Do not flush the cache after every block outside of IBD

Author: sipa

src/coins.cpp

@@ -107,7 +107,12 @@ bool CCoinsViewCache::SetCoins(const uint256 &txid, const CCoins &coins) {
 }
 
 bool CCoinsViewCache::HaveCoins(const uint256 &txid) {
-    return FetchCoins(txid) != cacheCoins.end();
+    CCoinsMap::iterator it = FetchCoins(txid);
+    // We're using vtx.empty() instead of IsPruned here for performance reasons,
+    // as we only care about the case where an transaction was replaced entirely
+    // in a reorganization (which wipes vout entirely, as opposed to spending
+    // which just cleans individual outputs).
+    return (it != cacheCoins.end() && !it->second.vout.empty());
 }
 
 uint256 CCoinsViewCache::GetBestBlock() {

src/main.cpp

@@ -1915,7 +1915,7 @@ bool ConnectBlock(CBlock& block, CValidationState& state, CBlockIndex* pindex, C
 // Update the on-disk chain state.
 bool static WriteChainState(CValidationState &state) {
     static int64_t nLastWrite = 0;
-    if (!IsInitialBlockDownload() || pcoinsTip->GetCacheSize() > nCoinCacheSize || GetTimeMicros() > nLastWrite + 600*1000000) {
+    if (pcoinsTip->GetCacheSize() > nCoinCacheSize || (!IsInitialBlockDownload() && GetTimeMicros() > nLastWrite + 600*1000000)) {
         // Typical CCoins structures on disk are around 100 bytes in size.
         // Pushing a new one to the database can cause it to be written
         // twice (once in the log, and once in the tables). This is already