Questions tagged [assume-utxo]

I'm trying to run a light bitcoind node for testing purposes on mainnet, with minimum startup time. ./bin/bitcoind \ -prune=550 \ -txindex=0 \ -assumevalid=00000000000000000004c176952213ad9a228ced92f883fb4a472f20b474ca7a \ -checkblocks=0…

With AssumeUTXO it should be possible to sync to chaintip from a recent snapshot of the UTXO set, rather than from the genesis block (although there's background full validation after sync). This is similar to Weak Subjectivity Checkpoints, with the…