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Episode 55: Syncing Old Nodes

Bitcoin Explained - The Technical Side of Bitcoin

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Is There a Difference Between Bitcoin and Older Bitcoin?

There was a big theme during the block size wars, like can you just change the protocol? And there was this argument about backwards compatibility that philosophical argument. Trying to run a note from 12 years ago is not possible, probably. So it's always a good idea to upgrade because you tend to stay up to date on security fixes and performance improvements.

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