Ability to avoid storing unnecessary data about prior transactions. For example one could use pruning to disable storing older transaction signatures on disk once they are verified. Archive nodes could be used to store the signatures disabled in the pruning branch.
Questions tagged [pruning]
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How much larger are Monero transactions compared to the average Bitcoin transaction?
We know that because of the way Monero's privacy works, transactions are larger than a Bitcoin one, but how much larger on average are they compared to Bitcoin transactions? How will this affect the growth of the blockchain into the future?…
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Can the Monero block chain be pruned to increase scalability?
Can the Monero block chain be pruned to increase scalability? If so, exactly what data can and cannot be pruned?
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How do I utilize blockchain pruning in the GUI (monero-wallet-gui)?
According to the release notes GUI v0.14.1.0 includes blockchain pruning. How do I utilize this feature with the GUI (monero-wallet-gui)?
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Does Mimblewimble have any relevance to new pruning ideas for Monero?
This Mimblewimble paper was introduced last month by Tom Elvis Jedusor.
It appears that the system will not work with Bitcoin (on chain)
The first thing we need to do is remove Bitcoin Script. This is sad, but it is too
powerful so it is…
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Can Ring Confidential Transactions Range Proofs be pruned?
RingCT adds a set of range proofs to each transaction. Can these be pruned? Would there be a need for "full nodes" which retain these proofs? If so, why?
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Does the CONOP definition exclude pruning branches from its node definition?
Paul Sztorc in his post Measuring Decentralization defined CONOP as
For this section, the cost of the option to create a full node will be referred to as the “cost of node-option” or “CONOP”.
The implication is that the more full nodes that are…
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What kind of pruning techniques does AEON use?
AEON has a pruning branch. What kind of pruning is it? Is it just like Bitcoin pruning, or is there more to it?
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Size requirements for different "pieces" of a Monero transaction
What are the different pieces of a transaction that take up precious bytes on the blockchain (range proof, MLSAG, inputs, outputs, ECDH, keys, TX extra, other)?
How much space do they take up (in bytes or kb)?
Which items' sizes may change in…
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How to enable pruning in the command line of the monero blockchain in version v0.14.1?
Monero v0.14.1 has just been released with pruning. How does one activate it on the command line for ubuntu?
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Pruning the Monero blockchain, a number question
According to this web https://web.getmonero.org/2019/02/01/pruning.html
Why only 2/3 of the blockchain data can be pruned? 1/3 of the blockchain cannot be pruned. This pruning is not as efficient as bitcoin because in bitcoin the UTXO set is just…
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What is the difference from monero-blockchain-prune-known-spent-data and monero-blockchain-prune commands?
I'm pruning my monero blockchain, but I see there are 2 commands:
monero-blockchain-prune-known-spent-data
monero-blockchain-prune
What is the difference?
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Where can I download the pruned Monero blockchain that is 25+ GB instead of the full blockchain
I'm looking to download the full pruned blockchain for Monero instead of syncing it and then pruning it. Where can I find this pruned monero blockchain file?
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Will it be possible to prune all non-RingCT outputs once we know they are all converted into RingCT outputs?
Inspired by this question, I realized that it's actually possible to know how much unspent non-RingCT outputs exist (although we cannot know which are unspent) by checking the total amount converted into RingCT outputs against the coin supply. If it…
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Can I copy my pruned blockchain .bitmonero folder to another computer and start syncing?
After pruning the monero blockchain, can I copy this pruned blockchain from the .bitmonero folder to another computer and just start syncing from there? What are some disadvantages of pruning the blockchain or where one might want the entire 71GB…
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Is there a monero pruned blockchain mode like how bitcoin core has a pruned blockchain?
Monero's blockchain is almost 50GB as of March 2018 and my laptop doesn't have that much space to spare anymore. Is there a pruned version of the monero blockchain?
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