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Compact Block Relay

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Bandwidth-efficient block propagation using short transaction identifiers.

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Curated resources (3)

• BIP 152: Compact Block Relay (article) Wire protocol specification for compact blocks.
• Bitcoin Optech: Compact Block Relay (article) Implementation and policy history with operational notes.
• Bitcoin Core Academy: Block Relay (article) How relay behavior impacts propagation latency.

Direct prerequisites (2)

• Bitcoin P2P Message Flow
• Block Structure

Direct dependents (1)

• Compact Blocks vs Compact Filters

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