# Reducing Bitcoin Full Node Storage Without Consensus Changes

**URL:** <https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/reducing-bitcoin-full-node-storage-without-consensus-changes/2790>\
**Category:** Implementation\
**Created:** [August 9, 2026, 6:34pm UTC](https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/reducing-bitcoin-full-node-storage-without-consensus-changes/2790 "2026-08-09T18:34:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![reardencode](https://delvingbitcoin.org/user_avatar/delvingbitcoin.org/reardencode/32/27_2.png) [@reardencode](https://delvingbitcoin.org/u/reardencode)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2026, 5:14pm UTC](https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/reducing-bitcoin-full-node-storage-without-consensus-changes/2790/2 "2026-08-11T17:14:24Z")

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Cool. How big is your total store size after sync?

This has been a focus of my work on rbitcoin as well. Storage may be cheap, but RAM is expensive an many operations require loading parts of the storage into RAM.

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