While working on this PR https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/18570 I ran into a bit confusing situation where in one function a **CWallet reference** was expected while two others dealt with **CWallet pointers**. My initial reaction was: `let's harmonize them by making them references`. However, not being part of the PR itself I did't change anything and completed the PR first.

Now, after having analyzed the `rpcwallet.cpp` code I came to the conclusion that:

* converting them all into references is not the solution as they're originally **shared_ptr**s
* but also: there is no (visible) reason why every RPC function should begin like this:

```cpp
std::shared_ptr<CWallet> const pwallet = GetWalletForJSONRPCRequest(request);
const CWallet* const pwallet = wallet.get();
```

This clearly defeats the purpose of shared pointers for no obvious reason. *Maybe I am missing something?*

In my (unpublished) [code changes](https://github.com/brakmic/bitcoin/commit/0b3ee615491edf6f542631bf6ae6f72eac406550) all raw pointers got replaced with **shared_ptr**s but kept their original names (that is, *pwallet*). In the end, they're pointers too, so the most of the original code remained untouched.

However, some of the helper functions couldn't be changed because external code is accessing them and I didn't want to make this task "virulent". So I introduced new ("Ref") variants that expect **shared_ptr** parameters, namely: 

```cpp
void EnsureWalletRefIsUnlocked(const std::shared_ptr<CWallet>);
bool EnsureWalletRefIsAvailable(const std::shared_ptr<CWallet>, bool avoidException);
```

I have tested the code, with python and boost-tests, and could not find any errors. 
But before opening a PR I would like to open a discussion about this. 

Is there any reason to keep on working with raw pointers when every function call actually begins with *shared_ptr*s?

Regards,
}
                },
                RPCExamples{
                    HelpExampleCli("rescanblockchain", "100000 120000")
            + HelpExampleRpc("rescanblockchain", "100000, 120000")
                },
        [&](const RPCHelpMan& self, const JSONRPCRequest& request) -> UniValue
{
    std::shared_ptr<CWallet> const wallet = GetWalletForJSONRPCRequest(request);
    if (!wallet) return NullUniValue;
    CWallet* const pwallet = wallet.get();
    WalletRescanReserver reserver(*pwallet);
    if (!reserver.reserve()) {
        throw JSONRPCError(RPC_WALLET_ERROR, "Wallet is currently rescanning. Abort existing rescan or wait.");
    }
    int start_height = 0;
    Optional<int> stop_height;
    uint256 start_block;
    {
        LOCK(pwallet->cs_wallet);
        int tip_height = pwallet->GetLastBlockHeight();
        if (!request.params[0].isNull()) {
            start_height = request.params[0].get_int();
            if (start_height < 0 || start_height > tip_height) {
                throw JSONRPCError(RPC_INVALID_PARAMETER, "Invalid start_height");
            }
        }
        if (!request.params[1].isNull()) {
            stop_height = request.params[1].get_int();
            if (*stop_height < 0 || *stop_height > tip_height) {