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Slightly heavier light mode: Uses compact block filters built and provided by full nodes to get a probabaliatic indication that a new block contains a transaction it is monitoring. If the probability is high, it downloads and verifies the entire block.

Interesting 🤔

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Rich Nost 8mo ago

Also known as BIP157/158 or Neutrino. Sort of inverts the concept of bloom filters used by outdated "SPV" nodes.

Right, now you’ve lost me

Techies 😂

Rich Nost 8mo ago

Look for "Compact Block Filters" in this doc

https://github.com/bitcoinbook/bitcoinbook/blob/develop/ch10_network.adoc

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Rich Nost 8mo ago

This is how some mobile lightning wallets can claim to be a "node", like Zeus or Blixt.

Ah yes, I kinda understood the reality of this claim.