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There is an iOS wallet that connects directly to the network that downloads the necessary info in seconds: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/breadwallet-bitcoin-

• EC1 12y ago
  Wouldn't this be really power draining? Having to sync and download constantly.
• deweller 12y ago
  This uses Simplfied Payment Verification (SPV). SPV helps with some scalability issues, but doesn't solve them all. From http://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/4649/what-is-an-spv-client http://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/4649/what-is-an-s...: > SPV: A Bitcoin implementation that does not verify everything, but instead relies on either connecting to a trusted node, or puts its faith in high difficulty as a proxy for proof of validity. BitCoinJ is an implementation of this mode. See also: http://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/11054/understanding-spv-simple-payment-verification http://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/11054/understandi...