diff --git a/src/chain.h b/src/chain.h
index 6588e8f57..0c90f89be 100644
--- a/src/chain.h
+++ b/src/chain.h
@@ -276,6 +276,11 @@ public:
         return *phashBlock;
     }
 
+    uint256 GetBlockPoWHash() const
+    {
+        return GetBlockHeader().GetPoWHash();
+    }
+
     int64_t GetBlockTime() const
     {
         return (int64_t)nTime;
diff --git a/src/txdb.cpp b/src/txdb.cpp
index 078c29def..10f6465d6 100644
--- a/src/txdb.cpp
+++ b/src/txdb.cpp
@@ -199,8 +199,14 @@ bool CBlockTreeDB::LoadBlockIndexGuts(boost::function<CBlockIndex*(const uint256
                 pindexNew->nStatus        = diskindex.nStatus;
                 pindexNew->nTx            = diskindex.nTx;
 
-                if (!CheckProofOfWork(pindexNew->GetBlockHash(), pindexNew->nBits, Params().GetConsensus()))
-                    return error("LoadBlockIndex(): CheckProofOfWork failed: %s", pindexNew->ToString());
+                // Litecoin: Disable PoW Sanity check while loading block index from disk.
+                // We use the sha256 hash for the block index for performance reasons, which is recorded for later use.
+                // CheckProofOfWork() uses the scrypt hash which is discarded after a block is accepted.
+                // While it is technically feasible to verify the PoW, doing so takes several minutes as it
+                // requires recomputing every PoW hash during every Litecoin startup.
+                // We opt instead to simply trust the data that is on your local disk.
+                //if (!CheckProofOfWork(pindexNew->GetBlockHash(), pindexNew->nBits, Params().GetConsensus()))
+                //    return error("LoadBlockIndex(): CheckProofOfWork failed: %s", pindexNew->ToString());
 
                 pcursor->Next();
             } else {