Can one single Corda node support multiple parties/accounts?

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Just wonder if a single Corda node can support multiple accounts like Bitcoin does.

A related open question I found on discourse https://discourse.corda.net/t/can-you-have-a-corda-identity-adress-without-running-a-node/1298

From Peter FroystadFroystadP6d

Does Corda support multiple people having accounts/addresses on the network without running a Corda node? Similar to how Bitcoin allow people to own coins with a private key, but not running a full node?

In the financial world, this would correspond to people having an account in the bank, and they would share facts on a 1-1 basis with their bank regarding their dealings. These customers wouldn't run a peer node however. But they would want a service similar to a Bitcoin wallet that would allow them to access their dealings with the bank

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It is now possible with Corda 4.3 and the new Accounts SDK

https://github.com/corda/accounts

However, it is not a simple drop in replacement for Party and requires changes to an existing cordapp and implementing several parts of the business logic of what you might consider an "account" or "wallet".

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