Subnostr

Types of Nodes:

Full Node: Has downloaded and verified the entire blockchain.

Currently 750GB

Pruned Node: Has downloaded and verified the entire blockchain, but has discarded older transactions to save disk space.

Typically 250 GB

Lightweight Node: Has downloaded a copy of the UTXO set, a full list of spendable coins. An attached wallet needs this to check the validity of a proposed transaction. This is not fully verified until it is broadcast on the Bitcoin network, where full or pruned nodes can confirm this transaction.

Currently 12GB, has grown from 4GB since Taproot launched in November 2021.

This is a major discussion point in the OP_RETURN debate

ChipTuner 8mo ago

My node is sitting at 697gb atm, I'll have to check actual disk size.

When running on commercial grade hardware stacks, redundant storage can get expensive. I was able to manage some "spare" storage in my arrays for bitcoin but fast + redundant + commercial hardware = $$$$

I may be the only one who has this problem though

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mike 8mo ago

Disk usage reporting may vary.

1MB is actually 1,048,576 Bytes (2^20)

Yes, most home nodes don't bother with redundancy.

My redundancy comes in the form of multiple nodes in multiple locations.

ChipTuner 8mo ago

Oh yeah maybe I'm doing my math wrong. I hacked my own API and dashboard for my core node.

mike 8mo ago

I hate you.

You have virtue signalled your stupidity, while simultaneously boasting about the API you rewrote 😂

ChipTuner 8mo ago

yeah guess I did didn't. If it helps I don't give a shit about any of this war or what anyone thinks about what software I run, it wasn't my intention XD

What if I said it was my own fork of core?

mike 8mo ago

So you're this guy 😂

here:

https://coin.dance/nodes