A computer on the Internet that has a complete or abbreviated copy of the Bitcoin blockchain. As of 2025, there more than 15,000 Bitcoin nodes. There are full nodes, lightweight nodes and mining nodes ...

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An individual or entity that runs some type of operation on a computer in a network. A node operator often refers to a miner or validator in a blockchain network. See blockchain. THIS DEFINITION IS ...

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