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They don't need to 'focus' on that, since there are various strategies to achieve it without redesigning the blockchain as a whole. For example, there are light
by wakeywakeywakey 9y ago
They don't need to 'focus' on that, since there are various strategies to achieve it without redesigning the blockchain as a whole. For example, there are light clients [1] you can run which only download part of the blockchain and still provide some guarantees.
[1]: https://github.com/ethereum/wiki/wiki/Light-client-protocol https://github.com/ethereum/wiki/wiki/Light-client-protocol
- ateesdalejr 9y agoThe only problem I have with a light client is the fact that it is nigh to the impossible to do any sort of mining at all.
- useranme 9y agoI'm curious, why is it impossible? I don't know much about mining.