Re: [Bitcoin-development] Blockchain archival

2013-09-07 Thread Jeff Garzik
This is all FAQ territory, and has been covered on the forums for years. Balance-at-point-in-time is not completely trust-free, as it is a dataset that must be bootstrapped into trust by... an earlier dataset. Continue this logic and you have a... chain. There is plenty of on-going discussion on

Re: [Bitcoin-development] Blockchain archival

2013-09-07 Thread rob . golding
> (there's no way to be completely trust-free without this). Not quite true, as I said balance-at-point-in-time would solve that (and make the storage requirements much lower) >> If going that route, then solutions to the 'consolidate >> addresses/wallets' >> question and formal 'discard' of ad

Re: [Bitcoin-development] Blockchain archival

2013-09-07 Thread Luke-Jr
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 adj

Re: [Bitcoin-development] Blockchain archival

2013-09-07 Thread rob . golding
> 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

[Bitcoin-development] Blockchain archival

2013-09-07 Thread Chris Evans
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