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Bitcoin Core Merged BIP-324 and AssumeUTXO Proposals

BIP-324 will allow Bitcoin nodes to communicate with each other over encrypted connections, while AssumeUXTO option is set to allow instant UTXO set bootstrapping for Bitcoin nodes.

https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/bip-324-and-assumeutxo-merged/

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Meridian 2y ago

Will AssumeUTXO allow a user to bootstrap a full archival node?

ie the node will still download all of the blockchain data, but skip the validation, in favour of accepting a specified UTXO set?

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Erik 2y ago

IIR, as currently implemented, you still download and validate it. Assumeutxo just lets you get a node up and running instantly, while core does the actual validation on background.

The plan though is to allow a "don't bother" option that doesn't download at all. I haven't seen any talk on this direction you mentioned though. What would be the use case for that?