Could we use similar technique used in hyperledger to prune the chain . Pruning based on consensus ? -mahesh
On Wed, Mar 28, 2018 at 10:30 AM, ZmnSCPxj via Lightning-dev < [email protected]> wrote: > Good morning Segue, > > Please consider creating an implementation of this idea for bitcoind and > share it on bitcoin-dev. Then please make a pull request on > github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin for this. > > Regards, > ZmnSCPxj > > > Sent with ProtonMail <https://protonmail.com> Secure Email. > > ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ > On March 27, 2018 11:26 AM, Segue <[email protected]> wrote: > > Developers, > > > On THIS note and slightly off-topic but relevant, why can't chunks of > blockchain peel off the backend periodically and be archived, say on > minimum of 150 computers across 7 continents? > > It seems crazy to continue adding on to an increasingly long chain to > infinity if the old chapters (i.e. more than, say, 2 years old) could be > stored in an evenly distributed manner across the planet. The same 150 > computers would not need to store every chapter either, just the index > would need to be widely distributed in order to reconnect with a chapter if > needed. > > Then maybe it is no longer a limitation in the future for people like > Yubin. > > Segue > > > > On 3/26/18 6:12 PM, [email protected] wrote: > > Message: 2 > Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2018 11:56:05 +0100 > From: Federico Tenga <[email protected]> <[email protected]> > To: Yubin Ruan <[email protected]> <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Lightning-dev] Can I try Lightning without running a > fully-fledged bitcoin block chain? > Message-ID: > <CAP=-fx4aptkw-x08kq_+y7beh-ebgfpmscgqdbrzn0fh-nn...@mail.gmail.com> > <CAP=-fx4aptkw-x08kq_+y7beh-ebgfpmscgqdbrzn0fh-nn...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > You can try pruning, you will still have to validate the whole chain so it > takes time, but you won't need to store all the blockchain on your disk. > > On 17 March 2018 at 10:02, Yubin Ruan <[email protected]> > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I just don't have so much space for a storing the whole blockchain on my > laptop. > > Yubin > > _______________________________________________ > Lightning-dev mailing > [email protected]https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/lightning-dev > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Lightning-dev mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/lightning-dev > >
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