14
299 reachable full nodes
500 GB
bitcoin cash
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Blockchain Size
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Data Size
Ethereum
full copy of the blockchain
Full Nodes
Half a Terabyte
January 3 2009
Miners
Nodes
Satoshi Nakamoto
simplified payment verification
SPV clients
steady growth
storing the chain
Technology
The Size of Bitcoin’s Distributed Ledger Nears a Half Terabyte
Well over a decade ago, on January 3, 2009, the size of the Bitcoin blockchain was 0.285 kilobytes (kB) or around 285 bytes. Today, however, the blockchain’s ledger is nearly…