
Rabbit Hole Recap #174: Much to be thankful for
TFTC: A Bitcoin Podcast
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What Is a Block Filter?
To interact with the bitcoin network, you need a bitcoin note. A bicquin like client s if you're using a lot like quientyo, reading it, and you don't want to store the whole block chain, you'll use block filters. Block filters are something that the node sends out to light users that tells them these transactions were in this block, but not the full block. If the light user sees a transaction that is relevant to them, i have that receivt address. I want to know about that transaction,. It will automatically reach out to the greater bicoy network to pull the actual block to get that information. So the light client user doesn't need
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