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Funny how Coretards claimed that blockchain storage would be a problem in the future.

This commonly available 14TB drive could store 2 million 8MB blocks or 34 years of full 8MB blocks.

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This is one of the reasons I switched to BCH. They claim it's to "keep the cost of running a node down", but then pay $50 in fees 🤔
x2dm
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Storage was never the issue, especially with pruning. Memory, CPU and bandwidth are bigger issues for node operators. But most importantly: Bitcoin users don't need to run full nodes!
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"Bitcoin users don't need to run full nodes!"

I'd say most users "don't want or need to run full nodes".
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Blockchain storage isn't so much a problem as it is a bad idea.
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He's talking about storing the blockchain's data, not storing copious amounts of data on the blockchain
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Why do you think that? If someone wants to store it for whatever reason then they can do it easily.
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Oh shit, I thought you meant storing things on the blockchain. The blockchain itself will be easy to store.
Barricade
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Anybody that pay the fee can do that, but a blockchain is not the most efficient way to store data in a decentralized way. It's very secure, though.
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Ah, I wasn't referring to storing data, but storing the blockchain.
Barricade
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Oh, my bad.
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I guess what I mean is we don't want a large scale blockchain memory service. Look at YouTube. They upload hours of video a minute. Better to leave it as is.
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Maybe I worded it badly. I meant storing the blockchain itself, not storing shit on the blockchain.
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Ah, yeah. Blockchain storage itself is okay. Mostly because blocks only get really bug with more use, which incentivizes running a node. So larger blocks can't cause centralisation.
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It's always been the worst part of the Core argument against big blocks. They forget how many nodes would be spinning up as others shut down due to being costly.