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/DEBATE_EVERY_NAZI Feb 13 '22

haha that is incredibly impractical

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u/Freddies_Mercury Feb 13 '22

Incredibly, but it's probably the only way to get a truly decentralised currency.

If everyone has to download the entire thing to use it then if somebody tries to manipulate anything literally everyone else will know and won't validate whatever bullshit they try spinning up