Thomas Voegtlin [ARCHIVE] on Nostr: 📅 Original date posted:2014-06-24 📝 Original message:Le 24/06/2014 11:44, ...
📅 Original date posted:2014-06-24
📝 Original message:Le 24/06/2014 11:44, Wladimir a écrit :
>> But IMO this is a passed stage. SPV wallets w/ Bloom filtering can
>> work without any special servers, so why require a 'close binding' to
>> a trusted bitcoin core?
>
> To clarify (and not piss off ThomasV :-): I do not think the idea of
> having servers with a reputation of their own is a passed stage. There
> are many things that cannot be done at SPV level security with just
> the P2P protocol yet. So having fewer but more trusted Electrum
> servers is a reasonable compromise.
>
Thanks for that :)
Note that my goal is to make the Electrum servers as trustless as
possible, and not to rely on some sort of 'reputation'.
Thomas
📝 Original message:Le 24/06/2014 11:44, Wladimir a écrit :
>> But IMO this is a passed stage. SPV wallets w/ Bloom filtering can
>> work without any special servers, so why require a 'close binding' to
>> a trusted bitcoin core?
>
> To clarify (and not piss off ThomasV :-): I do not think the idea of
> having servers with a reputation of their own is a passed stage. There
> are many things that cannot be done at SPV level security with just
> the P2P protocol yet. So having fewer but more trusted Electrum
> servers is a reasonable compromise.
>
Thanks for that :)
Note that my goal is to make the Electrum servers as trustless as
possible, and not to rely on some sort of 'reputation'.
Thomas