Future of Light Wallets. Bitcoin Tech Talk Issue #190
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Light wallets that have to trust one or a group of third parties is essentially the SPV model. The SPV model is pretty broken. There is an alternative with Neutrino which uses a less vulnerable protocol, but Neutrino-based light wallets haven’t really been tested much. The only real alternative for self-sovereign light wallets is to use a personal server. That is, such a wallet uses a trusted server from home to get the data it needs.
Future of Light Wallets. Bitcoin Tech Talk Issue #190
Future of Light Wallets. Bitcoin Tech Talk…
Future of Light Wallets. Bitcoin Tech Talk Issue #190
Light wallets that have to trust one or a group of third parties is essentially the SPV model. The SPV model is pretty broken. There is an alternative with Neutrino which uses a less vulnerable protocol, but Neutrino-based light wallets haven’t really been tested much. The only real alternative for self-sovereign light wallets is to use a personal server. That is, such a wallet uses a trusted server from home to get the data it needs.