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Question to the Bitcoin wizards out there. Why do I need to sync the entire Bitcoin blockchain if all I want is to create a new wallet and receive in that wallet? Can't the deamon be syncing in the background while my new wallet is good to go?
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andrewtoth 4mo ago 💬 2

This is the exact usecase for assumeutxo. You can use it in Bitcoin Core v29 but it's not the most user friendly experience.

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andrewtoth 4mo ago

All you need is the utxo set to know if a tx you recieved is valid. Meanwhile the node syncs the chain in the background to eventually validate that the assumed utxo set is indeed the correct one.

See https://blog.lopp.net/bitcoin-node-sync-with-utxo-snapshots/

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exist270 4mo ago

Fuck #Bitcoin / #BTC Core. 🤙