On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 10:05 AM, Matthew Mitchell <matthewmitch...@godofgod.co.uk> wrote:
> @Gregory > >> But you only need to request the transactions you don't have. Most of >> time you should already have almost all of the transactions. > > Yes, my proposal allows you to do this. You skip out transactions your > already have. My proposal is simply better than others because it takes full > advantage of the merkle tree structure with minor additions that are simple > to implement. How hard is it to get the hashes at a particular level of a > merkle tree? Not hard at all. How hard is it to place a selection of > transactions from a block into a message Not hard at all. Implementation of > the protocol requirements would be a piece of cake. The harder bit would be > to create an algorithm to determine the best level of segmentation but this > is not required to comply with the protocol. Sorry, I'm still not seeing what the value is. How is the tree level useful to anyone? If you did want to get only parts of the transaction list, why not just ranges from the lowest level? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Bitcoin-development mailing list Bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development
