doc: nChainTx needs to become a 64-bit earlier due to SegWit

5 years ago · ef72e9bd41
parent 04336086d3
commit ef72e9bd41
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--- a/src/chain.h
+++ b/src/chain.h
@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ public:

    //! (memory only) Number of transactions in the chain up to and including this block.
    //! This value will be non-zero only if and only if transactions for this block and all its parents are available.
-    //! Change to 64-bit type when necessary; won't happen before 2030
+    //! Change to 64-bit type before 2024 (assuming worst case of 60 byte transactions).
    //!
    //! Note: this value is faked during use of a UTXO snapshot because we don't
    //! have the underlying block data available during snapshot load.