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re: upcoming Libbitcoin V4 release
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fiatjaf 1y ago

I can't find this tweet. How did he do this? I don't believe that he did it. Did he? Using what software?

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u32larry 1y ago

He's using Libbitcoin, it's an alt-implementation maintained since 2011.

https://github.com/libbitcoin

https://twitter.com/evoskuil/status/1784765202078056528

Here's the dev slack:

https://join.slack.com/t/libbitcoin/shared_invite/enQtNDgxMjQxODg0NTM1LTFhYzNhYjYxYTg1OTc0NGQ0OWQxY2ZiYWI5ODc1ZmFjZjEyNGZkNWQwM2JiMzk0YjhkMDc0MjkxOTgwMzQ0ZDM

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u32larry 1y ago

I haven't personally verified the performance, but the devs regularly share perf. results on the slack

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fiatjaf 1y ago

I joined the Slack, but I don't get the numbers.

Have you seen this? https://blog.lopp.net/2023-bitcoin-node-performance-tests/

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u32larry 1y ago

Hmm that doesn't seem right. Must be some bug or setup issue causing it to use disk instead of RAM for syncing.

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u32larry 1y ago

Also Eric's figures are with 32x2 cores, 256gb ram, and 1gb connection

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u32larry 1y ago

The libbitcoin wiki is a wealth of knowledge

https://github.com/libbitcoin/libbitcoin-system/wiki