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    "Consolidate block template creation, block submission, and mining wait logic into a single BlockTemplateManager class.",
    "Eliminate scattered mining options across NodeContext and reduce unnecessary block copies in getblocktemplate."
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    "Strong support for the refactor and copy-avoidance improvements across multiple re-ACKs (Sjors, pablomartin4btc, enirox001, w0xlt).",
    "Earlier rebase and lifetime issues were identified and addressed (Sjors, w0xlt, pablomartin4btc).",
    "Nonblocking concern that the new fuzz target is ineffective at testing the manager and should be deferred (marcofleon)."
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      "P2 because it centralizes block template assembly and state out of NodeContext into a dedicated manager.",
      "It eliminates full-block copies in getblocktemplate and directly unblocks fee-inflow tracking (#35581) and template footprint tracking (#33922)."
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  "summary": "This PR introduces `node::BlockTemplateManager` to manage block template creation, submission, and tip-waiting helpers in one place. It moves init-time mining options from `NodeContext` into the manager, routes RPC and test callers directly to the manager, and eliminates `interfaces::Mining` from `NodeContext`. It also optimizes `getblocktemplate` by avoiding redundant block and transaction copies, and adds a dedicated fuzz test for the manager.",
  "problem": "Mining options and template creation helpers were spread across `NodeContext`, `miner.cpp`, the `Mining` interface, and RPC code. This caused unnecessary `CBlock` copies in `getblocktemplate` and complicated downstream work on template fee tracking and memory management.",
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    "marcofleon noted the added fuzz target is ineffective at exercising BlockTemplateManager specifically and suggested dropping the commit to handle in a separate PR."
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    "Sjors and w0xlt noticed a rebase had accidentally reverted changes from merged PR #34672, which the author resolved.",
    "w0xlt pointed out that `wallet/test/fuzz/fees.cpp` needed to reset and recreate the template manager when resetting the mempool to avoid dangling pointers.",
    "pablomartin4btc highlighted manager construction timing relative to chainstate activation."
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