diff --git a/src/main/java/org/qortal/block/BlockChain.java b/src/main/java/org/qortal/block/BlockChain.java
index bacd7825..437a48ab 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/qortal/block/BlockChain.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/qortal/block/BlockChain.java
@@ -100,6 +100,13 @@ public class BlockChain {
 	/** Whether only one registered name is allowed per account. */
 	private boolean oneNamePerAccount = false;
 
+	/** Checkpoints */
+	public static class Checkpoint {
+		public int height;
+		public String signature;
+	}
+	private List<Checkpoint> checkpoints;
+
 	/** Block rewards by block height */
 	public static class RewardByHeight {
 		public int height;
@@ -381,6 +388,10 @@ public class BlockChain {
 		return this.oneNamePerAccount;
 	}
 
+	public List<Checkpoint> getCheckpoints() {
+		return this.checkpoints;
+	}
+
 	public List<RewardByHeight> getBlockRewardsByHeight() {
 		return this.rewardsByHeight;
 	}
@@ -679,6 +690,7 @@ public class BlockChain {
 
 		boolean isTopOnly = Settings.getInstance().isTopOnly();
 		boolean archiveEnabled = Settings.getInstance().isArchiveEnabled();
+		boolean isLite = Settings.getInstance().isLite();
 		boolean canBootstrap = Settings.getInstance().getBootstrap();
 		boolean needsArchiveRebuild = false;
 		BlockData chainTip;
@@ -699,23 +711,45 @@ public class BlockChain {
 					}
 				}
 			}
-		}
 
-		boolean hasBlocks = (chainTip != null && chainTip.getHeight() > 1);
-
-		if (isTopOnly && hasBlocks) {
-			// Top-only mode is enabled and we have blocks, so it's possible that the genesis block has been pruned
-			// It's best not to validate it, and there's no real need to
-		} else {
-			// Check first block is Genesis Block
-			if (!isGenesisBlockValid() || needsArchiveRebuild) {
-				try {
-					rebuildBlockchain();
+			// Validate checkpoints
+			// Limited to topOnly nodes for now, in order to reduce risk, and to solve a real-world problem with divergent topOnly nodes
+			// TODO: remove the isTopOnly conditional below once this feature has had more testing time
+			if (isTopOnly && !isLite) {
+				List<Checkpoint> checkpoints = BlockChain.getInstance().getCheckpoints();
+				for (Checkpoint checkpoint : checkpoints) {
+					BlockData blockData = repository.getBlockRepository().fromHeight(checkpoint.height);
+					if (blockData == null) {
+						// Try the archive
+						blockData = repository.getBlockArchiveRepository().fromHeight(checkpoint.height);
+					}
+					if (blockData == null) {
+						LOGGER.trace("Couldn't find block for height {}", checkpoint.height);
+						// This is likely due to the block being pruned, so is safe to ignore.
+						// Continue, as there might be other blocks we can check more definitively.
+						continue;
+					}
 
-				} catch (InterruptedException e) {
-					throw new DataException(String.format("Interrupted when trying to rebuild blockchain: %s", e.getMessage()));
+					byte[] signature = Base58.decode(checkpoint.signature);
+					if (!Arrays.equals(signature, blockData.getSignature())) {
+						LOGGER.info("Error: block at height {} with signature {} doesn't match checkpoint sig: {}. Bootstrapping...", checkpoint.height, Base58.encode(blockData.getSignature()), checkpoint.signature);
+						needsArchiveRebuild = true;
+						break;
+					}
+					LOGGER.info("Block at height {} matches checkpoint signature", blockData.getHeight());
 				}
 			}
+
+		}
+
+		// Check first block is Genesis Block
+		if (!isGenesisBlockValid() || needsArchiveRebuild) {
+			try {
+				rebuildBlockchain();
+
+			} catch (InterruptedException e) {
+				throw new DataException(String.format("Interrupted when trying to rebuild blockchain: %s", e.getMessage()));
+			}
 		}
 
 		// We need to create a new connection, as the previous repository and its connections may be been
diff --git a/src/main/resources/blockchain.json b/src/main/resources/blockchain.json
index aa6cd73b..f48958eb 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/blockchain.json
+++ b/src/main/resources/blockchain.json
@@ -87,6 +87,9 @@
 		"feeValidationFixTimestamp": 1671918000000,
 		"chatReferenceTimestamp": 1674316800000
 	},
+	"checkpoints": [
+		{ "height": 1131800, "signature": "EpRam4PLdKzULMp7xNU7XG964AKfioG3g1k7cxwxWXnXspPwnjfF6UncEz4feuSA9mr1vW5d3YQPGruXYjj4vciSh4SPj5iWRxkHRWFeRpQnmVUyaVumuBTwM8nnLKJTdtkZnd6d8Mc5mVFdHs6EwLBTY4HECoRcbo4e4FwkfqVon4M" }
+	],
 	"genesisInfo": {
 		"version": 4,
 		"timestamp": "1593450000000",