No , that ' s not what I said . I use an SPV wallet often but I am assured by the technology that whenever I desire I can fire up my full node for example where I keep my savings strictly under my own control or when I want to receive a payment and want to absolutely make sure that I received it without having to trust anyone else . The magic lies in the sheer possibility to run a node , not in the fact that I run a node all the time . And that possibility is getting smaller the bigger the blocks are . For everyone on the planet , regardless of their resources . Think former east Germany where people could not travel and leave the country . They rebelled in the end not because they so desperately wanted to see the Eifeltower but because they wanted to live a life where they had the possibility to do so if they wished . That ' s a difference .