From 226af0ad2d60339c56f5b190bbb2af65ba82b2fe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Marko Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2020 08:36:56 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] docs: add more description to initial_height (#5350) ## Description Add a sentence on `initial_height`. There will be a section in the spec repo explaining the genesis more in depth as this is something that will affect both clients Closes: #XXX --- docs/tendermint-core/using-tendermint.md | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/tendermint-core/using-tendermint.md b/docs/tendermint-core/using-tendermint.md index fe69e2e0a..bf39d8678 100644 --- a/docs/tendermint-core/using-tendermint.md +++ b/docs/tendermint-core/using-tendermint.md @@ -47,7 +47,8 @@ definition](https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/blob/master/types/genesis.g - `chain_id`: ID of the blockchain. **This must be unique for every blockchain.** If your testnet blockchains do not have unique chain IDs, you will have a bad time. The ChainID must be less than 50 symbols. -- `initial_height`: Height at which Tendermint should begin at. +- `initial_height`: Height at which Tendermint should begin at. If a blockchain is conducting a network upgrade, + starting from the stopped height brings uniqueness to previous heights. - `consensus_params` [spec](https://github.com/tendermint/spec/blob/master/spec/core/state.md#consensusparams) - `block` - `max_bytes`: Max block size, in bytes.