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If blocks doesn’t have anything extra that transactions cannot create then why is block bloated and why do we even need it?
by mkagenius 9y ago
If blocks doesn’t have anything extra that transactions cannot create then why is block bloated and why do we even need it?
- DennisP 9y agoYou don't. Full nodes do just fine without storing all those block states. You need the current state, and very recent history just to make sure there's no shenanigans, but you don't need old state unless you're doing historical queries for some reason.