SLP465 What is utreexo? with Calvin Kim Stephan Livera Podcast

Calvin Kim (BitMEX & HRF grantee) joins me to talk about utreexo:


utreexo and the UTXO set
comparison with other ideas e.g. assumevalid and assumeUTXO
utreexo proofs
Types of utreexo nodes - Bridge + Compact State nodes
How it might look in practice
Running your own electrum server
Privacy benefits

Links:


Twitter: @kcalvinalvinn
utreexo Github: https://github.com/utreexo/utreexo
Overview at MIT DCI https://dci.mit.edu/utreexo
Blog post: Out of Order Block Validation with Utreexo Accumulators

Sponsors:


Swan Bitcoin
Mempool.space
Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
CoinKite.com(code LIVERA)
Buildonl2.com
BTCPrague.com