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RubenSomsen / SwiftSync.md
Last active November 11, 2025 17:46
SwiftSync - smarter synchronization with hints

SwiftSync

Near-stateless, fully parallelizable validation of the Bitcoin blockchain with hints about which outputs remain unspent. All other inputs/outputs are efficiently crossed off inside a single hash aggregate that only reaches zero if validation was successful and the hints were correct.

15-minute talk summarizing the protocol

Introduction

Validation is at the heart of Bitcoin. Any improvements in validation speed will have a direct impact on the scalability of the system, including everything that is built on top of it. For this reason improving validation performance may be one of the most important things we can do.

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RubenSomsen / Silent_Payments.md
Last active July 29, 2025 15:58
Silent Payments – Receive private payments from anyone on a single static address without requiring any interaction or extra on-chain overhead

Silent Payments

Receive private payments from anyone on a single static address without requiring any interaction or extra on-chain overhead.

Update: This now has a BIP and WIP implementation

Overview

The recipient generates a so-called silent payment address and makes it publicly known. The sender then takes a public key from one of their chosen inputs for the payment, and uses it to derive a shared secret that is then used to tweak the silent payment address. The recipient detects the payment by scanning every transaction in the blockchain.