I would have serious doubts that bitstamp even runs one single full node of their own ... probably outsourced.
you *seriously* beleive that a major bitcoin exchange does not operate thier own node? Something that can be achieved for <$100 with a standalone device and uses <64GB of storage?
get real. you can buy a 1TB harddrive for $50 today and store BIP101-enabled blockchain onto it for years to come. then pay $50 more for a 4TB drive to handle a few more years of growth. or are you still using the same computer you owned in 1999 with its 1.6GHz singlecore, 512MB ram, and 60GB HDD (all cutting edge)?
Ah yes, the classic
argumentum ad Amazon fallacy, wherein some fuckwit proffers his worthless opinion of the form 'hurr durr cheap harddrives amirite.'
You still don't understand the primary constraint on larger blocks is upstream bandwidth/verification latency (not storage)?
How did you manage to miss
the last 9 months of discussion? Or did you make up your mind and stop accepting inconvenient facts when the Great Schism started?