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Most modern games are not transferred over networks on a regular basis. The block chain is transferred over the network just about every time someone installs.

Most modern games are not transferred over networks on a regular basis. The block chain is transferred over the network just about every time someone installs. Even using one of the torrents (which are way faster than syncing via the bitcoin client), this has to be done overnight on my home cable internet. If you're in a third world country, the time involved becomes completely prohibitive. Bitcoin adoption involves syncing with the block chain, so this prevents adoption. So you absolutely should be concerned about a 20GB block chain. EDIT: Also, phones. My smart phone doesn't have 20GB if storage, and even if yours does, I doubt you can sync 20GB over 3G/4G. A lot of people are touting Bitcoin as a point of sale payment system, but not being able to run it on your phone hurts that.

throwaway889 12y ago
> Most modern games are not transferred over networks on a regular basis. The block chain is transferred over the network just about every time someone installs. Like steam. > Even using one of the torrents (which are way faster than syncing via the bitcoin client), this has to be done overnight on my home cable internet. If you're in a third world country, the time involved becomes completely prohibitive. Third-world or not, if you live in a place with unreliable or slow internet, it makes no sense to run a full bitcoin node. Just run an SPV client like electrum - it's what most users should be doing today anyway. That way you do not need to download the blockchain. Same thing for phones - all the mobile wallets I know of are SPV, and only use a few MB of storage.