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| author | Gregory Maxwell <greg@xiph.org> | 2016-10-22 05:33:25 +0000 |
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| committer | Gregory Maxwell <greg@xiph.org> | 2016-11-02 01:47:02 +0000 |
| commit | fd46136dfaf68a7046cf7b8693824d73ac6b1caf (patch) | |
| tree | 033a84a28fd516325144cb0cd9b31545f81fddf8 /doc | |
| parent | 3d69ecb4edeb80003a1a41442e320898a30dbd9c (diff) | |
| download | bitcoin-fd46136dfaf68a7046cf7b8693824d73ac6b1caf.tar.xz | |
IBD check uses minimumchain work instead of checkpoints.
This introduces a 'minimum chain work' chainparam which is intended
to be the known amount of work in the chain for the network at the
time of software release. If you don't have this much work, you're
not yet caught up.
This is used instead of the count of blocks test from checkpoints.
This criteria is trivial to keep updated as there is no element of
subjectivity, trust, or position dependence to it. It is also a more
reliable metric of sync status than a block count.
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diff --git a/doc/release-process.md b/doc/release-process.md index 63f75fb399..85cf160f47 100644 --- a/doc/release-process.md +++ b/doc/release-process.md @@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ Before every minor and major release: * Update [bips.md](bips.md) to account for changes since the last release. * Update version in sources (see below) * Write release notes (see below) +* Update `src/chainparams.cpp` nMinimumChainWork with information from the getblockchaininfo rpc. Before every major release: |