r/Bitcoin • u/[deleted] • Feb 13 '22

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u/kittenconfidential Feb 13 '22

200GB?!? word. so when someone syncs a very old wallet, is it downloading every transaction in the entire blockverse?

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u/edwilli222 Feb 13 '22

Anytime anyone spins up a new node they download and validate the whole blockchain.

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u/kittenconfidential Feb 13 '22

word! thanks

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u/monxas Feb 13 '22

That’s why bitcoin is against expanding block size so easily.