I'd like to point out that there is quite a difference between "what core nodes should be like" and "what the codebase core nodes are built from must support".
Given sufficiently modularized code (which I think everyone seems to be in favor of, regardless of the goals), you can likely build a binary that does full verification and maintains some indexes of some sort. I still believe that what we push for to run as the core nodes of the network should aim for purely verification and relay, and nothing else, but people can and will do things differently if the source code allows it. And that's fine. On Tue, Jun 24, 2014 at 3:26 PM, Jorge Timón <jti...@monetize.io> wrote: > I think this is my main question, what's the advantage of having the > processes talking via the p2p protocol instead of something more > direct when you control both processes? IMHO, maintaining a correct view of the current state of the chain (excluding blocks, just headers) is already sufficiently hard (I hope that everyone who ever implemented an SPV wallet can agree). You simplify things a bit by not needing to verify what the peer claims if you trust them, but not much. You still need to support reorganizations, counting confirmations, making sure you stay up-to-date. These are functions the (SPV) P2P protocol has already shown to do well, and there are several codebases out there that implement it. No need to reinvent the wheel with a marginally more efficient protocol, if it means starting over everything else. -- Pieter ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Open source business process management suite built on Java and Eclipse Turn processes into business applications with Bonita BPM Community Edition Quickly connect people, data, and systems into organized workflows Winner of BOSSIE, CODIE, OW2 and Gartner awards http://p.sf.net/sfu/Bonitasoft _______________________________________________ Bitcoin-development mailing list Bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development
