Episode notes
Calvin Kim (BitMEX & HRF grantee) joins me to talk about utreexo:
- utreexo and the UTXO set
- comparison with other ideas e.g. assumevalid and assumeUTXO
- utreexo proofs
- Types of utreexo nodes - Bridge + Compact State nodes
- How it might look in practice
- Running your own electrum server
- Privacy benefits
Links:
- Twitter: @kcalvinalvinn
- utreexo Github: https://github.com/utreexo/utreexo
- Overview at MIT DCI https://dci.mit.edu/utreexo
- Blog post: Out of Order Block Validation with Utreexo Accumulators
Sponsors:
- Swan Bitcoin
- Mempool.space
- Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
- CoinKite.com(code LIVERA)
- Buildonl2.com
- BTCPrague.com
