[#Chainstate-SetTargetBlock]
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Set target block for this chainstate. If null, chainstate will target the most‐work valid block. If non‐null chainstate will be a historic chainstate and target the specified block.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<validation.h>`

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void
SetTargetBlock(xref:CBlockIndex.adoc[CBlockIndex]* block);
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== Parameters

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| Name| Description
| *block*
| The target block, or nullptr to target the most‐work valid block.
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