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-rw-r--r--src/init.cpp15
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);