Jeff Garzik [ARCHIVE] on Nostr: 📅 Original date posted:2015-04-09 📝 Original message:On Thu, Apr 9, 2015 at ...

📅 Original date posted:2015-04-09
📝 Original message:On Thu, Apr 9, 2015 at 7:10 AM, Stephen Morse <stephencalebmorse at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Is hashing transaction data once for each input really a huge bottleneck,
> though? Do mobile devices have an issue with this?
>


Think about what slow transaction verification speed means. Slower
propagation across the network. More work per node. Greater opportunity
for algorithmic attacks, races and other shenanigans by attackers.

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Jeff Garzik
Bitcoin core developer and open source evangelist
BitPay, Inc. https://bitpay.com/
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