Files
zeekay abf99d05fc papers: reorganize into per-paper dirs, add Antje Worring as co-author
Restructured from flat .tex/.pdf files into per-paper subdirectories.
Added Antje Worring as co-author on all papers.
Synced PDFs to pdfs/ for download site.
2026-04-18 21:50:07 -07:00

10 lines
774 B
TeX

\section{Related Work}
\label{sec:related}
Ethereum's fast sync \cite{ethfastSync} and snap sync \cite{ethsnapSync} are the most widely deployed state sync protocols. Fast sync downloads trie nodes individually, resulting in high round-trip overhead. Snap sync iterates flat state with range proofs, reducing round trips but requiring a post-download ``healing'' phase.
Merkle range proofs were formalized by Laurie and Kasper \cite{laurie2013revocation} in the context of Certificate Transparency. The application to blockchain state sync was developed by the go-ethereum team.
Cosmos SDK's state sync \cite{cosmosStateSync} uses IAVL tree snapshots at regular intervals. Near Protocol's state sync \cite{nearStateSync} uses sharded state with epoch-level checkpoints.