Pruning allows you to discard old blocks so that your node uses less disc space. Downside is that if you try to load a new wallet or restore a backup you can't rescan the blockchain and may have to redo IBD.
Yes, I prune66.7%
I have pruned in the past, but not now6.7%
No, I have loads of storage26.7%
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Long ago!
Do you find the storage requirements for running a node with the whole blockchain to be bothersome?
I used to run Core on my old laptop. Since I had old hard drives I needed to prune
I, too, run it on a laptop. But I have a 1 TB drive, so I'm still doing okay. Gonna have to prune or get a 2TB drive soon.
I have one but it's a candidate to be scrapped when I get to it. I used to have that running for an external indexer to just pick the last blocks off, but I no longer use that and it's in disarray.
I also have 3 full, 2 sync'd (one for serving archive, 1 private one that doesn't allow incoming) and 1 unsync'd (for the rpi4 tests I still need to finish) - those I do use.
I have seen pruned nodes catch some hate, but I have heard of people successfully running lightning nodes on a pruned Bitcoin node (I have not successfully done so, myself).