Bitcoin full node and query server

Sep 7, 2019

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evoskuil22:29

My last work in blockchain was block caching during sync, so that a large memory machine could cache blocks received out of order up to the size of the entire chain, eliminating the block read required for validation purposes. The other remaining optimization to complete is minimizing the scope of confirmation updates.

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evoskuil06:57

I've implemented an in-memory cache (height-ordered circular buffer hash table) of downloads to preclude re-reading each block for validation. With enough memory this can contain the entire chain, reducing reads to much less than writes.