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From: Gregory Maxwell <gmaxwell@gmail.com>
To: Justus Ranvier <justusranvier@gmail.com>
Cc: Bitcoin Development <bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net>
Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] Why are we bleeding nodes?
Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2014 08:53:10 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAAS2fgTqBfEPXh2dfcL_ke6c0wfXw4qUM1rAYMkAHcAM6mYH+g@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5342C833.5030906@gmail.com>

On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 8:45 AM, Justus Ranvier <justusranvier@gmail.com> wrote:
> 1. The resource requirements of a full node are moving beyond the
> capabilities of casual users. This isn't inherently a problem - after
> all most people don't grow their own food, tailor their own clothes, or
> keep blacksmith tools handy in to forge their own horseshoes either.

Right now running a full node consumes about $1 in disk space
non-reoccurring and costs a couple cents in power per month.

This isn't to say things are all ducky. But if you're going to say the
resource requirements are beyond the capabilities of casual users I'm
afraid I'm going to have to say: citation needed.



  reply	other threads:[~2014-04-07 15:53 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 70+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-04-07 11:34 [Bitcoin-development] Why are we bleeding nodes? Mike Hearn
2014-04-07 12:17 ` Ricardo Filipe
2014-04-07 13:43   ` Andreas Schildbach
2014-04-07 14:05     ` Mike Hearn
2014-04-07 14:15       ` Eric Martindale
2014-04-07 14:23         ` Mike Hearn
2014-04-07 19:46         ` Troy Benjegerdes
2014-04-08  3:13         ` kjj
2014-04-08  7:50           ` Mike Hearn
2014-04-09 10:38         ` Wendell
2014-04-09 11:15           ` Wladimir
2014-04-07 14:45       ` Tom Harding
2014-04-07 12:19 ` Jameson Lopp
2014-04-07 12:26   ` Pieter Wuille
2014-04-07 12:34     ` Mike Hearn
2014-04-07 12:34     ` Jameson Lopp
2014-05-20 18:38     ` Isidor Zeuner
2014-04-07 13:50 ` Gregory Maxwell
2014-04-07 13:53   ` Gregory Maxwell
2014-04-07 13:58     ` Jameson Lopp
2014-04-07 14:04       ` Gregory Maxwell
2014-04-08 11:28   ` Jesus Cea
2014-04-07 15:45 ` Justus Ranvier
2014-04-07 15:53   ` Gregory Maxwell [this message]
2014-04-07 16:02     ` Jameson Lopp
2014-04-07 16:27     ` Mark Friedenbach
2014-04-07 16:57       ` Gregory Maxwell
2014-04-07 17:01         ` Mark Friedenbach
2014-04-07 17:16           ` Gregory Maxwell
2014-04-07 17:35             ` Brent Shambaugh
2014-04-07 17:40               ` Mike Hearn
2014-04-07 17:44                 ` Gregory Maxwell
2014-04-07 17:45                 ` Tamas Blummer
2014-04-07 17:50                 ` Justus Ranvier
2014-04-07 18:30                   ` Arne Brutschy
2014-04-07 17:56                 ` Brent Shambaugh
2014-04-07 17:46             ` Justus Ranvier
2014-04-07 17:39     ` Chris Williams
2014-04-07 18:23       ` Mike Hearn
2014-04-07 18:35         ` Tamas Blummer
2014-04-07 18:49           ` Gregory Maxwell
2014-04-07 19:00             ` Tamas Blummer
2014-04-07 18:48               ` Mark Friedenbach
2014-04-07 19:02               ` Gregory Maxwell
2014-04-07 19:05                 ` Tamas Blummer
2014-04-07 19:03               ` Gregory Maxwell
2014-04-07 19:13                 ` Tier Nolan
2014-04-07 19:20                 ` Tamas Blummer
2014-04-07 19:13                   ` Mark Friedenbach
2014-04-07 19:36                     ` Tamas Blummer
2014-04-07 21:46                     ` Ricardo Filipe
2014-04-07 19:30                   ` Paul Lyon
2014-04-07 19:50                     ` Tamas Blummer
2014-04-07 21:48                       ` Tier Nolan
2014-04-07 21:56                         ` Gregory Maxwell
2014-04-08  3:44             ` Jeff Garzik
2014-04-08  7:24               ` Jean-Paul Kogelman
2014-04-08  7:59               ` Tamas Blummer
2014-04-08 17:18       ` Andrew LeCody
2014-04-07 17:07 ` Drak
2014-05-20  8:15   ` bitcoingrant
2014-05-20  8:42     ` Mike Hearn
2014-05-20 14:37     ` Eugen Leitl
2014-05-20 14:52       ` Gmail
2014-05-20 18:46         ` Andy Alness
2014-05-20 19:17           ` Jeff Garzik
2014-05-20 20:09             ` Andy Alness
2014-05-20 20:22               ` Jeff Garzik
2014-04-07 21:55 Paul Lyon
2014-04-07 22:14 ` Tier Nolan

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