ZmnSCPxj [ARCHIVE] on Nostr: 📅 Original date posted:2018-03-28 📝 Original message: Good morning Segue, ...
📅 Original date posted:2018-03-28
📝 Original message:
Good morning Segue,
Please consider creating an implementation of this idea for bitcoind and share it on bitcoin-dev. Then please make a pull request on github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin for this.
Regards,
ZmnSCPxj
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On March 27, 2018 11:26 AM, Segue <012mistery at frankentrikes.com> wrote:
> Developers,
>
> On THIS note and slightly off-topic but relevant, why can't chunks of blockchain peel off the backend periodically and be archived, say on minimum of 150 computers across 7 continents?
>
> It seems crazy to continue adding on to an increasingly long chain to infinity if the old chapters (i.e. more than, say, 2 years old) could be stored in an evenly distributed manner across the planet. The same 150 computers would not need to store every chapter either, just the index would need to be widely distributed in order to reconnect with a chapter if needed.
>
> Then maybe it is no longer a limitation in the future for people like Yubin.
>
> Segue
>
> On 3/26/18 6:12 PM, lightning-dev-request at lists.linuxfoundation.org wrote:
>
>> Message: 2
>> Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2018 11:56:05 +0100
>> From: Federico Tenga
>> [<federicotenga at gmail.com>](mailto:federicotenga at gmail.com)
>> To: Yubin Ruan
>> [<ablacktshirt at gmail.com>](mailto:ablacktshirt at gmail.com)
>> Cc:
>> lightning-dev at lists.linuxfoundation.org
>> Subject: Re: [Lightning-dev] Can I try Lightning without running a
>> fully-fledged bitcoin block chain?
>> Message-ID:
>> [<CAP=-fx4APtKw-x08kQ_+y7bEh-EbGfPmSCGQDBrZn0Fh-NNjAQ at mail.gmail.com>](mailto:CAP=-fx4APtKw-x08kQ_+y7bEh-EbGfPmSCGQDBrZn0Fh-NNjAQ at mail.gmail.com)
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
>>
>> You can try pruning, you will still have to validate the whole chain so it
>> takes time, but you won't need to store all the blockchain on your disk.
>>
>> On 17 March 2018 at 10:02, Yubin Ruan
>> [<ablacktshirt at gmail.com>](mailto:ablacktshirt at gmail.com)
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I just don't have so much space for a storing the whole blockchain on my
>>> laptop.
>>>
>>> Yubin
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Lightning-dev mailing list
>>> Lightning-dev at lists.linuxfoundation.org
>>>
>>> https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/lightning-dev
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📝 Original message:
Good morning Segue,
Please consider creating an implementation of this idea for bitcoind and share it on bitcoin-dev. Then please make a pull request on github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin for this.
Regards,
ZmnSCPxj
Sent with [ProtonMail](https://protonmail.com) Secure Email.
‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
On March 27, 2018 11:26 AM, Segue <012mistery at frankentrikes.com> wrote:
> Developers,
>
> On THIS note and slightly off-topic but relevant, why can't chunks of blockchain peel off the backend periodically and be archived, say on minimum of 150 computers across 7 continents?
>
> It seems crazy to continue adding on to an increasingly long chain to infinity if the old chapters (i.e. more than, say, 2 years old) could be stored in an evenly distributed manner across the planet. The same 150 computers would not need to store every chapter either, just the index would need to be widely distributed in order to reconnect with a chapter if needed.
>
> Then maybe it is no longer a limitation in the future for people like Yubin.
>
> Segue
>
> On 3/26/18 6:12 PM, lightning-dev-request at lists.linuxfoundation.org wrote:
>
>> Message: 2
>> Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2018 11:56:05 +0100
>> From: Federico Tenga
>> [<federicotenga at gmail.com>](mailto:federicotenga at gmail.com)
>> To: Yubin Ruan
>> [<ablacktshirt at gmail.com>](mailto:ablacktshirt at gmail.com)
>> Cc:
>> lightning-dev at lists.linuxfoundation.org
>> Subject: Re: [Lightning-dev] Can I try Lightning without running a
>> fully-fledged bitcoin block chain?
>> Message-ID:
>> [<CAP=-fx4APtKw-x08kQ_+y7bEh-EbGfPmSCGQDBrZn0Fh-NNjAQ at mail.gmail.com>](mailto:CAP=-fx4APtKw-x08kQ_+y7bEh-EbGfPmSCGQDBrZn0Fh-NNjAQ at mail.gmail.com)
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
>>
>> You can try pruning, you will still have to validate the whole chain so it
>> takes time, but you won't need to store all the blockchain on your disk.
>>
>> On 17 March 2018 at 10:02, Yubin Ruan
>> [<ablacktshirt at gmail.com>](mailto:ablacktshirt at gmail.com)
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I just don't have so much space for a storing the whole blockchain on my
>>> laptop.
>>>
>>> Yubin
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Lightning-dev mailing list
>>> Lightning-dev at lists.linuxfoundation.org
>>>
>>> https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/lightning-dev
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