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

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: What ZKPs are and what they can be used for Speeding up IBD Contrasting ZeroSync with utreexo and assumeutxo UTXO set commitment Blockstream satellite What’s being verified?  Different types of nodes Links: Site: zerosync.org Twitter: @ZeroSync_  Twitter: @robin_linus Sponsors Swan Bitcoin CoinKite.com(code LIVERA) Mempool.space Stephan Livera links: Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera Subscribe to the podcast