On Tue, Sep 12, 2017 at 11:58 PM, michele terzi via bitcoin-dev <
bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
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> Pros:
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> you gain a much faster syncing for new nodes.
> full non pruning nodes need a lot less HD space.
> dropping old history results in more difficult future chainanalysis (at
the blockchain is 160Gb and this is literally the biggest problem bitcoin has
right now. syncing a new node is a nightmare that discourages a lot of people.
this single aspect is what hurts bitcoin's decentralization the most and it is
getting worse by the day.
to solve this problem i propose 2
