--- a/trb 19ff65432bff9e5ab22f703c9946ff9d3718d9d5f94e6ce333e7e9aeea699d321394e625339d56555cc7300e5b7780d7fbc5c54df8ed86b6e156170c8d2c096f
+++ b/trb 7f0dfc6f21f8b3bc1d42cc17835e24ed6235e0aa7dd3261de22bee62f9719bb4bc80bac437471e33c73b1d7c9628977cf95fe4ad9be9dbae2532aed0f00f1237
@@ -6979,7 +6979,7 @@
 #endif // __INCLUDED_PROTOCOL_H__
 
 ##############################################################################
-84060 @ ./bitcoin/src/bitcoinrpc.cpp
+84930 @ ./bitcoin/src/bitcoinrpc.cpp
 ##############################################################################
 // Copyright (c) 2010 Satoshi Nakamoto
 // Copyright (c) 2009-2012 The Bitcoin developers
@@ -8800,6 +8800,28 @@
 }
 
 
+Value eatblock(const Array& params, bool fHelp)
+{
+    if (fHelp || params.size() < 1 || params.size() > 1)
+        throw runtime_error(
+            "eatblock <filename>\n"
+            "Load a candidate for the next block directly from <filename>.");
+
+    if (!fCanEat)
+        throw runtime_error(
+            "'eatblock' is only permitted if bitcoind was started with -caneat flag!");
+
+    // path to load block from
+    string filename = params[0].get_str();
+    
+    printf("Attempting to create block #%d from file %s\n", nBestHeight + 1, filename.c_str());
+    CAutoFile filein = fopen(filename.c_str(), "rb");
+    CBlock block;
+    filein >> block;
+    return ProcessBlock(NULL, &block); // note that 'true' even if it was rejected (bastard, etc)
+} // ... but will return 'false' if we already have the block.
+
+
 
 //
 // Call Table
@@ -8848,6 +8870,7 @@
     make_pair("getmemorypool",          &getmemorypool),
     make_pair("listsinceblock",        &listsinceblock),
     make_pair("dumpblock",              &dumpblock),
+    make_pair("eatblock",               &eatblock),
 };
 map<string, rpcfn_type> mapCallTable(pCallTable, pCallTable + sizeof(pCallTable)/sizeof(pCallTable[0]));
 
@@ -19613,7 +19636,7 @@
 }
 
 ##############################################################################
-17628 @ ./bitcoin/src/util.h
+17649 @ ./bitcoin/src/util.h
 ##############################################################################
 // Copyright (c) 2009-2010 Satoshi Nakamoto
 // Copyright (c) 2009-2012 The Bitcoin developers
@@ -19727,6 +19750,7 @@
 extern bool fDebug;
 extern bool fPrintToConsole;
 extern bool fPrintToDebugger;
+extern bool fCanEat;
 extern char pszSetDataDir[MAX_PATH];
 extern bool fRequestShutdown;
 extern bool fShutdown;
@@ -20490,7 +20514,7 @@
 }
 
 ##############################################################################
-15427 @ ./bitcoin/src/init.cpp
+15537 @ ./bitcoin/src/init.cpp
 ##############################################################################
 // Copyright (c) 2009-2010 Satoshi Nakamoto
 // Copyright (c) 2009-2012 The Bitcoin developers
@@ -20668,6 +20692,7 @@
             "  -daemon          \t\t  " + _("Run in the background as a daemon and accept commands\n") +
             "  -testnet         \t\t  " + _("Use the test network\n") +
             "  -debug           \t\t  " + _("Output extra debugging information\n") +
+	    "  -caneat          \t\t  " + _("Permit the use of 'eatblock'\n") +
             "  -logtimestamps   \t  "   + _("Prepend debug output with timestamp\n") +
             "  -printtoconsole  \t  "   + _("Send trace/debug info to console instead of debug.log file\n") +
             "  -rpcuser=<user>  \t  "   + _("Username for JSON-RPC connections\n") +
@@ -20690,6 +20715,7 @@
     fTestNet = GetBoolArg("-testnet");
     fDebug = GetBoolArg("-debug");
     fDaemon = GetBoolArg("-daemon");
+    fCanEat = GetBoolArg("-caneat");
 
     if (fDaemon)
         fServer = true;
@@ -23481,7 +23507,7 @@
 #endif
 
 ##############################################################################
-27811 @ ./bitcoin/src/util.cpp
+27833 @ ./bitcoin/src/util.cpp
 ##############################################################################
 // Copyright (c) 2009-2010 Satoshi Nakamoto
 // Copyright (c) 2009-2012 The Bitcoin developers
@@ -23505,6 +23531,7 @@
 bool fDebug = false;
 bool fPrintToConsole = false;
 bool fPrintToDebugger = false;
+bool fCanEat = false;
 char pszSetDataDir[MAX_PATH] = "";
 bool fRequestShutdown = false;
 bool fShutdown = false;