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diff --git a/src/index/base.h b/src/index/base.h index 3fab810bb2..1063291480 100644 --- a/src/index/base.h +++ b/src/index/base.h @@ -21,6 +21,13 @@ class CBlockIndex; class BaseIndex : public CValidationInterface { protected: + /** + * The database stores a block locator of the chain the database is synced to + * so that the index can efficiently determine the point it last stopped at. + * A locator is used instead of a simple hash of the chain tip because blocks + * and block index entries may not be flushed to disk until after this database + * is updated. + */ class DB : public CDBWrapper { public: |