0 sats \ 3 replies \ @ekzyis 16 Mar \ 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

It's currently single process, containing all three - full node, wallet and Qt GUI.

0 sats \ 1 replies \ @ekzyis 16 Mar

Ah okay. Didn't know that. But it's running Bitcoin Core inside, right?

3 sats \ 0 replies \ @kristapsk 16 Mar

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.