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Implement minimal support for backward verification in light client #361

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romac opened this issue Jun 23, 2020 · 0 comments · Fixed by #709
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Implement minimal support for backward verification in light client #361

romac opened this issue Jun 23, 2020 · 0 comments · Fixed by #709
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romac commented Jun 23, 2020

The IBC relayer may occasionally encounter headers to verify which are below the latest trusted state of the light client for the chain.

To support this use case, we need to add support for backward verification to the light client.

I suggest we initially start with a minimal implementation which requires the fewest changes to the light client, at the expense of performance. This first implementation will be guarded behind an opt-in unstable feature flag to signal its early state.

See part V of the English specification for more information: "Supporting the IBC relayer"

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@romac romac changed the title Implement backward verification in light client Implement minimal support for backward verification in light client Jan 26, 2021
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