From b3238a884d97ea977c069778eeb272650a300f9d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Luxter77 Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2021 09:49:10 -0300 Subject: [PATCH] Update size figures on the pruning section of README.md --- README.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 7718c3ea3..7dad433e8 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -704,7 +704,7 @@ DNS_PUBLIC=tcp torsocks ./monerod --p2p-bind-ip 127.0.0.1 --no-igd --rpc-bind-ip ## Pruning -As of May 2020, the full Monero blockchain file is about 80 GB. One can store a pruned blockchain, which is about 28 GB. +As of May 2020, the full Monero blockchain file is about 100 GB. One can store a pruned blockchain, which is about 30 GB. A pruned blockchain can only serve part of the historical chain data to other peers, but is otherwise identical in functionality to the full blockchain. To use a pruned blockchain, it is best to start the initial sync with `--prune-blockchain`. However, it is also possible