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Board Bitcoin Discussion
Re: The size of the blockchain...
by
Peter R
on 02/05/2014, 02:22:00 UTC
I think write endurance would be an issue if you're trying to use an SD card as RAM.

We aren't talking about using a SD card for RAM.  The SD card would be used to store the blockchain, update the blockchain with new blocks, update the unspent outputs each block, and bootload code segments of the bitcoin binary.  Typically, flash memory is rated between 100,000 - 1,000,000 write/erase cycles (2 - 19 years if cycles happen every 10 min) and that's always writing the same segment over and over.  With intelligent disk management to avoid "hot spots," this could be greatly increased.  So I would expect even low-grade memory cards to last many years.

But skooter you don't really care about what we are talking about anyways, as can be verified by your post history as a troll and the glaring red warning in your profile (EDIT: suggesting you are also a scammer).