what is the difference between a node and a client in the ethereum context?
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I'am new to ethereum, I canno't find the difference between a client and a node. I concider the client to be an mplementation of the node in a programming language such as go or js?
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1 2021-03-19 12:03:44
These terms are used interchangeably and often mixed. It depends if the text discuss about a client (node) connecting to Ethereum P2P network or if the text discussed about a client (JSON-RPC API client) connecting to a node providing API services.
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