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> every device that maintains a copy of the chain. Of the full chain. You can run a Bitcoin full node in pruned mode, only using the most recent 5GB, with more
by crazypython 5y ago
> every device that maintains a copy of the chain.
Of the full chain. You can run a Bitcoin full node in pruned mode, only using the most recent 5GB, with more or less the same security. (A 3-day chain reorg would be needed to reduce the security of your full node.)
It does make it take longer to set up a pruned node, though.
- mike00632 5y agoDoes a copy of the entire chain need to be stored anywhere? I'm thinking this is more relevant to the vision of ETH being a computer. I can't imagine every memory ever processed being stored into perpetuity.