<div dir="ltr">Okay...will let myself out now ;P</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Apr 10, 2014 at 12:54 PM, Ricardo Filipe <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ricardojdfilipe@gmail.com" target="_blank">ricardojdfilipe@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">that's what blockchain pruning is all about :)<br>
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2014-04-10 17:47 GMT+01:00 Brian Hoffman <<a href="mailto:brianchoffman@gmail.com">brianchoffman@gmail.com</a>>:<br>
> Looks like only about ~30% disk space savings so I see your point. Is there<br>
> a critical reason why blocks couldn't be formed into "superblocks" that are<br>
> chained together and nodes could serve a specific superblock, which could be<br>
> pieced together from different nodes to get the full blockchain? This would<br>
> allow participants with limited resources to serve full portions of the<br>
> blockchain rather than limited pieces of the entire blockchain.<br>
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> On Thu, Apr 10, 2014 at 12:28 PM, Mike Hearn <<a href="mailto:mike@plan99.net">mike@plan99.net</a>> wrote:<br>
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>> Suggestions always welcome!<br>
>><br>
>> The main problem with this is that the block chain is mostly random bytes<br>
>> (hashes, keys) so it doesn't compress that well. It compresses a bit, but<br>
>> not enough to change the fundamental physics.<br>
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>> However, that does not mean the entire chain has to be stored on expensive<br>
>> rotating platters. I've suggested that in some star trek future where the<br>
>> chain really is gigantic, it could be stored on tape and spooled off at high<br>
>> speed. Literally a direct DMA from tape drive to NIC. But we're not there<br>
>> yet :)<br>
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