As-of confirmed wallet reads (Electrum / Esplora) - #202
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As-of reads need a snapshot of an ancestor, not only the live tip. pin_chain_view_at uses height_of_hash; still_live stays true while that height's confirmed header_fk is unchanged (tip extension is fine).
A spend at height N is invisible as of N-1 because spentness is annotation plus spender confirmed-strong, not a mutated UTXO set. has_confirmed_strong_spender_at and listunspent_in/balance_in take that height clamp.
Confirmed rows are joined at that still-live ancestor; mempool is off. Unknown hash is 'asof not on chain'. server.features.asof advertises it. The stamped chain_tip is the asof block, not the live tip.
Wallet reads join at that still-live ancestor. Mempool is off. Response headers are the asof hash, not the live tip. Unknown or disconnected asof is 404 (no retry onto another block at the same height).
Thank Yuval again: as-of-hash is the buried-height half of binding confirmations to a chain (mempool#6584 / electrum-protocol#2). Stamp is the asof block; a disconnected asof is 404, not a different hash.
Trailing bare 64-hex collides with a later official string/hash arg. Tag the extra positional as asof:<blockhash> and honor it only after server.version negotiates 1.4.2-asof. protocol_max stays dotted-int 1.4.2 so Electrum parsers do not choke; features.asof_protocol advertises the dialect. First version call wins.
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Why
Thanks again to Yuval — the A-B-A / “bind confirmations to a chain”
work in #200 also
implies wallet state as of a still-live ancestor, not only the live
tip. Same threads:
mempool#6584,
electrum-protocol#2.
Spentness is annotation + spender confirmed-strong. Clamping that check
to height (H) is “UTXOs / balance as of (H)” on the current chain.
Not fork MVCC: we do not serve a disconnected hash.
Stacked on
query/chain-view(#200).API
Selector is block hash (display-order hex), not height.
?asof=<64 hex>on/utxo,/stats,/txs,/txs/chain,/tx/:id/status,/outspend(s)get_balance/listunspent/get_historychain_tipis the asof blockasof not on chainserver.features.asof = true. Live (no asof) path unchanged.Test plan
/utxo?asof=+/status?asof=+ 404 unknown; headers are asof hash.Do not merge unless asked.