SLP484 Robin Linus ZeroSync: Speeding up Bitcoin Initial Block Download (IBD)

<p>Robin Linus from the ZeroSync project joins me to talk about how ZKPs can be used to help people quickly get started using Bitcoin. We discuss:</p> <ul> <li>What ZKPs are and what they can be used for</li> <li>Speeding up IBD</li> <li>Contrasting ZeroSync with utreexo and assumeutxo</li> <li>UTXO set commitment</li> <li>Blockstream satellite</li> <li>What’s being verified? </li> <li>Different types of nodes</li> </ul> <p><strong>Links:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Site: <a href="https://zerosync.org/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener">zerosync.org</a></li> <li>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/ZeroSync_" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener">@ZeroSync_</a> </li> <li>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/robin_linus" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener">@robin_linus</a></li> </ul> <p><strong>Sponsors</strong></p> <ul> <li><a href="http://swanbitcoin.com/livera" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener">Swan Bitcoin</a></li> <li><a href="http://coinkite.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener">CoinKite.com</a>(code LIVERA)</li> <li><a href="https://mempool.space/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener">Mempool.space</a></li> </ul> <p><strong>Stephan Livera links:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Follow me on Twitter<a href="https://twitter.com/stephanlivera" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener"> @stephanlivera</a></li> <li><a href="https://plinkhq.com/i/1415720320" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener">Subscribe to the podcast</a></li> </ul>