light: block status and CHT module

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Robert Habermeier
2016-12-13 20:13:16 +01:00
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//! low-latency applications, but perfectly suitable for simple everyday
//! use-cases like sending transactions from a personal account.
//!
//! It starts by performing a header-only sync, verifying random samples
//! of members of the chain to varying degrees.
//! The light client performs a header-only sync, doing verification and pruning
//! historical blocks. Upon pruning, batches of 2048 blocks have a number => hash
//! mapping sealed into "canonical hash tries" which can later be used to verify
//! historical block queries from peers.
#![deny(missing_docs)]