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45 sats \ 9 replies \ @Andreasgriffin OP 2h \ parent \ on: I'm Andreas Griffin, creator of Bitcoin Safe, AMA! AMA
Bitcoin Safe is a wallet which can connect to electrum/esplora/Compact Block Filters to sync the wallet state.
Sync times are detailed here: https://bitcoin-safe.org/en/knowledge/compact-block-filters/#what-to-expect-when-syncing Quick summary: First time setup/recovery of a wallet , about 30min. All other cases <30 seconds sync time.
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0 sats \ 8 replies \ @jakoyoh629 2h
30 minutes for all the Compact Block Filters?
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21 sats \ 7 replies \ @Andreasgriffin OP 2h
For a segwit wallet, on a normal internet connection. The developer of the BDK Compact Block Filter client https://github.com/rustaceanrob/ has done an awesome job!
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10 sats \ 6 replies \ @jakoyoh629 2h
That's impressive. From your perspective, could downloading Compact Block Filters be a security issue? Or are the CBFs calculated locally?
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21 sats \ 4 replies \ @Andreasgriffin OP 2h
CBFs are calculated and served by full-nodes. They are a summary of a blocks content. Bitcoin Safe downloads all of them (for the initial sync). Downloading them reveals nothing about your wallet.
If a relevant transaction could be identified in the CBF, then whole block is downloaded from a random connected node.
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0 sats \ 3 replies \ @jakoyoh629 2h
get it. There's still a tiny chance of a privacy fault, but it definitely levels up compared to basic wallets. Is downloading the whole damn blockchain still the best setup for privacy?
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21 sats \ 2 replies \ @Andreasgriffin OP 2h
If you download a block from a random node, you have the anonymity set of all transactions in the block (so about 2000). To get even better you have to download more and more irrelevant blocks, with the upper limit of the whole blockchain.
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @Andreasgriffin OP 2h
It is a huge improvement compared to connecting to an electrum server revealing your entire wallet.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @jakoyoh629 2h
To get even better you have to download more and more irrelevant blocks, with the upper limit of the whole blockchain.
Very smart!
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Andreasgriffin OP 2h
Bitcoin Safe also supports testnet4, signet,.. , so feel free to test Bitcoin Safe first with test coins.
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