Repository: bitcoin/bitcoin
File: src/rpc/blockchain.cpp (C++)

Code before:
        //   https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/15606#discussion_r274479369
        //
        LOCK(::cs_main);

        chainstate.ForceFlushStateToDisk();

        maybe_stats = GetUTXOStats(&chainstate.CoinsDB(), chainstate.m_blockman, CoinStatsHashType::HASH_SERIALIZED, node.rpc_interruption_point);
        if (!maybe_stats) {
            throw JSONRPCError(RPC_INTERNAL_ERROR, "Unable to read UTXO set");
        }

        pcursor = chainstate.CoinsDB().Cursor();
        tip = CHECK_NONFATAL(chainstate.m_blockman.LookupBlockIndex(maybe_stats->hashBlock));
    }

    LOG_TIME_SECONDS(strprintf("writing UTXO snapshot at height %s (%s) to file %s (via %s)",
        tip->nHeight, tip->GetBlockHash().ToString(),
        fs::PathToString(path), fs::PathToString(temppath)));

    SnapshotMetadata metadata{tip->GetBlockHash(), maybe_stats->coins_count};

    afile << metadata;

    std::map<uint256, std::vector<std::pair<uint32_t, Coin>>> mapCoins;
    COutPoint key;
    uint256 last_hash;
    Coin coin;
    unsigned int iter{0};
    std::vector<std::pair<uint32_t, Coin>> coins;

    auto write_coins_to_file = [&](AutoFile& afile, const uint256& last_hash, const std::vector<std::pair<uint32_t, Coin>>& coins) {
        afile << last_hash;
        WriteCompactSize(afile, coins.size());
        for (auto [n, coin] : coins) {
            WriteCompactSize(afile, n);
            afile << coin;
        }
    };

    pcursor->GetKey(key);
    last_hash = key.hash;
    while (pcursor->Valid()) {
        if (iter % 5000 == 0) node.rpc_interruption_point();
        ++iter;
        if (pcursor->GetKey(key) && pcursor->GetValue(coin)) {
            if (key.hash != last_hash) {
                write_coins_to_file(afile, last_hash, coins);
                last_hash = key.hash;
                coins.clear();
            }
            coins.emplace_back(key.n, coin);

Review comment (suggestion):
nit, if you retouch: slightly clearer imho, that's the type and naming also used in the snapshot loading routine (`ChainstateManager::PopulateAndValidateSnapshot`)
```suggestion
    Txid last_txid;
```

Code after:
        // See discussion here:
        //   https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/15606#discussion_r274479369
        //
        LOCK(::cs_main);

        chainstate.ForceFlushStateToDisk();

        maybe_stats = GetUTXOStats(&chainstate.CoinsDB(), chainstate.m_blockman, CoinStatsHashType::HASH_SERIALIZED, node.rpc_interruption_point);
        if (!maybe_stats) {
            throw JSONRPCError(RPC_INTERNAL_ERROR, "Unable to read UTXO set");
        }

        pcursor = chainstate.CoinsDB().Cursor();
        tip = CHECK_NONFATAL(chainstate.m_blockman.LookupBlockIndex(maybe_stats->hashBlock));
    }

    LOG_TIME_SECONDS(strprintf("writing UTXO snapshot at height %s (%s) to file %s (via %s)",
        tip->nHeight, tip->GetBlockHash().ToString(),
        fs::PathToString(path), fs::PathToString(temppath)));

    SnapshotMetadata metadata{tip->GetBlockHash(), tip->nHeight, maybe_stats->coins_count};

    afile << metadata;

    COutPoint key;
    Txid last_hash;
    Coin coin;
    unsigned int iter{0};
    size_t written_coins_count{0};
    std::vector<std::pair<uint32_t, Coin>> coins;

    // To reduce space the serialization format of the snapshot avoids
    // duplication of tx hashes. The code takes advantage of the guarantee by
    // leveldb that keys are lexicographically sorted.
    // In the coins vector we collect all coins that belong to a certain tx hash
    // (key.hash) and when we have them all (key.hash != last_hash) we write
    // them to file using the below lambda function.
    // See also https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/25675
    auto write_coins_to_file = [&](AutoFile& afile, const Txid& last_hash, const std::vector<std::pair<uint32_t, Coin>>& coins, size_t& written_coins_count) {
        afile << last_hash;
        WriteCompactSize(afile, coins.size());
        for (const auto& [n, coin] : coins) {
            WriteCompactSize(afile, n);
            afile << coin;
            ++written_coins_count;
        }
    };

    pcursor->GetKey(key);
    last_hash = key.hash;
    while (pcursor->Valid()) {