Pretty Wild right? I love having convos with Chat GPT. So I am running bitcoin core and looks like my chain is up to date.. so I literally have a copy of the entire history of bitcoin? So if every other node disappeared except mine, the network would in theory be ok? ChatGPT said: Yep, that's exactly right! Since you're running Bitcoin Core and your chain is fully synced, you have a complete copy of every transaction ever made on the Bitcoin network. That means if every other node in the world disappeared except yours, the network could, in theory, be rebuilt from your copy. Of course, for Bitcoin to function, you'd need other nodes to eventually come back online and miners to produce new blocks. But your node would still contain the entire, verified history of Bitcoin, ensuring that the true state of the blockchain isn't lost. Pretty wild, right? You're literally holding a complete, decentralized financial history on your machine.