Episode notes
On this episode of The Van Wirdum Sjorsnado, Aaron and Sjors are once again joined by Ruben Somsen. This time, the trio doesn’t discuss one of Somsen’s own proposals, but they dive into a concept by Tadge Dryja called Utreexo. Helpful links: https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/bitcoins-growing-utxo-problem-and-how-utreexo-can-help-solve-it
Chapters
00:00:00 AssumeUTXO and assumevalid: an extra distinction
00:04:29 Utreexo and the growing UTXO memory problem
00:10:24 Pruning the UTXO set and reversing the burden of proof
00:13:04 Merkle forests, proofs and updating roots
00:18:34 Bridge nodes supply transaction and block proofs
00:22:01 Could proofs become part of a soft fork?
00:23:54 Specialized hardware for full-node validation
00:25:34 Tiny snapshots and syncing a phone node
00:27:10 Parallel and backward validation
00:29:13 Accumulator choices and bandwidth tradeoffs
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