description: #### Motivation In [Internal interface guidelines](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/doc/developer-notes.md#internal-interface-guidelines) It's stated that > Interface method definitions should wrap existing functionality instead of implementing new functionality. Any substantial new node or wallet functionality should be implemented in [src/node/](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/src/node) or [src/wallet/](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/src/wallet) and just exposed in [src/interfaces/](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/src/interfaces) instead of being implemented there, so it can be more modular and accessible to unit tests. However the some methods in the newly added `BlockTemplateImpl` and `MinerImpl` classes partially enforces this guideline, as the implementations of the `submitSolution`, `waitNext`, and `waitTipChanged` methods reside within the class itself. #### What the PR Does This PR introduces a simple refactor by moving certain method implementations from `BlockTemplateImpl` into the miner module. It introduces three new functions: 1. Remove rundundant coinbase fee check in `waitNext` 2. **`AddMerkleRootAndCoinbase`**: Computes the block's Merkle root, inserts the coinbase transaction, and sets the Merkle root in the block. This function is called by `submitSolution` before the block is submitted for processing. 3. **`WaitAndCreateNewBlock`**: Returns a new block template either when transaction fees reach a certain threshold or when a new tip is detected. If a timeout is reached, it returns `nullptr`. The `waitNext` method in `BlockTemplateImpl` now simply wraps this function. 4. Move `GetTip` implementation to miner. 5. **`WaitTipChanged`**: Returns the tip when the chain it changes, or `nullopt` if a timeout or interrupt occurs. The `waitTipChanged` method in `MinerImpl` now calls `GetTip` after invoking `ChainTipChanged`, and returns the tip. #### Behavior Change - We now only `Assert` for a valid chainman and notifications pointer once. ACKs for top commit: achow101: ACK 62fc42d475df4f23bd93313f95ee7b7eb0d4683f Sjors: ACK 62fc42d475df4f23bd93313f95ee7b7eb0d4683f ryanofsky: Code review ACK 62fc42d475df4f23bd93313f95ee7b7eb0d4683f. Lots of suggest suggest changes made since last review, altering function names and signatures and also adding new commit to drop negative fee handling. I like the idea of making the wait function return a BlockRef, that is clearer than what I suggested. Left some comments below but they are not important and this looks good as-is Tree-SHA512: 502632f94ced81f576b2c43cf015f1527e2c259e6ca253f670f5a6889171e2246372b4e709575701afa3f01d488d6633557fef54f48fe83bbaf1836ac5326c4f
Mining
and BlockTemplate
implementation to miner
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