Author: Jeff Garzik 2015-04-09 14:22:52
Published on: 2015-04-09T14:22:52+00:00
In an email exchange between Stephen Morse and Jeff Garzik, Garzik highlights the potential issues with slow transaction verification speed. Specifically, he notes that slower propagation across the network, increased workload per node, and greater opportunities for algorithmic attacks, races and other shenanigans by attackers can be problematic. The discussion revolves around the question of whether hashing transaction data once for each input is a bottleneck for mobile devices.
Updated on: 2023-06-09T19:05:52.855524+00:00