Received: from sog-mx-1.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com ([172.29.43.191] helo=mx.sourceforge.net) by sfs-ml-1.v29.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtp (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1UFA4H-0006t4-KS for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Mon, 11 Mar 2013 21:15:37 +0000 X-ACL-Warn: Received: from 2508ds5-oebr.1.fullrate.dk ([90.184.5.129] helo=mail.ceptacle.com) by sog-mx-1.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtp (Exim 4.76) id 1UFA4E-0003QX-1k for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Mon, 11 Mar 2013 21:15:37 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.ceptacle.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id DE7622B7E3B2; Mon, 11 Mar 2013 22:15:27 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ceptacle.com Received: from mail.ceptacle.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (server.ceptacle.private [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 0zezqV0iGopn; Mon, 11 Mar 2013 22:15:27 +0100 (CET) Received: from [10.0.1.67] (2508ds5-oebr.1.fullrate.dk [90.184.5.129]) by mail.ceptacle.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 5734F2B7E39D; Mon, 11 Mar 2013 22:15:27 +0100 (CET) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 6.2 \(1499\)) From: Michael Gronager In-Reply-To: Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2013 22:15:23 +0100 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: References: <20130310043155.GA20020@savin> To: Gregory Maxwell X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1499) X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-Spam-Report: Spam Filtering performed by mx.sourceforge.net. See http://spamassassin.org/tag/ for more details. X-Headers-End: 1UFA4E-0003QX-1k Cc: "bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net Dev" Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] Blocking uneconomical UTXO creation X-BeenThere: bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2013 21:15:37 -0000 >> The point with UTXO is in the long run to be able to switch from a = p2p network where everyone stores, validates and verifies everything to = a DHT where the load of storing, validating and verifying can be shared. >=20 > I believe you are confusing disjoint things. Nope, ahh well, I agree that the use of UTXOs in the Satoshi client = today by no means a directed towards a DHT, though it does help speeding = up validation (db lookup to check if an output is indeed unspent). However, an alternative way to bootstrap and validate transactions = exist, needing only the UTXOs and not the rest of the blockchain = history: An authenticated data structure storing the UTXOs in a DHT.=20 /M >=20 > = --------------------------------------------------------------------------= ---- > Symantec Endpoint Protection 12 positioned as A LEADER in The = Forrester =20 > Wave(TM): Endpoint Security, Q1 2013 and "remains a good choice" in = the =20 > endpoint security space. For insight on selecting the right partner to=20= > tackle endpoint security challenges, access the full report.=20 > http://p.sf.net/sfu/symantec-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > Bitcoin-development mailing list > Bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development