bitcoin-qt data directory is only a few gigabytes

[Gimberg]

Hi, I'm running a qt node and I recently took it apart and noticed that the qt data folder was only 4-5 gigabytes and I previously remember that I used to have the whole blockchain, which is no above ~150GB.

I started the node and it had some blocks that it needed to download but other than than it seems 100% normal, so my question is why is it only 5GB? I should have the whole blockchain or do I but it's compressed?

Thanks in advance for any help!

[LoyceV]

It sounds like you've enabled pruning:

Code:

  -prune=<n>
       Reduce storage requirements by enabling pruning (deleting) of old
       blocks. This allows the pruneblockchain RPC to be called to
       delete specific blocks, and enables automatic pruning of old
       blocks if a target size in MiB is provided. This mode is
       incompatible with -txindex and -rescan. Warning: Reverting this
       setting requires re-downloading the entire blockchain. (default:
       0 = disable pruning blocks, 1 = allow manual pruning via RPC,
       >550 = automatically prune block files to stay under the
       specified target size in MiB)

[Gimberg]

It sounds like you've enabled pruning:

Code:

  -prune=<n>
       Reduce storage requirements by enabling pruning (deleting) of old
       blocks. This allows the pruneblockchain RPC to be called to
       delete specific blocks, and enables automatic pruning of old
       blocks if a target size in MiB is provided. This mode is
       incompatible with -txindex and -rescan. Warning: Reverting this
       setting requires re-downloading the entire blockchain. (default:
       0 = disable pruning blocks, 1 = allow manual pruning via RPC,
       >550 = automatically prune block files to stay under the
       specified target size in MiB)

Haha yep, maybe I should've checked the config file before posting