Author: Tier Nolan 2015-07-04 15:35:49
Published on: 2015-07-04T15:35:49+00:00
In this conversation from July 2015, Justus Ranvier and an unknown recipient discuss the potential for fraud proofs to improve the situation of validating full nodes and SPV nodes. They note that fully updated SPV clients should be able to reject invalid forks without the need for fraud proofs. The conversation then turns to the possibility of producing fraud proofs in cases where blocks are invalid due to non-existent outputs or transaction data being withheld. They suggest using UTXO set commitments and ordering transactions in the merkle tree to make producing these proofs easier and more efficient. Overall, the conversation revolves around ways to improve the efficiency and accuracy of blockchain validation.
Updated on: 2023-06-10T02:06:50.855388+00:00