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Compressed p2p communication
by
keeshux
on 09/06/2015, 22:16:33 UTC
Just out of curiosity, I wonder why the Bitcoin p2p protocol doesn't support any data compression. It seems to make sense in the first place as miners exchange a lot of data, possibly with many repeated patterns. Is there anything I didn't consider? Prefer network usage over processing power?

Thanks!