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+// Copyright (c) 2024 The Bitcoin Core developers
+// Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
+// file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
+
+#ifndef BITCOIN_INTERFACES_MINING_H
+#define BITCOIN_INTERFACES_MINING_H
+
+namespace node {
+struct NodeContext;
+} // namespace node
+
+namespace interfaces {
+
+//! Interface giving clients (RPC, Stratum v2 Template Provider in the future)
+//! ability to create block templates.
+
+class Mining
+{
+public:
+    virtual ~Mining() {}
+
+    //! If this chain is exclusively used for testing
+    virtual bool isTestChain() = 0;
+
+    //! Get internal node context. Useful for RPC and testing,
+    //! but not accessible across processes.
+    virtual node::NodeContext* context() { return nullptr; }
+};
+
+//! Return implementation of Mining interface.
+std::unique_ptr<Mining> MakeMining(node::NodeContext& node);
+
+} // namespace interfaces
+
+#endif // BITCOIN_INTERFACES_MINING_H