From c460cfad4190135a253ccc783da527210ee3f4fc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Jonathan \"Duke\" Leto" <jonathan@leto.net>
Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2022 03:58:34 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Mention checkpoints in our release doc

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 doc/release-process.md | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/release-process.md b/doc/release-process.md
index 69a019a..104ba44 100644
--- a/doc/release-process.md
+++ b/doc/release-process.md
@@ -28,6 +28,11 @@ git commit -am "update translations"
 git push
 ```
 
+## Adding Checkpoints
+
+Adding checkpoints make SDL sync much faster, especially for brand new wallets. If there are no recent checkpoints,
+when a user makes a new wallet, it will sync from a block far in the past, which wastes time, bandwidth and CPU resources. To add a checkpoint ...
+
 ## Release process
 
 ...