Disallow unconfirmed coinbase #1976
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LagginTimes
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Jun 13, 2025
The logic in `CanonicalIter` will consider txs that are anchored to blocks not in the best chain since they still can appear in the mempool. However, coinbase txs can never be unconfirmed - which the old logic failed to exclude.
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Description
The logic in
CanonicalIterincludes transactions anchored to blocks outside the best chain, since they may still appear in the mempool.However, coinbase transactions can never be unconfirmed—a case the previous logic failed to exclude.
Notes to the reviewers
Sorry for my previous oversight on this.
Changelog notice
Fixed: - During canonicalization, exclude coinbase transactions when considering txs that are anchored in stale blocks.Checklists
All Submissions:
cargo +nightly fmtandcargo clippybefore committingBugfixes:
* [ ] This pull request breaks the existing API