Quote from: shorena on February 24, 2016, 03:27:32 PM

Quote from: Lauda on February 24, 2016, 12:59:27 PM

Quote from: RussianRaibow on February 24, 2016, 12:56:34 PM

Is this better than using an SPV wallet, or is it the same? I don't get the benefit of storing any of the blockchain, if you aren't going to store the whole thing. Maybe I just don't understand how it works.

Of course it is. You are a pruned node, which is not the case with a SPV wallet. Essentially you can help others become pruned nodes as well, but you are unable to help people become full nodes. Security also depends on how many blocks (storage) you set to hold.

No, you cant help anyone else become any form of node as a pruned node. You dont share old blocks and in order to become a pruned node all blocks must be downloaded and verified.

Lauda, thanks for clearing this up. I thought there must be a big "catch" if you aren't storing the whole blockchain. This makes perfect sense. I'm going to continue running a full nodes so that I can help other new nodes. Right now I am running a full node on a Raspberry Pi 2, I'll probably need to upgrade within the next year.