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Topic: How much do bitcoins weigh? (Read 501 times)

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April 11, 2013, 04:58:21 PM
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April 11, 2013, 04:18:50 PM
#4
"Its sooo light"
"Its the internet, it doesn't weight anything!" ~IT Crowd
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April 11, 2013, 04:12:25 PM
#3
They weigh but a bit.
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April 11, 2013, 03:59:35 PM
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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

edit: spel goode

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April 11, 2013, 03:44:56 PM
#1
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
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