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Title: Why does blockchain.info say the blockchain is 12.x GB but my data folder is 15+ Post by: manuel on December 15, 2013, 11:23:12 PM Any ideas?
I'm using the latest version of the standard bitcoin-qt. https://blockchain.info/charts/blocks-size Title: Re: Why does blockchain.info say the blockchain is 12.x GB but my data folder is 15+ Post by: Cubic Earth on December 15, 2013, 11:30:50 PM Are you running OS X? For a few years now, Apple has decided to measure amounts of data in base 10, and not in binary, as has been the convention since the beginning of computers. As a result, any set of data will appear to be bigger when you use OS X to measure its size, at least when you compare the results to those generated by windows, linux, or just about any non-apple tool out there.
Title: Re: Why does blockchain.info say the blockchain is 12.x GB but my data folder is 15+ Post by: empoweoqwj on December 16, 2013, 02:08:57 AM Are you running OS X? For a few years now, Apple has decided to measure amounts of data in base 10, and not in binary, as has been the convention since the beginning of computers. As a result, any set of data will appear to be bigger when you use OS X to measure its size, at least when you compare the results to those generated by windows, linux, or just about any non-apple tool out there. Yeah, Apple is weird like that. Be interesting to see if that is the answer. |