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Re: Best practices installing Bitcoind on a Linux Server (Debian 11)
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LoyceV
on 12/06/2023, 04:45:09 UTC
In fact, I don't know exactly what a full node is.
A full node starts by downloading ~500 GB. After that, it's ~2 GB per week.

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I think the option "blocksonly" does what I want (only download blocks and ignore unconfirmed transaction). I would like to limit the network traffic for the time being.
Unconfirmed transactions (AKA the mempool) are small in size compared to the whole existing blockchain.

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The Bitcoin Daemon doesn't do any mining?
Correct. Mining on a computer isn't feasible.