The bitcoind binary contains more than 79 global symbols as reported by nm (in the BSS data section and initialized data section, somewhat filtered - see oneliner below):
0$ for SYMBOL in $(nm src/bitcoind | grep -E ' [BD] ' | c++filt | cut -f3- -d' ' | grep -v @ | grep -v : | sort | grep '[a-z]' | sort -u | grep -vE '^_'); do
1 REFERENCES=$(git grep -lE "([^a-zA-Z]|^)${SYMBOL}([^a-zA-Z]|\$)" -- "*.cpp" "*.h")
2 N_REFERENCES=$(wc -l <<< "${REFERENCES}")
3 echo -n "Found ${N_REFERENCES} use(s) of ${SYMBOL}: "
4 sort -u <<< "${REFERENCES}" | tr "\n" " "
5 echo
6 done
7Found 1 use(s) of boundSockets: src/httpserver.cpp
8Found 25 use(s) of chainActive: src/bench/block_assemble.cpp src/bench/duplicate_inputs.cpp src/index/base.cpp src/index/txindex.cpp src/init.cpp src/interfaces/chain.cpp src/interfaces/node.cpp src/miner.cpp src/net_processing.cpp src/policy/fees.cpp src/qt/test/wallettests.cpp src/rest.cpp src/rpc/blockchain.cpp src/rpc/mining.cpp src/rpc/rawtransaction.cpp src/test/denialofservice_tests.cpp src/test/miner_tests.cpp src/test/test_bitcoin.cpp src/test/txvalidationcache_tests.cpp src/test/validation_block_tests.cpp src/txmempool.h src/validation.cpp src/validation.h src/wallet/test/wallet_tests.cpp src/wallet/wallet.cpp
9Found 43 use(s) of cs_main: src/bench/block_assemble.cpp src/bench/duplicate_inputs.cpp src/bench/mempool_eviction.cpp src/bench/rpc_mempool.cpp src/index/base.cpp src/index/txindex.cpp src/init.cpp src/interfaces/chain.cpp src/interfaces/node.cpp src/interfaces/wallet.cpp src/miner.cpp src/net.h src/net_processing.cpp src/net_processing.h src/node/transaction.cpp src/qt/clientmodel.cpp src/qt/peertablemodel.cpp src/rest.cpp src/rpc/blockchain.cpp src/rpc/mining.cpp src/rpc/misc.cpp src/rpc/net.cpp src/rpc/rawtransaction.cpp src/test/blockencodings_tests.cpp src/test/denialofservice_tests.cpp src/test/mempool_tests.cpp src/test/miner_tests.cpp src/test/policyestimator_tests.cpp src/test/script_p2sh_tests.cpp src/test/test_bitcoin.cpp src/test/transaction_tests.cpp src/test/txvalidationcache_tests.cpp src/test/txvalidation_tests.cpp src/test/validation_block_tests.cpp src/txmempool.h src/validation.cpp src/validation.h src/validationinterface.cpp src/validationinterface.h src/wallet/test/wallet_tests.cpp src/wallet/wallet.cpp src/wallet/wallet.h src/zmq/zmqpublishnotifier.cpp
10Found 4 use(s) of cs_mapLocalHost: src/net.cpp src/net.h src/rpc/net.cpp src/test/net_tests.cpp
11Found 1 use(s) of cs_warnings: src/warnings.cpp
12Found 7 use(s) of dustRelayFee: src/init.cpp src/interfaces/node.cpp src/policy/policy.cpp src/policy/policy.h src/test/transaction_tests.cpp src/wallet/fees.cpp src/wallet/wallet.cpp
13Found 1 use(s) of eventHTTP: src/httpserver.cpp
14Found 4 use(s) of fAcceptDatacarrier: src/init.cpp src/policy/policy.cpp src/script/standard.cpp src/script/standard.h
15Found 4 use(s) of fCheckBlockIndex: src/init.cpp src/test/test_bitcoin.cpp src/validation.cpp src/validation.h
16Found 4 use(s) of fCheckpointsEnabled: src/init.cpp src/test/miner_tests.cpp src/validation.cpp src/validation.h
17Found 3 use(s) of fDiscover: src/init.cpp src/net.cpp src/net.h
18Found 6 use(s) of feeEstimator: src/init.cpp src/interfaces/chain.cpp src/interfaces/node.cpp src/rpc/mining.cpp src/validation.cpp src/validation.h
19Found 3 use(s) of fEnableReplacement: src/init.cpp src/validation.cpp src/validation.h
20Found 1 use(s) of fFeeEstimatesInitialized: src/init.cpp
21Found 3 use(s) of fHavePruned: src/init.cpp src/validation.cpp src/validation.h
22Found 5 use(s) of fImporting: src/init.cpp src/interfaces/node.cpp src/net_processing.cpp src/validation.cpp src/validation.h
23Found 4 use(s) of fIsBareMultisigStd: src/init.cpp src/policy/policy.cpp src/validation.cpp src/validation.h
24Found 1 use(s) of fLargeWorkForkFound: src/warnings.cpp
25Found 1 use(s) of fLargeWorkInvalidChainFound: src/warnings.cpp
26Found 5 use(s) of fListen: src/init.cpp src/net.cpp src/net.h src/net_processing.cpp src/qt/optionsmodel.cpp
27Found 6 use(s) of fLogIPs: src/init.cpp src/logging.cpp src/logging.h src/net.cpp src/net_processing.cpp src/rpc/server.cpp
28Found 4 use(s) of fNameLookup: src/init.cpp src/netbase.cpp src/netbase.h src/net.cpp
29Found 6 use(s) of fPruneMode: src/init.cpp src/interfaces/chain.cpp src/net_processing.cpp src/rpc/blockchain.cpp src/validation.cpp src/validation.h
30Found 5 use(s) of fReindex: src/init.cpp src/interfaces/node.cpp src/net_processing.cpp src/validation.cpp src/validation.h
31Found 5 use(s) of fRelayTxes: src/init.cpp src/net.cpp src/net.h src/net_processing.cpp src/rpc/net.cpp
32Found 5 use(s) of fRequireStandard: src/chainparams.cpp src/chainparams.h src/init.cpp src/validation.cpp src/validation.h
33Found 51 use(s) of gArgs: src/bench/bench_bitcoin.cpp src/bitcoin-cli.cpp src/bitcoind.cpp src/bitcoin-tx.cpp src/bitcoin-wallet.cpp src/chainparamsbase.cpp src/chainparams.cpp src/dbwrapper.cpp src/dummywallet.cpp src/httprpc.cpp src/httpserver.cpp src/init.cpp src/init.h src/interfaces/chain.cpp src/interfaces/node.cpp src/miner.cpp src/net.cpp src/net_processing.cpp src/qt/bitcoin.cpp src/qt/guiutil.cpp src/qt/intro.cpp src/qt/optionsmodel.cpp src/qt/paymentrequestplus.cpp src/qt/paymentserver.cpp src/qt/test/test_main.cpp src/qt/utilitydialog.cpp src/qt/walletmodel.cpp src/rpc/blockchain.cpp src/rpc/protocol.cpp src/rpc/server.cpp src/script/sigcache.cpp src/test/denialofservice_tests.cpp src/test/getarg_tests.cpp src/test/net_tests.cpp src/test/test_bitcoin.cpp src/timedata.cpp src/torcontrol.cpp src/txdb.cpp src/util/system.cpp src/util/system.h src/validation.cpp src/wallet/coincontrol.cpp src/wallet/db.cpp src/wallet/feebumper.cpp src/wallet/init.cpp src/wallet/test/init_test_fixture.cpp src/wallet/test/init_tests.cpp src/wallet/wallet.cpp src/wallet/walletdb.cpp src/wallet/walletutil.cpp src/zmq/zmqnotificationinterface.cpp
34Found 6 use(s) of g_banman: src/banman.h src/init.cpp src/interfaces/node.cpp src/net.h src/rpc/net.cpp src/test/test_bitcoin.cpp
35Found 4 use(s) of g_best_block: src/init.cpp src/rpc/mining.cpp src/validation.cpp src/validation.h
36Found 4 use(s) of g_best_block_cv: src/init.cpp src/rpc/mining.cpp src/validation.cpp src/validation.h
37Found 3 use(s) of g_best_block_mutex: src/rpc/mining.cpp src/validation.cpp src/validation.h
38Found 1 use(s) of g_chainstate: src/validation.cpp
39Found 8 use(s) of g_connman: src/init.cpp src/interfaces/chain.cpp src/interfaces/node.cpp src/net.h src/node/transaction.cpp src/rpc/mining.cpp src/rpc/net.cpp src/test/test_bitcoin.cpp
40Found 3 use(s) of g_cs_orphans: src/net.h src/net_processing.cpp src/test/denialofservice_tests.cpp
41Found 4 use(s) of g_is_mempool_loaded: src/init.cpp src/rpc/blockchain.cpp src/validation.cpp src/validation.h
42Found 4 use(s) of g_mock_deterministic_tests: src/random.cpp src/test/bloom_tests.cpp src/test/random_tests.cpp src/test/test_bitcoin.h
43Found 6 use(s) of g_rpc_interfaces: src/init.cpp src/rpc/rawtransaction.cpp src/rpc/util.cpp src/rpc/util.h src/test/rpc_tests.cpp src/wallet/rpcwallet.cpp
44Found 7 use(s) of g_txindex: src/index/txindex.cpp src/index/txindex.h src/init.cpp src/rest.cpp src/rpc/blockchain.cpp src/rpc/rawtransaction.cpp src/validation.cpp
45Found 1 use(s) of g_ui_signals: src/ui_interface.cpp
46Found 5 use(s) of g_wallet_init_interface: src/dummywallet.cpp src/httprpc.cpp src/init.cpp src/wallet/init.cpp src/walletinitinterface.h
47Found 4 use(s) of g_zmq_notification_interface: src/init.cpp src/zmq/zmqnotificationinterface.cpp src/zmq/zmqnotificationinterface.h src/zmq/zmqrpc.cpp
48Found 3 use(s) of hashAssumeValid: src/init.cpp src/validation.cpp src/validation.h
49Found 8 use(s) of incrementalRelayFee: src/init.cpp src/policy/policy.cpp src/policy/policy.h src/rpc/net.cpp src/txmempool.cpp src/txmempool.h src/validation.cpp src/wallet/feebumper.cpp
50Found 1 use(s) of instance_of_cmaincleanup: src/validation.cpp
51Found 1 use(s) of instance_of_cnetcleanup: src/net.cpp
52Found 1 use(s) of instance_of_cnetprocessingcleanup: src/net_processing.cpp
53Found 8 use(s) of mapBlockIndex: src/init.cpp src/interfaces/wallet.cpp src/net_processing.cpp src/rpc/blockchain.cpp src/txdb.cpp src/validation.cpp src/validation.h src/wallet/test/wallet_tests.cpp
54Found 4 use(s) of mapLocalHost: src/net.cpp src/net.h src/rpc/net.cpp src/test/net_tests.cpp
55Found 2 use(s) of mapOrphanTransactions: src/net_processing.cpp src/test/denialofservice_tests.cpp
56Found 11 use(s) of maxTxFee: src/init.cpp src/interfaces/chain.cpp src/interfaces/chain.h src/interfaces/node.cpp src/qt/walletmodel.cpp src/rpc/rawtransaction.cpp src/validation.cpp src/validation.h src/wallet/feebumper.cpp src/wallet/fees.cpp src/wallet/wallet.cpp
57Found 55 use(s) of mempool: src/bench/block_assemble.cpp src/bench/mempool_eviction.cpp src/blockencodings.cpp src/blockencodings.h src/init.cpp src/interfaces/chain.cpp src/interfaces/chain.h src/interfaces/node.cpp src/interfaces/node.h src/interfaces/wallet.cpp src/interfaces/wallet.h src/logging.cpp src/miner.cpp src/miner.h src/net.h src/net_processing.cpp src/node/transaction.cpp src/policy/fees.cpp src/policy/fees.h src/policy/policy.h src/policy/rbf.cpp src/policy/rbf.h src/protocol.cpp src/protocol.h src/qt/bitcoinstrings.cpp src/qt/coincontroldialog.cpp src/qt/rpcconsole.h src/qt/test/rpcnestedtests.cpp src/qt/transactionrecord.h src/rest.cpp src/rpc/blockchain.cpp src/rpc/client.cpp src/rpc/mining.cpp src/rpc/misc.cpp src/rpc/net.cpp src/rpc/rawtransaction.cpp src/test/blockencodings_tests.cpp src/test/mempool_tests.cpp src/test/miner_tests.cpp src/test/policyestimator_tests.cpp src/test/test_bitcoin.cpp src/test/txvalidationcache_tests.cpp src/test/txvalidation_tests.cpp src/txmempool.cpp src/txmempool.h src/validation.cpp src/validation.h src/validationinterface.h src/wallet/feebumper.cpp src/wallet/feebumper.h src/wallet/fees.cpp src/wallet/init.cpp src/wallet/rpcwallet.cpp src/wallet/wallet.cpp src/wallet/wallet.h
58Found 11 use(s) of minRelayTxFee: src/init.cpp src/net_processing.cpp src/policy/policy.h src/rpc/blockchain.cpp src/rpc/net.cpp src/validation.cpp src/validation.h src/wallet/fees.cpp src/wallet/init.cpp src/wallet/rpcwallet.cpp src/wallet/wallet.cpp
59Found 3 use(s) of nBytesPerSigOp: src/init.cpp src/policy/policy.cpp src/policy/policy.h
60Found 3 use(s) of nCoinCacheUsage: src/init.cpp src/validation.cpp src/validation.h
61Found 4 use(s) of nConnectTimeout: src/init.cpp src/netbase.cpp src/netbase.h src/net.cpp
62Found 4 use(s) of nMaxDatacarrierBytes: src/init.cpp src/policy/policy.cpp src/script/standard.cpp src/script/standard.h
63Found 3 use(s) of nMaxTipAge: src/init.cpp src/validation.cpp src/validation.h
64Found 6 use(s) of nMinimumChainWork: src/chainparams.cpp src/consensus/params.h src/init.cpp src/net_processing.cpp src/validation.cpp src/validation.h
65Found 4 use(s) of nPruneTarget: src/init.cpp src/rpc/blockchain.cpp src/validation.cpp src/validation.h
66Found 5 use(s) of nScriptCheckThreads: src/init.cpp src/test/checkqueue_tests.cpp src/test/test_bitcoin.cpp src/validation.cpp src/validation.h
67Found 13 use(s) of NullUniValue: src/bitcoin-cli.cpp src/httprpc.cpp src/rpc/blockchain.cpp src/rpc/mining.cpp src/rpc/misc.cpp src/rpc/net.cpp src/rpc/protocol.cpp src/rpc/server.cpp src/rpc/server.h src/univalue/include/univalue.h src/univalue/lib/univalue.cpp src/wallet/rpcdump.cpp src/wallet/rpcwallet.cpp
68Found 1 use(s) of pathHandlers: src/httpserver.cpp
69Found 7 use(s) of pblocktree: src/bench/block_assemble.cpp src/bench/duplicate_inputs.cpp src/index/txindex.cpp src/init.cpp src/test/test_bitcoin.cpp src/validation.cpp src/validation.h
70Found 7 use(s) of pcoinsdbview: src/bench/block_assemble.cpp src/bench/duplicate_inputs.cpp src/init.cpp src/rpc/blockchain.cpp src/test/test_bitcoin.cpp src/validation.cpp src/validation.h
71Found 15 use(s) of pcoinsTip: src/bench/block_assemble.cpp src/bench/duplicate_inputs.cpp src/init.cpp src/interfaces/node.cpp src/net_processing.cpp src/node/transaction.cpp src/rest.cpp src/rpc/blockchain.cpp src/rpc/rawtransaction.cpp src/test/miner_tests.cpp src/test/test_bitcoin.cpp src/test/txvalidationcache_tests.cpp src/txmempool.h src/validation.cpp src/validation.h
72Found 2 use(s) of peerLogic: src/init.cpp src/test/denialofservice_tests.cpp
73Found 1 use(s) of pindexBestForkBase: src/validation.cpp
74Found 1 use(s) of pindexBestForkTip: src/validation.cpp
75Found 5 use(s) of pindexBestHeader: src/interfaces/node.cpp src/net_processing.cpp src/rpc/blockchain.cpp src/validation.cpp src/validation.h
76Found 3 use(s) of secp256k1_nonce_function_default: src/secp256k1/include/secp256k1.h src/secp256k1/include/secp256k1_recovery.h src/secp256k1/src/modules/recovery/main_impl.h
77Found 2 use(s) of secp256k1_nonce_function_rfc6979: src/key.cpp src/secp256k1/include/secp256k1.h
78Found 11 use(s) of tableRPC: src/httprpc.cpp src/init.cpp src/interfaces/node.cpp src/interfaces/wallet.cpp src/qt/test/rpcnestedtests.cpp src/rpc/register.h src/rpc/server.cpp src/rpc/server.h src/test/rpc_tests.cpp src/test/test_bitcoin.cpp src/wallet/test/wallet_test_fixture.cpp
79Found 1 use(s) of threadHTTP: src/httpserver.cpp
80Found 17 use(s) of uiInterface: src/httprpc.cpp src/httpserver.cpp src/index/base.cpp src/index/txindex.cpp src/init.cpp src/interfaces/chain.cpp src/interfaces/node.cpp src/net.cpp src/net.h src/noui.cpp src/timedata.cpp src/txdb.cpp src/ui_interface.cpp src/ui_interface.h src/validation.cpp src/wallet/init.cpp src/wallet/rpcdump.cpp
81Found 3 use(s) of versionbitscache: src/rpc/mining.cpp src/validation.cpp src/validation.h
82Found 6 use(s) of VersionBitsDeploymentInfo: src/chainparams.cpp src/consensus/params.h src/rpc/blockchain.cpp src/rpc/mining.cpp src/versionbitsinfo.cpp src/versionbitsinfo.h
83$ for SYMBOL in $(nm src/bitcoind | c++filt | grep -E ' B .*[a-z]\[abi:cxx11\]' | cut -f3- -d' ' | cut -f1 -d'[' | sort -u); do
84 REFERENCES=$(git grep -lE "([^a-zA-Z]|^)${SYMBOL}([^a-zA-Z]|\$)" -- "*.cpp" "*.h")
85 N_REFERENCES=$(wc -l <<< "${REFERENCES}")
86 echo -n "Found ${N_REFERENCES} use(s) of ${SYMBOL}: "
87 sort -u <<< "${REFERENCES}" | tr "\n" " "
88 echo
89 done
90Found 5 use(s) of strMessageMagic: src/qt/signverifymessagedialog.cpp src/rpc/misc.cpp src/validation.cpp src/validation.h src/wallet/rpcwallet.cpp
91Found 1 use(s) of strMiscWarning: src/warnings.cpp
92Found 6 use(s) of strSubVersion: src/init.cpp src/net.cpp src/net.h src/net_processing.cpp src/qt/clientmodel.cpp src/rpc/net.cpp
Most of these symbols are global (external) for good reasons.
However, judging from the output above the following 16 symbols do not have to be global (external):
0Found 1 use(s) of boundSockets: src/httpserver.cpp
1Found 1 use(s) of cs_warnings: src/warnings.cpp
2Found 1 use(s) of eventHTTP: src/httpserver.cpp
3Found 1 use(s) of fFeeEstimatesInitialized: src/init.cpp
4Found 1 use(s) of fLargeWorkForkFound: src/warnings.cpp
5Found 1 use(s) of fLargeWorkInvalidChainFound: src/warnings.cpp
6Found 1 use(s) of g_chainstate: src/validation.cpp
7Found 1 use(s) of g_ui_signals: src/ui_interface.cpp
8Found 1 use(s) of instance_of_cmaincleanup: src/validation.cpp
9Found 1 use(s) of instance_of_cnetcleanup: src/net.cpp
10Found 1 use(s) of instance_of_cnetprocessingcleanup: src/net_processing.cpp
11Found 1 use(s) of pathHandlers: src/httpserver.cpp
12Found 1 use(s) of pindexBestForkBase: src/validation.cpp
13Found 1 use(s) of pindexBestForkTip: src/validation.cpp
14Found 1 use(s) of strMiscWarning: src/warnings.cpp
15Found 1 use(s) of threadHTTP: src/httpserver.cpp