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From: Justus Ranvier <justusranvier@gmail.com>
To: bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] Plans to separate wallet from core
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2014 15:33:41 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <53A99A55.1020506@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CA+s+GJBT9u+LMqTfrTwUQrGbnrqj2u==1kmx17uQyY8899O8sw@mail.gmail.com>

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On 06/24/2014 09:07 AM, Wladimir wrote:
> My main argument for the split is that full nodes and wallets have 
> completely different usage scenarios:
> 
> - A wallet should be online as little as possible, ideally only
> when you do transactions or want to check for them.
> 
> - A full node should be online 24/7 or it is virtually useless to
> the network.

I think btcd has done this right.

A wallet is a daemon that runs constantly in the background, just like
the full node.

The GUI (which is distinct from the wallet) runs as little as
possible. Presumably there's no need for a 1:1 relationship between
wallets and GUIs.


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  parent reply	other threads:[~2014-06-24 15:37 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-06-23  9:50 [Bitcoin-development] Plans to separate wallet from core Jorge Timón
2014-06-23 10:32 ` Wladimir
2014-06-23 20:15   ` Jorge Timón
2014-06-24  9:07     ` Wladimir
2014-06-24  9:44       ` Wladimir
2014-06-24 13:24         ` Thomas Voegtlin
2014-06-24 15:33       ` Justus Ranvier [this message]
2014-06-24 16:40         ` Jorge Timón
2014-06-25  5:43           ` Wladimir
2014-06-24  9:11     ` Mike Hearn
2014-06-24  9:40       ` Wladimir
2014-06-24 10:12         ` Mike Hearn
2014-06-24 11:29       ` Jorge Timón
2014-06-24 11:48         ` Tamas Blummer
2014-06-24 13:26           ` Jorge Timón
2014-06-24 13:37             ` Pieter Wuille
2014-06-24 11:58         ` Wladimir
2014-06-24 12:16           ` Mike Hearn
2014-06-24 12:41             ` Wladimir

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