Central server? What is this referring to?
Just the way Mycelium works.
- No block chain download, install and run in seconds
- Ultra fast connection to the Bitcoin network through our super nodes
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mycelium.walletI'll be impressed if you get it to work! I would have thought that the architecture of Mycelium, where the central server keeps track of your "savings", made this impossible. How could the server know which addresses to track? It might be possible, just difficult, but that's a challenge for you guys..!
I don't see how this is difficult or even "impossible". Mycelium asks the server for the amount in XYZ address. Simple.
Right, it's how lightweight wallets tend to work. I did notice, in contrast, that Wallet32 evidently downloads some portion of the blockchain. I don't know if this process is also centralized or not, but I found it different from other lightweight wallets.
Yes, we do not keep some kind of user accounts on our servers or something like that, they just create structures for optimized search in the blockchain, allowing the clients to ask for balance, transactions, etc very efficient. While there is of course quite some work to do on the server side as well, its not a general problem for the infrastructure to support HD wallets.
This is what I was getting at. Thanks!