merge: !10 fix/small-fixes into deploy/all-2026-08-24

1 files changed, 25 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 981509c..dded83a 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -2679,7 +2679,18 @@ bool LoadBlockIndex(bool fAllowNew)
         //     CTxOut(nValue=50.00000000, scriptPubKey=0x5F1DF16B2B704C8A578D0B)
         //   vMerkleTree: 4a5e1e
 
-        // Bitflash genesis block -- own header (fair launch, 2026 stable relaunch)
+        // Bitflash genesis block -- own header (fair launch)
+        //
+        // Do not change pszTimestamp, the scriptPubKey, nTime or nNonce. They
+        // are the inputs to the genesis hash, and the genesis hash is
+        // consensus. Changing one on its own trips the assert below, which is
+        // loud and reverts cleanly; changing one and regenerating
+        // GENESIS_NONCE and hashGenesisBlock to match -- which is exactly what
+        // the re-mining branch below prints out and invites -- gives a node
+        // that starts without complaint, builds its own chain from height 0,
+        // and rejects every real peer as being on a different chain. That one
+        // fails silently, and the damage scales with how many people run the
+        // "fixed" build.
         char* pszTimestamp = "Bitflash 24/Jul/2026 Fair launch: one CPU one vote, no premine";
         CTransaction txNew;
         txNew.vin.resize(1);
@@ -2692,7 +2703,14 @@ bool LoadBlockIndex(bool fAllowNew)
         block.hashPrevBlock = 0;
         block.hashMerkleRoot = block.BuildMerkleTree();
         block.nVersion = 1;
-        block.nTime    = 1753315200; // 2026-07-24 00:00:00 UTC (stable relaunch)
+        // 1753315200 is 2025-07-24T00:00:00Z. The headline in pszTimestamp
+        // above reads 2026 and does not match it. This is a known discrepancy
+        // and not a typo in the constant: the value is only consensus-critical
+        // as an input to the genesis hash, the block hashes to
+        // hashGenesisBlock with it, and every node on the network agrees. The
+        // mismatch is in the launched chain and cannot be corrected -- see the
+        // warning above before deciding otherwise.
+        block.nTime    = 1753315200;
         block.nBits    = 0x1f0fffff; // = bnProofOfWorkLimit (Bitflash RandomX floor)
         block.nNonce   = GENESIS_NONCE;
 
@@ -2719,6 +2737,11 @@ bool LoadBlockIndex(bool fAllowNew)
             printf("powhash = %s\n", block.GetPoWHash().ToString().c_str());
             printf("hash    = %s\n", block.GetHash().ToString().c_str());
             printf("merkle  = %s\n", block.hashMerkleRoot.ToString().c_str());
+            printf("----------------------------------------\n");
+            printf("These constants bring up a NEW chain. Do not paste them\n");
+            printf("into a build for this network to make an edited nTime or\n");
+            printf("pszTimestamp fit -- a node whose genesis differs starts\n");
+            printf("cleanly on a chain of its own and rejects every real peer.\n");
             printf("========================================\n");
         }