On Tue, 3 Jul 2018 20:48:05 +0530 mark M <write2ma...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > Couldn’t we just prune the old spent transactions in the blockchain and keep > the chain and dB smaller well, to verify new transactions you only need the UTXO set - problem is, in order to get the UTXO set you have to parse the whole transaction history starting from day zero. you can run a prunning node, which only keeps the UTXO set, but that only saves storage space - you still need to process the whole blockchain at least once. there doesn't seem to be an easy solution to the problem, otherwise it would have been adopted, I'd assume. > > > > > On Jul 3, 2018 at 6:58 AM, <juan (mailto:juan....@gmail.com)> wrote: > > > > On Mon, 2 Jul 2018 17:50:02 -0700 > > Steven Schear <schear.st...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > I guess for you the article is a TL;DR. There was NOT a suggestion of > > > simple confiscation. All one had to do, to prevent "reclamation", is to > > > periodically move assets on the blockchain. > > > > > > I know. So if you for whatever reason fail to move your funds they are > > stolen. Doesn't seem like a sensible protocol. Also, moving funds every a > > fixed period seems like a good way to make tracking easier? > > > > Last but not least what do you gain by forcing people to create new UTXOs > > from existing UTXOs?? Most of the data in the ledger is old spent > > transactions which are mostly useless*, except they are needed to make sure > > the supply hasn't been tampered with. > > > > > > *except for spying that is. > >