{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","title":"nomadshiba wrote","author_name":"nomadshiba (npub1gk…sppqk)","author_url":"https://nostr.now/npub1gkp4cdh5rktehjqjnqc09awey4302dpadlka6mes4fu5spes7fhqfsppqk","provider_name":"njump","provider_url":"https://nostr.now","html":"if we didnt have segwit discount\ntimechain would have been only ~500GB rn.\ninstead its ~750GB (excluding the indexes and stuff that makes the chain data actually useful).\n\nyou wouldnt need a 2TB drive.\nyou would need less bandwidth as well.\nless processing power too.\n\nafter taproot and spam, processing power requirements went even higher.\n\nits funny how we are keep damaging the thing we should maximize and optimize for, which is making running a node easier.\n\nbitcoin is the NODE you have. bitcoin doesnt live on the sky, you alone run all of bitcoin yourself. all of the ideas of bitcoin being decentralized are based on every user being a node.\n\nif you are not using your own node you are not using bitcoin. you dont have to know how your node works, or be a nerd to run a node. bitcoin user by definition is a node. but its too complex, too user unfriendly. its almost like they dont want you to run your own instance of bitcoin. "}