- 04Contract Storage and Why It Is ExpensiveWriting to persistent storage is the most costly common operation. The pricing explains a great deal about how contracts are written.reading on-chain data · Aug 18, 2026 · 2 min
- 03Gas Refunds and Storage EconomicsClearing storage used to earn a refund large enough to create a market in it. The constraints introduced since explain the current design.consensus and blocks · Jun 17, 2026 · 2 min
- 02Pruning and Archive NodesDiscarding history is safe and discarding state is not. The asymmetry determines what a node can do after pruning.node operation · Jun 10, 2026 · 2 min
- 01What a Node Actually StoresState, history and indexes are three different things with very different sizes. The distinction explains most of the confusion about node requirements.node operation · May 29, 2026 · 2 min