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Title: Running the client 24/7? Post by: capsqrl on October 10, 2012, 07:14:27 PM If I'm running the satoshi client permanently (without mining), am I:
* Helping the network * Hurting the network * Wasting my CPU cycles? Title: Re: Running the client 24/7? Post by: RodeoX on October 10, 2012, 07:18:17 PM I would say...
* Helping the network = yes * Hurting the network = no * Wasting my CPU cycles? = No, if you are an altruist. Yes if you are not. Title: Re: Running the client 24/7? Post by: Gabi on October 10, 2012, 07:22:45 PM Yes, you are helping the network. You are storing a full copy of the blockchain, you are sending blocks to other clients and you are relaying all transactions. Since bitcoin is a p2p network, it rely on people to run the client.
CPU usage is almost 0% ;) |