I understand the reasoning and the work put in and appreciate both, but in general we don't recommend anyone use an unofficial snapshot to sync their wallet due to the security issues associated with it.
The safest way to sync your wallet is to sync from zero, then a bootstrap or the official snapshot.
I totally agree with that. The current reasoning is to put unused resources into service. I got in touch with Thomas to discuss possible approaches of validating snapshots. If something comes to your mind in regards to methods of validation, drop me a note. I will try to think of methods for a validation script and do some testing. (If successful, it can be used as a mechanism in core wallet as well to offload servers with DNS round-robin or similar mechanisms).
At the moment it's not a big problem but in future it might become. I think It could be a worth having in back of the mind and have a discussion as a low priority.
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