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That sounds like something knots people wouldn't want. Why accept everything? Isn't the idea of knots to filter things that are unwanted?
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JackTheMimic 3mo ago

You take everything because disk is the cheapest resource (also frees up RAM for the actuall chain), and mining is what determines what goes in so, if you have literally EVERYTHING, you as a miner do the filtering.

Paired with Stratum V2 or Datum, this means there is a truly decentralized immutable way of CHOOSING what you want your proof of work to put on chain.

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average_bitcoiner 3mo ago

The chain cannot fit in RAM

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JackTheMimic 3mo ago

Lol, I'm telling you that the architecture is wild but using self-validated "checkpoints" as they call them, you can fit the highest chain on RAM. (The guy was using 128G of RAM) but yes, they did.

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average_bitcoiner 3mo ago

Libbitcoin is intrguing and I one day hope to study it

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JackTheMimic 3mo ago

Amir taaki and Eric Voskuil are mad men but it's a very interesting project.