diff --git a/src/chainparams.cpp b/src/chainparams.cpp
index 68be46673e6e9..3b0177a58be2d 100644
--- a/src/chainparams.cpp
+++ b/src/chainparams.cpp
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ static CBlock CreateGenesisBlock(const char* pszTimestamp, const CScript& genesi
  */
 static CBlock CreateGenesisBlock(uint32_t nTime, uint32_t nNonce, uint32_t nBits, int32_t nVersion, const CAmount& genesisReward)
 {
-    const char* pszTimestamp = "NY Times 05/Oct/2011 Steve Jobs, Apple’s Visionary, Dies at 56";
+    const char* pszTimestamp = "BBC NEWS 20/Dec/2017 Bitcoin Cash deals frozen as insider trading is probed";
     const CScript genesisOutputScript = CScript() << ParseHex("040184710fa689ad5023690c80f3a49c8f13f8d45b8c857fbcbc8bc4a8e4d3eb4b10f4d4604fa08dce601aaf0f470216fe1b51850b4acf21b179c45070ac7b03a9") << OP_CHECKSIG;
     return CreateGenesisBlock(pszTimestamp, genesisOutputScript, nTime, nNonce, nBits, nVersion, genesisReward);
 }
@@ -118,10 +118,10 @@ class CMainParams : public CChainParams {
         nDefaultPort = 9333;
         nPruneAfterHeight = 100000;
 
-        genesis = CreateGenesisBlock(1317972665, 2084524493, 0x1e0ffff0, 1, 50 * COIN);
+        genesis = CreateGenesisBlock(1513784917, 2084820399, 0x1e0ffff0, 1, 50 * COIN);
         consensus.hashGenesisBlock = genesis.GetHash();
-        assert(consensus.hashGenesisBlock == uint256S("0x12a765e31ffd4059bada1e25190f6e98c99d9714d334efa41a195a7e7e04bfe2"));
-        assert(genesis.hashMerkleRoot == uint256S("0x97ddfbbae6be97fd6cdf3e7ca13232a3afff2353e29badfab7f73011edd4ced9"));
+        assert(consensus.hashGenesisBlock == uint256S("0xee686214586277080977cf43d2a0b38bcd48d696129b19c026d8208f9e745cea"));
+        assert(genesis.hashMerkleRoot == uint256S("0x805d8d176abe872f5cd40b558869a0d25ed02ae471fa33f80185443e5ca9cb40"));
 
         // Note that of those with the service bits flag, most only support a subset of possible options
         vSeeds.emplace_back("seed-a.faithcoin.loshan.co.uk", true);
@@ -145,6 +145,8 @@ class CMainParams : public CChainParams {
 
         checkpointData = (CCheckpointData) {
             {
+                {  0, uint256S("0xee686214586277080977cf43d2a0b38bcd48d696129b19c026d8208f9e745cea")},
+/*
                 {  1500, uint256S("0x841a2965955dd288cfa707a755d05a54e45f8bd476835ec9af4402a2b59a2967")},
                 {  4032, uint256S("0x9ce90e427198fc0ef05e5905ce3503725b80e26afd35a987965fd7e3d9cf0846")},
                 {  8064, uint256S("0xeb984353fc5190f210651f150c40b8a4bab9eeeff0b729fcb3987da694430d70")},
@@ -161,15 +163,16 @@ class CMainParams : public CChainParams {
                 {456000, uint256S("0xbf34f71cc6366cd487930d06be22f897e34ca6a40501ac7d401be32456372004")},
                 {638902, uint256S("0x15238656e8ec63d28de29a8c75fcf3a5819afc953dcd9cc45cecc53baec74f38")},
                 {721000, uint256S("0x198a7b4de1df9478e2463bd99d75b714eab235a2e63e741641dc8a759a9840e5")},
+*/
             }
         };
 
         chainTxData = ChainTxData{
             // Data as of block db42d00d824950a125f9b08b6b6c282c484781562fa8b3bd29d6ce4a2627c348 (height 1259851).
-            1502955334, // * UNIX timestamp of last known number of transactions
-            11428845,  // * total number of transactions between genesis and that timestamp
+            1513784917, // * UNIX timestamp of last known number of transactions
+            0,  // * total number of transactions between genesis and that timestamp
                     //   (the tx=... number in the SetBestChain debug.log lines)
-            0.06     // * estimated number of transactions per second after that timestamp
+            0.0     // * estimated number of transactions per second after that timestamp
         };
     }
 };