yes, you're right, it's just the percentage compressed (size reduction) On 28/11/2015 4:30 PM, Jonathan Toomim wrote: > It appears you're using the term "compression ratio" to mean "size > reduction". A compression ratio is the ratio (compressed / > uncompressed). A 1 kB file compressed with a 10% compression ratio > would be 0.1 kB. It seems you're using (1 - compressed/uncompressed), > meaning that the compressed file would be 0.9 kB. > > On Nov 28, 2015, at 6:48 AM, Peter Tschipper via bitcoin-dev > > wrote: > >> The following show the compression ratio acheived for various sizes >> of data. Zlib is the clear >> winner for compressibility, with LZOx-999 coming close but at a cost. >> >> range Zlib-1 cmp% >> Zlib-6 cmp% LZOx-1 cmp% LZOx-999 cmp% >> 0-250b 12.44 12.86 10.79 14.34 >> 250-500b 19.33 12.97 10.34 11.11 >> >> >> >> >> >> >