Topic: [new feature discussion] -fastboot - page 2. (Read 2374 times)
what do you mean? take only last N blocks? but then we don't have the whole history
how about loading the blocks backwards?
Any constructive criticism from people who voted no ? Thanks!
Hey guys,
I'm in the middle of implementing new option for official bitcoin client: -fastboot.
As we know, currently syncing "fresh" client takes really long time - even several hours. This option will allow user to download all blocks in a very short time, by downloading almost all blocks (as compressed file) from one of mirrors (mirror will be choosen randomly by client). MDhash of downloaded file will be hardcoded into client, to prevent changing blocks. It also mean that this code needs to be updated every few weeks (as currently is with the number of blocks), but I think it's worth it.
What do you think about that?
Pros:
+ sync you fresh client in few minutes
Cons:
- servers with files are centralized, so in case they doesn't work, option won't speed up
Thanks!
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EDIT: I've run small test.
I used Matt's blockchain (thanks Matt for sharing this!!) on fresh client.
(http://bitcoin.bluematt.me/bitcoin-nightly/blockchain-nightly/)
download time: 7 minutes
bunzip2 and tar - ~ 2 minutes
./bitcoin -rescan : 1 minute
total: 10 minutes
result: 140600 blocks done
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I'm in the middle of implementing new option for official bitcoin client: -fastboot.
As we know, currently syncing "fresh" client takes really long time - even several hours. This option will allow user to download all blocks in a very short time, by downloading almost all blocks (as compressed file) from one of mirrors (mirror will be choosen randomly by client). MDhash of downloaded file will be hardcoded into client, to prevent changing blocks. It also mean that this code needs to be updated every few weeks (as currently is with the number of blocks), but I think it's worth it.
What do you think about that?
Pros:
+ sync you fresh client in few minutes
Cons:
- servers with files are centralized, so in case they doesn't work, option won't speed up
Thanks!
----
EDIT: I've run small test.
I used Matt's blockchain (thanks Matt for sharing this!!) on fresh client.
(http://bitcoin.bluematt.me/bitcoin-nightly/blockchain-nightly/)
download time: 7 minutes
bunzip2 and tar - ~ 2 minutes
./bitcoin -rescan : 1 minute
total: 10 minutes
result: 140600 blocks done
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