Questions tagged [light-clients]
light or thin clients do not store the whole blockchain and are used on mobile, embedded or IoT devices
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How to find data about light servers
I'm doing some research around light clients and light servers and need to find answers to these questions: How many light clients can a full node reasonably serve without impacting performance What %...
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After the Merge with proof-of-stake, how a lightclient verify the block header?
In my understanding, date back to proof-of-work, the block header is self-verifiable because of the difficulty, nonce and block hash value. But after the Merge, the block is attested by several ...
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eth_getProof for event logs?
Problem Brief Hi, I've been looking for ways to prove to a light client that a log did get emitted on ethereum. I stumbled upon the eth_getProof RPC, but it's for getting the merkle proof for account ...
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Is there any standalone desktop wallet that supports WalletConnect?
I want some desktop or command line wallet to open my old keystore wallet, connect to some online dapp, and be able to manually inspect and approve the transactions generated by the dapp from the ...
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On Ethereum private chain, why my light node cannot connect to the bootnode?
I'm new to ethereum and geth client, and I met some trouble nowadays. I do need someone's help. I try to setup an ethereum private chain, which includes full nodes, light nodes, and bootnodes. The aim ...
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How do clients and nodes download their data from the decentralised network?
I have always just take it that the nodes and clients will download the data from the "network". The full nodes will download the entire blockchain state while the light clients will ...
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How does ethernodes.org discover nodes?
I am running my light-client at the moment and wanted to know, how does ethernodes.org discover nodes? And is it possible to get discovered using a light node? Thanks in advance!
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What is the best way to create Binance Smart Chain (BSC) transactions via geth without a full node?
I currently run geth to create and query the ethereum blockchain for transactions in light mode. I don't have a eth full node running. I tried running the same similar setup for Binance Smart Chain in ...
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