It's important to distinguish between nodes that keep a full copy of the blockchain, referred to as full nodes, and nodes that keep only a partial copy, referred to as lightweight nodes, or Simplified Payment Verification (SPV) nodes.
It's important to distinguish between nodes that keep a full copy of the blockchain, referred to as full nodes, and nodes that keep only a partial copy, referred to as lightweight nodes, or Simplified Payment Verification (SPV) nodes.