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 ## Pruning
 
-As of May 2020, the full Monero blockchain file is about 80 GB. One can store a pruned blockchain, which is about 28 GB.
+As of May 2020, the full Monero blockchain file is about 100 GB. One can store a pruned blockchain, which is about 30 GB.
 A pruned blockchain can only serve part of the historical chain data to other peers, but is otherwise identical in
 functionality to the full blockchain.
 To use a pruned blockchain, it is best to start the initial sync with `--prune-blockchain`. However, it is also possible