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From: Thomas Guyot-Sionnest <dermoth@aei.ca>
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Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2017 13:24:56 -0400
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On 01/09/17 01:15 PM, Lucas Clemente Vella via bitcoin-dev wrote:
>
>     > The current chain is effectively single threaded.
>
>     This is not true, since xthin/compactblocks have been introduced we
>     completely removed this bottle-neck.
>     The transactions will be validated continuously, in parallel and
>     not just
>     when a block is found.
>
>
> If I understood correctly, OP was not talking about the process inside
> a node being single threaded, but instead that the whole bitcoin
> distributed system behaves as single threaded computation. OP seems to
> be describing a system closer to what IOTA uses, by distributing among
> the miners the task of validating the transactions. Although, without
> more specific details, it is hard to judge the benefits.
>

If the goal is reducing the delay for validation then I don't get what
advantage there would be vs. reducing the difficulty.

Also it is my understanding that with the Lightning network transactions
could be validated instantly by third parties and could be subject to
smaller fees overall...

Regards,

-- 
Thomas


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    On 01/09/17 01:15 PM, Lucas Clemente Vella via bitcoin-dev wrote:<br>
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                &gt; The current chain is effectively single threaded.<br>
                <br>
              </span>This is not true, since xthin/compactblocks have
              been introduced we<br>
              completely removed this bottle-neck.<br>
              The transactions will be validated continuously, in
              parallel and not just<br>
              when a block is found.<br>
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            </div>
            <div>If I understood correctly, OP was not talking about the
              process inside a node being single threaded, but instead
              that the whole bitcoin distributed system behaves as
              single threaded computation. OP seems to be describing a
              system closer to what IOTA uses, by distributing among the
              miners the task of validating the transactions. Although,
              without more specific details, it is hard to judge the
              benefits.<br>
            </div>
            <br>
          </div>
        </div>
      </div>
    </blockquote>
    <br>
    If the goal is reducing the delay for validation then I don't get
    what advantage there would be vs. reducing the difficulty.<br>
    <br>
    Also it is my understanding that with the Lightning network
    transactions could be validated instantly by third parties and could
    be subject to smaller fees overall...<br>
    <br>
    Regards,<br>
    <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">-- 
Thomas
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