Merge pull request #3603 from stacks-network/fix/always-use-affirmation-maps

fix: always_use_affirmation_maps defaults to false

Author: jcnelson

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ and this project adheres to the versioning scheme outlined in the [README.md](RE
 ### Fixed
 
 - Handle the case where a bitcoin node returns zero headers (#3588)
+- The default value for `always_use_affirmation_maps` is now set to `false`,
+  instead of `true`.  This was preventing testnet nodes from reaching the chain
+tip with the default configuration.
 
 ## [2.1]
 

testnet/stacks-node/src/config.rs

@@ -1729,7 +1729,7 @@ impl NodeConfig {
             marf_defer_hashing: true,
             pox_sync_sample_secs: 30,
             use_test_genesis_chainstate: None,
-            always_use_affirmation_maps: true,
+            always_use_affirmation_maps: false,
             require_affirmed_anchor_blocks: true,
             fault_injection_hide_blocks: false,
         }