Utreexo w/ Ruben Somsen - NADO 15
from Bitcoin, Explained — The Technical Side of Bitcoin
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 Support the Show!Follow Bitcoin Magazine on Twitter @BitcoinMagazineFollow Aaron van Wirdum @AaronvanWFollow Sjors Provoost @provoostFollow Ruben Somsen @SomsenRuben Music:Song Title: Segwit SoundsBy: The NakamoTonesAlbum: Citadel MusicProduced by: Bitcoin Audio
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- 0:00 AssumeUTXO and assumevalid: an extra distinction
- 4:29 Utreexo and the growing UTXO memory problem
- 10:24 Pruning the UTXO set and reversing the burden of proof
- 13:04 Merkle forests, proofs and updating roots
- 18:34 Bridge nodes supply transaction and block proofs
- 22:01 Could proofs become part of a soft fork?
- 23:54 Specialized hardware for full-node validation
- 25:34 Tiny snapshots and syncing a phone node
- 27:10 Parallel and backward validation
- 29:13 Accumulator choices and bandwidth tradeoffs
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