btx infra seems to become more solid by the day.
First attested UTXO snapshot on the network is up. Height 225,927, 9 MB, signed and verified end to end:
https://github.com/MendeMatthias/EasyBTX-releases/releases/tag/utxo-snapshot-225927
What it means in practice: a node no longer has to grind the chain from genesis, it takes the UTXO set directly. The load itself is about 2 seconds. We took a node from block 0 to 225,927 with it.
How fast you reach the tip after that depends on your machine, because validation is GPU bound. On a 3060 with the GPU free we measured 155 to 253 blocks/h against a chain doing roughly 45 to 50. On an M5 Mac it is nearer 60 blocks/h. Faster card, sooner at tip. On a slow machine it is close to break even, which is exactly the problem snapshots exist to solve.
One caveat so nobody is caught out: loading an attested snapshot needs a node in trusted validation mode. Strict consensus nodes refuse it by design.
First attested UTXO snapshot on the network is up. Height 225,927, 9 MB, signed and verified end to end:
https://github.com/MendeMatthias/EasyBTX-releases/releases/tag/utxo-snapshot-225927
What it means in practice: a node no longer has to grind the chain from genesis, it takes the UTXO set directly. The load itself is about 2 seconds. We took a node from block 0 to 225,927 with it.
How fast you reach the tip after that depends on your machine, because validation is GPU bound. On a 3060 with the GPU free we measured 155 to 253 blocks/h against a chain doing roughly 45 to 50. On an M5 Mac it is nearer 60 blocks/h. Faster card, sooner at tip. On a slow machine it is close to break even, which is exactly the problem snapshots exist to solve.
One caveat so nobody is caught out: loading an attested snapshot needs a node in trusted validation mode. Strict consensus nodes refuse it by design.