Recently I found a wallet called “Pseudo Node” (
https://github.com/basil00/PseudoNode), which claims to be node that doesn’t download the block chain and
instead relies on peers. As somebody who lacks the internet to run a full node (
but still would like the trustlessness of running one) this seems interesting; has anybody used this and if so, how has it worked?
"relies on peers" and "trustlessness"
Those two statements are mutually exclusive...
However, unlike a normal full node, PseudoNode does not verify data (txs & blocks) itself. Rather, PseudoNode relies on neighboring peers (with configurable confidence levels) to do the verification on PseudoNode's behalf
you CANNOT have a trustless setup if you are relying on peers to do all your verification
Essentially, all you are doing is offloading all the heavy lifting to other peers and essentially trusting that they don't lie to you... Much like a lightweight SPV wallet does. If you don't have the internet for a full node, then you should just use an SPV wallet.
This library is not the "trustless" Bitcoin system you are looking for.