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I am a beginner in bitcoin development and want to contribute to some github repos and for that i need the regtest network for bitcoin but to run that i need bitcoind and bitcoin core to be downloaded which are 500+ GB in storage and my device has storage constraints . What should i do ?

Prabhat Verma
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  • It is not clear to me why you need a synchronized node to development. You can download the software and start it with -regtest. Also see: https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/q/17553/5406 – Murch Feb 22 '23 at 15:22
  • @VojtěchStrnad I thought even to run the testnet or regtest i need to download the bitcoin core atleast one time but my misconception got cleared afterwards. I specifically didnt need to use only cli but also other libraries dependent on bitcoin core . – Prabhat Verma Feb 24 '23 at 12:55

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To run bitcoind without downloading the entire data on bitcoin core follow

https://github.com/BlockchainCommons/Learning-Bitcoin-from-the-Command-Line

And follow the

2.2: Setting Up a Bitcoin-Core Machine via Other Means

Here use the following method

Using Other Bitcoin Standup Scripts

Prabhat Verma
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  • But those are instructions for a more specific use, instead of the most generic way to prune a node, which the question was. You could edit the question in order to explain why did you need to use those specific instructions. – Mercedes Feb 26 '23 at 12:54