Remove the header store #446
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Given bitcoindevkit/bdk#1582, it seems as BDK will eventually be able to accept both
HeaderandBlockHashto theLocalChain. If it is assumed the underlying wallet will have block headers, not just hashes, then there is an opportunity to remove data redundancy.A future flow would look like:
User supplies a recent history of the headers they know about -> The node starts with this history, informing the user of any reorgs -> The node emits the last
Nheaders the user cares about -> The user stores these headers for the next syncBefore this goes in for certain, we will need to confirm that block headers can be stored/fetched from BDK
sqlite. Users of the library that do not use BDK will have to keep their own snapshots, but this is a great opportunity to reduce the maintenance scope. Pros outweigh the cons IMO