From d2173cae7e4dff5a3eb89b1517245989fd742417 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: teor Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2020 10:49:41 +1000 Subject: [PATCH] Basic documentation for zebra-checkpoints (#1361) --- book/src/dev/zebra-checkpoints.md | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/book/src/dev/zebra-checkpoints.md b/book/src/dev/zebra-checkpoints.md index 4dbd4504..d627cc5d 100644 --- a/book/src/dev/zebra-checkpoints.md +++ b/book/src/dev/zebra-checkpoints.md @@ -1 +1,8 @@ # zebra-checkpoints + +`zebra-checkpoints` uses a local `zcashd` instance to generate a list of checkpoints for Zebra's checkpoint verifier. + +Developers should run this tool every few months to add new checkpoints for the `checkpoint_sync = true` mode. +(By default, Zebra syncs up to Sapling using checkpoints. These checkpoints don't need to be updated.) + +See the source code for more details.