Previously, archive nodes stored the entire history of the blockchain. Considering that the history is already quite large, and that with new optimizations we intend to reduce the block creation time (accordingly, the number of blocks to be stored will increase), we have made the following improvements:

Partial archive nodes

Now, the full/archive node can sync and store a specific time period, rather than the entire blockchain history. This allows to split the storage of the blockchain history across different nodes.

In the new mytonctrl 2.6.0, you can select in a convenient user-friendly installer which mode you want to run the node in and which block range it will store.

Downloading archive blocks and states via TON Torrents

Now, downloading archive blocks and archive states of the blockchain can be done via TON Torrents (TON Storage), which speeds up the process and allows you to download from multiple peers.

We have launched a dump service that automatically converts new block bundles and states into TON Torrents bags and makes them available for download.

mytonctrl 2.6.0 natively integrates the function of downloading blocks and states via TON torrents during the initial sync. If you wish, you can download blocks and states even using the TON Torrents app.