What is the -checkpointkey command? How do I use it?

sk8er1233 · October 12, 2018, 7:23am

peercoin/peercoin/blob/master/src/init.cpp#L507


// fixed min fees defined in MIN_TX_FEE and MIN_RELAY_TX_FEE


if (mapArgs.count("-paytxfee"))
{
    if (!ParseMoney(mapArgs["-paytxfee"], nTransactionFee) || nTransactionFee < MIN_TX_FEE)
        return InitError(strprintf(_("Invalid amount for -paytxfee=<amount>: '%s'"), mapArgs["-paytxfee"].c_str()));
    if (nTransactionFee > 0.25 * COIN)
        InitWarning(_("Warning: -paytxfee is set very high! This is the transaction fee you will pay if you send a transaction."));
}


if (mapArgs.count("-checkpointkey")) // ppcoin: checkpoint master priv key
{
    if (!SetCheckpointPrivKey(GetArg("-checkpointkey", "")))
        return InitError(_("Unable to sign checkpoint, wrong checkpointkey?"));
}


// ********************************************************* Step 4: application initialization: dir lock, daemonize, pidfile, debug log


std::string strDataDir = GetDataDir().string();


// Make sure only a single Bitcoin process is using the data directory.

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