BIP159: emphasize minimum number of blocks

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Jon Atack 2025-02-14 14:22:46 -06:00
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@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ Define a service bit that allow pruned peers to signal their limited services
Pruned peers can offer the same services as traditional peer except of serving all historical blocks. Pruned peers can offer the same services as traditional peer except of serving all historical blocks.
Bitcoin right now only offers the NODE_NETWORK service bit which indicates that a peer can serve Bitcoin right now only offers the NODE_NETWORK service bit which indicates that a peer can serve
all historical blocks. all historical blocks.
# Pruned peers can relay blocks, headers, transactions, addresses and can serve a limited number of historical blocks, thus they should have a way how to announce their service(s) # Pruned peers can relay blocks, headers, transactions, and addresses, but they only guarantee serving a minimum number of historical blocks; thus, they should have a way to announce their service(s)
# Peers no longer in initial block download should consider connecting some of its outbound connections to pruned peers to allow other peers to bootstrap from non-pruned peers # Peers no longer in initial block download should consider connecting some of its outbound connections to pruned peers to allow other peers to bootstrap from non-pruned peers
== Specification == == Specification ==