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The ongoing evolution of blockchain necessitates the acceptance and integration of pruned nodes; doing away with them altogether is unrealistic given the technology's growth trajectory. However, to adhere to the original principles of decentralization and trustlessness that blockchain promotes, deploying a decentralized snapshot service is essential.
Without such safeguards, the industry's progression may regress toward the pitfalls of centralized trust, echoing the flaws of Web 2.0, and contradicting the very ideals upon which blockchain was founded. The time to address these issues is now—before we lose sight of what makes blockchain revolutionary in the first place.