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Re:Skynet – Build a Free Internet by tromp on Sunday January 10, 2021 @06:46AM (#25713745)
Does sharding help a fully verifying node to reduce the bandwidth needed for an Initial Block Download (IBD) ?

Wouldn't it need to very each individual shard?

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Re:Skynet – Build a Free Internet by turblety on Sunday January 10, 2021 @08:05PM (#25722788)
Not sure, but I really like the modal of MaidSafe where there's no blockchain to download. Instead, data is shared amount a group of peers.
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