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@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@ Before every minor and major release:
* Update version in sources (see below)
* Write release notes (see below)
* Update `src/chainparams.cpp` nMinimumChainWork with information from the getblockchaininfo rpc.
+* Update `src/chainparams.cpp` defaultAssumeValid with information from the getblockhash rpc.
+ - The selected value must not be orphaned so it may be useful to set the value two blocks back from the tip.
+ - Testnet should be set some tens of thousands back from the tip due to reorgs there.
+ - This update should be reviewed with a reindex-chainstate with assumevalid=0 to catch any defect
+ that causes rejection of blocks in the past history.
Before every major release: