Disable automatic block re-indexing by default

backend/mempool-config.sample.json

@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@
     "EXTERNAL_MAX_RETRY": 1,
     "EXTERNAL_RETRY_INTERVAL": 0,
     "USER_AGENT": "mempool",
-    "STDOUT_LOG_MIN_PRIORITY": "debug"
+    "STDOUT_LOG_MIN_PRIORITY": "debug",
+    "AUTOMATIC_BLOCK_REINDEXING": false
   },
   "CORE_RPC": {
     "HOST": "127.0.0.1",

backend/src/api/pools-parser.ts

@@ -222,6 +222,10 @@ class PoolsParser {
    * Delete blocks which needs to be reindexed
    */
    private async $deleteBlocskToReindex(finalPoolDataUpdate: any[]) {
+    if (config.MEMPOOL.AUTOMATIC_BLOCK_REINDEXING === false) {
+      return;
+    }
+
     const blockCount = await BlocksRepository.$blockCount(null, null);
     if (blockCount === 0) {
       return;

backend/src/config.ts

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ interface IConfig {
     EXTERNAL_RETRY_INTERVAL: number;
     USER_AGENT: string;
     STDOUT_LOG_MIN_PRIORITY: 'emerg' | 'alert' | 'crit' | 'err' | 'warn' | 'notice' | 'info' | 'debug';
+    AUTOMATIC_BLOCK_REINDEXING: boolean;
   };
   ESPLORA: {
     REST_API_URL: string;
@@ -113,6 +114,7 @@ const defaults: IConfig = {
     'EXTERNAL_RETRY_INTERVAL': 0,
     'USER_AGENT': 'mempool',
     'STDOUT_LOG_MIN_PRIORITY': 'debug',
+    'AUTOMATIC_BLOCK_REINDEXING': false,
   },
   'ESPLORA': {
     'REST_API_URL': 'http://127.0.0.1:3000',