Changes to “Pruning of history”
#138 (zoobc.how, 2026-10-26 21:37 UTC) → #1078 (zoobc.how, 2026-10-27 00:42 UTC): Seed article updated
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- Anyone can pay to keep one transaction with a [[longevity]] deposit.
- Archival nodes run an indexing service beside a node and serve the explorer ([[explorer-and-archival-nodes]]).
+ - The decentralised storage keeps every snapshot since block 0, each snapshot's chunks on five registered nodes chosen by lot, so that the state at any past snapshot can be rebuilt without any node keeping all blocks ([[the-archive]]).
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− > [!design] **Planned design.** The decentralised storage is to keep every snapshot since block 0, so that the state at any past snapshot can be rebuilt without any node keeping all blocks ([[the-archive]]).
## State is trimmed by rent
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