On Saturday, September 07, 2013 11:21:31 PM rob.gold...@astutium.com wrote: > > 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 days, which can > only be a good thing.
There's no reason to require the full blockchain download before being up and running. Bitcoin-Qt 0.9 will (probably) have Pieter's work in this area to be usable very quickly, and download/verify the history in the background (there's no way to be completely trust-free without this). > If going that route, then solutions to the 'consolidate addresses/wallets' > question and formal 'discard' of addresses could get addressed. Not sure what you mean here. Addresses and wallets are two completely different things. Addresses are single-use destinations that point to a wallet (which is itself private and unknown to the network). Luke ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Learn the latest--Visual Studio 2012, SharePoint 2013, SQL 2012, more! Discover the easy way to master current and previous Microsoft technologies and advance your career. Get an incredible 1,500+ hours of step-by-step tutorial videos with LearnDevNow. Subscribe today and save! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=58041391&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Bitcoin-development mailing list Bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development
