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I find surprising the fact that you say it uses about 15Gb, 6 months ago it used around 10Gb and at this point I can imagine that around 2016 it will need aroun
by Aldo_MX 13y ago
I find surprising the fact that you say it uses about 15Gb, 6 months ago it used around 10Gb and at this point I can imagine that around 2016 it will need around 100Gb and the number will keep increasing...
- gizmo686 13y agoBitcoin was designed with a pruning ability, which can delete unnecessary data from a local copy of the blockchain. Based on the Bitcoin website [1] the blockchain as of 2012 is less than 100mb when pruned. [1]https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Scalability https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Scalability
- nwh 13y agoThe cap on the block size means it'll increase at a maximum per year, I think it's something like 60GB if every block is filled to the brim.