From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from sog-mx-3.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com ([172.29.43.193] helo=mx.sourceforge.net) by sfs-ml-2.v29.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtp (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1StEVu-0005Wz-23 for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Mon, 23 Jul 2012 09:01:14 +0000 Received-SPF: pass (sog-mx-3.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com: domain of mac.com designates 17.172.81.0 as permitted sender) client-ip=17.172.81.0; envelope-from=gronager@mac.com; helo=st11p00mm-asmtpout001.mac.com; Received: from st11p00mm-asmtp001.mac.com ([17.172.81.0] helo=st11p00mm-asmtpout001.mac.com) by sog-mx-3.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtp (Exim 4.76) id 1StEVj-0001MP-Nj for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Mon, 23 Jul 2012 09:01:07 +0000 MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII Received: from [109.105.106.237] (unknown [109.105.106.237]) by st11p00mm-asmtp001.mac.com (Oracle Communications Messaging Exchange Server 7u4-22.01 64bit (built Apr 21 2011)) with ESMTPSA id <0M7L00MKUVPEED50@st11p00mm-asmtp001.mac.com> for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Mon, 23 Jul 2012 09:00:58 +0000 (GMT) X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10432:5.7.7855,1.0.260,0.0.0000 definitions=2012-07-23_02:2012-07-20, 2012-07-23, 1970-01-01 signatures=0 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 spamscore=0 ipscore=0 suspectscore=0 phishscore=0 bulkscore=0 adultscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=6.0.2-1203120001 definitions=main-1207230038 From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Michael_Gr=F8nager?= In-reply-to: Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2012 11:00:49 +0200 Message-id: References: To: Gregory Maxwell X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1278) X-Spam-Score: -0.5 (/) X-Spam-Report: Spam Filtering performed by mx.sourceforge.net. See http://spamassassin.org/tag/ for more details. -1.5 SPF_CHECK_PASS SPF reports sender host as permitted sender for sender-domain 0.0 FREEMAIL_FROM Sender email is commonly abused enduser mail provider (gronager[at]mac.com) -0.0 T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD Envelope sender domain matches handover relay domain -0.0 SPF_PASS SPF: sender matches SPF record 1.0 MALFORMED_FREEMAIL Bad headers on message from free email service X-Headers-End: 1StEVj-0001MP-Nj Cc: bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] Scalability issues X-BeenThere: bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2012 09:01:14 -0000 I would guess that you are running the blockchain download through the tor-proxy - that would give you the times you mention. Further, encrypting your disk (aes stuff) will not help you much either, and encrypting a the storage of a public blockchain seems to me a bit odd ? I get a full blockchain from scratch in 45 minutes on my laptop, but, I still agree with Gregory that scalability improvements are needed, but the problem is far from critical in the sense outlined here. /M On 23/07/2012, at 09:35, Gregory Maxwell wrote: > On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 6:37 PM, grarpamp wrote: >> It already takes a month to build a new blockchain, let alone keep up >> with new incoming blocks. > > Please fix your software stack. Something is wrong with your system > and I doubt it has much to do with bitcoin. A full sync here takes > something like an hour. > > There are certainly lots of scalability things going on, but there is > no cause for concern for regular hardware being unable to _keep up_ > without a hardforking change to the protocol first. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Live Security Virtual Conference > Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and > threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions > will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware > threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ > _______________________________________________ > Bitcoin-development mailing list > Bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development