Tyler Burns on Nostr: A bitcoin node still downloads and validates all transactions and blocks, even if ...
A bitcoin node still downloads and validates all transactions and blocks, even if pruning is enabled. And if you set up your node to track your wallet history, it will store those transactions even if they're past the prune period.
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2025-05-21 02:12:00Event JSON
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