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Topic: Why is v0.11.0 binary 2x larger than v0.10.2? (Read 824 times)

staff
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August 03, 2015, 03:22:50 PM
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Because the QT part is now statically linked.
legendary
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The v0.11.0 bitcoin-qt binary for 64bit Linux is 30.2 MB.
Bitcoin Core version v0.10.2 (64-bit) bitcoin-qt binary for Linux is only 13.3 MB.

Why is there such a huge file size difference?
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