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author | BtcDrak <btcdrak@gmail.com> | 2016-03-30 20:00:30 +0100 |
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committer | BtcDrak <btcdrak@gmail.com> | 2016-03-31 20:50:54 +0100 |
commit | 869262605f21973910640676858f4c4a3baa6da8 (patch) | |
tree | b4296ddcd352498f8870562e02cda7aefc2c422c /src/init.cpp | |
parent | ba80ceef59bdfb7e0a42da4df81335698047fbce (diff) | |
download | bitcoin-869262605f21973910640676858f4c4a3baa6da8.tar.xz |
Disable bad chain alerts
Continuous false positives lead to them being ignored entirely
so it's better to disable now until this can be fixed more
thoroughly.
Diffstat (limited to 'src/init.cpp')
-rw-r--r-- | src/init.cpp | 15 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/src/init.cpp b/src/init.cpp index 69ef71b4f9..a712ffcac6 100644 --- a/src/init.cpp +++ b/src/init.cpp @@ -1645,10 +1645,17 @@ bool AppInit2(boost::thread_group& threadGroup, CScheduler& scheduler) StartNode(threadGroup, scheduler); // Monitor the chain, and alert if we get blocks much quicker or slower than expected - int64_t nPowTargetSpacing = Params().GetConsensus().nPowTargetSpacing; - CScheduler::Function f = boost::bind(&PartitionCheck, &IsInitialBlockDownload, - boost::ref(cs_main), boost::cref(pindexBestHeader), nPowTargetSpacing); - scheduler.scheduleEvery(f, nPowTargetSpacing); + // The "bad chain alert" scheduler has been disabled because the current system gives far + // too many false positives, such that users are starting to ignore them. + // This code will be disabled for 0.12.1 while a fix is deliberated in #7568 + // this was discussed in the IRC meeting on 2016-03-31. + // + // --- disabled --- + //int64_t nPowTargetSpacing = Params().GetConsensus().nPowTargetSpacing; + //CScheduler::Function f = boost::bind(&PartitionCheck, &IsInitialBlockDownload, + // boost::ref(cs_main), boost::cref(pindexBestHeader), nPowTargetSpacing); + //scheduler.scheduleEvery(f, nPowTargetSpacing); + // --- end disabled --- // Generate coins in the background GenerateBitcoins(GetBoolArg("-gen", DEFAULT_GENERATE), GetArg("-genproclimit", DEFAULT_GENERATE_THREADS), chainparams); |