Michael Grønager [ARCHIVE] on Nostr: 📅 Original date posted:2012-07-23 📝 Original message:I would guess that you are ...
đź“… Original date posted:2012-07-23
đź“ť Original message:I would guess that you are running the blockchain download through the tor-proxy - that would give you the times you mention. Further, encrypting your disk (aes stuff) will not help you much either, and encrypting a the storage of a public blockchain seems to me a bit odd ?
I get a full blockchain from scratch in 45 minutes on my laptop, but, I still agree with Gregory that scalability improvements are needed, but the problem is far from critical in the sense outlined here.
/M
On 23/07/2012, at 09:35, Gregory Maxwell wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 6:37 PM, grarpamp <grarpamp at gmail.com> wrote:
>> It already takes a month to build a new blockchain, let alone keep up
>> with new incoming blocks.
>
> Please fix your software stack. Something is wrong with your system
> and I doubt it has much to do with bitcoin. A full sync here takes
> something like an hour.
>
> There are certainly lots of scalability things going on, but there is
> no cause for concern for regular hardware being unable to _keep up_
> without a hardforking change to the protocol first.
>
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đź“ť Original message:I would guess that you are running the blockchain download through the tor-proxy - that would give you the times you mention. Further, encrypting your disk (aes stuff) will not help you much either, and encrypting a the storage of a public blockchain seems to me a bit odd ?
I get a full blockchain from scratch in 45 minutes on my laptop, but, I still agree with Gregory that scalability improvements are needed, but the problem is far from critical in the sense outlined here.
/M
On 23/07/2012, at 09:35, Gregory Maxwell wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 6:37 PM, grarpamp <grarpamp at gmail.com> wrote:
>> It already takes a month to build a new blockchain, let alone keep up
>> with new incoming blocks.
>
> Please fix your software stack. Something is wrong with your system
> and I doubt it has much to do with bitcoin. A full sync here takes
> something like an hour.
>
> There are certainly lots of scalability things going on, but there is
> no cause for concern for regular hardware being unable to _keep up_
> without a hardforking change to the protocol first.
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Live Security Virtual Conference
> Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and
> threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions
> will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware
> threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/
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