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author | Fabian Jahr <fjahr@protonmail.com> | 2024-03-10 16:08:11 +0100 |
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committer | Fabian Jahr <fjahr@protonmail.com> | 2024-05-21 13:38:09 +0200 |
commit | 4d8e5edbaa94805be41ae4c8aa2f4bf7aaa276fe (patch) | |
tree | 797ac4431e942582daa98ea3f87a5ba3240e203a /src/rpc/blockchain.cpp | |
parent | c14ed7f384075330361df636f40121cf25a066d6 (diff) | |
download | bitcoin-4d8e5edbaa94805be41ae4c8aa2f4bf7aaa276fe.tar.xz |
assumeutxo: Add documentation on dumptxoutset serialization format
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diff --git a/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp b/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp index 6402819ce6..cecad55aee 100644 --- a/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp +++ b/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp @@ -2702,6 +2702,13 @@ UniValue CreateUTXOSnapshot( size_t written_coins_count{0}; std::vector<std::pair<uint32_t, Coin>> coins; + // To reduce space the serialization format of the snapshot avoids + // duplication of tx hashes. The code takes advantage of the guarantee by + // leveldb that keys are lexicographically sorted. + // In the coins vector we collect all coins that belong to a certain tx hash + // (key.hash) and when we have them all (key.hash != last_hash) we write + // them to file using the below lambda function. + // See also https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/25675 auto write_coins_to_file = [&](AutoFile& afile, const Txid& last_hash, const std::vector<std::pair<uint32_t, Coin>>& coins, size_t& written_coins_count) { afile << last_hash; WriteCompactSize(afile, coins.size()); |