Received: from sog-mx-1.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com ([172.29.43.191] helo=mx.sourceforge.net) by sfs-ml-3.v29.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtp (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1VIRox-00014p-S0 for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Sat, 07 Sep 2013 23:21:39 +0000 Received-SPF: pass (sog-mx-1.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com: domain of astutium.com designates 80.76.216.60 as permitted sender) client-ip=80.76.216.60; envelope-from=rob.golding@astutium.com; helo=cpanel4.hosting.astutium.com; Received: from cpanel4.hosting.astutium.com ([80.76.216.60]) by sog-mx-1.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.76) id 1VIRov-00063t-PK for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Sat, 07 Sep 2013 23:21:39 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:36429 helo=astutium.com) by cpanel4.hosting.astutium.com with esmtpa (Exim 4.80.1) (envelope-from ) id 1VIRop-0000wo-8x for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Sun, 08 Sep 2013 00:21:31 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Sun, 08 Sep 2013 00:21:31 +0100 From: rob.golding@astutium.com To: In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: X-Sender: rob.golding@astutium.com User-Agent: Roundcube Webmail/0.8.5 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - cpanel4.hosting.astutium.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - lists.sourceforge.net X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - astutium.com X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: cpanel4.hosting.astutium.com: authenticated_id: rob.golding@astutium.com X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: X-Spam-Score: -3.9 (---) X-Spam-Report: Spam Filtering performed by mx.sourceforge.net. See http://spamassassin.org/tag/ for more details. -1.5 SPF_CHECK_PASS SPF reports sender host as permitted sender for sender-domain -0.0 SPF_PASS SPF: sender matches SPF record -2.4 RP_MATCHES_RCVD Envelope sender domain matches handover relay domain X-Headers-End: 1VIRov-00063t-PK Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] Blockchain archival 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: Sat, 07 Sep 2013 23:21:40 -0000 > bitcoin protocol needs an archival system so the blockchain doesn't > become too big to download Some people may want it all ... Balance at Point-In-Time summaries (say up to the penultimate difficulty adjustment) would be one simple way. And make new-adopters get up and running in minutes not days, which can only be a good thing. If going that route, then solutions to the 'consolidate addresses/wallets' question and formal 'discard' of addresses could get addressed. Rob