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Title: How much data can the blockchain store? Post by: cafucafucafu on October 15, 2014, 09:20:00 PM It is known that the blockcain can store data e.g. proof of ownership, votes etc. How much can it realistically store?
Title: Re: How much data can the blockchain store? Post by: 2double0 on October 15, 2014, 09:21:04 PM Unlimited, it is only restricted by how much we (the users) can store on our own storage devices/hardware.
Title: Re: How much data can the blockchain store? Post by: Buffer Overflow on October 15, 2014, 09:32:52 PM There is currently a 1MB cap on block size.
Title: Re: How much data can the blockchain store? Post by: Stedsm on October 15, 2014, 09:55:21 PM There is currently a 1MB cap on block size. So around 1000-25000 transactions at current sizes?Title: Re: How much data can the blockchain store? Post by: QuestionAuthority on October 15, 2014, 10:00:54 PM The limit can be increased as demand dictates so theoretically it's this much.
http://computerstories.net/wp-content/uploads/super.computer.IBM_.data_.storage1-300x198.jpg Title: Re: How much data can the blockchain store? Post by: cafucafucafu on October 17, 2014, 07:16:20 PM Does data storage not depend on transaction volume?
Title: Re: How much data can the blockchain store? Post by: franky1 on October 17, 2014, 07:18:46 PM There is currently a 1MB cap on block size. So around 1000-25000 transactions at current sizes?under 4200 transactions per block under 52gb a year currently the blockchain is filling up at well under 10gb a year |
