Reported here: https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/10244#issuecomment-378035305

Travis log here: https://travis-ci.org/bitcoin/bitcoin/jobs/361243719#L2810

Note the JSON exception:

```
test_framework.authproxy.JSONRPCException: The mempool was not loaded yet (-1) 
```

That exception was introduced here: https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/commit/cb1e319fe9e198c9c5cf5236fe9af5a3d748b9e8#diff-a0c8f511d90e83aa9b5857e819ced344R1617

cc @jtimon 
nLocalServices = ServiceFlags(nLocalServices | NODE_WITNESS);
    }
    
    if (!CheckDiskSpace(GetDataDir())) {
        InitError(strprintf(_("Error: Disk space is low for %s"), GetDataDir()));
        return false;
    }
    if (!CheckDiskSpace(GetBlocksDir())) {
        InitError(strprintf(_("Error: Disk space is low for %s"), GetBlocksDir()));
        return false;
    }
    
    
    if (chainActive.Tip() == nullptr) {
        uiInterface.NotifyBlockTip_connect(BlockNotifyGenesisWait);
    } else {
        fHaveGenesis = true;
    }
    if (gArgs.IsArgSet("-blocknotify"))
        uiInterface.NotifyBlockTip_connect(BlockNotifyCallback);
    std::vector<fs::path> vImportFiles;
    for (const std::string& strFile : gArgs.GetArgs("-loadblock")) {
        vImportFiles.push_back(strFile);
    }
    threadGroup.create_thread(std::bind(&ThreadImport, vImportFiles));
    
    {
        WAIT_LOCK(g_genesis_wait_mutex, lock);