summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/8d/ae08c6a352910ddb1e355134f39f45ee6f44fa
blob: 6923c2e90cda8701e353d7c3b29816c581e5e07b (plain)
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
Received: from sog-mx-4.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com ([172.29.43.194]
	helo=mx.sourceforge.net)
	by sfs-ml-1.v29.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtp (Exim 4.76)
	(envelope-from <mh.in.england@gmail.com>) id 1SeBXb-00021r-Db
	for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net;
	Mon, 11 Jun 2012 20:48:47 +0000
Received-SPF: pass (sog-mx-4.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com: domain of gmail.com
	designates 209.85.212.175 as permitted sender)
	client-ip=209.85.212.175; envelope-from=mh.in.england@gmail.com;
	helo=mail-wi0-f175.google.com; 
Received: from mail-wi0-f175.google.com ([209.85.212.175])
	by sog-mx-4.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtps (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128)
	(Exim 4.76) id 1SeBXZ-0002eE-6y
	for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net;
	Mon, 11 Jun 2012 20:48:47 +0000
Received: by wibhn6 with SMTP id hn6so2751731wib.10
	for <bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net>;
	Mon, 11 Jun 2012 13:48:39 -0700 (PDT)
MIME-Version: 1.0
Received: by 10.216.142.200 with SMTP id i50mr7741421wej.47.1339447716793;
	Mon, 11 Jun 2012 13:48:36 -0700 (PDT)
Sender: mh.in.england@gmail.com
Received: by 10.216.254.232 with HTTP; Mon, 11 Jun 2012 13:48:36 -0700 (PDT)
In-Reply-To: <CAAS2fgQ7sspfZ+aBDhCj7Y+Dzmv1ku7u4wO=VUFVcBSuuTzo6Q@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CANEZrP3kOysjENpkHom5MHg0usq1jkQdEFAM3vuR1KgFAnJHhg@mail.gmail.com>
	<CAAS2fgSB6--PzpnTrx_DXrwZ7uzXrTCH3a1aMVFmWPBNO6FuqA@mail.gmail.com>
	<CANEZrP2TU3W08Pi7Wdw4rPYLHC=wesKtci8vopV8Hbi3eCMHcw@mail.gmail.com>
	<CAAS2fgQ7sspfZ+aBDhCj7Y+Dzmv1ku7u4wO=VUFVcBSuuTzo6Q@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2012 22:48:36 +0200
X-Google-Sender-Auth: dntlPUO2ATh0RaJSy0xQao6bY_c
Message-ID: <CANEZrP3NKRiCHWFUeBDJLN9PzBmhFnEjAk+v+HZXOw3aeJWdeA@mail.gmail.com>
From: Mike Hearn <mike@plan99.net>
To: Gregory Maxwell <gmaxwell@gmail.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
X-Spam-Score: -1.2 (-)
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 FREEMAIL_FROM Sender email is commonly abused enduser mail provider
	(mh.in.england[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
	0.2 AWL AWL: From: address is in the auto white-list
X-Headers-End: 1SeBXZ-0002eE-6y
Cc: Bitcoin Dev <bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net>
Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] Bootstrapping full nodes post-pruning
X-BeenThere: bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9
Precedence: list
List-Id: <bitcoin-development.lists.sourceforge.net>
List-Unsubscribe: <https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development>,
	<mailto:bitcoin-development-request@lists.sourceforge.net?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_name=bitcoin-development>
List-Post: <mailto:bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net>
List-Help: <mailto:bitcoin-development-request@lists.sourceforge.net?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development>,
	<mailto:bitcoin-development-request@lists.sourceforge.net?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2012 20:48:47 -0000

> Actual BDB files are absolutely not deterministic. Nor is the raw
> blockchain itself currently, because blocks aren't always added in the
> same order (plus they get orphans in them)

That's true. Though if you prune up to the last checkpoint, orphans
before that point can be safely thrown away.

I wonder if swapping out bdb for LevelDB might make sense at some
point. I'm not sure how deterministic that is either though :)