server/assets/eth: refactor options for rpclient bestHeader #2106
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There are 2 options here
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(*rpcclient).bestHeadermethod was not optimized to reduce rpc calls. I've given two options to make it better.HeaderByNumber. The arg is a*big.Intand if we passnil, it is parsed to"latest"which has a special meaning for geth. This is the first commit.BlockNumber, but only callHeaderByNumberif the tip height has changed. This is the second commit.