[bitcoin-dev] assumeutxo and UTXO snapshots
Luke Dashjr
luke at dashjr.org
Thu Apr 4 02:48:33 UTC 2019
On Wednesday 03 April 2019 15:39:29 Ethan Scruples via bitcoin-dev wrote:
> If we can get mandatory UTXO commitments soft forked into Bitcoin, we get
> the advantage of a non-growing IBD,
No, we don't. This is exactly the danger. UTXO snapshots are NOT an
alternative to a real IBD. There are HUGE security implications for this.
Frankly, the danger that someone would do such a thing is itself a good
reason not to ever add UTXO commitments.
Luke
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