Subject: Re: [bitcoindev] The Tragic Tale of BIP30

From: Eric Voskuil <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2025 08:39:24 -0400

> On Apr 28, 2025, at 08:04, Sjors Provoost <[email-masked]> wrote:
> 
>> I'm not aware of any compelling argument to hard fork out the existing checkpoints
> 
> Bitcoin Core plans to remove checkpoints entirely by v30 this fall. I just started a thread about this.

The thread does not provide or reference any compelling argument (or any argument that I can find) for removing the checkpoints.

One reference states that “assume valid” speeds IBD, but of course it does so by not validating. So this does not provide a comparable offset to the increased validation cost, and even if it did does not provide an argument for hard forking them out.

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