From ddcc17b7b8ea48ef8f0ebdc70fca99622d0095a3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dvd-Znf Date: Sun, 4 Jun 2023 11:28:23 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] installers/windows/Readme.htm Updated blockchain size and added pruning description --- installers/windows/ReadMe.htm | 7 +++++-- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/installers/windows/ReadMe.htm b/installers/windows/ReadMe.htm index 139204c0..6a50797c 100644 --- a/installers/windows/ReadMe.htm +++ b/installers/windows/ReadMe.htm @@ -56,11 +56,14 @@ i.e. let it download the blockchain and store it locally on your computer, or you can configure your wallet to access a remote open node to get indirect access to the blockchain.

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Working with your own copy of the blockchain is preferred: It strengthens the Monero network, and it +

You can also Prune the blockchain in order to save 2/3 of storage space while keeping the full transaction history. + More information regarding how pruning works can be found here.

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Working with your own copy of the blockchain, even pruned, is preferred: It strengthens the Monero network, and it provides the most security and privacy possible for you.

However if your Internet access makes it difficult to run a full node, or if you have simply no room to store - the blockchain locally (about 90 GB in May 2020, and of course growing), you can compromise and try to connect + the blockchain locally (about 160 GB in June 2023, and of course growing), you can compromise and try to connect to a remote node. One way of finding such a node is checking this page.