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Nick Szaboยท 2025-10-02 06:05
RT JJS (@JJS36038159)Nick, there are THREE different concepts being conflated in this discussion.Let me distinguish them:TYPE 1: Standard Pruning (Already Exists)Deletes entire old blocks after validation. Keeps only recent blocks + UTXO set. Reduces storage from ~650GB to ~10GB.Limitation: Cannot bootstrap new nodes (missing historical blocks).Status: Built into Bitcoin Core since 2015TYPE 2: OP_RETURN-Specific Pruning (What Ghost Describes)Keeps block structure and transaction history, but removes only OP ...