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rpc: Clarify that block count means height excl genesis #16325
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The following sections might be updated with supplementary metadata relevant to reviewers and maintainers. ConflictsNo conflicts as of last run. |
utACK fab0c82 |
This has always been the case, right? I know of no other block height definition than this. |
Yes, this has always been the case afaik. The documentation I am changing here was added in 22f721d (2010) |
ACK fab0c82, sorry for the misconception. |
Eh, no worries. I look it up every time to be sure as well. |
fab0c82 rpc: Clarify that block count means height excl genesis (MarcoFalke) Pull request description: There is a common misconception that the block count returned by the blockchain rpcs includes the genesis block. See for example the discussion in #16292 (comment). However, it really returns the height, which is `0` for the genesis block. So clarify that and also remove the misleading "longest blockchain" comment. Finally, fix the wallet test that incorrectly used this rpc. ACKs for top commit: instagibbs: utACK fab0c82 promag: ACK fab0c82, sorry for the misconception. Tree-SHA512: 0d087cbb628d3866352bca6420402f392e6a997e579941701a408a7fca355d84645045661f39b022e4479cc07f85a6cddaa9095b6fd9911b245692482420a5e4
Yes, no worries, I kind of missed that the RPC call is called |
Summary: Description of PR: > There is a common misconception that the block count returned by the blockchain rpcs includes the genesis block. > However, it really returns the height, which is 0 for the genesis block. > So clarify that and also remove the misleading "longest blockchain" comment. > Finally, fix the wallet test that incorrectly used this rpc. Backport of Core [[bitcoin/bitcoin#16325 | PR16325]] Test Plan: ninja && ninja check-all src/bitcoin-cli help getbestblockhash src/bitcoin-cli help getbockcount Reviewers: O1 Bitcoin ABC, #bitcoin_abc, deadalnix Reviewed By: O1 Bitcoin ABC, #bitcoin_abc, deadalnix Differential Revision: https://reviews.bitcoinabc.org/D7822
…genesis fab0c82 rpc: Clarify that block count means height excl genesis (MarcoFalke) Pull request description: There is a common misconception that the block count returned by the blockchain rpcs includes the genesis block. See for example the discussion in bitcoin#16292 (comment). However, it really returns the height, which is `0` for the genesis block. So clarify that and also remove the misleading "longest blockchain" comment. Finally, fix the wallet test that incorrectly used this rpc. ACKs for top commit: instagibbs: utACK bitcoin@fab0c82 promag: ACK fab0c82, sorry for the misconception. Tree-SHA512: 0d087cbb628d3866352bca6420402f392e6a997e579941701a408a7fca355d84645045661f39b022e4479cc07f85a6cddaa9095b6fd9911b245692482420a5e4
…genesis fab0c82 rpc: Clarify that block count means height excl genesis (MarcoFalke) Pull request description: There is a common misconception that the block count returned by the blockchain rpcs includes the genesis block. See for example the discussion in bitcoin#16292 (comment). However, it really returns the height, which is `0` for the genesis block. So clarify that and also remove the misleading "longest blockchain" comment. Finally, fix the wallet test that incorrectly used this rpc. ACKs for top commit: instagibbs: utACK bitcoin@fab0c82 promag: ACK fab0c82, sorry for the misconception. Tree-SHA512: 0d087cbb628d3866352bca6420402f392e6a997e579941701a408a7fca355d84645045661f39b022e4479cc07f85a6cddaa9095b6fd9911b245692482420a5e4
…genesis fab0c82 rpc: Clarify that block count means height excl genesis (MarcoFalke) Pull request description: There is a common misconception that the block count returned by the blockchain rpcs includes the genesis block. See for example the discussion in bitcoin#16292 (comment). However, it really returns the height, which is `0` for the genesis block. So clarify that and also remove the misleading "longest blockchain" comment. Finally, fix the wallet test that incorrectly used this rpc. ACKs for top commit: instagibbs: utACK bitcoin@fab0c82 promag: ACK fab0c82, sorry for the misconception. Tree-SHA512: 0d087cbb628d3866352bca6420402f392e6a997e579941701a408a7fca355d84645045661f39b022e4479cc07f85a6cddaa9095b6fd9911b245692482420a5e4
…genesis fab0c82 rpc: Clarify that block count means height excl genesis (MarcoFalke) Pull request description: There is a common misconception that the block count returned by the blockchain rpcs includes the genesis block. See for example the discussion in bitcoin#16292 (comment). However, it really returns the height, which is `0` for the genesis block. So clarify that and also remove the misleading "longest blockchain" comment. Finally, fix the wallet test that incorrectly used this rpc. ACKs for top commit: instagibbs: utACK bitcoin@fab0c82 promag: ACK fab0c82, sorry for the misconception. Tree-SHA512: 0d087cbb628d3866352bca6420402f392e6a997e579941701a408a7fca355d84645045661f39b022e4479cc07f85a6cddaa9095b6fd9911b245692482420a5e4
…genesis fab0c82 rpc: Clarify that block count means height excl genesis (MarcoFalke) Pull request description: There is a common misconception that the block count returned by the blockchain rpcs includes the genesis block. See for example the discussion in bitcoin#16292 (comment). However, it really returns the height, which is `0` for the genesis block. So clarify that and also remove the misleading "longest blockchain" comment. Finally, fix the wallet test that incorrectly used this rpc. ACKs for top commit: instagibbs: utACK bitcoin@fab0c82 promag: ACK fab0c82, sorry for the misconception. Tree-SHA512: 0d087cbb628d3866352bca6420402f392e6a997e579941701a408a7fca355d84645045661f39b022e4479cc07f85a6cddaa9095b6fd9911b245692482420a5e4
…genesis fab0c82 rpc: Clarify that block count means height excl genesis (MarcoFalke) Pull request description: There is a common misconception that the block count returned by the blockchain rpcs includes the genesis block. See for example the discussion in bitcoin#16292 (comment). However, it really returns the height, which is `0` for the genesis block. So clarify that and also remove the misleading "longest blockchain" comment. Finally, fix the wallet test that incorrectly used this rpc. ACKs for top commit: instagibbs: utACK bitcoin@fab0c82 promag: ACK fab0c82, sorry for the misconception. Tree-SHA512: 0d087cbb628d3866352bca6420402f392e6a997e579941701a408a7fca355d84645045661f39b022e4479cc07f85a6cddaa9095b6fd9911b245692482420a5e4
…genesis fab0c82 rpc: Clarify that block count means height excl genesis (MarcoFalke) Pull request description: There is a common misconception that the block count returned by the blockchain rpcs includes the genesis block. See for example the discussion in bitcoin#16292 (comment). However, it really returns the height, which is `0` for the genesis block. So clarify that and also remove the misleading "longest blockchain" comment. Finally, fix the wallet test that incorrectly used this rpc. ACKs for top commit: instagibbs: utACK bitcoin@fab0c82 promag: ACK fab0c82, sorry for the misconception. Tree-SHA512: 0d087cbb628d3866352bca6420402f392e6a997e579941701a408a7fca355d84645045661f39b022e4479cc07f85a6cddaa9095b6fd9911b245692482420a5e4
…genesis fab0c82 rpc: Clarify that block count means height excl genesis (MarcoFalke) Pull request description: There is a common misconception that the block count returned by the blockchain rpcs includes the genesis block. See for example the discussion in bitcoin#16292 (comment). However, it really returns the height, which is `0` for the genesis block. So clarify that and also remove the misleading "longest blockchain" comment. Finally, fix the wallet test that incorrectly used this rpc. ACKs for top commit: instagibbs: utACK bitcoin@fab0c82 promag: ACK fab0c82, sorry for the misconception. Tree-SHA512: 0d087cbb628d3866352bca6420402f392e6a997e579941701a408a7fca355d84645045661f39b022e4479cc07f85a6cddaa9095b6fd9911b245692482420a5e4
…genesis fab0c82 rpc: Clarify that block count means height excl genesis (MarcoFalke) Pull request description: There is a common misconception that the block count returned by the blockchain rpcs includes the genesis block. See for example the discussion in bitcoin#16292 (comment). However, it really returns the height, which is `0` for the genesis block. So clarify that and also remove the misleading "longest blockchain" comment. Finally, fix the wallet test that incorrectly used this rpc. ACKs for top commit: instagibbs: utACK bitcoin@fab0c82 promag: ACK fab0c82, sorry for the misconception. Tree-SHA512: 0d087cbb628d3866352bca6420402f392e6a997e579941701a408a7fca355d84645045661f39b022e4479cc07f85a6cddaa9095b6fd9911b245692482420a5e4
There is a common misconception that the block count returned by the blockchain rpcs includes the genesis block. See for example the discussion in #16292 (comment).
However, it really returns the height, which is
0
for the genesis block.So clarify that and also remove the misleading "longest blockchain" comment.
Finally, fix the wallet test that incorrectly used this rpc.