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Merge bitcoin/bitcoin#31649: consensus: Remove checkpoints (take 2)
3c5d1a468199722da620f1f3d8ae3319980a46d5 Remove checkpoints (marcofleon)
632ae47372de90064f61e3e622d8da766d1d12de update comment on MinimumChainWork check (marcofleon)

Pull request description:

  The headers presync logic (only downloading headers that lead to a chain with sufficient work, implemented in https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/25717) should be enough to prevent memory DoS using low-work headers. Therefore, we no longer have any use for checkpoints.

  All checkpoints and checkpoint logic are removed in a single commit, to make it easy to revert if necessary.

  Some previous discussion can be found in https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/25725. The conclusion at the time was that more testing of the presync logic was needed. Now that we have [unit](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/src/test/headers_sync_chainwork_tests.cpp), [functional](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/test/functional/p2p_headers_sync_with_minchainwork.py), and [fuzz](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/src/test/fuzz/p2p_headers_presync.cpp) tests for this logic, it seems safe to move forward with checkpoint removal.

ACKs for top commit:
  Sjors:
    Code review ACK 3c5d1a468199722da620f1f3d8ae3319980a46d5
  instagibbs:
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  dergoegge:
    ACK 3c5d1a468199722da620f1f3d8ae3319980a46d5

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