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by vertex-four 4129 days ago
> Some embedded "internet of things" like device wouldn't be a full-node. Rather it would be a lite-node relying on the SPV[1] model of security.

Well, it's a lot more likely in my eyes that it'd be a thin client operating against a server owned by its owner. Just as safe, and doesn't involve trying to figure out how to allocate enough money on a micro scale to all your individual devices so they don't run out.