Author: Alan Reiner 2012-08-16 19:36:25
Published on: 2012-08-16T19:36:25+00:00
In an email conversation between Jeff Garzik and Pieter Wuille, they discuss the usefulness of nodes getting a memory pool refill at startup and the importance of returning an "inv" message even if empty. They also discuss the problem of sending unrecognized messages to nodes and suggest creating a new message type specifically asking for memory pool transactions. However, it is noted that this may not be necessary as a ping can identify whether the node is still connected and should have responded. The utility of definitively identifying whether a node supports this functionality is also debated, with some feeling it is not critical.
Updated on: 2023-06-06T07:01:20.678533+00:00