2 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/primitives/block.h b/src/primitives/block.h
index 45b4895eba..b037fc839c 100644
--- a/src/primitives/block.h
+++ b/src/primitives/block.h
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ class CBlock : public CBlockHeader
 {
 public:
     // network and disk
-    std::vector<std::shared_ptr<const CTransaction>> vtx;
+    std::vector<CTransactionRef> vtx;
 
     // memory only
     mutable bool fChecked;
diff --git a/src/primitives/transaction.h b/src/primitives/transaction.h
index 015a89ff10..0fa85a1519 100644
--- a/src/primitives/transaction.h
+++ b/src/primitives/transaction.h
@@ -475,6 +475,12 @@ struct CMutableTransaction
     uint256 GetHash() const;
 };
 
+typedef std::shared_ptr<const CTransaction> CTransactionRef;
+static inline CTransactionRef MakeTransactionRef() { return std::make_shared<const CTransaction>(); }
+template <typename Tx> static inline CTransactionRef MakeTransactionRef(Tx&& txIn) { return std::make_shared<const CTransaction>(std::forward<Tx>(txIn)); }
+static inline CTransactionRef MakeTransactionRef(const CTransactionRef& txIn) { return txIn; }
+static inline CTransactionRef MakeTransactionRef(CTransactionRef&& txIn) { return std::move(txIn); }
+
 /** Compute the weight of a transaction, as defined by BIP 141 */
 int64_t GetTransactionWeight(const CTransaction &tx);