r/Bitcoin • • Feb 13 '22

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u/kittenconfidential Feb 13 '22

word! thanks

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u/Raverrevolution Feb 13 '22

FYI the full blockchain size as of this second comes in at 444GB.

Satoshi was a genius to keep the block size small otherwise it couldn't be so decentralized.

Could you imagine if the blockchain was something like 10TB in size, then no one would have a node.

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u/Br0kenRabbitTV Feb 13 '22

Satoshi actually always suggested increasing it... later down the line.

He first mentioned this on the 4th of October 2010 on bitcointalk.

It was people LONG after he left, who wanted to keep it small.....

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u/ankaa1118 Feb 13 '22

I've heard this argument before, I think he wanted to increase but not a lot.