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Re: Can I just run a pruned node without downloading historical data?
by
NeuroticFish
on 07/10/2021, 07:15:31 UTC
⭐ Merited by mprep (5) ,pooya87 (2) ,ETFbitcoin (2) ,vapourminer (1)
is there an implementation of Bitcoin Core where I can only download the most recent 2GB of blocks?

Nope. The idea is to trust nobody, hence you (your local wallet software) will verify/validate the whole blockchain to ensure the 2 GB you keep is correct / not tampered.
Furthermore, the pruned blockchain contains data relevant to your wallet, hence other nodes cannot really give you "filtered" data, since they don't know your addresses.