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Compact Block Filters

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Client-side block filtering protocol for light clients without full bloom-filter leakage patterns.

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Curated resources (3)

• BIP 157: Client-Side Block Filtering (article) Protocol messages for serving compact filters.
• BIP 158: Compact Block Filter Format (article) Filter encoding and matching behavior.
• Bitcoin Optech: Compact Block Filters (article) Operational coverage and deployment context.

Direct prerequisites (2)

• Bitcoin P2P Message Flow
• Block Structure

Direct dependents (1)

• Compact Blocks vs Compact Filters

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