On Wed, Feb 10, 2016 at 6:14 AM, David Vorick via bitcoin-dev < bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
> I'm not clear on the utility of more nodes. Perhaps there is significant > concern about SPV nodes getting enough bandwidth or the network struggling > from the load? > It is unfortunate that when pruning is activated, the NODE_NETWORK bit is cleared. This means that supporting SPV clients means running full nodes without pruning. OTOH, a pruning node could support SPV clients that sync more often than once every few days, especially if it stores a few GB of block data.
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