On Wed, 2021-01-13 at 19:21 +1030, Tim via users wrote:
On Tue, 2021-01-12 at 23:01 +0000, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
but from what I understand of how blockchain works the database is append-only, as each new block includes a cryptographically strong hash of the previous one. That's what makes it a chain.
An infinitely expanding file on a consumer computer sounds like a recipe for disaster.
AFAIK it doesn't grow very quickly, but yes. However IIUC this is only applicable to bitcoin mining, which probably isn't suitable for a consumer desktop in any case.
poc