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.

evoskuil03:44

The question above implies that cost to maintain the same sync time will necessarily increase over time. That is absolutely not the case. The cost is only increasing due to implementation. Our effort is not to merely maintain a constant cost, it is to radically reduce that cost. That requires a very different architecture from Core, which was designed to fit a certain hardware profile and does not scale beyond it. Hardware has already outgrown that architecture, which is obvious from resource underutilization. We do this because it has been clear for some time that node design has been a significant centralizing force.