Here is a Bootstrap file., http://pirateproxy.net/torrent/9467281/bootstrap.dat_-_Bitcoin_Blockchain___279000
Details on the page how to use it. It's 13.5Gb till 11 Jan 2014.
As on this date the total blockchain is 15.3Gb and increasing, So calculate as per your needs.
Topic: Worried about space on my 128G SSD! (Read 756 times)
if you use more than 128gb you are doing something seriously wrong
I am using Ubuntu 13.10, so I downloaded the QT from their Ubuntu software section. The one on my previous rig (Windows), was the newest client, the 0.8.6.
Ubuntu's QT is the older version, the 0.8.5.
Does that mean my "node" will relay zero fee transactions?
Ubuntu's QT is the older version, the 0.8.5.
Does that mean my "node" will relay zero fee transactions?
If I run the whole client, doesn't that make my computer a full node, and a contributor to the network's security and validity? If so, then that is what I want it to do.
Well, yes you can act as a node, but without hashing power behind that node you really aren't contributing to security or validity. The only thing you would be doing is relaying transactions. Since most nodes still seem "good" and don't selectively rebroadcast transactions, there's really no reason for you to do so.
Every full node enforces the protocol rules upon all of its peers. Therefore, running a full node does contribute to security and validity. Running a full node is a vote for a particular set of protocol rules. By refusing to relay certain blocks and transactions, the node prevents changes in the protocol that the operator disagrees with. By agreeing to relay certain blocks and transactions, the node reinforces protocol requirements that the operator agrees with.
As an example, it is very difficult to get a 0-fee transaction that is larger than 1kb relayed throughout the network right now, because far too many nodes enforce the fee requirement for relaying. Running the most recent version of Bitcoin-Qt is another roadblock for anyone trying to spam the network with large 0-fee transactions. Running a modified version of bitcoin-qt that allows relaying of such transactions can increase the probability of the transaction making it to a miner that would be willing to confirm it.
If I run the whole client, doesn't that make my computer a full node, and a contributor to the network's security and validity? If so, then that is what I want it to do.
Well, yes you can act as a node, but without hashing power behind that node you really aren't contributing to security or validity. The only thing you would be doing is relaying transactions. Since most nodes still seem "good" and don't selectively rebroadcast transactions, there's really no reason for you to do so.
If I run the whole client, doesn't that make my computer a full node, and a contributor to the network's security and validity? If so, then that is what I want it to do.
It's like 14GB right now, and it will continue to grow.
https://blockchain.info/charts/blocks-size
Do you have a need for the entire blockchain?
https://blockchain.info/charts/blocks-size
Do you have a need for the entire blockchain?
Hello all,
I wanted to install the full Bitcoin-QT on my new rig with a fresh Ubuntu 13.10 OS. With the OS, Steam with L4D2, and stuff I need, I am already down to around 80G open space.
I much space does the QT take up, and how big will it get within the next year, approximately? Should I install it on my SSD, or buy another SSD just for the QT and its expanding space?
Beef
I wanted to install the full Bitcoin-QT on my new rig with a fresh Ubuntu 13.10 OS. With the OS, Steam with L4D2, and stuff I need, I am already down to around 80G open space.
I much space does the QT take up, and how big will it get within the next year, approximately? Should I install it on my SSD, or buy another SSD just for the QT and its expanding space?
Beef
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