Forming a Ring: ETH v64 Wire Protocol Ring

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I’ve written a paper about a new sync protocol and algorithm, Red Queen’s. See also my presentation at Ethereum Core Devs Eth1x/Istanbul Planning Meeting in Berlin. It’s essentially an attempt to formalise Leaf Sync.

We can discuss it here or in a dedicated thread,

Red Queen's: New Sync Proposal

As part of Ethereum 1x efforts, we want to tackle the issue of the growing blockchain state. Large state size leads to long sync times. On top of that, geth’s fast sync is not that fast and takes a few hours. Parity’s warp sync is faster, but is not supported in geth. We propose a new sync protocol and an algorithm, which we believe can perform snapshot sync in less than an hour. The idea is somewhat similar to Warp Sync and especially to Leaf Sync (under development in geth). Moreover, the new …

Happy to join forces with anybody working on new sync protocols.