full node [English]

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InterPARES Definition

No definition in earlier IP projects. ITrust definition not yet developed.

Other Definitions

  • Bitcoin Wiki Vocabulary [2017] (†796 s.v. "Full node"): nodes that fully enforce all of the rules of Bitcoin. Most nodes on the network are lightweight nodes instead of full nodes, but full nodes form the backbone of the network.
  • Pfeffer [2017] (†844 s.v. "FullNode"): A Full Node is a participant in an Ethereum Network that keeps a record of the full Blockchain, the full state and engages in mining.
  • Scaling Bitcoin [2017] (†845 s.v. "Full node"): Any computer that connects to the Bitcoin network is called a node. Nodes that fully enforce all of the rules of Bitcoin are called full nodes. Most nodes on the network are lightweight nodes instead of full nodes, but full nodes form the backbone of the network.

Citations

  • Buterin [2017] (†818 s.v. "Merkle Trees"): A "full node" in the Bitcoin network, one that stores and processes the entirety of every block, takes up about 15 GB of disk space in the Bitcoin network as of April 2014, and is growing by over a gigabyte per month. (†2108)