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Calvin Kim MEMBER SINCE 2025

Calvin Kim

@kcalvinalvin

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Realities of an alternative bitcoin implementation

Most everyone knows Bitcoin Core. But not many even know the existance of an alternative implementation. In this talk, I'll be going through what the development looks like for btcd. We'll be going through: development process and how it compares to Core, consensus struggles, and future outlook for btcd specifically.

Toronto 2026
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Faster Utreexo IBD with SwiftSync

Ruben Somsen has published a new method of performing the initial block download. By utilizing SwiftSync, Utreexo nodes that are performing full validation are able to have 0 proof download overhead while having the benefits of avoid a costly database. We'll be going through how it works on the low level.

Taipei 2025