Function InitBlockIndex

src/main.cpp:4112–4153

bool InitBlockIndex() {
    const CChainParams& chainparams = Params();
    LOCK(cs_main);

    // Initialize global variables that cannot be constructed at startup.
    recentRejects.reset(new CRollingBloomFilter(120000, 0.000001));

    // Check whether we're already initialized
    if (chainActive.Genesis() != NULL)
        return true;

    // Use the provided setting for -txindex in the new database
    fTxIndex = GetBoolArg("-txindex", false);
    pblocktree->WriteFlag("txindex", fTxIndex);
    LogPrintf("Initializing databases...\n");

    // Only add the genesis block if not reindexing (in which case we reuse the one already on disk)
    if (!fReindex) {
        try {
            CBlock &block = const_cast<CBlock&>(Params().GenesisBlock());
            // Start new block file
            unsigned int nBlockSize = ::GetSerializeSize(block, SER_DISK, CLIENT_VERSION);
            CDiskBlockPos blockPos;
            CValidationState state;
            if (!FindBlockPos(state, blockPos, nBlockSize+8, 0, block.GetBlockTime()))
                return error("LoadBlockIndex(): FindBlockPos failed");
            if (!WriteBlockToDisk(block, blockPos, chainparams.MessageStart()))
                return error("LoadBlockIndex(): writing genesis block to disk failed");
            CBlockIndex *pindex = AddToBlockIndex(block);
            if (!ReceivedBlockTransactions(block, state, pindex, blockPos))
                return error("LoadBlockIndex(): genesis block not accepted");
            if (!ActivateBestChain(state, &block))
                return error("LoadBlockIndex(): genesis block cannot be activated");
            // Force a chainstate write so that when we VerifyDB in a moment, it doesn't check stale data
            return FlushStateToDisk(state, FLUSH_STATE_ALWAYS);
        } catch (const std::runtime_error& e) {
            return error("LoadBlockIndex(): failed to initialize block database: %s", e.what());
        }
    }

    return true;
}