We know that we can sync with current blockchain status with geth, for example, or any other similar things. If I run geth in console I can see
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INFO [11-16|22:27:56.602] Imported new block receipts count=14 elapsed=92.495ms number=24590 hash=f24d7d..70e905 age=6y4mo2w size=4.73KiB
INFO [11-16|22:27:56.654] Imported new block receipts count=178 elapsed=25.699ms number=24768 hash=38e6be..9a5fbe age=6y4mo2w size=64.92KiB
INFO [11-16|22:27:58.507] Imported new block headers count=2048 elapsed=75.153ms number=26816 hash=f97a01..8361a4 age=6y4mo2w
INFO [11-16|22:27:58.626] Imported new block headers count=2048 elapsed=113.496ms number=28864 hash=5df004..eab322 age=6y4mo2w
INFO [11-16|22:27:58.626] Imported new block receipts count=39 elapsed=59.524ms number=24807 hash=2c603d..9e4cd6 age=6y4mo2w size=13.07KiB
INFO [11-16|22:27:58.638] Imported new block headers count=128 elapsed=5.576ms number=28992 hash=d2689c..52a3fb age=6y4mo2w
WARN [11-16|22:27:58.694] Dropping unsynced node during sync id=c17e0e458a8c095f conn=dyndial addr=3.141.249.97:30303 type=Geth/v1.10.3-stable-...
INFO [11-16|22:27:59.244] Imported new block receipts count=2048 elapsed=78.460ms number=26855 hash=146d01..042ed7 age=6y4mo2w size=738.53KiB
INFO [11-16|22:27:59.321] Imported new block receipts count=2048 elapsed=66.566ms number=28903 hash=305580..5cda53 age=6y4mo2w size=733.11KiB
INFO [11-16|22:27:59.343] Imported new block receipts count=89 elapsed=21.801ms number=28992 hash=d2689c..52a3fb age=6y4mo2w size=32.24KiB
INFO [11-16|22:28:04.446] State sync in progress synced=0.16% state=324.34MiB accounts=243,[email protected] slots=1,265,[email protected] [email protected] eta=4h17m40.665s
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so it means I download the data. But where is this data stored? Does it get pulled directly from the blockchain? Who responds to the requests? How can I become a peer?
