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bwatch: persist block history

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Authored by Sangbida Chaudhuri

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bwatch: persist block history

bwatch keeps a tail of recent blocks (height, hash, prev hash) so it
can detect and unwind reorgs without re-fetching from bitcoind. The
datastore key for each block is zero-padded to 10 digits so
listdatastore returns blocks in ascending height order. On startup
we replay the stored history and resume from the most recent block.
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What changed, and why it matters

This commit adds a new feature to the bwatch plugin that remembers recent Bitcoin block history in the node's internal database. It is a reliability improvement for handling blockchain reorganizations, not a security fix. There is no indication of a vulnerability being patched.

Recommended action

No security action required. Review as normal feature code for correctness and robustness of reorg handling.

Security signals we found

No strong security signals were identified.

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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