Received: from sog-mx-3.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com ([172.29.43.193] helo=mx.sourceforge.net) by sfs-ml-4.v29.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtp (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1V978r-0001En-QT for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Tue, 13 Aug 2013 05:27:37 +0000 Received-SPF: pass (sog-mx-3.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com: domain of gmail.com designates 209.85.192.180 as permitted sender) client-ip=209.85.192.180; envelope-from=chris.double@gmail.com; helo=mail-pd0-f180.google.com; Received: from mail-pd0-f180.google.com ([209.85.192.180]) by sog-mx-3.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtps (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.76) id 1V978q-0006sO-3C for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Tue, 13 Aug 2013 05:27:37 +0000 Received: by mail-pd0-f180.google.com with SMTP id y10so4357808pdj.39 for ; Mon, 12 Aug 2013 22:27:30 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 10.69.0.168 with SMTP id az8mr2671501pbd.51.1376371650179; Mon, 12 Aug 2013 22:27:30 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: chris.double@gmail.com Received: by 10.70.45.73 with HTTP; Mon, 12 Aug 2013 22:26:50 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <54F09675-D6A7-4415-82F1-920248E8188D@grabhive.com> From: Chris Double Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2013 17:26:50 +1200 X-Google-Sender-Auth: _z7FLMw0XOs0mOalq52aI0LHvks Message-ID: To: Bitcoin Dev Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Spam-Score: -1.5 (-) X-Spam-Report: Spam Filtering performed by mx.sourceforge.net. See http://spamassassin.org/tag/ for more details. -0.0 RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE RBL: Sender listed at http://www.dnswl.org/, no trust [209.85.192.180 listed in list.dnswl.org] -1.5 SPF_CHECK_PASS SPF reports sender host as permitted sender for sender-domain 0.0 FREEMAIL_FROM Sender email is commonly abused enduser mail provider (chris.double[at]gmail.com) -0.0 SPF_PASS SPF: sender matches SPF record 0.1 DKIM_SIGNED Message has a DKIM or DK signature, not necessarily valid -0.1 DKIM_VALID Message has at least one valid DKIM or DK signature X-Headers-End: 1V978q-0006sO-3C Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] SPV client in pure JavaScript? 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: Tue, 13 Aug 2013 05:27:38 -0000 On Sat, Aug 10, 2013 at 12:14 AM, Mike Hearn wrote: > Oh, I forgot to make it clear - Chrome apps/extensions can make raw TCP > socket connections: > > http://blog.chromium.org/2012/11/introducing-tcp-listen-new-api-for.html There's a Raw Sockets proposal at the W3C that provides TCP sockets: Firefox OS has an API that is being discussed as part of that: So there's a possibility of a standardized approach in the future. Chris. -- http://www.bluishcoder.co.nz