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I just imagined the size of transactions database after 2-3 years of wide adoption.

• threedaymonk 14y ago
  That was my first thought too. Setting up a Bitcoin client currently requires the download of around 7GB of historical data, as I recall. The four-minute proof of work also worries me: do I have to toast my laptop for four minutes every time I want to send a message? That's going to be bad for battery life.