Does Kaspa's pruning mean it's hiding something?

Kaspa's pruning is a deliberate engineering decision, not a cover-up. Pruning means that redundant block data is discarded over time to keep the network lean — but the chain's integrity is fully preserved. The pruning algorithm has a formal security proof published in a peer-reviewed paper on the IACR ePrint Archive (2021/623), meaning independent researchers have mathematically verified that nothing important is lost. For a beginner, this matters because it means pruning is a rigorously tested design choice backed by published science, not a reason for concern.