top | item 10575878

(no title)

oxalo | 10 years ago

Says it comes with a 128 GB SD card with the current blockchain. How long until a copy of the full blockchain is > 128 GB?

discuss

order

marcell|10 years ago

Historical data [1] shows 25GB annual growth, and currently the blockchain is around 50GB, so that gives us an expected 3 years.

Current max theoretical is ~50GB annual, if every block is the max 1MB. There is an ongoing debate about whether to increase the max block size.

[1] https://blockchain.info/charts/blocks-size?timespan=1year&sh...

austenallred|10 years ago

Related question: How much will a 256 GB SD card cost when we reach that level?