[#Chainstate-TargetBlock]
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Return target block which chainstate tip is expected to reach, if this is a historic chainstate being used to validate a snapshot, or null if chainstate targets the most‐work block.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<validation.h>`

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TargetBlock() const;
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== Return Value

The target block index, or nullptr if the chainstate targets the most‐work block.


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