cloudhead/nakamoto

Multi-peer IBD

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#11 opened on Jan 23, 2021

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Description

Initial block (header) download can be made faster by syncing from multiple peers. To do this, we can use the hard-coded checkpoints to request multiple block ranges.

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Research direction
Explore the current IBD logic in Nakamoto, identify where checkpoints are used, and design a strategy to request multiple block ranges from different peers concurrently.
Tech stack
rust
Domain
blockchainnetworking
Issue type
Feature
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
3
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Half day
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Fresh
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Clear
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GitRust
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50