The HUSH blockchain team led by Duke Leto in 2019 removed the need for full node operators to download 900+ MB of redundant privacy proving keys (zcash params). The redundancy became available because HUSH3 is a newer "sapling" Komodo (& zCash) software fork. The previous "sprout" proving keys were not needed in the blockchain record for HUSH3, therefore removed from … [Read more...] about Hakan Aygun’s Disable zCash Params Story Of Komodo
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Increase Blockchain Performance – Bitcore
There are many areas where the original bitcoin codebase could be optimized for performance to extend the reach for development. The bitcoin payment processor company Bitpay, created a boon for the industry. The contribution was indexing of blockchain data structures for high performance. Komodo lead dev jl777 led the industry in adopting this new capability of performance, … [Read more...] about Increase Blockchain Performance – Bitcore