Could be sync checkpoints disabled by default?

General
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Can I remove checkpoints by default?
Many people are very concerned about the checkpoint, can peercoin cancel the checkpoint now?

2

Can peercoin walk independently?

3

This is how you turn off checkpoints:

$ ~/.peercoin/peercoind help | grep checkpoint
enforcecheckpoint <enforce>
getcheckpoint
sendcheckpoint <blockhash>
$ ~/.peercoin/peercoind getcheckpoint
{
    "synccheckpoint" : "45f92f8c2434a88931f420e7242dc96a0d0f0dc83c63f315f322ecf0a6eb7e79",
    "height" : 348347,
    "timestamp" : 1517918774,
    "subscribemode" : "enforce"
}
$ ~/.peercoin/peercoind enforcecheckpoint false
$ ~/.peercoin/peercoind getcheckpoint
{
    "synccheckpoint" : "45f92f8c2434a88931f420e7242dc96a0d0f0dc83c63f315f322ecf0a6eb7e79",
    "height" : 348347,
    "timestamp" : 1517918774,
    "subscribemode" : "advisory"
}

anyone can do it.

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4

Why not remove the checkpoint? What are we worried about?If there are no problems, the checkpoint has no meaning and can be deleted directly.

It’s time to delete the checkpoint.

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It was time to do so in 2013.

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If synchronized checkpoints are disabled manually or by default, the fallback is the hardcoded checkpoints on every software release (same as bitcoin).

Another option discussed is to replace synchronized checkpoints with a “max reorganization” limit, going X blocks back. This limits the number of blocks which can be wiped out, and is also decentralized. I think some Peercoin and/or Bitcoin derivatives use this method.

Update: Currently, Peercoin protocol should not reorg the chain past ~20 days, related i think to stake modifier selection interval. New blocks cannot use stake modifier beyond the selection interval window.

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Do you people realize that checkpoints are not used? There is just support for the feature in the client, but it’s not used.

v0.8 will have a config flag to be compiled without support for the checkpoint subsystem.

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Sync checkpoints should be disabled by default.

Edit: I also don’t think we need support for the feature in the client.

Edit 2: The sync checkpoints really have done untold damage to investor confidence in Peercoin.

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