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On 19 August 2015 at 12:42, Jameson Lopp <jameson.lopp@gmail.com> wrote:
> If you can actually come up with a technical solution that allows for a node
> operator to prove to the rest of the network that they are running an honest
> full node that hosts the entire blockchain, then you can move forward with a
> direct monetary incentivization proposal. To my knowledge no one has been
> successful in that endeavor. To be more clear, your proposal would need to
> be able to differentiate between a full node and a pseudonode.
> https://github.com/basil00/PseudoNode

The proof is in the validation of transactions. How can a node
reliably validate transactions unless it has the past history of
transactions? Entire blockchain not required or necessary, but that's
a plus.