From 5dd052cae0fe6184be293f3f9d3928782b0bb1f1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: furszy <matiasfurszyfer@protonmail.com>
Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2021 23:51:07 -0300
Subject: [PATCH] tier two: do not request single missing mn entries until the
 initial sync process is completed.

---
 src/masternode-payments.cpp | 5 ++++-
 src/masternodeman.cpp       | 6 ++++--
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/masternode-payments.cpp b/src/masternode-payments.cpp
index 2c6aaf4e9f2ff..dc654760bcfee 100644
--- a/src/masternode-payments.cpp
+++ b/src/masternode-payments.cpp
@@ -498,7 +498,10 @@ void CMasternodePayments::ProcessMessageMasternodePayments(CNode* pfrom, std::st
                 // If it's not a DMN, then it could be a non-synced MN.
                 // Let's try to request the MN to the node.
                 // (the AskForMN() will only broadcast it every 10 min).
-                mnodeman.AskForMN(pfrom, winner.vinMasternode);
+
+                // But, only ask for missing items after the initial syncing process is complete
+                //   otherwise will think a full sync succeeded when they return a result
+                if (pfrom && masternodeSync.IsSynced()) mnodeman.AskForMN(pfrom, winner.vinMasternode);
             }
             return;
         }
diff --git a/src/masternodeman.cpp b/src/masternodeman.cpp
index 20804e34e1e92..e873bab752499 100644
--- a/src/masternodeman.cpp
+++ b/src/masternodeman.cpp
@@ -784,8 +784,10 @@ int CMasternodeMan::ProcessMNPing(CNode* pfrom, CMasternodePing& mnp)
     }
 
     // something significant is broken or mn is unknown,
-    // we might have to ask for a masternode entry once
-    AskForMN(pfrom, mnp.vin);
+    // we might have to ask for the mn entry (while we aren't syncing).
+    if (masternodeSync.IsSynced()) {
+        AskForMN(pfrom, mnp.vin);
+    }
 
     // All good
     return 0;