Bitcoin full node and query server

Oct 11, 2024

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evoskuil12:37

It is likely that the default settings will be suboptimal for your machine, even resulting in thrashing. If you post your basic specs I can make suggestions. One of the aspects we are working on is automatically tuning what is presently manual configuration for given platform. Also note that if your CPU supports sha native (shani), which is about 5x faster individual hashing, it will distort realistic benchmarking, since shani is not yet integrated into the hashing library.

evoskuil03:38

I don’t mean to imply that small value permissionless txs cannot have utility. I do not work toward white market scenarios, as they are pointless, ultimately given a complete lack of security. Micropayments is an independent question. It implies either high volume or a material expense to make a small (or large) payment. Bitcoin (node) does not provide for high volume (but can of course accommodate high cost small payments). Lightning is in some ways problematic, but under its assumption of infrequent on-chain transaction, I don’t see any conflict with the above observations.