3 docs tagged with "full-node"

Bitcoin Core is the reference implementation of the Bitcoin protocol. Originally released by Satoshi Nakamoto in 2009 as "Bitcoin," it remains the most widely used, reviewed, and trusted node software.

Bitcoin Knots is an enhanced full-node implementation of Bitcoin, maintained by Luke Dashjr. It builds on Bitcoin Core with additional privacy, decentralization, and mining-related features.

Comparison of full, pruned, archival, Simplified Payment Verification (SPV), and neutral nodes; explains trade-offs in storage, trust, privacy, and validation guarantees.