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Alternatives to CurrentChainstate() used by older code to query latest chainstate information without locking cs_main. Newer code should avoid querying ChainstateManager and use Chainstate objects directly, or should use CurrentChainstate() instead. @{ Return the active chainstate.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<validation.h>`

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ActiveChainstate() const;
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== Return Value

A reference to the active chainstate.


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