Namecoin Forum

johnc wrote:It could be a huge step forward. but will need real pro coders to keep this low memory fingerprint.

Currently it is all in memory (and that's what it will be for nodes that want to create proofs), but I've already got a plan for implementing it with low memory fingerprint and keeping everything in LevelDB (on disk) instead - still with quick updates on each block. Should actually not be too hard, but we have to change the LevelDB sorting order of the names (no big deal, discussed somewhere above in this thread already).

ryanc wrote:Maaku said he was still slowly working on it when i asked him about it on irc a month ago. I could try asking again. His doesn't concern itself with authenticated denial, though.

I asked on #bitcoin-dev yesterday about this; see http://bitcoinstats.com/irc/bitcoin-dev ... 1429039058 . Upshot is that it's unclear if maaku's approach will be merged into Bitcoin, and the potential alternative doesn't handle prefix subtrees.

It seems cryptonite has a trie for it's account table allowing for a blockchain of only one week. Just read the buzz word and thought it might help.