To have a BIP, you need to explain not only *why* you want to do something,
but also *what specifically* to do, and *how* to do it. This concept
(historically known as "flip the chain" and/or "UTXO commitments") is not new,
merely complicated to design and implement.
Luke
On Wednesday 16 Augu
I read about prune option right now, actually i didn't hear about it before.
Yes this option can save some disk space but afaik first (awful N-days
lasting) synchronization still requires to download full database.
My approach also cuts database and replaces all old blocks (except say last
6 blocks
What makes this approach better than the prune option of Bitcoin?
On Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 10:20 AM, Алексей Мутовкин via bitcoin-dev <
bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
>
> Let me describe the possible improvement of the bitcoin blockchain
> database (BBD) size in general terms.
>
>
Let me describe the possible improvement of the bitcoin blockchain database
(BBD) size in general terms.
We can implement new routine : annual split of the BBD. Reason is that
140gb full wallet unconvinience.
BBD splits in two parts :
1) old blocks before the date of split and
2) new blocks, sta