Ethereum Archive Node service shuts down, saying it ‘succeeded’
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- 04 Apr 2023
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Ethereum mainnet archive node service ArchiveNode.io says it will be shutting down, claiming that the project has been a success.
On April 4, ArchiveNode.io announced it was “sunsetting” its services after more than three years of providing free Ethereum mainnet archive node services to developers, students and researchers.
An Ethereum Archive Node is an instance of an Ethereum client configured to build an archive of all historical states. This type of node is a useful tool for querying historical blockchain data that is not accessible on full nodes.
Additionally, Archive Nodes are not required to participate in block validation so they can theoretically be built from scratch; however, they do require much greater storage capacity. Read More..
