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Merge #20577: doc: libconsensus: add missing error code description, fix NBitcoin link
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  This PR improves the libbitcoinconsensus description in `shared-libraries.md` in two ways:
  * adds the missing error code description for `bitcoinconsensus_ERR_INVALID_FLAGS` (introduced by commit 5ca8ef299a, PR #8976)
  * updates and fixes the link to the NBitcoin implementation (introduced by commit 3361edd010, PR #6430)
      * the owner of the `NBitcoin` github repository changed from `NicolasDorier` to `MetacoSA` (redirection still worked though)
      * instead of dynamically referring to a file in master with a fixed line number (which is obviously always quickly outdated), use a permalink with a file numbers area

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Shared Libraries
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## dashconsensus
The purpose of this library is to make the verification functionality that is critical to Dash's consensus available to other applications, e.g. to language bindings.
### API
The interface is defined in the C header `bitcoinconsensus.h` located in `src/script/bitcoinconsensus.h`.
#### Version
`dashconsensus_version` returns an `unsigned int` with the API version *(currently at an experimental `0`)*.
#### Script Validation
`dashconsensus_verify_script` returns an `int` with the status of the verification. It will be `1` if the input script correctly spends the previous output `scriptPubKey`.
##### Parameters
- `const unsigned char *scriptPubKey` - The previous output script that encumbers spending.
- `unsigned int scriptPubKeyLen` - The number of bytes for the `scriptPubKey`.
- `const unsigned char *txTo` - The transaction with the input that is spending the previous output.
- `unsigned int txToLen` - The number of bytes for the `txTo`.
- `unsigned int nIn` - The index of the input in `txTo` that spends the `scriptPubKey`.
- `unsigned int flags` - The script validation flags *(see below)*.
- `dashconsensus_error* err` - Will have the error/success code for the operation *(see below)*.
##### Script Flags
- `dashconsensus_SCRIPT_FLAGS_VERIFY_NONE`
- `dashconsensus_SCRIPT_FLAGS_VERIFY_P2SH` - Evaluate P2SH ([BIP16](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0016.mediawiki)) subscripts
- `dashconsensus_SCRIPT_FLAGS_VERIFY_DERSIG` - Enforce strict DER ([BIP66](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0066.mediawiki)) compliance
- `dashconsensus_SCRIPT_FLAGS_VERIFY_NULLDUMMY` - Enforce NULLDUMMY ([BIP147](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0147.mediawiki))
- `dashconsensus_SCRIPT_FLAGS_VERIFY_CHECKLOCKTIMEVERIFY` - Enable CHECKLOCKTIMEVERIFY ([BIP65](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0065.mediawiki))
- `dashconsensus_SCRIPT_FLAGS_VERIFY_CHECKSEQUENCEVERIFY` - Enable CHECKSEQUENCEVERIFY ([BIP112](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0112.mediawiki))
##### Errors
- `dashconsensus_ERR_OK` - No errors with input parameters *(see the return value of `dashconsensus_verify_script` for the verification status)*
- `dashconsensus_ERR_TX_INDEX` - An invalid index for `txTo`
- `dashconsensus_ERR_TX_SIZE_MISMATCH` - `txToLen` did not match with the size of `txTo`
- `dashconsensus_ERR_DESERIALIZE` - An error deserializing `txTo`
- `dashconsensus_ERR_INVALID_FLAGS` - Script verification `flags` are invalid (i.e. not part of the libconsensus interface)