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This is needed to allow bitcoin-gui to connect to existing node process with -ipcconnect instead of spawning a new process. It's possible to spawn a new bitcoin-node process without knowing the current data dir or network, but connecting to an existing bitcoin-node requires knowing the datadir and network first.