> During the GUI startup, there is currently an accumulation of cs_main locks due to setting initial chain state values at multiple locations (in the GUI main thread).
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> This PR tries to cache the initial chain state (tip height, tip time, best header, etc.) short after loading the blockindex.
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> The cached values are then used instead of fetching them again (and thus locking cs_main) during setting the client model.
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> This should fix the initial GUI blocking often experienced during or short after the splashscreen.
This is a backport of core#19011 [1/4]
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/19011/commits/25e1d0bf417237caa5d36b4e757f29e6c8be8aad