Topic: Bitcoin Core - Disc Space (Read 59 times)
Wow, such a thorough response there, thank you ABCbits.
Looking at Statoshi.info, average block size (including witness data) within last 6 months is 1.62MB[1]. Unfortunately that website doesn't mention average block time, which should be lower than 10 minutes since mining difficulty usually rising[2]. Anyway, here's my rough estimation
But if Ordinal or similar protocol which use witness data to store arbitary data become popular again, your HDD will be full faster.
[1] https://statoshi.info/d/000000002/blocks?orgId=1&from=now-6M&to=now
[2] https://blockchair.com/bitcoin/charts/difficulty
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total blocks = 187GB / 1.62MB = 191488MB / 1.62MB = 118202 block
block time = 10 minutes
Estimated duration = total blocks * block time / 1 day = 118202 blocks * 10 minutes / 1440 minutes = 820.84 days
block time = 10 minutes
Estimated duration = total blocks * block time / 1 day = 118202 blocks * 10 minutes / 1440 minutes = 820.84 days
But if Ordinal or similar protocol which use witness data to store arbitary data become popular again, your HDD will be full faster.
[1] https://statoshi.info/d/000000002/blocks?orgId=1&from=now-6M&to=now
[2] https://blockchair.com/bitcoin/charts/difficulty
Statista has a nice graph for the blockchain size. It shows Bitcoin's blockchain grows by approximately 90 GB per year.
Looking for some advice please. I have an old Laptop with 1TB disc space, I use Bitcoin Core Wallet & have 187GB remaining. I don’t use the Laptop for anything else apart from running Bitcoin Core, verifying blocks (full blockchain).
I’m just curious, at the current increasing size of the blockchain, how long will 187GB be enough?
I will probably run in pruned mode when necessary but I’m curious how long 187GB will be enough to continue like I am.
Thanks in advance.
I’m just curious, at the current increasing size of the blockchain, how long will 187GB be enough?
I will probably run in pruned mode when necessary but I’m curious how long 187GB will be enough to continue like I am.
Thanks in advance.
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