So guys, remember this email?

Well it turns out the performance increase is even more drastic than I
realised.

https://wiki.unsystem.net/en/index.php/Libbitcoin/Blockchain/htdb_slab_Performance

Read speeds are reduced to ~5% compared to LevelDB with large datasets.

On 27/12/13 00:10, Amir Taaki wrote:
> I've made significant performance increases for the blockchain by creating
> a custom database that outperforms the more conventional LevelDB. This is
> still a work in progress and won't be in libbitcoin at least for some
> time. You can read more about more research here:
>
> https://wiki.unsystem.net/index.php/Libbitcoin/Blockchain
>
> The results are drastic. Write speeds are reduced to 30%. Read speeds to
> 15%. We can even go further as this is an initial prototype. We haven't
> yet applied all possible optimisations.
>
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