https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5303978.msg55946632#msg55946632
Blockstream satellite codebase includes an alternative serialization
that works a single transaction at a time and saves ~20%. This avoids
violating layering, preserves single txn access, is compatible with
transaction relay.
If block compression is going to be considered, zstd provides better
properties than the competition.
Especially for the decompression. [1]
[1] https://github.com/facebook/zstd
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Best Regards / S pozdravom,
Pavol "stick" Rusnak
Co-founder and CTO, SatoshiLabs
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Hi, I can compress new blocks by up to 18% using the 7z file type. I use wxHexEditor to dump a block's raw hex onto my disk, and then compress that with 7-Zip. I'd like to see 7z built into Bitcoin Core, for block compression (storage & propagation). The entire blockchain could be under 290GB if it
