Skip to content
BIP-152

Compact Block Relay.

In use

Lets nodes send new blocks in a compact form that leaves out payments the receiving node has already seen.

Most transactions in a new block are already waiting in a node's mempool, so sending them again wastes bandwidth and can briefly swamp home internet connections. Compact blocks send short payment IDs instead, and the node fills in the rest from what it has.

Read BIP-152 in full on GitHubAll BIPs