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Re: Bitcoin's blockchain size
by
DaveF
on 06/08/2021, 02:15:05 UTC
⭐ Merited by pooya87 (1)
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In 2015, it was around 40GB. It is now over 300GB. My computer has a hard drive with 500GB. While I would've been happy to download the block in 2015, it is now too big for me. Yes, I could easily fork out another $100 to buy a new hard drive but this is something I wouldn't have needed a few years ago.
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Except in 2015 low end / middle spec PCs were coming with 256GB drives. So although it was a smaller percentage of it, it was still a large percentage.

You really seem to be running around this forum looking for ways to prove BTC is not viable. No idea why.

If you don't like it, don't use it.

-Dave