0 sats \ 3 replies \ @ek 16 Mar 2023 \ on: Bitcoin Core developer proposes new type of pruned node bitcoin
The two largest software clients for Bitcoin nodes, Bitcoin Core and Bitcoin QT, can be pruned.
Bitcoin QT is not a node? It's a frontend?
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3 sats \ 2 replies \ @kristapsk 16 Mar 2023
It's currently single process, containing all three - full node, wallet and Qt GUI.
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @ek 16 Mar 2023
Ah okay. Didn't know that. But it's running Bitcoin Core inside, right?
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3 sats \ 0 replies \ @kristapsk 16 Mar 2023
Yes, there are two executables you can run for Bitcoin Core - bitcoind, which contains only node and wallet, and bitcoin-qt, which contains node, wallet and GUI.
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