There's is a way to check nodes and download blockchains fully and check their sizes?
16GB download, yeah...
Topic: [ANN] Protocoin - a pure Python Bitcoin protocol implementation (Read 2552 times)
November 22, 2013, 11:59:10 PM
But should not you receive the orphaned block memo or something?
I'm not yet finished with Bitcoin paper but this seems like an obvious idea.
I'm not yet finished with Bitcoin paper but this seems like an obvious idea.
November 22, 2013, 11:19:03 PM
You obviously need multiple clients connected and check for the timestamps?
Not sure how you can verify right chain....
Not sure how you can verify right chain....
November 23, 2013, 09:35:44 AM
If you get sybil'ed (only connecting to malicious nodes) you will have a bad time... on the other hand, you can expect to receive blocks at a rate of 1 block every 10 minutes within a certain distribution - if this is not the case you should probably reconnect to other nodes. Also as soon as you get a good node, you'd catch up.
Is this library generic enough to handle Altcoins by the way?
Is this library generic enough to handle Altcoins by the way?
November 23, 2013, 01:23:56 AM
If an honest peer sees that you're on a weaker fork, it responds by catching you up with the strongest fork that it knows.
So if you possess zero verification ability because you only have a library that implements the wire protocol, I guess you're left to hoping that you're connected to mostly honest nodes and can cross-examine their messages to infer a consensus.
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Thin_Client_Security
So if you possess zero verification ability because you only have a library that implements the wire protocol, I guess you're left to hoping that you're connected to mostly honest nodes and can cross-examine their messages to infer a consensus.
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Thin_Client_Security
November 22, 2013, 10:55:00 PM
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So, how do you create a wallet? Or collect all data about particular address?
I assume you have to request all blocks and search through them for data relating to wallet?
And if I want to create wallet, what should I do?
I assume you have to request all blocks and search through them for data relating to wallet?
And if I want to create wallet, what should I do?
It appears to only implement the wire protocol (sending/receiving messages).
November 22, 2013, 06:49:41 PM
Just release Protocoin [1], a pure Python Bitcoin protocol implementation.
[1] http://protocoin.readthedocs.org/
Thanks !
[1] http://protocoin.readthedocs.org/
Thanks !
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