Node architecture

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Node consists of several independent tasks:

1. BC: Blockchain state machine with its network-agnostic interface for processing blocks and supplying notifications about new transactions.
2. P2P: network component that manages the peers and communicates with the BC.
3. API: warp-powered JSON/RPC interface that provides API for submitting txs, querying network status etc. Communicates with BC and P2P.
4. UI: warp-powered UI available on 127.0.0.1 for local operations: viewing the blockchain, crafting transactions. Communicates with BC and P2P.

Checklist

• wallet: new format (node/wallet: new module for handling accounts and spendable utxos #473)
  • review the state machine for the utxos: incoming, outgoing, confirmed txs, unconfirmed txs.
  • persist unconfirmed txs, retry adding them to the mempool on start, clear when they are confirmed.
  • save/load wallet state from a file (json-encoded or w/e) - we can switch to a more PITA sqlite later.
• ui: new navigation in the header (instead of sidebar) - so it scales better for various device sizes.
• ui: init blockchain by creating 1'000'000 default units in a default account in the wallet. These can be used to make new transactions later.
• p2p: make sure the hello message includes the network's genesis block hash, to make sure both nodes communicate on the same ledger.
• blockchain: store utreexo state in one file, and blocks in a separate folder for serving to the other nodes.