user44760: Most lightning implementations I came across don't officially support pruned full node. 

Why is pruned mode implementation a challenge?
What risk am I taking when I run lnd with pruned bitcoind?


user24925: Pruned nodes don't have the ability to make a full index of all transactions in the chain, which makes implementation of tools like Lightning difficult or impossible. There's no risk particularly, a pruned node has the same security properties as a normal one, it just doesn't have historical transaction data necessarily. 

44760: <p>Most lightning implementations I came across don't officially support pruned full node. </p>

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<li>Why is pruned mode implementation a challenge?</li>
<li>What risk am I taking when I run lnd with pruned bitcoind?</li>
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 24925: <p>Pruned nodes don't have the ability to make a full index of all transactions in the chain, which makes implementation of tools like Lightning difficult or impossible. There's no risk particularly, a pruned node has the same security properties as a normal one, it just doesn't have historical transaction data necessarily. </p>
