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    "Allow kernel applications to control clock time per chainstate manager for deterministic validation.",
    "Eliminate kernel dependency on global system clock state and prevent nondeterministic clock calls at link time."
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    "Ready to review; cleanly rebased and passing CI."
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    "Positive support for per-instance clock approach with added fuzz and kernel tests (sedited).",
    "Resolved discussion on alternative clock callback API (stickies-v).",
    "Open inquiry on relevance following the merge of mock-time PR 35496 (maflcko)."
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      "P2 because it eliminates global clock state from validation execution in libbitcoinkernel.",
      "Provides a scoped C/C++ API allowing independent, deterministic multi-instance validation runs."
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      "P3 because it unifies clock queries in validation paths under ChainstateManager::Now without changing consensus rules.",
      "Fixes a nondeterministic timing race in IBD state transitions during tests."
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     "why": [
      "P3 because it isolates nondeterministic clock calls into a separate translation unit excluded from the kernel build.",
      "Enforces architectural boundaries at link time to prevent accidental clock leakage."
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  "summary": "Adds btck_chainstate_manager_set_clock_time to the kernel C API and introduces ChainstateManager::Now as the unified clock injection point across validation paths. Moves NodeClock::now into an isolated translation unit omitted from the kernel library to catch accidental nondeterministic clock calls at link time. Refactors mempool time representation to use chrono time points and fixes a timing race in IBD test assertions.",
  "problem": "Validation code and kernel consumers previously relied on the global NodeClock, preventing kernel applications from executing deterministic block and header validation independently across multiple chainstate manager instances.",
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    "Maflcko asked whether this PR remains relevant following the merge of global mock-time PR 35496, and noted a conceptual conflict with PR 35906."
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    "Chrono conversions and casts in validation time handling were streamlined to native time points per maflcko's review.",
    "Stickies-v proposed a btck_Clock callback abstraction, which author explored in an alternate branch but retained the setter as more direct for application state.",
    "Sedited requested test coverage exercising the scoped clock, which the author added in the kernel unit tests and utxo_total_supply fuzz target."
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     "note": "Suggested using FakeNodeClock to clean up test mock time handling."
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     "resolution_evidence": "2026-06-29 'My instinct is that it doesn't because if you're creating multiple chainstate managers... setting the time directly on the relevant objects' (author explanation, no further pushback)",
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    "sedited (2026-06-21): 'if we set it like here, it can be moved any number of times. I think I prefer that, as it seems to overlap more closely with the current global mechanics.'",
    "stickies-v (2026-06-23): suggested btck_Clock callback API; author answered on 2026-06-29 with prototype and trade-off comparison."
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