From a450ea2e65a12d85fcafc953762e6b871ef591f3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Fuzzbawls <fuzzbawls@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2022 00:45:59 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] [GUI] Start MN update timer on launch and on governance page.

Determining if a proposal is over budget requires an accurate count of
the number of MNs active on the network. To get this, start the MN
update timer on launch as well as when activating the DAO page.
---
 src/qt/clientmodel.cpp           | 1 +
 src/qt/pivx/governancewidget.cpp | 2 ++
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/qt/clientmodel.cpp b/src/qt/clientmodel.cpp
index 6f1cead258cdc..0c61354528a93 100644
--- a/src/qt/clientmodel.cpp
+++ b/src/qt/clientmodel.cpp
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ ClientModel::ClientModel(OptionsModel* optionsModel, QObject* parent) : QObject(
 
     pollMnTimer = new QTimer(this);
     connect(pollMnTimer, &QTimer::timeout, this, &ClientModel::updateMnTimer);
+    startMasternodesTimer();
 
     subscribeToCoreSignals();
 }
diff --git a/src/qt/pivx/governancewidget.cpp b/src/qt/pivx/governancewidget.cpp
index 07e8eacfca69e..4e772ab26f472 100644
--- a/src/qt/pivx/governancewidget.cpp
+++ b/src/qt/pivx/governancewidget.cpp
@@ -270,6 +270,7 @@ void GovernanceWidget::loadWalletModel()
 
 void GovernanceWidget::showEvent(QShowEvent *event)
 {
+    clientModel->startMasternodesTimer();
     tryGridRefresh(true); // future: move to background worker
     if (!refreshTimer) refreshTimer = new QTimer(this);
     if (!refreshTimer->isActive()) {
@@ -281,6 +282,7 @@ void GovernanceWidget::showEvent(QShowEvent *event)
 void GovernanceWidget::hideEvent(QHideEvent *event)
 {
     refreshTimer->stop();
+    clientModel->stopMasternodesTimer();
 }
 
 void GovernanceWidget::wheelEvent(QWheelEvent* event)