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light or thin clients do not store the whole blockchain and are used on mobile, embedded or IoT devices

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What is Geth's "light" sync, and why is it so fast?

I'll take my shot. Experts, please correct me. "Full" Sync: Gets the block headers, the block bodies, and validates every element from genesis block. Fast Sync: Gets the block headers, the block bod …
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How to experiment with Ethereum without downloading the entire blockchain?

You can connect to a remote ethereum node such as INFURA, using the JSON RPC API, so you won't need to worry about maintaining and synchronizing a local node. You can see this guide about using Truff …
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