Justus Ranvier [ARCHIVE] on Nostr: 📅 Original date posted:2014-06-24 📝 Original message:-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED ...

📅 Original date posted:2014-06-24
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On 06/24/2014 09:07 AM, Wladimir wrote:
> My main argument for the split is that full nodes and wallets have
> completely different usage scenarios:
>
> - A wallet should be online as little as possible, ideally only
> when you do transactions or want to check for them.
>
> - A full node should be online 24/7 or it is virtually useless to
> the network.

I think btcd has done this right.

A wallet is a daemon that runs constantly in the background, just like
the full node.

The GUI (which is distinct from the wallet) runs as little as
possible. Presumably there's no need for a 1:1 relationship between
wallets and GUIs.


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