Synchronizing a full node to the chain tip with a download of less than 2 GB of data is now possible. Only on BTC and eCash, so far.
AssumeUTXO is now supported in Bitcoin ABC v0.31.5, making eCash node sync significantly faster by allowing nodes to assume a valid UTXO snapshot at a known block height. β‘
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