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Vitalik Buterin emphasized Ethereum users running partially stateless nodes retain privacy through local data control and trustless interaction with the blockchain
Vitalik Buterin compared the local‑first method to a library system where data needed often is kept locally and the rest fetched on demand
Vitalik proposed that Ethereum users configure their partially stateless nodes through an on-chain setting that selects the specific subset of blockchain data to store locally
Vitalik Buterin explains that partially stateless nodes rely on stateless verification or zkEVM to validate blocks while storing minimal data
Vitalik Buterin explained that partially stateless nodes validate blocks statelessly, avoiding full history and Merkle trees to cut storage and bandwidthut storage and bandwidth
Vitalik Buterin suggested Ethereum users can tailor their nodes to keep only accounts, apps, tokens, or other frequently used data

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