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Re: Next level Bitcoin stress test -- June 29-30 13:00 GMT 2015
by
Luke-Jr
on 02/07/2015, 19:25:45 UTC
20 MB blocks means you need 41 Mbps upload. Most people don't have that even available.

Please share your calculations.
20 MB = 160 Mbit.
8 peers minimum.
30 seconds maximum to upload new blocks in a timely manner.
160 Mbit * 8 peers / 30 seconds = 42.67 Mbps.

If we assume that each transaction received is sent to 2 other nodes, then a full 20 MB block over 10 minutes would mean that you would have needed to send approximately 40 MB during that time.

40 MB X 8 bits per byte = 320 Mbit

There are 600 seconds in 10 minutes.

320 Mbit / 600 seconds = 533,333 kbps

That's only a bit more than half of 1 Mbps.
But you can't spend 10 minutes  uploading the block to each peer.
Nor will things propagate reasonably if each peer only uploads to one other peer - consider that SPV/light nodes only download.
The network will just break down entirely...