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I'm also curious how they decide to expire messages out of the database. Presumably each device doesn't carry around every message ever sent since the beginnin

by Kadin 11y ago

I'm also curious how they decide to expire messages out of the database. Presumably each device doesn't carry around every message ever sent since the beginning of time; that doesn't seem like it would scale well.

vox_mollis 11y ago
And yet, everyone thinks bitcoin will scale just fine.
- Pharaoh2 11y ago
  Not every bitcoin client needs to carry the whole blockchain for bitcoin to work.
  - VikingCoder 11y ago
    Step one, here's how you can implement this wonderful protocol! Step two... here's how you can hamstring the protocol, so you can use it in real life. Hey - are we losing any of the benefits of the ideal protocol when we hamstring it? SHHHHHHH!