Quoted: Design specifications and an implementation for a merkle tree tracking the UTXO set, to enable very fast syncing (https://forum.decred.org/threads/development-roadmap.3835/) Currently, Decred inherits block chain synchronization feature from Bitcoin, which is very slow when transactions grow, especially first-time synchronization. So what is the new technique that Decred brings to improve the situation? submitted by /u/pcdinh [link] [comments] Continue reading...