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refactor: Deduplicate Chainstate activation code

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What the developer wrote

Authored by Ryan Ofsky

92/100 · Strong
refactor: Deduplicate Chainstate activation code

Move duplicate code from ChainstateManager::ActivateSnapshot and
ChainstateManager::ActivateExistingSnapshot methods to a new
ChainstateManager::AddChainstate method.

The "AddChainstate" method name doesn't mention snapshots even though it is
only used to add snapshot chainstates now, because it becomes more generalized
in a later commit in this PR ("refactor: Add ChainstateManager::m_chainstates
member")
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The short version

What changed, and why it matters

This commit is a straightforward internal code cleanup in Bitcoin Core. It merges two nearly identical blocks of code that set up a snapshot-based chainstate into a single helper method called AddChainstate. There is no change to network rules, consensus logic, wallet behavior, or user-facing functionality. It is purely a refactoring to reduce duplication.

Recommended action

No security action required. Review as normal code-quality refactoring.

Security signals we found

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Risk score

Why this scored 15/100

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Potential impact 0/30
Exploitability 0/25
Stealth signal 0/15
Affected reach 0/15
Confidence 10/10
Evidence quality 5/5
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