Just means it's not pruned. Currently I run only a pruned node meaning it only holds the last 200GB of the blockchain. An archival node holds the entire blockchain.
This is also why I got a 2TB drive. Currently the full chain is just over 500GB but I want this to be futureproof.
As well as helping the network more, there's things you can do with an archival node that you can't do with a pruned one, e.g. run Electrum X and Mempool.
I plan to run Electrum, Mempool, and BTCPayServer on this.
Pablo Xannybar
npub17r…jjtgg
2023-06-09 15:41:26
in reply to nevent1q…en4c
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npub17rlc0emedw5xljztfqrmykjaacsx6ujvdas64zznjadrnhhwlavq4jjtggPublished at
2023-06-09 15:41:26Event JSON
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