<blockquote>
  <p>Will running a pruned node make my store less secure?</p>
</blockquote>

<p>No, not at all.</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>I was wondering what will be the downsides to me running a pruned node?</p>
</blockquote>

<p>With a pruned node you cannot:</p>

<ul>
<li>Handle (extremely) deep reorganizations (which are in theory possible but in practice would indicate a very serious problem with Bitcoin's security assumptions).</li>
<li>Serve old blocks to other nodes.</li>
<li>Rescan for old transactions that may affect your wallet after importing an old address/key.</li>
</ul>

<blockquote>
  <p>I'm not too sure why I need a full copy of the blockchain.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>You generally don't, apart from the cases listed above.</p>

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<p>We run our own nodes to verify transactions for our store and I was wondering what will be the downsides to me running a pruned node? I read they can fully verify a transaction so I'm not too sure why I need a full copy of the blockchain.</p>

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Will running a pruned node make my store less secure?
masterq
# Will running a pruned node make my store less secure?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-04-25)

We run our own nodes to verify transactions for our store and I was wondering what will be the downsides to me running a pruned node? I read they can fully verify a transaction so I'm not too sure why I need a full copy of the blockchain.

**Tags:** bitcoin-core, bitcoind, client, pruning


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2018-04-25. Score: 6 | Accepted answer

> Will running a pruned node make my store less secure?

No, not at all.

> I was wondering what will be the downsides to me running a pruned node?

With a pruned node you cannot:

* Handle (extremely) deep reorganizations (which are in theory possible but in practice would indicate a very serious problem with Bitcoin's security assumptions).
* Serve old blocks to other nodes.
* Rescan for old transactions that may affect your wallet after importing an old address/key.

> I'm not too sure why I need a full copy of the blockchain.

You generally don't, apart from the cases listed above.


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