<oembed><type>rich</type><version>1.0</version><title>sedited wrote</title><author_name>sedited (npub196…ftlhg)</author_name><author_url>https://yabu.me/npub196cr58e3ds70njgqul6ndm3gu4yxxjgx00sp32t95lru5k600u7q2ftlhg</author_url><provider_name>njump</provider_name><provider_url>https://yabu.me</provider_url><html>Yes they can, pruned nodes fully download and validate all historical blocks. They just throw the data away once they validated it.</html></oembed>