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@ goatmeal
2025-05-22 16:08:37monero wallets require the user to download all blocks since the wallet creation date and scan them for the user's transactions. the user doesn't have to scan everything back from 2014 or store blocks that have already been scanned. there's definitely an unresolved UX issue here and it's one of my biggest complaints with monero, but it's not as bad as you suggested. there is some work being done on making light clients safer but it's not finished yet.