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So for those people they can use a light client or run a node online. What is their benefit to running a full node? Not to mention, if Bitcoin becomes a settle

So for those people they can use a light client or run a node online. What is their benefit to running a full node? Not to mention, if Bitcoin becomes a settlement layer then no one can run a full node since most transactions will be off chain. Plus the enjoyment of running a full node is greatly reduced if you're just seeing settlement data between large payment systems.

gruez 9y ago
>So for those people they can use a light client or run a node online. What is their benefit to running a full node? being able to fully verify the blockchain and the transactions. sure, if all you care about is making a payment you can use a SPV client or even a webwallet, but being able to not r >if Bitcoin becomes a settlement layer then no one can run a full node since most transactions will be off chain that's what the lightning network is for. in which case you don't even need the huge blocks.