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Bitcoin does have the ability to store this kind of information in the actual blockchain, but blockchain.info decided it was not worth the bloat. http://bitcoi
by gigq 13y ago
Bitcoin does have the ability to store this kind of information in the actual blockchain, but blockchain.info decided it was not worth the bloat.
http://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/7864/is-a-public-message-at-blockchain-info-embedded-in-the-actual-block-chain http://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/7864/is-a-public-...
- nwh 13y agoThat's incorrect. You can shoehorn your data in, and blockchain.info tried for a period, but removed it when it drew the ire of almost every core developer. It just wastes space and bloats the unspent outputs database.
- sliverstorm 13y agoGood to hear. Bitcoin already occupied 5-8GB last time I fired my client up, many moons ago.
- nwh 13y ago13GB with indexes now. If it's an issue, just use an SPV client like MultiBit that doesn't store the blockchain at all.