there are times when you may need the full blockchain; for example [
] if you have troubles syncing for any reason.
Any idea what situations may cause such troubles with syncing that a full blockchain is needed?
With the new wallet, which is pretty stable and has fixed sync, it should be rarely needed.
One case for example is when you want to use an old wallet.dat on a new PC: if you sync normally, some data about the transactions you did on the old wallet won't be available. Hence the full snapshot need.
But thats only for users convenience if I understand it correctly, right? The crucial data are stored in account tree. Or does the wallet also need the history data to function properly?