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What is the total size of BTC core, because its very slow to download

'Bout 34 gigs as we speak....

$ du -h bitcoin/
654M   bitcoin/chainstate
47M   bitcoin/blocks/index
33G   bitcoin/blocks
34G   bitcoin/

The software setup file is pretty small.
But if you are talking about the blockchain file, in my PC it's 33.1GB.

The wallet is self (.exe etc ... ) is small but once you run it it starts synchronizing with the network and downloading the blockchain file which should take more then 30GB .

Along with the blockchain being really big remember its only growing with more blocks.

For day-to-day use, you can just install lightweight wallet like mutibit. It has got faster start time and very little hdd space demand.

you can just buy a bigger ssd and resolve the problem completely, or put it in an external hdd

you need a ssd to sync it faster

You can download bootstrap.dat using torrent and place it in your core wallet data folder.
https://bitcoin.org/en/download  (scroll down) or
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=145386.0

use some light-weight wallet(electrum) or online wallet(blockchain) it's more convenient.

Unless you are a developer, want to help the network or just want to use the features in Bitcoin Core, a lightweight client would do the job of sending and receiving Bitcoin just fine. Make sure that the lightweight client that you are going to use is opensourced though.

while it is 31 GB right now you have to keep in mind that the blockchain size will grow over time, soon we are looking at 40 GB and more.
if you have a problem with this size like me, you can choose a lightweight wallet like Electrum or multibit

This.

From https://btc.blockr.io/charts, the blockchain size is growing at roughly 56MB a day (~140 blocks a day * ~400KB average block size), so you should prepare to see the size go up 20 GB a year.

The space should be reduced once blockchain pruning is implemented. With data storage technologies being advanced at a fast rate, HDD are relatively cheap now, it is possible to get 1TB HDD at less than $100.

or just buy a bigger ssd, problem solved, you can aim at ssd evo 256-512

I wonder what will the size be once the 21 million coins are mined.

currently; 33,1 GB (35.546.845.184 bytes)

the size of bitcoin chain will be increasing even after all the bitcoins are mined. 8) it would be like 120gb+ lol

chain size is not releated to total bitcoin supply.

it's related with the "transaction count" and tx sizes.

it doesn't matter the cost of Hard disk, i currently own a 1TB HDD, but i do not want to waste 30 GB (and growing) of my space on blockchain while i can use a smaller sized wallet, i mean light wallets, or even better a paper wallet

if you have problem downloading the blockchain, you can download the bootstrap torrent file from bitcoin.org
here is the link: https://bitcoin.org/en/download at the bottom of the page

you need to upgrade if you want more fast but make sure you already have it
https://bitcoin.org/en/download  (scroll down) or
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=145386.0

that is the best hint for any newbie in my opinion. Download bitcoin history quicker from a torrent, then update the reminder and you are ready to go.
Size of the blockchain is huge, but it will grow slower than the capacity of the hard disks. Nothing to worry.

Here you can track bitcoin blockchain size:
https://blockchain.info/charts/blocks-size (https://blockchain.info/charts/blocks-size)

Bitcoin Core was taking up too much SSD space so I went with electrum. much better imo