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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Gregory Maxwell
2016-10-22 05:33:25 +00:00
parent 3d69ecb4ed
commit fd46136dfa
4 changed files with 16 additions and 2 deletions

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@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ struct Params {
int64_t nPowTargetSpacing;
int64_t nPowTargetTimespan;
int64_t DifficultyAdjustmentInterval() const { return nPowTargetTimespan / nPowTargetSpacing; }
uint256 nMinimumChainWork;
};
} // namespace Consensus