COD Infinite Warfare's size is 130GB, and people cry about 85GB of blockchain?

[Daisy14]

Even if the internet gets faster in the future, downloading 1000GB of data is going to be somewhat of a big feat.

There is no running away from downsizing.

[yayayo]

Bandwidth is a much bigger problem in the future as the size of the blockchain grows bigger and bigger. I seem to notice that most of the people visiting this forum do not include that in the discussion. They seem fixated that since storage is getting cheaper than it will be ok. I will not be ok. The blockchain bloat is now seen as some sort of flaw in Bitcoin's design while others some see it as a trade off if you want to use a peer to peer payment network.

Exactly. Storage space comparisons are frequently used by supporters of the Gavinista big block scheme to mislead other users into thinking that resource usage considerations are irrelevant in Bitcoin development. Nothing could be further from the truth. In Bitcoin's decentralized network, the primary bottleneck is upload bandwidth.

But even if you just fall for the misleading cheap HD storage argument, you should be aware that Bitcoin usage and also blockchain storage requirements are not increasing linearly - it currently follows a power function. In addition you should consider that installing a game on your pc is done much faster than syncing/verifying the same amount of blockchain data - and a game is used more intensively than a Bitcoin client that from a ordinary user's perspective is mostly a tool to make a transaction once in a while. So for an ordinary user the motivation to run a resource intensive full node is lower than running a game of same requirements.

ya.ya.yo!

[Red-Apple]

Even if the internet gets faster in the future, downloading 1000GB of data is going to be somewhat of a big feat.

There is no running away from downsizing.

where did you bring 1000 GB from? you can't just throw out numbers from nowhere!
right now blockchain size is around 80-85GB and with the growth an everything in a couple of years it will be 100 GB.

now we are talking about the future and with the speed of advancement in technology, HDD or bandwidth i don't think it is much of an issue although it is still big and a lot of people are going to turn away from running a full node but it is not a huge problem as some people like to show it.

[Shiroslullaby]

A big blockchain causes issues-
it makes it harder to set up new nodes because of the long download time
it makes it harder for any program/ app that wants to download the full blockchain
more network traffic is required for each full node

Storage space (hard drives etc) is cheap
But having to send this information over the internet again and again requires a lot bandwidth
We need more full nodes to maintain additional customers and a huge blockchain makes it hard to set up new servers

[Wind_FURY]

the problem with blockchain is not only the size but also the huge bandwidth it is using. many countries now has no unlimited internet bundles and when they finish their packages the speed gets very slow. so why would I spend my internet on something I do not have to ! which is running a node

I read that currently it takes about 200 GB a month to run the node for bitcoin only. Imagine some downloads or streaming movies through netflix etc, you could start hitting the limits of your connection quite fast.

And even with unlimited bandwidth, most providers have fair use policies which indeed may throttle your connection or even get you warnings to lower your data usage and ultimately getting cut of completely.

I still think a lot of bandwidth can be saved by using smaller chunks of the blockchain by many users instead of the whole thing by few users.

try 10 connections, limit forming a connection to anyone that is well well behind in syncing.. you will thank yourself for seeing less bandwidth per month being used for live data.

This should be viewed as some sort of temporary solution because limiting your connections to only nodes that are already in sync really defeats the purpose of running a node. If everybody started doing that then I could imagine the frustration of a new node trying to get in sync with the rest of the network. This is one of the biggest reasons why people give up setting up a node these days. So people here should start thinking about bandwidth and the blockchain bloat. Solving the storage problem is the easy part.

[Money Maker Shaker]

Call of Duty's new title will require 130GB of disk space. It does include the remastered COD4 version which is included in the box.

Games are getting heavier, I think 80GB is going to be around the average size of AAA games in 2017.

Bitcoin blockchain's size is nothing to worry about folks.

https://www.vg247.com/2016/10/05/call-of-duty-infinite-warfare-legacy-edition-box-reveals-a-whopping-130gb-hdd-requirement/

it is much harder for me to believe call of duty is going to be 130 GB than to believe people are complaining about blockchain size!

[shinratensei_]

Call of Duty's new title will require 130GB of disk space. It does include the remastered COD4 version which is included in the box.

Games are getting heavier, I think 80GB is going to be around the average size of AAA games in 2017.

Bitcoin blockchain's size is nothing to worry about folks.

https://www.vg247.com/2016/10/05/call-of-duty-infinite-warfare-legacy-edition-box-reveals-a-whopping-130gb-hdd-requirement/

Anyone is live in the different places, you're very luck if alive in the developed country with highly internet speed but what happen if you're alive in the development country are not having a high internet speed?