Lighter Version of Bitcoind?

[bardi.harborow]

I'm posting here because the Newbie section gets a *lot* of traffic. Quick question, has anyone made a fork of bitcoind that doesn't download the blockchain before the latest checkpoint, but instead just has a copy of the unspent outputs list. Hosting bitcoind on a server wastes 11GB and I'd prefer that it was more like 2GB. Even better, why not make an electrum based bitcoind.

If these don't exist, would the community have any appetite for such a thing. Just for example, a lighter bitcoind would allow pools to have servers in more regions without having to pay for quite as many storage costs. And of course, pool servers closer to the end user means less stales!

If anyone is interested in helping me develop this, I'm up for it!

[artw1982]

I'd be interested in such a client. I'd also be interested in the development aspect. I am a VIP MSDN Developer with a fairly generous Windows Azure allotment that could help scale development and provide servers across the world with ease. I personally prefer .Net development, mainly because there isn't any .Net clients available. I suppose if you wouldn't be up to .Net I could contribute to a C++ client.

[bardi.harborow]

I was thinking we could modify bitcoind (C or C++, can't remember) first and then move on to .Net. One disclaimer, I'm not very good at C or .Net, I'm more of your interpreted language guy, but I'm willing to learn. I'll send you a PM with contact details if you are interested.