# Snowball to Snowstorm

**URL:** <https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/snowball-to-snowstorm/3014>\
**Category:** Protocol Design\
**Created:** [November 1, 2026, 3:25pm UTC](https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/snowball-to-snowstorm/3014 "2026-11-01T15:25:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![schancel](https://delvingbitcoin.org/user_avatar/delvingbitcoin.org/schancel/32/2496_2.png) [@schancel](https://delvingbitcoin.org/u/schancel)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2026, 3:25pm UTC](https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/snowball-to-snowstorm/3014/1 "2026-11-01T15:25:16Z")

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Hi Delving Bitcoin,

I thought I’d share a paper that I found interesting. It details a protocol for reaching soft-agreement in the mempool prior to block discovery. The purpose seems to be to enable significantly faster block propagation; and better machine utilization. It combines a few pre-existing protocols to produce a protocol somewhat Snowball-like but over entire groups of transactions, rather than individual transactions.

[https://beige-worrying-unicorn-969.mypinata.cloud/ipfs/bafybeigsbdid4znwtmoqh55yid2etxkujci33dzqt3ia6bt5vwsnllfqym](https://beige-worrying-unicorn-969.mypinata.cloud/ipfs/bafybeigsbdid4znwtmoqh55yid2etxkujci33dzqt3ia6bt5vwsnllfqym)

CID: bafybeigsbdid4znwtmoqh55yid2etxkujci33dzqt3ia6bt5vwsnllfqym