[Bitcoin-development] Blockchain archival

2013-09-07 Thread Chris Evans
bitcoin protocol needs an archival system so the blockchain doesn't become too big to download -- Learn the latest--Visual Studio 2012, SharePoint 2013, SQL 2012, more! Discover the easy way to master current and previous

Re: [Bitcoin-development] Blockchain archival

2013-09-07 Thread rob . golding
bitcoin protocol needs an archival system so the blockchain doesn't become too big to download Some people may want it all ... Balance at Point-In-Time summaries (say up to the penultimate difficulty adjustment) would be one simple way. And make new-adopters get up and running in minutes not

Re: [Bitcoin-development] Blockchain archival

2013-09-07 Thread rob . golding
(there's no way to be completely trust-free without this). Not quite true, as I said balance-at-point-in-time would solve that (and make the storage requirements much lower) If going that route, then solutions to the 'consolidate addresses/wallets' question and formal 'discard' of

Re: [Bitcoin-development] Blockchain archival

2013-09-07 Thread Jeff Garzik
This is all FAQ territory, and has been covered on the forums for years. Balance-at-point-in-time is not completely trust-free, as it is a dataset that must be bootstrapped into trust by... an earlier dataset. Continue this logic and you have a... chain. There is plenty of on-going discussion