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Suhas Daftuar 2019-04-22 12:17:20 -04:00
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src/net_processing.cpp
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@ -1455,12 +1455,19 @@ void static ProcessGetData(CNode* pfrom, const CChainParams& chainparams, CConnm
if (!vNotFound.empty()) {
// Let the peer know that we didn't find what it asked for, so it doesn't
// have to wait around forever. Currently only SPV clients actually care
// about this message: it's needed when they are recursively walking the
// dependencies of relevant unconfirmed transactions. SPV clients want to
// do that because they want to know about (and store and rebroadcast and
// risk analyze) the dependencies of transactions relevant to them, without
// having to download the entire memory pool.
// have to wait around forever.
// SPV clients care about this message: it's needed when they are
// recursively walking the dependencies of relevant unconfirmed
// transactions. SPV clients want to do that because they want to know
// about (and store and rebroadcast and risk analyze) the dependencies
// of transactions relevant to them, without having to download the
// entire memory pool.
// Also, other nodes can use these messages to automatically request a
// transaction from some other peer that annnounced it, and stop
// waiting for us to respond.
// In normal operation, we often send NOTFOUND messages for parents of
// transactions that we relay; if a peer is missing a parent, they may
// assume we have them and request the parents from us.
connman->PushMessage(pfrom, msgMaker.Make(NetMsgType::NOTFOUND, vNotFound));
}
}