[bitcoin-dev] Proposal to Remove BIP35 P2P 'mempool' Message

2023-04-18 Thread Will Clark via bitcoin-dev
I'd like to discuss potential removal of the BIP35 P2P `mempool` message. Supporting the BIP35 `mempool` message for arbitrary peers is bad for privacy while being relatively inefficient for trusted peers. Its original intention was to be publicly callable, but it is now (in Bitcoin Core) gat

[bitcoin-dev] Compressed block headers

2020-05-08 Thread Will Clark via bitcoin-dev
Hello list, I would like to propose a compressed block header scheme for IBD and block announcements. This proposal is derivative of previous proposals found on this list (see links in spec below) with some modifications and clarifications. The below specification (also found at https://github