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.
(edited)evoskuil07:07
The master cache is a dynamic blind cache of unspent outputs, which populates by height following validation, and is indexed by tx hash. It's useful on low memory machines, but will actually reuduce performance on high memory machines, since there's a population cost but no benefit.