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From: Andrew Johnson <andrew.johnson83@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2017 16:20:03 +0000
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To: Aymeric Vitte <vitteaymeric@gmail.com>, 
	Bitcoin Protocol Discussion <bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org>, 
	David Vorick <david.vorick@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] Hard fork proposal from last week's meeting
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What's stopping these users from running a pruned node?  Not every node
needs to store a complete copy of the blockchain.


On Wed, Mar 29, 2017 at 11:18 AM David Vorick via bitcoin-dev <
bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org> wrote:

> Perhaps you are fortunate to have a home computer that has more than a
> single 512GB SSD. Lots of consumer hardware has that little storage. Throw
> on top of it standard consumer usage, and you're often left with less than
> 200 GB of free space. Bitcoin consumes more than half of that, which feels
> very expensive, especially if it motivates you to buy another drive.
>
> I have talked to several people who cite this as the primary reason that
> they are reluctant to join the full node club.
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Andrew Johnson

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<div>What&#39;s stopping these users from running a pruned node?=C2=A0 Not =
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v><br></div><div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div>On Wed, Mar 29, 2017 a=
t 11:18 AM David Vorick via bitcoin-dev &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:bitcoin-dev@l=
ists.linuxfoundation.org">bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org</a>&gt; wro=
te:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;b=
order-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class=3D"gmail_msg"><div c=
lass=3D"gmail_msg"><div class=3D"gmail_extra gmail_msg">Perhaps you are for=
tunate to have a home computer that has more than a single 512GB SSD. Lots =
of consumer hardware has that little storage. Throw on top of it standard c=
onsumer usage, and you&#39;re often left with less than 200 GB of free spac=
e. Bitcoin consumes more than half of that, which feels very expensive, esp=
ecially if it motivates you to buy another drive.</div></div><div class=3D"=
gmail_extra gmail_msg"><br class=3D"gmail_msg"></div><div class=3D"gmail_ex=
tra gmail_msg">I have talked to several people who cite this as the primary=
 reason that they are reluctant to join the full node club.</div></div>
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</blockquote></div></div><div dir=3D"ltr">-- <br></div><div data-smartmail=
=3D"gmail_signature">Andrew Johnson<br><div><br></div></div>

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