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On 12.10.2014 11:52, Wladimir wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 12, 2014 at 10:41 AM, Geir Harald Hansen
> <operator@bitminter.com> wrote:
>> On 12.10.2014 01:34, Pieter Wuille wrote:
>>> * No orphan blocks stored in memory anymore (reducing memory usage during sync).
>>
>> Will this slow down reorgs after a fork, compared to today?
>
> Why would you think so? Orphan blocks are blocks whose parent is not
> known. In the case of a reorganization the client 'jumps' to a new
> best chain, for this to happen the original tip and the new best tip
> and all their parents must be already known.

I was thinking of shorter sides of forks as being orphaned. Sorry for 
the confusion.

Regards,
Geir H. Hansen, Bitminter