Thanks, Peter and you convinced me. I run away with a thought. It’d be great to find a spot to deploy payment channels, but I agree this is not it.
Tamas Blummer http://bitsofproof.com On 10.04.2014, at 12:40, Mike Hearn <m...@plan99.net> wrote: > 1) There is no catch 22 as there are plenty of ways getting bitcoin without > bootstrapping a full node. > > I think I maybe wasn't clear. To spend coins you need transaction data. > Today, the dominant model is that people get that data by scanning the block > chain. If you can obtain the transaction data without doing that then, either: > > 1) Someone is doing chain scanning for free. See my point about "why pay if > you can get it for free". > > 2) You got your tx data direct from the person you who sent you the funds, > perhaps via the payment protocol. This would resolve the catch 22 by allowing > you to spend bitcoins without actually having talked to the P2P network > first, but we're a loooooong way from this world. > > And that's it. I don't think there are any other ways to get the tx data you > need. Either someone gives it to you in the act of spending, or someone else > gives it away for free, undermining the charge-for-the-p2p-network model.
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