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| author | Pavel JanÃk <Pavel@Janik.cz> | 2015-12-01 21:06:53 +0100 |
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| committer | bitcoindev <bitcoindev@gnusha.org> | 2015-12-01 20:06:56 +0000 |
| commit | 9f8718e80a9ab2af7f7bd61e1b98cda736196443 (patch) | |
| tree | 8cfeced26b424467629790f71e41b27a94fcc092 | |
| parent | 8396eca8bbb7319a90c2edfa08fb5a8c9a4358e0 (diff) | |
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Re: [bitcoin-dev] [BIP Draft] Datastream compression of Blocks and Transactions
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diff --git a/52/d5889bbdaf33f724a44bf796879795fd9c3127 b/52/d5889bbdaf33f724a44bf796879795fd9c3127 new file mode 100644 index 000000000..8f7210001 --- /dev/null +++ b/52/d5889bbdaf33f724a44bf796879795fd9c3127 @@ -0,0 +1,68 @@ +Return-Path: <Pavel@Janik.cz> +Received: from smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (smtp1.linux-foundation.org + [172.17.192.35]) + by mail.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E6DC28FE + for <bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org>; + Tue, 1 Dec 2015 20:06:56 +0000 (UTC) +X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 +Received: from janik.cz (h.janik.cz [79.98.78.37]) + by smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1A4AD145 + for <bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org>; + Tue, 1 Dec 2015 20:06:55 +0000 (UTC) +Received: from [10.0.0.100] (unknown [10.0.0.100]) + by janik.cz (Server) with ESMTP id 73B8734E2F5; + Tue, 1 Dec 2015 21:07:32 +0100 (CET) +Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 +Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 8.2 \(2104\)) +From: =?utf-8?Q?Pavel_Jan=C3=ADk?= <Pavel@Janik.cz> +In-Reply-To: <90EF4E6C-9A71-4A35-A938-EAFC1A24DD24@mattcorallo.com> +Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2015 21:06:53 +0100 +Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable +Message-Id: <04188281-6A0C-4178-B2CA-BDE799C4FE9F@Janik.cz> +References: <565CD7D8.3070102@gmail.com> + <90EF4E6C-9A71-4A35-A938-EAFC1A24DD24@mattcorallo.com> +To: Bitcoin Dev <bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org> +X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.2104) +X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD + autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 +X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on + smtp1.linux-foundation.org +X-Mailman-Approved-At: Tue, 01 Dec 2015 22:40:22 +0000 +Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] [BIP Draft] Datastream compression of Blocks + and Transactions +X-BeenThere: bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org +X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 +Precedence: list +List-Id: Bitcoin Development Discussion <bitcoin-dev.lists.linuxfoundation.org> +List-Unsubscribe: <https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/options/bitcoin-dev>, + <mailto:bitcoin-dev-request@lists.linuxfoundation.org?subject=unsubscribe> +List-Archive: <http://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/> +List-Post: <mailto:bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org> +List-Help: <mailto:bitcoin-dev-request@lists.linuxfoundation.org?subject=help> +List-Subscribe: <https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bitcoin-dev>, + <mailto:bitcoin-dev-request@lists.linuxfoundation.org?subject=subscribe> +X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 01 Dec 2015 20:06:57 -0000 + + +> On 01 Dec 2015, at 06:28, Matt Corallo via bitcoin-dev = +<bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org> wrote: +>=20 +> I'm really not a fan of this at all. To start with, adding a = +compression library that is directly accessible to the network on = +financial software is a really, really scary idea. + +I have the same opinion. + +On the other hand, I can imagine using compression on local blocks = +storage (be it compressed filesystem, or compression in the user = +space/in the application - compare with = +https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/2278). Now that we support = +pruning and obfuscating, this could be another option. Saving ~20% can = +be interesting in some usecases. +-- =20 +Pavel Jan=C3=ADk + + + + + |