Topic: How much do bitcoins weigh? (Read 486 times)
"Its sooo light"
"Its the internet, it doesn't weight anything!" ~IT Crowd
"Its the internet, it doesn't weight anything!" ~IT Crowd
They weigh but a bit.
If we had an estimate of the number of copies of blockchains in existence, we could compute the weight. See:
http://superuser.com/questions/11423/how-much-does-a-gigabyte-weigh-on-a-hard-disk
edit: spel goode
http://superuser.com/questions/11423/how-much-does-a-gigabyte-weigh-on-a-hard-disk
edit: spel goode
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If we had an estimate of the number of copies of blockchains in existence, we could compute the weight. See:
http://superuser.com/questions/11423/how-much-does-a-gigabyte-weigh-on-a-hard-disk
So for example, if 1GB is ~1 microgram, then a single blockchain would be 6.3 micrograms.
6.3 * 158,730 = 1,000,000. So 158,730 blockchains would equal 1 gram.
edit: spel goode
http://superuser.com/questions/11423/how-much-does-a-gigabyte-weigh-on-a-hard-disk
So for example, if 1GB is ~1 microgram, then a single blockchain would be 6.3 micrograms.
6.3 * 158,730 = 1,000,000. So 158,730 blockchains would equal 1 gram.
edit: spel goode
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