BIP 0033
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BIP: 31 Title: Stratized Nodes Author: Amir Taaki <genjix@riseup.net> Status: Draft Type: Standards Track Created: 15-05-2012
Abstract
As the Bitcoin network scales, roles are fast becoming specialised. In the beginning, a single Bitcoin user would perform the synonymous roles of miner, merchant and end-user. With the growth however of this system, these functions are being abstracted away to specialised services as a natural part of Bitcoin's growth.
Bitcoin's blockchain becomes more unwieldy for end users over time, negatively affecting the usability of Bitcoin clients. As it grows, it becomes ever more impractical to deal with on portable devices or low end machines. Several proposals have been put forward to deal with this such as lightweight (headers-only) clients and skipping validation for blocks before the last checkpoint. However these measures are at best stop-gap workarounds to stave off a growing problem.
This document will examine a proposal which will be termed stratized nodes, a modification off an earlier concept of a blockchain service.