A pruned node discards from persistent storage (disk, SSD) blocks for which it has no further use. A pruned node therefore cannot help synchronise a new full-node A pruned node can pass on unconfirmed transactions in its mempool and, at least in principle, any blocks it retains in memory or cached in other temporary storage. A pruned node downloads exactly the same amount of data per month as a fully-synchronised full-node. It probably uploads less since it retains less. Actual amounts probably depend on connectivity and levels of Bitcoin network activity (i.e I haven't measured this). --- - https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/q/93645/13866 - https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/q/1413/13866