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August 02, 2015, 11:26:14 AM
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The v0.11.0 bitcoin-qt binary for 64bit Linux is 30.2 MB.
Bitcoin Core version v0.10.2 (64-bit) bitcoin-qt binary for Linux is only 13.3 MB.

Why is there such a huge file size difference?

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August 03, 2015, 08:22:50 PM
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Because the QT part is now statically linked.
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