From: grarpamp <grarpamp@gmail•com>
To: bitcoin-development@lists•sourceforge.net
Subject: [Bitcoin-development] Scalability issues
Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2012 18:37:09 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAD2Ti29dqCYoOMcX0zcOQnpLGCxnCjYHHqMzyyq+hvcVQ2c7nQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
Given a testbed: Pentium 4 1.8GHz single core, 2GB ram, FreeBSD 8,
disk is geli aes-128 + zfs sha-256, bitcoin 0.6.3, Tor proxy,
An estimate is made that by the end of the year bitcoin will
completely overrun the capabilities of this reasonable class of
machines.
It already takes a month to build a new blockchain, let alone keep up
with new incoming blocks.
Yes, it also has workstation duties, yet even if those were removed,
it would probably choke by mid 2013.
It would appear bitcoin has some *serious* scalability hurdles coming
down the road.
Most certainly if the user expects to independantly build, manage, and
trust their own blockchain.
next reply other threads:[~2012-07-22 22:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-07-22 22:37 grarpamp [this message]
2012-07-23 7:23 ` Raphael NICOLLE
2012-07-23 7:35 ` Gregory Maxwell
2012-07-23 9:00 ` Michael Grønager
2012-07-23 15:11 ` grarpamp
[not found] ` <CAAS2fgREzk_dU0ie+YvDdRwKcTk6tk_i=a2Bb74w9uF=EwYhGA@mail.gmail.com>
2012-07-23 22:33 ` grarpamp
2012-07-27 4:20 ` grarpamp
2012-07-27 4:59 ` Gregory Maxwell
2012-07-27 5:59 ` grarpamp
2012-07-27 6:03 ` Luke-Jr
2012-07-27 6:28 ` grarpamp
2012-07-27 6:56 ` Gregory Maxwell
2012-07-27 19:37 ` grarpamp
2012-07-27 8:53 ` Andreas Petersson
[not found] ` <CAPg+sBjpqqxL_GxYc+8Ry7DcXMkouO9bYi5VqOyEjj_5s0x06Q@mail.gmail.com>
2012-07-27 9:59 ` Pieter Wuille
2012-07-27 19:26 ` grarpamp
2012-07-23 15:54 ` steve
2012-07-24 8:25 ` Michael Grønager
2012-07-24 9:18 ` Mike Hearn
2012-07-24 19:56 ` steve
2012-07-25 9:45 ` Michael Grønager
2012-07-25 14:24 ` steve
2012-07-23 22:50 ` Aidan Thornton
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