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simcop2387
on July 7, 2014
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Bitcoin Core switching from hard-coded to flexible...
While true, I don't believe many clients make it easy to do that still.
dustcoin
on July 7, 2014
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Nearly every mobile client does not download the blockchain and instead uses SPV (Simple Payment Verification / headers only mode) or relies on a trusted server for block information.
tlrobinson
on July 8, 2014
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Electrum and MultiBit on the desktop are SPV clients.
simcop2387
on July 8, 2014
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Ah I didn't know about them. I'll have to check them out, I've had annoyances in the past because i never leave bitcoin-qt open to keep it in sync.
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