Quote from: franky1 on February 10, 2023, 02:51:05 PM

if you like having a node that prunes and also doesnt have strong consensus rules to verify everything. then you are running a FOOL node not a FULL node

if we leave out the "that prunes" part then it reads like this:

if you like having a node and also doesnt have strong consensus rules to verify everything. then you are running a FOOL node not a FULL node

i assume that statement is still true. thing is, it's not like an individual running a node has any control over the consensus rules. how does someone running an individual node make their node have "strong consensus rules"? i don't think they can. they have to just obey what the developers put into those rules. so i don't see why we can really find fault with someone like that. as far as pruned nodes, i thought they still can verify transactions and have the full list of consensus rules too. maybe i'm wrong.

but in this day and age, if a serious bitcoin user can't afford a big enough hard drive to store the blockchain then maybe it's time to sell some btc and get one. right? we're talking 2TB should be good for another few years! Shocked