Add checkpoints for spv header downloads
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Description
The goal is to reduce startup time (either the first time the app runs, or after its been closed for a while), especially on mobile.
Instead of downloading all the headers back to block 0, add a checkpoint in the code and only download back to that checkpoint.
Lex pointed out that we'd need older headers to validate older transactions, so this may not be possible or useful for us to do.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
No files or tests are named. Trace the SPV header download path and the logic that validates older transactions, then determine whether a checkpoint can reduce startup downloads without losing required validation; done means the approach is shown to be viable and covered by appropriate tests.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- blockchain
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100