What's stopping these users from running a pruned node? Not every node needs to store a complete copy of the blockchain.
On Wed, Mar 29, 2017 at 11:18 AM David Vorick via bitcoin-dev < bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org> wrote: > Perhaps you are fortunate to have a home computer that has more than a > single 512GB SSD. Lots of consumer hardware has that little storage. Throw > on top of it standard consumer usage, and you're often left with less than > 200 GB of free space. Bitcoin consumes more than half of that, which feels > very expensive, especially if it motivates you to buy another drive. > > I have talked to several people who cite this as the primary reason that > they are reluctant to join the full node club. > _______________________________________________ > bitcoin-dev mailing list > bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org > https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bitcoin-dev > -- Andrew Johnson
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