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October 10, 2012, 07:14:27 PM
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If I'm running the satoshi client permanently (without mining), am I:

* Helping the network
* Hurting the network
* Wasting my CPU cycles?
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October 10, 2012, 07:18:17 PM
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I would say...
* Helping the network = yes
* Hurting the network = no
* Wasting my CPU cycles? = No, if you are an altruist. Yes if you are not.
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October 10, 2012, 07:22:45 PM
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Yes, you are helping the network. You are storing a full copy of the blockchain, you are sending blocks to other clients and you are relaying all transactions. Since bitcoin is a p2p network, it rely on people to run the client.

CPU usage is almost 0%  Wink

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