Bitcoin-ABC / Bitcoin-ABC/bitcoin-abc

ERROR: CheckIndexAgainstCheckpoint: forked chain older than last checkpoint (height 504032)

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Research direction

Start at the CheckIndexAgainstCheckpoint error and gather the missing reproduction steps, version or commit, machine details, and debug.log requested by the issue template. Compare the observed chain and checkpoint state to establish a reproducible failure and document the cause and verification criteria.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
cpp
Domain
blockchain
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
15/100

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