Title: OMG Bitcoin & ETH Data Size Post by: crewgymnastics on July 03, 2018, 12:43:46 AM Im newber & i wan't download data of BTC and Ethereum to my computer. But omg, BItcoin data size is ~200GB and ETH Data size ~ 700GB> What that? I want creater a wallet.
I want to create a wallet but lose a $ 60 hard drive for BTC data & a 1TB hard drive for ETH data? Please help Title: Re: OMG Bitcoin & ETH Data Size Post by: TryNinja on July 03, 2018, 01:11:46 AM Use an SPV wallet that doesn't require the whole Blockchain.
For Bitcoin: Electrum (https://electrum.org/) For Ethereum: MyEtherWallet (https://www.myetherwallet.com/) Title: Re: OMG Bitcoin & ETH Data Size Post by: MAbtc on July 03, 2018, 06:44:30 AM It sounds like a lightweight wallet (as suggested above) is probably fine for your purposes. Electrum is great.
But if you're receiving large payments, you might consider running Core with a pruned blockchain (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1599458.msg16063966#msg16063966). It's always safest to run a full node when receiving payments. Title: Re: OMG Bitcoin & ETH Data Size Post by: mk4 on July 03, 2018, 10:53:38 AM Though it would be great, running a full node(through bitcoin core) isn't necessary to use and store bitcoin.
For a list of wallets: https://cryptosec.info/resources/#resources_wallets Title: Re: OMG Bitcoin & ETH Data Size Post by: Kakmakr on July 03, 2018, 12:00:14 PM Can I ask why do you want to use a desktop wallet? If you only want to store some bitcoins for daily use and you have limited storage capacity, rather use other methods. For example : Online wallets / Paper wallets / Hardware wallets.
https://www.ccn.com/why-choosing-the-right-bitcoin-wallet-is-important/ https://www.coindesk.com/information/how-to-store-your-bitcoins/ I use a combination between the different types of wallets for different reasons : 1. I store 80%+ of all my coins on Paper wallets <Most secure method for me> 2. I then store about 15% on Hardware wallets, because it is convenient and also safe. 3. About 1% is stored on a desktop wallet for experimentation. 4. Lastly, about 4% is stored on online wallets to give me easy remote access to coins, when I need them. Hope my strategy works for you too. 8) |