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 <
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> 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
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> On March 27, 2018 11:26 AM, Segue <[email protected]> wrote:
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> 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:
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> 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?
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> 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:
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> I just don't have so much space for a storing the whole blockchain on my
> laptop.
>
> Yubin
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