TigerBeetle uses ReleaseSafe optimization mode, which means that the pointer was in fact initialized to 0xaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa. Since nothing is mapped to this addr

TigerBeetle uses ReleaseSafe optimization mode, which means that the pointer was in fact initialized to 0xaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa. Since nothing is mapped to this address, it reliably causes a segfault. This is equivalent to an assertion failure.