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by zodiac 3048 days ago
> A full archive node currently requires a 400GB SSD! You're only option is to run a light node,

Uh, what about running a full archive node? The bitcoin txo set is also much larger the the utxo set
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freejulian 3048 days ago
Bitcoin doesn’t need an ssd to sync. Additionally, a bitcoin full node requires just 149gb — and it’s been around much longer than Ethereum! Ethereum is broken.
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zodiac 3047 days ago
Do you mean full node or archive node? (ie is the 149gb a requirement for storing the txo set or the utxo set)
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freejulian 3047 days ago
149gb for the txo set, the entire history.
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