Thin Client
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Revision as of 16:52, 28 August 2018 by wiki_crypto>Zeb.dyor (Created page with "* https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Thin_Client_Security#Header-Only_Clients * Thin clients don't verify the preceding blocks, they use the number of confirmations (whethe...")
- https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Thin_Client_Security#Header-Only_Clients
- Thin clients don't verify the preceding blocks, they use the number of confirmations (whether they are valid or not) as a measure of the likelihood of a block chain reorganisation producing a new longer fork which excludes the transaction.
- Examples are bitcoinj, picocoin and electrum
