Upgrading from 0.14 to 0.25. Problem with pszTimestamp, and assert(consensus.hashGenesisBlock error during runtime

I have a slightly modified fork of bitcoin-0.14. It's mostly a name change and hash key change. I have updated it to bitcoin-25, but I cannot get passed this error:

CMainParams::CMainParams(): Assertion `consensus.hashGenesisBlock == uint256S("0x00001ef7e03e773817a36c267d6f431412a3678dec49b4171f86ce419abcddea")' failed.

I believe the problem is with:

0x00001ef7e03e773817a36c267d6f431412a3678dec49b4171f86ce419abcddea

and

pszTimestamp = "New York Times 8/Sep/2017 Equifax Says Cyberattack May Have Affected 143 Million Customers";

const CScript scriptPubKey = CScript() << ParseHex("03facfdfc22816528518884608350d828e1403dd142d2276303b5b6da7a

From the old src/chainparams.cpp:

#define GENESIS_TIME 1510225282
#define GENESIS_DIFFICULTY 0x1e7fffff

void MineGenesisBlock(CBlock &genesis);

static CBlock CreateGenesisBlock(const char* pszTimestamp, const CScript& scriptPubKey, uint32_t nTime, uint32_t nNonce, uint32_t nBits, int32_t nVersion, const CAmount& genesisReward)
{
    CMutableTransaction txNew;
    txNew.nVersion = 2;
    txNew.vin.resize(1);
    txNew.vout.resize(1);

    unsigned int height = 0;

    txNew.vin[0].scriptSig = CScript() << height << std::vector<unsigned char>((const unsigned char*)pszTimestamp, (const unsigned char*)pszTimestamp + strlen(pszTimestamp));
    txNew.vout[0].nValue = genesisReward;
    txNew.vout[0].scriptPubKey = scriptPubKey;

    CBlock genesis;
    genesis.nTime    = nTime;
    genesis.nBits    = nBits;
    genesis.nNonce   = nNonce;
    genesis.nVersion = nVersion;
    genesis.vtx.push_back(MakeTransactionRef(std::move(txNew)));
    genesis.hashPrevBlock.SetNull();
    genesis.hashMerkleRoot = BlockMerkleRoot(genesis);
    return genesis;
}

static CBlock CreateGenesisBlock(uint32_t nTime, uint32_t nNonce, uint32_t nBits, int32_t nVersion, const CAmount& genesisReward)
{
    const char* pszTimestamp = "New York Times 8/Sep/2017 Equifax Says Cyberattack May Have Affected 143 Million Customers";
    const CScript scriptPubKey = CScript() << ParseHex("03facfdfc22816528518884608350d828e1403dd142d2276303b5b6da7a8b854a1") << OP_CHECKSIG;

    return CreateGenesisBlock(pszTimestamp, scriptPubKey, nTime, nNonce, nBits, nVersion, genesisReward);
}

/**
 * Main network
 */
/**
 * What makes a good checkpoint block?
 * + Is surrounded by blocks with reasonable timestamps
 *   (no blocks before with a timestamp after, none after with
 *    timestamp before)
 * + Contains no strange transactions
 */

class CMainParams : public CChainParams {
public:
    CMainParams() {
        strNetworkID = "main";
        consensus.nSubsidyHalvingInterval = 210000;
        consensus.BIP34Height = 256;
        consensus.BIP34Hash = uint256S("0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000");
        consensus.BIP65Height = 0;
        consensus.BIP66Height = 0;
        consensus.powLimit = uint256S("7fffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff");
        consensus.nPowTargetTimespan = 14 * 24 * 60 * 60; // two weeks
        consensus.nPowTargetSpacing = 10 * 60;
        consensus.fPowAllowMinDifficultyBlocks = false;
        consensus.fPowNoRetargeting = false;
            consensus.nMinerConfirmationWindow = consensus.nPowTargetTimespan / consensus.nPowTargetSpacing;
        consensus.nRuleChangeActivationThreshold = std::ceil(consensus.nMinerConfirmationWindow * 0.95); // 95% of nMinerConfirmationWindow     0

        consensus.vDeployments[Consensus::DEPLOYMENT_TESTDUMMY].bit = 28;
        consensus.vDeployments[Consensus::DEPLOYMENT_TESTDUMMY].nStartTime = 1199145601; // January 1, 2008
        consensus.vDeployments[Consensus::DEPLOYMENT_TESTDUMMY].nTimeout = 1230767999; // December 31, 2008

        // Deployment of BIP68, BIP112, and BIP113.
        consensus.vDeployments[Consensus::DEPLOYMENT_CSV].bit = 0;
        consensus.vDeployments[Consensus::DEPLOYMENT_CSV].nStartTime = 0;
        consensus.vDeployments[Consensus::DEPLOYMENT_CSV].nTimeout = 0;

        // Deployment of SegWit (BIP141, BIP143, and BIP147)
        consensus.vDeployments[Consensus::DEPLOYMENT_SEGWIT].bit = 1;
        consensus.vDeployments[Consensus::DEPLOYMENT_SEGWIT].nStartTime = 0;
        consensus.vDeployments[Consensus::DEPLOYMENT_SEGWIT].nTimeout = 0;

        // The best chain should have at least this much work.
        consensus.nMinimumChainWork = uint256S("0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001");

        // By default assume that the signatures in ancestors of this block are valid.
        consensus.defaultAssumeValid = uint256S("0x00000000000000000013176bf8d7dfeab4e1db31dc93bc311b436e82ab226b90"); //453354

        /**
         * The message start string is designed to be unlikely to occur in normal data.
         * The characters are rarely used upper ASCII, not valid as UTF-8, and produce
         * a large 32-bit integer with any alignment.
         */
        pchMessageStart[0] = 0xf8;
        pchMessageStart[1] = 0xbd;
        pchMessageStart[2] = 0xbe;
        pchMessageStart[3] = 0xd8;
        nDefaultPort = 22718;
        nPruneAfterHeight = 100000;

        genesis = CreateGenesisBlock(GENESIS_TIME, 2314582475, GENESIS_DIFFICULTY, 1, 50 * COIN);
        //MineGenesisBlock(genesis);

        consensus.hashGenesisBlock = genesis.GetHash();

        assert(consensus.hashGenesisBlock == uint256S("0x00001ef7e03e773817a36c267d6f431412a3678dec49b4171f86ce419abcddea"));
        assert(genesis.hashMerkleRoot == uint256S("0x5a5fbc104e0a21be0a745d014a87340408ef288cc4ca6ab21fa0d7565e4f6a76"));

        // Note that of those with the service bits flag, most only support a subset of possible options
        vSeeds.push_back(CDNSSeedData("..."));

        base58Prefixes[PUBKEY_ADDRESS] = std::vector<unsigned char>(1,55);
        base58Prefixes[SCRIPT_ADDRESS] = std::vector<unsigned char>(1,5);
        base58Prefixes[SECRET_KEY] =     std::vector<unsigned char>(1,128);
        base58Prefixes[EXT_PUBLIC_KEY] = boost::assign::list_of(0x04)(0x88)(0xB2)(0x1E).convert_to_container<std::vector<unsigned char> >();
        base58Prefixes[EXT_SECRET_KEY] = boost::assign::list_of(0x04)(0x88)(0xAD)(0xE4).convert_to_container<std::vector<unsigned char> >();

        vFixedSeeds = std::vector<SeedSpec6>(pnSeed6_main, pnSeed6_main + ARRAYLEN(pnSeed6_main));

        fMiningRequiresPeers = true;
        fDefaultConsistencyChecks = false;
        fRequireStandard = true;
        fMineBlocksOnDemand = false;

        checkpointData = (CCheckpointData) {
            boost::assign::map_list_of
            ( 0, uint256S("0x"))
        };

        chainTxData = ChainTxData{
        };
    }
};

That works fine in 0.14. In 0.25, I get:

bitcoind bitcoind: kernel/chainparams.cpp:128: CMainParams::CMainParams(): Assertion `consensus.hashGenesisBlock == uint256S("0x00001ef7e03e773817a36c267d6f431412a3678dec49b4171f86ce419abcddea")' failed. Aborted (core dumped)

Here is the code in 0.25 modified from the forked 0.14 code that I can't figure out. Tried setting txNew.nVersion to "2" and using the old CBlock CreateGenesisBlock() from 0.14 in 0.25 but no luck, same error. Highlighted in bold is where I think the problem is.

#define GENESIS_TIME 1510225282
#define GENESIS_DIFFICULTY 0x1e7fffff

static CBlock CreateGenesisBlock(const char* pszTimestamp, const CScript& genesisOutputScript, uint32_t nTime, uint32_t nNonce, uint32_t nBits, int32_t nVersion, const CAmount& genesisReward)
{
    CMutableTransaction txNew;
    txNew.nVersion = 1;
    txNew.vin.resize(1);
    txNew.vout.resize(1);
    txNew.vin[0].scriptSig = CScript() << 486604799 << CScriptNum(4) << std::vector<unsigned char>((const unsigned char*)pszTimestamp, (const unsigned char*)pszTimestamp + strlen(pszTimestamp));
    txNew.vout[0].nValue = genesisReward;
    txNew.vout[0].scriptPubKey = genesisOutputScript;

    CBlock genesis;
    genesis.nTime    = nTime;
    genesis.nBits    = nBits;
    genesis.nNonce   = nNonce;
    genesis.nVersion = nVersion;
    genesis.vtx.push_back(MakeTransactionRef(std::move(txNew)));
    genesis.hashPrevBlock.SetNull();
    genesis.hashMerkleRoot = BlockMerkleRoot(genesis);
    return genesis;
}

/**
 * Build the genesis block. Note that the output of its generation
 * transaction cannot be spent since it did not originally exist in the
 * database.
 *
 * CBlock(hash=000000000019d6, ver=1, hashPrevBlock=00000000000000, hashMerkleRoot=4a5e1e, nTime=1231006505, nBits=1d00ffff, nNonce=2083236893, vtx=1)
 *   CTransaction(hash=4a5e1e, ver=1, vin.size=1, vout.size=1, nLockTime=0)
 *     CTxIn(COutPoint(000000, -1), coinbase 04ffff001d0104455468652054696d65732030332f4a616e2f32303039204368616e63656c6c6f72206f6e206272696e6b206f66207365636f6e64206261696c6f757420666f722062616e6b73)
 *     CTxOut(nValue=50.00000000, scriptPubKey=0x5F1DF16B2B704C8A578D0B)
 *   vMerkleTree: 4a5e1e
 */
static CBlock CreateGenesisBlock(uint32_t nTime, uint32_t nNonce, uint32_t nBits, int32_t nVersion, const CAmount& genesisReward)
{
    const char* pszTimestamp = "New York Times 8/Sep/2017 Equifax Says Cyberattack May Have Affected 143 Million Customers";
    const CScript genesisOutputScript = CScript() << ParseHex("03facfdfc22816528518884608350d828e1403dd142d2276303b5b6da7a8b854a1") << OP_CHECKSIG;
    return CreateGenesisBlock(pszTimestamp, genesisOutputScript, nTime, nNonce, nBits, nVersion, genesisReward);
}

/**
 * Main network on which people trade goods and services.
 */
class CMainParams : public CChainParams {
public:
    CMainParams() {
        strNetworkID = CBaseChainParams::MAIN;
        consensus.signet_blocks = false;
        consensus.signet_challenge.clear();
        consensus.nSubsidyHalvingInterval = 210000;
        consensus.script_flag_exceptions.emplace( // BIP16 exception
            uint256S("0x00000000000002dc756eebf4f49723ed8d30cc28a5f108eb94b1ba88ac4f9c22"), SCRIPT_VERIFY_NONE);
        consensus.script_flag_exceptions.emplace( // Taproot exception
            uint256S("0x0000000000000000000f14c35b2d841e986ab5441de8c585d5ffe55ea1e395ad"), SCRIPT_VERIFY_P2SH | SCRIPT_VERIFY_WITNESS);
        consensus.BIP34Height = 512;
        consensus.BIP34Hash = uint256S("0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000");
        consensus.BIP65Height = 0;
        consensus.BIP66Height = 0;
        consensus.CSVHeight = 419328; // 000000000000000004a1b34462cb8aeebd5799177f7a29cf28f2d1961716b5b5
        consensus.SegwitHeight = 481824; // 0000000000000000001c8018d9cb3b742ef25114f27563e3fc4a1902167f9893
        consensus.MinBIP9WarningHeight = 483840; // segwit activation height + miner confirmation window
        consensus.powLimit = uint256S("7fffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff");
        consensus.nPowTargetTimespan = 14 * 24 * 60 * 60; // two weeks
        consensus.nPowTargetSpacing = 10 * 60;
        consensus.fPowAllowMinDifficultyBlocks = false;
        consensus.fPowNoRetargeting = false;
        consensus.nRuleChangeActivationThreshold = 1815; // 90% of 2016
        consensus.nMinerConfirmationWindow = 2016; // nPowTargetTimespan / nPowTargetSpacing
        consensus.vDeployments[Consensus::DEPLOYMENT_TESTDUMMY].bit = 28;
        consensus.vDeployments[Consensus::DEPLOYMENT_TESTDUMMY].nStartTime = 1199145601; // January 1, 2008
        consensus.vDeployments[Consensus::DEPLOYMENT_TESTDUMMY].nTimeout = 1230767999; // December 31, 2008
        consensus.vDeployments[Consensus::DEPLOYMENT_TESTDUMMY].min_activation_height = 0; // No activation delay

        // Deployment of Taproot (BIPs 340-342)
        consensus.vDeployments[Consensus::DEPLOYMENT_TAPROOT].bit = 2;
        consensus.vDeployments[Consensus::DEPLOYMENT_TAPROOT].nStartTime = 1619222400; // April 24th, 2021
        consensus.vDeployments[Consensus::DEPLOYMENT_TAPROOT].nTimeout = 1628640000; // August 11th, 2021
        consensus.vDeployments[Consensus::DEPLOYMENT_TAPROOT].min_activation_height = 709632; // Approximately November 12th, 2021

        consensus.nMinimumChainWork = uint256S("0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001");
        consensus.defaultAssumeValid = uint256S("0x00000000000000000013176bf8d7dfeab4e1db31dc93bc311b436e82ab226b90");

        /**
         * The message start string is designed to be unlikely to occur in normal data.
         * The characters are rarely used upper ASCII, not valid as UTF-8, and produce
         * a large 32-bit integer with any alignment.
         */
        pchMessageStart[0] = 0xf8;
        pchMessageStart[1] = 0xbd;
        pchMessageStart[2] = 0xbe;
        pchMessageStart[3] = 0xd8;
        nDefaultPort = 22718;
        nPruneAfterHeight = 100000;
        m_assumed_blockchain_size = 540;
        m_assumed_chain_state_size = 7;

        genesis = CreateGenesisBlock(GENESIS_TIME, 2314582475, GENESIS_DIFFICULTY, 1, 50 * COIN);
        consensus.hashGenesisBlock = genesis.GetHash();
        assert(consensus.hashGenesisBlock == uint256S("0x00001ef7e03e773817a36c267d6f431412a3678dec49b4171f86ce419abcddea"));
        assert(genesis.hashMerkleRoot == uint256S("0x5a5fbc104e0a21be0a745d014a87340408ef288cc4ca6ab21fa0d7565e4f6a76"));

        // Note that of those which support the service bits prefix, most only support a subset of
        // possible options.
        // This is fine at runtime as we'll fall back to using them as an addrfetch if they don't support the
        // service bits we want, but we should get them updated to support all service bits wanted by any
        // release ASAP to avoid it where possible.
        vSeeds.emplace_back("...");

        base58Prefixes[PUBKEY_ADDRESS] = std::vector<unsigned char>(1,0);
        base58Prefixes[SCRIPT_ADDRESS] = std::vector<unsigned char>(1,5);
        base58Prefixes[SECRET_KEY] =     std::vector<unsigned char>(1,128);
        base58Prefixes[EXT_PUBLIC_KEY] = {0x04, 0x88, 0xB2, 0x1E};
        base58Prefixes[EXT_SECRET_KEY] = {0x04, 0x88, 0xAD, 0xE4};

        bech32_hrp = "bc";

        vFixedSeeds = std::vector<uint8_t>(std::begin(chainparams_seed_main), std::end(chainparams_seed_main));

        fDefaultConsistencyChecks = false;
        fRequireStandard = true;
        m_is_test_chain = false;
        m_is_mockable_chain = false;

        checkpointData = {
            {
                { 11111, uint256S("0x0000000069e244f73d78e8fd29ba2fd2ed618bd6fa2ee92559f542fdb26e7c1d")},
                { 33333, uint256S("0x000000002dd5588a74784eaa7ab0507a18ad16a236e7b1ce69f00d7ddfb5d0a6")},
                { 74000, uint256S("0x0000000000573993a3c9e41ce34471c079dcf5f52a0e824a81e7f953b8661a20")},
                {105000, uint256S("0x00000000000291ce28027faea320c8d2b054b2e0fe44a773f3eefb151d6bdc97")},
                {134444, uint256S("0x00000000000005b12ffd4cd315cd34ffd4a594f430ac814c91184a0d42d2b0fe")},
                {168000, uint256S("0x000000000000099e61ea72015e79632f216fe6cb33d7899acb35b75c8303b763")},
                {193000, uint256S("0x000000000000059f452a5f7340de6682a977387c17010ff6e6c3bd83ca8b1317")},
                {210000, uint256S("0x000000000000048b95347e83192f69cf0366076336c639f9b7228e9ba171342e")},
                {216116, uint256S("0x00000000000001b4f4b433e81ee46494af945cf96014816a4e2370f11b23df4e")},
                {225430, uint256S("0x00000000000001c108384350f74090433e7fcf79a606b8e797f065b130575932")},
                {250000, uint256S("0x000000000000003887df1f29024b06fc2200b55f8af8f35453d7be294df2d214")},
                {279000, uint256S("0x0000000000000001ae8c72a0b0c301f67e3afca10e819efa9041e458e9bd7e40")},
                {295000, uint256S("0x00000000000000004d9b4ef50f0f9d686fd69db2e03af35a100370c64632a983")},
            }
        };

        m_assumeutxo_data = MapAssumeutxo{
         // TODO to be specified in a future patch.
        };

        chainTxData = ChainTxData{
            // Data from RPC: getchaintxstats 4096 000000000000000000035c3f0d31e71a5ee24c5aaf3354689f65bd7b07dee632
            .nTime    = 1680665245,
            .nTxCount = 820876044,
            .dTxRate  = 3.672283614033389,
        };
    }
};


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