clients/bitwindow: start servers faster, less timeout

clients/bitwindow/lib/pages/root_page.dart

@@ -234,7 +234,8 @@ class _StatusBarState extends State<StatusBar> {
     await widgetDialog(
       context: context,
       title: 'Daemon Status',
-      subtitle: "You can use BitWindow without the enforcer, but it's not that interesting.",
+      subtitle:
+          "You can use BitWindow without the enforcer, but it's not that interesting because the wallet does not work.",
       child: ViewModelBuilder.reactive(
         viewModelBuilder: () => BottomNavViewModel(),
         builder: ((context, model, child) {

clients/bitwindow/lib/providers/blockchain_provider.dart

@@ -45,14 +45,12 @@ class BlockchainProvider extends ChangeNotifier {
     try {
       final newPeers = await api.bitcoind.listPeers();
       final newTXs = await api.bitcoind.listRecentTransactions();
-      final newBlockchainInfo = await api.bitcoind.getBlockchainInfo();
       final newRecentBlocks = await api.bitcoind.listRecentBlocks();
       final newOPReturns = await api.misc.listOPReturns();
 
-      if (_dataHasChanged(newPeers, newTXs, newBlockchainInfo, newRecentBlocks, newOPReturns)) {
+      if (_dataHasChanged(newPeers, newTXs, newRecentBlocks, newOPReturns)) {
         peers = newPeers;
         recentTransactions = newTXs;
-        blockchainInfo = newBlockchainInfo;
         recentBlocks = newRecentBlocks;
         opReturns = newOPReturns;
         error = null;
@@ -69,7 +67,6 @@ class BlockchainProvider extends ChangeNotifier {
   bool _dataHasChanged(
     List<Peer> newPeers,
     List<RecentTransaction> newTXs,
-    GetBlockchainInfoResponse newBlockchainInfo,
     List<Block> newRecentBlocks,
     List<OPReturn> newOPReturns,
   ) {
@@ -85,19 +82,24 @@ class BlockchainProvider extends ChangeNotifier {
       return true;
     }
 
-    if (blockchainInfo.toProto3Json() != newBlockchainInfo.toProto3Json()) {
-      return true;
-    }
-
     if (!listEquals(opReturns, newOPReturns)) {
       return true;
     }
 
     return false;
   }
 
+  void _fetchBlockchainInfo() async {
+    final newBlockchainInfo = await api.bitcoind.getBlockchainInfo();
+    blockchainInfo = newBlockchainInfo;
+    notifyListeners();
+  }
+
   void _startFetchTimer() {
-    _fetchTimer = Timer.periodic(const Duration(seconds: 5), (_) => fetch());
+    _fetchTimer = Timer.periodic(const Duration(seconds: 5), (_) {
+      fetch();
+      _fetchBlockchainInfo();
+    });
   }
 
   @override

clients/bitwindow/lib/servers/mainchain_rpc.dart

@@ -70,9 +70,8 @@ class MainchainRPCLive extends MainchainRPC {
     while (inIBD) {
       try {
         final info = await getBlockchainInfo();
-        // if block height is 0, the node might have not synced headers yet, and believe
-        // height 1 is the current best height
-        inIBD = (info.initialBlockDownload || info.headers <= 1) && (info.headers > 0 && info.blocks != info.headers);
+        // if block height is small, the node have probably not synced headers yet
+        inIBD = info.blocks <= 10;
 
         // Log height every 10 seconds
         if (DateTime.now().difference(lastLogTime).inSeconds >= 10) {

clients/sail_ui/lib/classes/rpc_connection.dart

@@ -170,9 +170,12 @@ abstract class RPCConnection extends ChangeNotifier {
 
     log.i('init binaries: waiting for $binary connection');
 
-    await _startConnectionTimer();
-    // zcash can take a long time. initial sync as well
-    const timeout = Duration(seconds: 5 * 60);
+    await startConnectionTimer();
+    var timeout = Duration(seconds: 3);
+    if (binary == 'zsided') {
+      // zcash can take a long time. initial sync as well
+      timeout = Duration(seconds: 5 * 60);
+    }
     try {
       await Future.any([
         // Happy case: able to connect. we start a poller at the
@@ -231,17 +234,17 @@ abstract class RPCConnection extends ChangeNotifier {
 
   // responsible for pinging the node every x seconds,
   // so we can update the UI immediately when the connection drops/begins
-  Timer? _connectionTimer;
-  Future<void> _startConnectionTimer() async {
-    _connectionTimer = Timer.periodic(const Duration(seconds: 1), (timer) async {
+  Timer? connectionTimer;
+  Future<void> startConnectionTimer() async {
+    connectionTimer = Timer.periodic(const Duration(seconds: 1), (timer) async {
       await testConnection();
     });
   }
 
   @override
   void dispose() {
     super.dispose();
-    _connectionTimer?.cancel();
+    connectionTimer?.cancel();
   }
 }