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Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] A Commitment-suitable UTXO set "Balances" file
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On Tue, Mar 7, 2017 at 5:55 PM, bfd--- via bitcoin-dev <
bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
> Having a commitment to a "balance" of an "address" (I assume you mean
> P2SH/P2PKH script) is extremely expensive to create and validate, does
> not scale and is not a particularly useful thing for a client to use.
>
The benefit of this sort of infrequent utxo commitment is that it would
allow a new client to download just the contents of the utxo set and not
have to get the entire blockchain history, which is much larger.
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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On T=
ue, Mar 7, 2017 at 5:55 PM, bfd--- via bitcoin-dev <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a=
href=3D"mailto:bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org" target=3D"_blank">bi=
tcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote cl=
ass=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;p=
adding-left:1ex">Having a commitment to a "balance" of an "a=
ddress" (I assume you mean<br>
P2SH/P2PKH script) is extremely expensive to create and validate, does<br>
not scale and is not a particularly useful thing for a client to use.<br></=
blockquote><div><br></div><div>The benefit of this sort of infrequent utxo =
commitment is that it would allow a new client to download just the content=
s of the utxo set and not have to get the entire blockchain history, which =
is much larger.</div><div><br></div></div></div></div>
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