> 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. 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.